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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Part of the recent Maasvlakte 2 project at Rotterdam involved a contractor drilling some 180,000 holes in concrete. It is clear that this part of the project would benefit from some level…

5th October 2016

Concrete drilling the E-Z way

5th October 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Cammell Laird has awarded Kongsberg Maritime a contract to be the primary supplier of the scientific research and mapping equipment for the British Antarctic Survey’s new polar research vessel.

5th October 2016

Kongsberg wins Cammell Laird contract

5th October 2016

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

According to Capt. Brian McJury, a Master Mariner at London Offshore Consultants, Paris, the response can be very enthusiastic in a small ports when a pollution incident occurs.

5th October 2016

Handling pollution in a small port or harbour

5th October 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The UK luxury motor yacht specialist, Shemara Refit LLP, has acquired the boatbuild and vessel repair expert, Southampton Marine Services (SMS).

5th October 2016

Shemara Refit acquires SMS

5th October 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Norway-headquartered Telenor Maritime has acquired SatPoint AB to strengthen its focus on the Nordic market.

4th October 2016

Telenor acquires SatPoint AB

4th October 2016

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

A number of demonstrations have shown how DESMI’s antipollution devices can deal effectively with a number of perplexing problems – including a dearth of vessels on hand to help deal with a…

4th October 2016

Big solution for small vessels

4th October 2016

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Retrieving information is becoming like finding a needle in a haystack - during a hay delivery. It’s an issue for harbour authorities because bathymetry, soil analysis, siltation data is really expensive. However,…

4th October 2016

Information overload

4th October 2016

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Robots are being designed to go where no human can, and this includes the depths. But what will they look like?

4th October 2016

The shape of things to come

4th October 2016

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

While Jeffrey, Lord Mountevans, described the initial City of London reaction to Brexit as “shock”, as Lord Mayor he was on the spot to evaluate the fallout.

4th October 2016

Time for change: a view from Lord Jeffrey Mountevans

4th October 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Several Eastern European builders have been asked to quote for the fabrication of a pontoon that will form the basis of a new LNG bunkering facility in Amsterdam.

3rd October 2016

Titan LNG pontoon

3rd October 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Bremen-based shipyard Luerssen has acquired Blohm+Voss shipyard to strengthen its portfolio in the repair and refit activities for vessels.

3rd October 2016

Luerssen acquires Blohm+Voss

3rd October 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The various offshore transmission developments underway in northern European waters, primarily related to wind farms, have led to the recent announcement of new onshore cable storage carousels on both the Northeast and…

3rd October 2016

Carousels galore

3rd October 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The Nautical Institute has launched a second edition of its popular Improving Ship Operating Design book.

3rd October 2016

Insight for ship designers

3rd October 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

AXYS Technologies, a Canadian manufacturer of surface condition monitoring buoys popular in the offshore renewables industry, has announced the appointment of Geomarine as its new Value Added Reseller in Italy.

3rd October 2016

AXYS Italian distribution

3rd October 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Norway-headquartered aluminium specialist Sapa announced at SMM 2016 its launch of super-large and light friction stir welded panels extruded with marine-dedicated 5083 aluminium alloy.

3rd October 2016

Larger aluminium panels

3rd October 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

When Virgin Media planned a publicity event on the River Thames promoting a campaign linked to Olympic champion Usain Bolt it was a natural choice to select Livett’s Group for the marine…

30th September 2016

Gold medal performance by Livett’s Group

30th September 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The second of three dual-fuel tugs for Norwegian tug owner Østensjø Rederi has been launched at the shipyard of Astilleros Gondán in Spain.

30th September 2016

Østensjø’s second dual-fuel tug takes to the water

30th September 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Another interesting emergency response vessel from the drawing board of Marine Engineering Bureau in Odessa is scheduled for delivery this year from the Okskaya Sudoverg (OKA) shipyard in Navashino Russia.

30th September 2016

Versatile response vessel from Russia

30th September 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The first of four shallow-draught Arctic tug/salvage vessels has been launched at Neva Shipyard for the Federal Agency of Maritime and River Transport of the Russian Federation.

30th September 2016

First of four Arctic tugs launched

30th September 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Neptune Shipyards in the Netherlands has delivered the multipurpose Eurocarrier tug/workboat ‘Aitana B’ to Basque Country based Zumaia Offshore S.L.

30th September 2016

Multipurpose workboat heads to Spain

30th September 2016

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

KOOLE Mammoet Salvage and DUC Marine Group have combined forces for future salvage and wreck removal operations.

30th September 2016

DUC Marine and KOOLE join forces

30th September 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Delivery of one of Damen’s latest tugs has involved a voyage of 10,500 miles under its own power from China to its new home port at Veracruz in Mexico.

30th September 2016

Marathon delivery for Damen tug

30th September 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Following earlier news of fleet rationalisation plans, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has announced an agreement with its Works Council concerning crewing arrangements on two of its five Fairmount tugs.

30th September 2016

TOWLINES

30th September 2016