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A2SEA has installed the first turbine at Dudgeon offshore windfarm, the first of 67 Siemens 6MW turbines to be installed for Statoil, Masdar and Statkraft.

9th January 2017

First turbine installed at Dudgeon

9th January 2017

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Wave and tidal energy design tool DTOcean has been launched as an open source software package. The tool’s developers say it will assist project developers to design wave and tidal energy arrays…

9th January 2017

Open source tool for wave and tidal arrays

9th January 2017

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

This falls in line with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Tier 4 standard which came into full affect at the start of this year.On 1 January 2017, all new engines with a…

6th January 2017

Finning 3500 range meets Tier 4 regulations

6th January 2017

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

UK-headquartered Red7Marine has secured a contract to install two new large diameter mooring piles for the new Battersea Power Station river bus installation.

6th January 2017

Battersea piling work

6th January 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

CWind, a UK-headquartered integrated service provider in the offshore wind industry, has supplied Crew Transfer Vessels to assist with blade repair operations at the offshore wind farm for E.ON, the wind farm…

6th January 2017

Robin Rigg maintenance work

6th January 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Scotland-headquartered subsea and engineering technology company, Ecosse Subsea Systems Ltd (ESS), has said it has benefited as an ‘early adopter’ as it has moved from its traditional focus in oil and gas…

6th January 2017

Switch to renewables reaps Scottish success

6th January 2017

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Kishorn Port Ltd (KPL), the joint venture that is seeking to resurrect the redundant oil fabrication yard at Kishorn on the west coast of Scotland, has commenced the first phase of re-instating…

5th January 2017

Kishorn Port Invests £500k in dry dock

5th January 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Belgian offshore contractor Van Oord has signed a contract with Norther for the construction of the Norther offshore wind farm, located 23 km off the Zeebrugge coast in Belgium.

5th January 2017

Van Oord to build largest wind farm in Belgian waters

5th January 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Norwegian power electronics specialist Eltek has announced that it has been chosen by Siemens to provide power solutions for the prestigious Hywind Scotland Pilot Park floating wind turbine project. The agreement includes…

5th January 2017

Rectiverter UPS system for Hywind

5th January 2017

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Scana Propulsion has signed a deal to deliver reduction gearboxes to two Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels (AHTS) for Grupo CBO, Brazil.

5th January 2017

Scana Propulsion secures new contracts

5th January 2017

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As 2016 drew to a close, Netherlands marine construction major MPI Offshore (a Vroon subsidiary) announced that its wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) ‘MPI Enterprise’ had completed its installation of 18 6.2M126…

5th January 2017

‘MPI Enterprise’ completes Nordergünde turbine installation

5th January 2017

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Norwegian rescue and patrol boat specialist builder Maritime Partner has launched a new modular design concept which will be carried across its full range of vessels.

5th January 2017

Maritime Partner’s new modular design concept

5th January 2017

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Netherlands-headquartered TBV Marine Systems, part of High-Tech Solutions & Design B.V., has recently finished the commissioning for eight FRC/RHIB Launch and Recovery systems (LARS) that have been delivered for four new vessels…

5th January 2017

Coast Guard LARS

5th January 2017

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The Italian ferry company Moby S.p.A has chosen Finland-headquartered propulsion major Wärtsilä to carry out the repowering of its passenger ferry ‘MV Moby Zaza’.

5th January 2017

‘Zaza’ repower

5th January 2017

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) has awarded a contract for the reinforcement of the Houtrib Dyke in Holland to a joint venture between two major dredging…

4th January 2017

Boskalis and Van Oord to reinforce Houtrib Dyke

4th January 2017

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The three ferries that currently operate the Woolwich Ferry service across the River Thames, UK are 53 years old and are now reaching the end of their useful life.

4th January 2017

Woolwich ferry replacements

4th January 2017

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A pair of former tractor tugs have been refitted with air conditioning units to prepare for new operations off the coast of West Africa.

4th January 2017

Ex-MoD tugs prepared for West Africa deployment

4th January 2017

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Norwegian ferry operator Fjord 1 is building two pure battery ferries to meet Norwegian Government requirements for zero-emission technology.

4th January 2017

Automated fully electric ferries

4th January 2017

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The Triton investment firm has completed its investment in DeepOcean Group Holding, a leading provider of subsea services for the oil, gas and renewables industries.

4th January 2017

DeepOcean investment completed

4th January 2017

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Using an air chamber under the hull to lift a vessel and reduce the drag started with the hovercraft development back in the 1950s. Initially the air chamber was kept in place…

3rd January 2017

Air cushion advances

3rd January 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The Reliability in a Sea of Risk (RiaSoR) project has published new guidance advising on the assessment of reliability in marine energy converters.

3rd January 2017

Reliability guidance for marine energy developers

3rd January 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Global salvage operator Ardent has completed the removal of a sunken jack-up off the coast of Mexico in what is reported as the largest wreck removal project of 2016.

3rd January 2017

Biggest wreck removal of 2016

3rd January 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The recent salving of a stranded bulk carrier demonstrated the difficulties of operating in remote locations with limited local resources, in the end damage to the environment was minimised but the ship…

3rd January 2017

Lengthy salvage operation for Five Oceans Salvage

3rd January 2017