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OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Netherlands vessel operator MPI Workboats says its wind turbine installation vessel ‘MPI Discovery’ has commenced installation of the MHI Vestas V112-3.45 offshore wind turbines at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm off the…

14th March 2017

Rampion installation commences

14th March 2017

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Netherlands based International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) is organising the International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation, to be held 26–30 June 2017 at UNESCO –IHE in Delft.

13th March 2017

IADC hosts Dredging & Reclamation Seminar

13th March 2017

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A joint venture between Boskalis Westminster and McLaughlin and Harvey is currently working on the initial stages of Peterhead Port Authority’s £50m North Harbour development in Scotland, UK.

13th March 2017

Peterhead to profit from £50m dredging JV

13th March 2017

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dredger and dredging equipment supplier Dragflow has been busy recently, with four orders for custom made dredgers moving through its Italy based manufacturing facility.

13th March 2017

A pipeline full of orders for Dragflow

13th March 2017

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging majors Van Oord and Boskalis have been awarded a contract by Brazil’s Ministry of Transport, Ports and Civil Aviation for capital and maintenance dredging at the Port of Santos.

13th March 2017

Dutch JV wins Santos dredging contract

13th March 2017

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has established a new Working Group on the beneficial use of dredged sediments.

13th March 2017

CEDA launches beneficial use Working Group

13th March 2017

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with fellow Netherlands based company Heuvelman Ibis to deliver a cutter suction dredger CSD 350 and two BS 350 booster stations.

13th March 2017

Rapid Damen delivery suits Heuvelman Ibis

13th March 2017

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A cutter head shaft bearing inspected after ten years and more than 100,000 hours of dredging silt, sand, rocks and stone has been found to have emerged completely unscathed at a Dubai…

13th March 2017

Grinning and bearing it in a Dubai drydock

13th March 2017

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Netherlands based Royal IHC has won a contract for the design, build and delivery of the 44,189kW self propelled cutter suction dredger Spartacus for Belgian giant DEME Group.

13th March 2017

World’s first LNG powered CSD for DEME

13th March 2017

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Ocean Business 2017 is set to take place in Southampton at the National Oceanography Centre from 4 to 6 April.

13th March 2017

Industry gears up for Ocean Business 2017

13th March 2017

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

German-based propulsion specialists have continued the expansion of its worldwide network by opening a new office in Paraguay.

13th March 2017

Reintjes expands to Latin America

13th March 2017

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Registration is now open for Seawork International, which opens its doors 13-15 June at Mayflower Park, Southampton, UK.

13th March 2017

The definitive guide to Seawork International 2017

13th March 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

German wind farm giant Siemens is collaborating with U.S. company SkySpecs to deploy automated drone technology for offshore wind-turbine inspections. The goal is to develop a push-button inspection system that is faster,…

13th March 2017

Autonomous drone inspection

13th March 2017

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Netherlands-owned UK construction company VolkerStevin has delivered the Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) Base Porting Infrastructure Project in Portsmouth Harbour on budget and two months ahead of schedule. The infrastructure was officially handed…

10th March 2017

Aircraft carrier infrastructure handover

10th March 2017

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Frank Coles, CEO of Transas, spoke about the perfect storm of digitalisation and commoditisation which is emerging in the shipping industry which is creating a new world for maritime.

10th March 2017

The perfect storm

10th March 2017

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The GeoSea division of the DEME Group’s offshore marine engineering division and Siemens have concluded an EPCI foundation contract for the Hohe See offshore wind farm.

9th March 2017

DEME continues German successes

9th March 2017

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Liebherr is delivering efficient electric cranes to Puerto Rico which will be used to load and discharge containerised cargo aboard Crowley’s two new LNG powered Con-Ro ships.

9th March 2017

Electric cranes for LNG ops

9th March 2017

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

European Shipping Week (ESW) saw leaders of the shipping industry and regulators from the European Union discuss issues of mutual concern.

9th March 2017

European Shipping Week success

9th March 2017

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Netherlands-headquartered commercial marine naval architects C-Job is reorganising its management team to allow Managing Director Job Volwater to move into the position of Commercial Director as Mr Volwater has accepted the position…

9th March 2017

Race related reshuffle

9th March 2017

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is partnering Teignbridge Propellers International Limited (TPIL) on a £3m project to develop a High Efficiency Propulsion System (HEPS) for ships.

8th March 2017

Commercial propulsion project partnership

8th March 2017

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Jan de Nul completed 5km of cabling through an environmentally sensitive area in just five days with the help of centimetre-level RTK positioning using Septentrio’s AsteRx-U GPS system.

8th March 2017

Low environmental impact cabling using GPS

8th March 2017

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

“Back in wind’s early days we’d go merrily putting the jackup’s feet down with just a few borehole samples taken here and there to tell us what we were standing on -…

8th March 2017

Peter Robinson: MPI Workboats

8th March 2017

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Guidance Marine picked up the Dynamic Positioning 2017 award at the Offshore Support Journal Annual Awards for its targetless sensor.

8th March 2017

Guidance Marine wins award for innovation

8th March 2017