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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Romica Engineering, based in Beverley, UK has recently been called on to deliver a containerised deep-ocean mooring winch system for the National Oceanography Centre (NOC).

22nd December 2016

All in the box

22nd December 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A compact transfer device with a minimal footprint has been developed by Baltec Offshore that might help CTVs move beyond ‘bump and jump’ manoeuvres – while keeping their speed.

22nd December 2016

Small is beautiful: a new take on transfers

22nd December 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Piriou has secured an order for a newbuild aluminium catamaran for the Algerian fish farm, Eurl Zizou, its first vessel built entirely in Algeria under the ECOREP-Pirou joint venture.

21st December 2016

Algerian fish farming catamaran

21st December 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Electric boating manufacturer Torqeedo will introduce new electric mobility products on the water at boot Düsseldorf 2017.

21st December 2016

Pioneering electric mobility on the water

21st December 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

One of the big issues affecting the wind industry is that needs to future-proof itself, but the investment pipeline still lacks clarity, leaving contractors in a difficult situation and trying to minimise…

21st December 2016

Back to basics for market survival

21st December 2016

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

UK Electronic Solutions has, in MD Paul Rutherford’s opinion, invented the CTV-owner’s best friend.

21st December 2016

A CTV owner’s best friend?

21st December 2016

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Human nature is at least part of the reason workboat regulations will never be perfect, explained Kerrie Forster: “If you change the goalposts someone will make something that will only just fit…

21st December 2016

Kerrie Forster: Acta Marine

21st December 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Netherlands-headquartered marine system integrator Alewijnse Marine has opened a new service and maintenance facility in Den Helder to support its activities at the Dutch Royal Naval dockyard and Damen Shipyards Den Helder.

21st December 2016

Alewijnse Marine opens new facility in Den Helder

21st December 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

BRP is offering a 10-year factory-backed extended service coverage on all Evinrude E-TEC and Evinrude E-TEC G2 engines.

20th December 2016

10-year warranty for Envinrude engines

20th December 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Holland’s Acta Marine Wind Services BV has confirmed the completion of full management take-over of the operations related to the 10 unit strong Crew Transfer Vessel fleet it acquired early 2015 from…

20th December 2016

Acta takeover

20th December 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Sweden-headquartered Trelleborg’s marine systems operation has launched a new online Fender Selection Tool, almost completely digitizing the fender selection process and saving consultants the huge amounts of time normally spent carrying out…

20th December 2016

Trelleborg launches fender selection tool

20th December 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Yanmar Marine International held the ‘Dtorque 111 kick-off meeting’ in early November in Almere, Netherlands to confirm the distribution network for Neander Shark’s new 50hp diesel outboard.

20th December 2016

Neander distributors confirmed

20th December 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The UK’s Delta Power Group is one of the oldest RIB builders with a history going back almost 50 years.

20th December 2016

Delta to the rescue

20th December 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Recently opened in Rotterdam is a facility that is claimed to be able to produce ships propellers by using 3D metal printing techniques.

20th December 2016

3-D metal printing for propellers

20th December 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The German waterways and shipping authority – the WSV – has ordered its biggest dredger to date to complement outsourced dredging operations and make services more flexible.

20th December 2016

Big new dredger for Elbe region

20th December 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A trio of veteran German steamships could just all sail again in 2017 after completion of costly restorations which have taken years to tackle and were still underway as the year turned.

20th December 2016

German steam veterans head back

20th December 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Germany’s largely volunteer sea-rescue service DGzRS has been busy as the year turned with regular repair, maintenance and overhaul of some of the 60 boats in its fleet.

20th December 2016

Home service for routine rescue boat work

20th December 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

An industry technical working group expects to officially launch the Workboat Code Edition 2 soon which hopes to be recognised and adopted internationally.

19th December 2016

New developments for marine surveyor’s standards

19th December 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

CS Wind is to build a new offshore tower manufacturing facility in Campbeltown, Scotland, as a result of a multi-million pound investment from DONG Energy.

19th December 2016

Offshore wind tower manufacturing facility

19th December 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A marine propulsion systems collaboration deal has been agreed between Rolls-Royce Power Systems and ZF Friedrichshafen AG.

15th December 2016

New propulsion systems collaboration

15th December 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

French offshore windfarm developer Ailes Marines has deployed an AXYS WindSentinel FLiDAR to provide wind resource assessment for Bay of St. Brieuc commercial offshore wind farm development site in France.

15th December 2016

FLiDAR for Bay of St. Brieuc

15th December 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The UK Royal Navy minehunters HMS Quorn and HMS Atherstone have been transferred into the new Minor War Vessels Centre of Specialisation at Portsmouth Naval Base ahead of their major upgrades by…

14th December 2016

Royal Navy Minehunter upgrade

14th December 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

New research has demonstrated the global reach of Scotland’s renewables expertise with firms at work in Japan, USA, Canada, Jamaica, Finland, Kenya, and more.

13th December 2016

Scottish renewables expertise

13th December 2016