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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Two of the UK Southampton Solent University’s renowned shipping courses are set to be run in Greece, thanks to a recently announced partnership with AKMI Metropolitan College (AMC).

20th July 2016

Greek partnership

20th July 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The CSMART centre recently opened in, Almere, Netherlands by cruise operator Carnival Corporation is claimed to be the world’s largest maritime training facility in terms of training capacity.

20th July 2016

CSMART officially opens

20th July 2016

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KEY DEALS

Two Search and Rescue boats built by FB Design in Italy have set new records for the for the voyage from Monte Carlo to Venice, the first time that such records have…

20th July 2016

Lifeboats setting speed records

20th July 2016

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The Russian state oil and gas producer Gazprom has announced that it has developed a new oil dispersant substance that they claim promises improved performance over existing materials. The announcement was made…

19th July 2016

New Russian oil dispersant

19th July 2016

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KEY DEALS

SMM, which lays claim to being the leading international maritime trade fair, will take place at the Hamburg Messe exhibition centre from 06 to 09 September 2016. More than 2,000 exhibitors have…

19th July 2016

Three days in Hamburg

19th July 2016

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KEY DEALS

Swansea-based Marine Power Systems (MPS) has signed a new contract with Hunger Hydraulic UK for the supply of hydraulic cylinders and seals.

19th July 2016

MPS contract with Hunger Hydraulic

19th July 2016

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KEY DEALS

Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and Altor Fund IV have partnered together and signed an agreement to acquire Navico from the Altor 2003 Fund.

19th July 2016

New owners for Navico

19th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

German shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen says two 25m SWATH pilot tenders just ordered by Houston Pilots will be the first from the yard to be fitted with engines to meet new US…

19th July 2016

New US emission standards on new SWATHs

19th July 2016

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A new €3.9 million ferry station at Schilksee in the north of the Kiel Fiord has opened for traffic, becoming the fourth pontoon landing facility to be inaugurated on the busy German…

19th July 2016

Landing revamp is fourth for Kiel Fiord

19th July 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Three more 36-passenger offshore CTVs will join Germany’s Opielok Offshore Carriers (OOC) in 2017 and 2018 as a result of the “outstanding” performance so far of the first boat in a new…

19th July 2016

OOC expands CTV fleet

19th July 2016

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Hamburg Port Authority HPA has taken delivery of a new €7.5 million floating dredger in a bid to keep abreast of dredging needs and silt build-up in Germany’s biggest universal seaport.

19th July 2016

Sauger 111 helps stem Hamburg silt

19th July 2016

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KEY DEALS

JRC and Alphatron Marine will be exhibiting at SMM in Hamburg, Germany from the 6 September to 9 September.

18th July 2016

Second generation bridges from Alphatron Marine

18th July 2016

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The UK government has taken the decision to provide a further five years of funding for the country’s remaining emergency towing vessel (ETV), based in Orkney.

14th July 2016

ETV reprieve

14th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The first commercial passenger carrying hovercraft to have been built in decades are about to go into service with Hovertravel’s Ryde-Southsea route across the UK’s Solent.

14th July 2016

Hovertravel’s £10M investment

14th July 2016

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KEY DEALS

UK-based ship repairer Burgess Marine and European Active Projects Ltd (EAPL) have partnered up to jointly manage and operate Ramsgate Slipways.

14th July 2016

Burgess Marine and EAPL partnership

14th July 2016

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KEY DEALS

Planet Ocean has become the UK and Ireland distributor for American-based SeaView Systems’ new low power wave height and direction sensor.

13th July 2016

New distribution agreement for Planet Ocean

13th July 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Maersk Training has become the first Global Wind Organisation certified training centre in the world to deliver the new Basic Maintenance Training (BMT).

11th July 2016

Maersk training first

11th July 2016

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KEY DEALS

Nine major energy companies and the Scottish Government have announced a £7.9 million collaboration on technology innovation to slash the cost of offshore wind, via the Carbon Trusts Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA)…

11th July 2016

Scottish technology collaboration

11th July 2016

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Work on the first phase of a multi-million pound project to replace Morecambe, UK’s wave reflection wall being carried out by VBA joint venture, is progressing well.

11th July 2016

Morecambe flood protection project

11th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

More often reported on in these pages for its windfarm support vessels, Great Yarmouth, UK-based Alicat Workboats has recently won a contract with Stewart Marine to build a 57 x 11FT Wide-beam…

11th July 2016

Diversification at Alicat Workboats

11th July 2016

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KEY DEALS

Oslo-based Miko Marine has unveiled a magnetic sledge that is capable of retrieving small ferrous objects from underwater.

11th July 2016

Magnetic Sledge from Miko

11th July 2016

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KEY DEALS

Norway-headquarterd Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering, a provider of marine warranty, dynamic positioning and engineering services to the offshore sector, has signed a contract with leading offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind to…

11th July 2016

European expertise for US offshore wind

11th July 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The UK-based Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has announced the addition of Julie Drew-Murphy as Senior Associate to the team, bringing valuable offshore wind development, compliance and due diligence skills.

11th July 2016

New Senior Associate at RCG

11th July 2016