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Peel Ports’ £400 million Mersey investment Liverpool2, has been officially opened at the Port of Liverpool, UK by the Secretary of State for International Trade, Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP.

4th November 2016

Liverpool2 official opening

4th November 2016

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UK-headquartered defence company BAE Systems has confirmed that the first steel will be cut on the Royal Navy’s Type 26 Global Combat Ships in Glasgow in summer 2017, subject to final contract…

4th November 2016

Type 26 deal could secure Clyde shipbuilding for decades

4th November 2016

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3D printing is set to cause ‘turmoil’ in the ship building industry until 2050, according to the National Institute for Shipping and Shipbuilding (NISS).

4th November 2016

Ship building blueprint for 3D printing

4th November 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Despite some very sophisticated devices, a significant proportion of crane-lift crew transfers still rely on technicians clinging to the outside of something that looks like an oversized lobster pot, with little or…

4th November 2016

Basket case

4th November 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The launch and recovery system behind a new, high tech exploration ROV has been developed with a kind of minimalism in mind.

4th November 2016

Evolving simplicity

4th November 2016

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The UK’s Automated Ships Ltd (an M Subs Ltd subsidiary) and Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build the world’s first full-size unmanned and fully-automated offshore vessel.

3rd November 2016

Unmanned offshore vessel first

3rd November 2016

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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Fire services in Germany’s busiest seaport, themselves under fire,are to get the biggest boat in their history – with others to follow – after approval of a 40m newbuilding costing €16 million.

3rd November 2016

Super fire-fighting boat for Hamburg

3rd November 2016

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Modal Training, a £7 million centre of excellence for the ports, energy and logistics sectors, based in Immingham, UK is set to open early next year.

3rd November 2016

£7 million training facility

3rd November 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Finland-based Aquamec has launched a new amphibious multipurpose Watermaster dredger which has 50% more suction dredging capacity than its previous model.

3rd November 2016

New Watermaster dredger launched

3rd November 2016

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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Birkenhead, UK-headquartered Survitec Group has launched its 1000 Series Offshore Wind Energy Suit, adding to its existing range of compliant renewable energy safety solutions.

2nd November 2016

Tri-approved immersion suit for offshore wind workers

2nd November 2016

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The German Fair Trade Commission has approved the acquisition of Blohm+Voss GmbH by Luerssen Maritime Beteiligungen GmbH & Co. KG.

2nd November 2016

Blohm+Voss acquisition approved

2nd November 2016

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Effebi S.p.A. has appointed Fabio Bonaccorsi as its new production manager for military shipbuilding.

2nd November 2016

New appointment at Effebi S.p.A

2nd November 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

October was another busy month for Young CEDA, with CEDA board members joining 25 students and young professionals at an event specially organised by vessel builder Royal IHC designed to give them…

2nd November 2016

Newbuild tour for Young CEDA members

2nd November 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Danish marine engineering solutions provider MacArtney Underwater Technology’s German subsidiary, MBT GmbH, has manufactured a turbidity monitoring buoy intended for deployment for accompanying environmental monitoring during dredging.

2nd November 2016

MacArtney markets new turbidity monitor

2nd November 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

UK based Land & Water Plant Hire has enabled continued sand and gravel dredging at a quarry near Manchester by placing a 20m long-reach excavator on one of their own floating pontoons.

2nd November 2016

Floating plant enables dredging success

2nd November 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Damen Dredging Equipment in the Netherlands made an impressive newbuild delivery in September, providing a client with a cutter suction dredger only three days after the sales contract was signed.

2nd November 2016

Three day delivery for Damen CSD450

2nd November 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) and the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to formalise their long-standing working relationship.

2nd November 2016

IADC and PIANC sign MOU

2nd November 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME has won a €41m dredging contract for the Container Terminal Quay Project at Port Louis Harbour in Mauritius.

2nd November 2016

DEME wins Africa dredging contracts

2nd November 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Netherlands headquartered dredging and marine services giant Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has reported a net profit of €147.5m for the first half of this year despite difficult trading conditions.

2nd November 2016

Boskalis solid despite ‘stormy conditions’

2nd November 2016

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Intermarine UK Ltd has appointed Mark Giles to the board of directors as director for sales.

2nd November 2016

Intermarine appoints new director

2nd November 2016

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Jan-Arie Sepers has returned to Radio Holland as general manager, where his career began 26 years ago.

2nd November 2016

Radio Holland appoints new GM

2nd November 2016

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

UK based WFS Technologies and TSC have launched Seatooth ACFM, a wireless smart NDT monitoring solution designed to reduce subsea inspection costs.

1st November 2016

Smart wireless crack monitoring

1st November 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Dutch towage provider Kotug has reported two emergency response operations on its own account and as part of its north-western Europe joint operation with Smit.

1st November 2016

Global salvage activity for Kotug

1st November 2016