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SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Dorchester, UK-based, Tritex NDT has launched its new Multigauge 5300 GRP Thickness Gauge which has been specifically designed for marine surveyors to check for osmosis, blistering and delaminations in GRP (fibreglass) hulls.

10th August 2016

GRP thickness gauge

10th August 2016

SECURITY

SECURITY

According to Allan & Associates, a Hong Kong-headquartered security risk management consultancy, the maritime dimension is often overlooked when assessing the risk of Islamist extremism in southern Europe.

10th August 2016

Suicide rammings off Europe’s coasts: A viable threat?

10th August 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Irish boatbuilder Safehaven Marine has delivered P&O Maritime’s first fast pilot boat, a 14m Barracuda, part of a two boat order for 2016. P&O Maritime are a repeat customer, having previously purchased…

9th August 2016

Barracuda for P&O

9th August 2016

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A new marketing drive promoting deep water marine investment opportunities along the Shannon Estuary in Ireland is being undertaken by its stakeholders.

9th August 2016

Irish estuary investment drive

9th August 2016

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Aluminium Marine Consultants (AMC) has added a new surface effect ship (SES) design to its portfolio designed by Norwegian company Espeland and Skomedal Naval Architects (ESNA).

9th August 2016

New SES design for AMC

9th August 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

UK-headquartered maritime training company ECDIS Limited claims that its new ECDIS ACAT service helps bridge the gaps between ECDIS qualifications and Officers’ actual real-world competencies to safely operate their vessels’ specific systems.

9th August 2016

Inspectors uncover ECDIS deficiencies

9th August 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

German electric outboard motor pioneer, Torqeedo, has provided details of two public transportation projects that are successfully using its new Deep Blue motors.

9th August 2016

Torqeedo makes public transportation inroads

9th August 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

SpeedCast International Limited, the Australia-headquartered global satellite communications and network service provider, has announced its acquisition of WINS Limited which it describes as a leading European provider of innovative broadband satellite communications…

9th August 2016

SpeedCast acquires WINS and partners with DHI

9th August 2016

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Apax Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Telemar Group which will see Marlink and Telemar join forces to create one of the world’s largest maritime communications experts.

8th August 2016

Marlink and Telemar join forces

8th August 2016

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Mersey Maritime, UK, has reported a record growth in 2016 as membership levels rose to more than 200.

8th August 2016

Mersey Maritime growth

8th August 2016

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German company WehrTechnische Dienststelle, WTD 7, has selected the MacArtney Focus 2 ROTV system as a basic tool for its development efforts.

5th August 2016

MacArtney ROV order

5th August 2016

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German marine salvage specialist, Eggers Kampfmittelbergung has completed its first project using underwater acoustic tracking technology supplied by Sonardyne International.

4th August 2016

Surveying the Baltic

4th August 2016

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Bibby Offshore, leading offshore subsea services provider, has secured a multimillion pound contract win with an independent UK-based E&P company, to provide air diving, ROV inspection and construction services across five of…

4th August 2016

Bibby Offshore North Sea successes

4th August 2016

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Mojo Maritime, a subsidiary of James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), has won a contract with French tidal energy company Sabella SAS.

3rd August 2016

Tidal turbine retrieval contract

3rd August 2016

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BMT Nigel Gee has secured a new project to design two 70m aluminium-hull catamaran RoPax ferries for Dutch company Rederij Doeksen.

3rd August 2016

LNG ferries for The Netherlands

3rd August 2016

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The new Damen US office has got off to a good start with its first order for four new Damen 3711 Stan Tugs by Young Brothers Ltd, Hawaii’s largest inter-island cargo service…

3rd August 2016

First order for Damen US

3rd August 2016

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New controllable pitch propellers from Otto Piening GmbH can now be operated using a water-based hydraulic system instead of oil.

2nd August 2016

Propellers get DNV GL certified

2nd August 2016

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The Schottel Group, the propulsion and steering expert, will be back with a whole host of new innovative products at this year’s SMM exhibition in Hamburg.

2nd August 2016

Innovation from Schottel

2nd August 2016

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LIFE SAVER: The Jason’s Cradle man overboard rescue system is set to feature in the new Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks movie, Sully, which will be released later this year.

1st August 2016

Jason’s Cradle in Hollywood film

1st August 2016

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Subsea technology specialist, Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS), has extended a trenching scope on the Wikinger offshore windfarm in the Baltic Sea with the award of a seabed clearance project.

1st August 2016

Offshore windfarm project

1st August 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The Norwegian Lifeboat Organisation, the NSSR, has taken delivery of the first of a new type of fast rescue boat. Based on a commercial hull, this new rescue boat is designed for…

29th July 2016

New Norwegian rescue boat

29th July 2016

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Dutch geo-intelligence and asset integrity expert Fugro, has defended its position after an article was published accusing it of searching in the wrong place for the missing MH370 plane.

28th July 2016

Fugro sets the record straight on MH370 search

28th July 2016

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Eddy Bruyninckx has been raised to the rank of baron by H.M The King of Belgium after 25 years as CEO of the Port of Antwerp.

28th July 2016

Port of Antwerp CEO becomes a baron

28th July 2016