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NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Irish navaids manufacturer, JFC, has been awarded the ‘Excellence in Marine Technology’ award.

11th July 2016

JFC awarded

11th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A new hybrid RoPax-ferry has been delivered to Koninklijke N.V. Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming (Royal TESO).

8th July 2016

Delivery of Texelstroom ferry

8th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Louisiana, USA-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has been selected by HNY Ferry Fleet, LLC,operator of New York City’s Citywide Ferry Service, to build 26-metre, 149-passenger aluminium high-speed ferries.

8th July 2016

Metal Shark ferries

8th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Australian vessel designer and builder Incat Crowther has announced the delivery of ‘Ratayapibanbancha’ and ‘Arcarachwaratorn’, a pair of 24m Catamaran Patrol Boats.

8th July 2016

Incat Crowther cats for Royal Thai Police

8th July 2016

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

MPI Offshore has announced that its wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), ‘MPI Discovery’, has recommenced work at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm off the south coast of England.

8th July 2016

‘MPI Discovery’ back on Rampion

8th July 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

At the end of June 2016, the Austria-headquarterd Palfinger Group closed the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares in Herkules Harding Holding AS, and thus the globally operating Harding Safety.

8th July 2016

Palfinger acquisition

8th July 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The National Business Success Award Institute in Belgium has selected Tideway BV (a subsidiary of the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group, DEME) as Best Performing Employer 2016 in the marine…

8th July 2016

Tideway ‘Best Employer’

8th July 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The new Firefly PRO rescue lights by US-owned ACR Electronics are extremely bright, reliable LED strobe lights which, claims ACR, ensure the best chance of visually alerting rescue services for accurate location…

7th July 2016

MOB strobe

7th July 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The UK’s vote in favour of leaving the European Union is expected to have a far reaching impact on the renewables sector in terms of investment and legislation.

7th July 2016

How will Brexit impact the renewables sector?

7th July 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The new MTU gas marine engine, the first from Rolls-Royce, has just completed 3,000 successful hours on the test bench at Friedrichshafen, Germany. As of 2018, Rolls-Royce will deliver the first certified…

7th July 2016

Gas delivering diesel-type performance

7th July 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Netherlands-headquartered Royal IHC and Tompkins UK Ltd have increased their strategic cooperation with IHC acquiring a majority stake in Tompkins.

7th July 2016

Royal IHC obtains majority stake in Tompkins

7th July 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs has awarded the concession to build and operate the Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farms.

7th July 2016

DONG wins Dutch wind farm tender

7th July 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Atlantis Resources, the Singapore-headquartered tidal power developer, has announced that an agreement has been reached between the company’s majority owned MeyGen project (offshore Scotland) and a nearby wind farm development to facilitate…

7th July 2016

“World first” wind and tidal power output combination

7th July 2016

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Skanska AS Norway has used a robotic water cutter from Swedish company Aquajet in renovating structural parts underneath a pier in Oslo harbour; an operation that because of the tidal flow and…

6th July 2016

Pier hydrodemolition

6th July 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has secured its first subsea trenching contract in Kriegers Flak Offshore Windfarm in the Danish sector.

6th July 2016

Ecosse Subsea Systems lands first Danish project

6th July 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The first MAN D2676 powered workboat is nearly ready for launch and once completed it will be put straight into operation salmon fishing in Alaska.

6th July 2016

MAN D2676 powered workboat

6th July 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A seventh release of Norwegian BazeField AS renewable energy monitoring and control system is due.

6th July 2016

Bazefield 7

6th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A ceremony to christen a new catamaran, Oceanograf, was held on 24 June at Nauta Yard in Gdynia, Poland.

6th July 2016

Oceanograf catamaran christened

6th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

DeBatts RRIB, based in Somerset, UK, first established with the aim of producing an inflatable boat that could outperform the various options available to the military market.

6th July 2016

DeBatts RRIB on trial in the USA

6th July 2016

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Aids to Navigation supplier Hydrosphere has signed an agreement at Seawork 2016 to be the sole UK and Ireland distributor for the French made FullOceans range of buoys.

6th July 2016

Hydrosphere signs with FullOceans

6th July 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

French-owned search and rescue equipment specialist McMurdo has launched a new web portal to educate the global audience on status, functionality, benefits of MEOSAR, the fast-emerging satellite-based life-saving system.

6th July 2016

Increasing MEOSAR awareness

6th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

With every vessel using some form of onboard refrigeration or climate control, new laws by the Council of the EU to slash greenhouse gases mean the maritime industry must take action fast,…

6th July 2016

Refrigerants onboard

6th July 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Sole Diesel SA has launched its latest marine diesel engines, the SM-82 and SM-94.

6th July 2016

New engines from Sole Diesel

6th July 2016