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SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Austrian-owned crane and rescue boat specialist Palfinger has added a new RIB design to its extensive range which is aimed primarily at the military sector but which would be used in the…

5th July 2016

New Palfinger RIB

5th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Dutch software developer Shipbuilder has unveiled its new and revolutionary virtual reality module Shipbuilder VR during the recent Shipbuilder and Relatics Client Day.

5th July 2016

Shipbuilder VR module

5th July 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm) has concluded major modification works on the A2SEA (Denmark)-owned offshore wind farm installation vessel ‘Sea Installer’.

5th July 2016

‘Sea Installer’ crane upgrade

5th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Irish boatbuilder Safehaven Marine has delivered one of its Wildcat 53 catamarans for the King Abdullah port in Saudi Arabia. The design is for a hydrographic survey and ocean research vessel that…

4th July 2016

Safehaven for Saudi surveys

4th July 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Representatives of the legislative institutions of the EU successfully reached an agreement recently on the new Port Services Regulation. This legislation will establish a framework for the provision of port services and…

4th July 2016

European Pilots welcome EU agreement on new ports regulation

4th July 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The latest addition to the British Red Funnel ferry fleet, ‘Red Jet 6’, completed its first sea trials in June 2016 and will go into service in July. The high-speed catamaran ferry…

4th July 2016

Quad MTU power for ‘Red Jet 6’

4th July 2016

SECURITY

SECURITY

The Moroccan Royal Navy (MRN) has entrusted French boatbuilder Piriou with the vessel design and build of its new 72m hydro-oceanographic and multi-missions vessel.

4th July 2016

Piriou built oceanographic vessel

4th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Seawork exhibitor Advanced Aerodynamic Vessels has developed a unique type of catamaran that the French company claims is showing enormous potential for efficient performance at high speeds. This catamaran operates with narrow…

4th July 2016

Advanced Aerodynamic Vessels

4th July 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has signed a letter of intent to acquire the offshore activities of VolkerWessels. Under the intended transaction, Boskalis will acquire the maritime and offshore wind energy related activities…

4th July 2016

Boskalis acquires VolkerWessels

4th July 2016

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work has started on the first phase of a major port expansion plan at the Danish port of Fredrikshavn. Located in the north of Demark on the east coast, Fredrikshavn is a…

1st July 2016

Port expansion at Fredrikshavn

1st July 2016

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Really innovative projects still give Naval Architect Ed Dudson of BMT Nigel Gee “one or two moments” of apprehension: “At launch you wonder if the yard has built the vessel to sit…

1st July 2016

Ed Dudson: BMT Nigel Gee

1st July 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is to host the 58th non-profit Marine Measurement Forum covering all relevant issues for inshore and offshore applications, on Thursday 15 September.

1st July 2016

Plymouth Marine Laboratory to host Marine Measurement Forum

1st July 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Horizon Geosciences in the UAE, which also has bases in Bristol, UK and Mumbai, India, has extended its vessel fleet with own-development of a compact nearshore survey boat designed for use in…

1st July 2016

New Horizon nearshore survey craft

1st July 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency has awarded the UK division of Sweden-headquartered MMT a further two-year contract extension under which the company will continue to carry out high-definition medium to deepwater…

1st July 2016

MCA extends MMT contract

1st July 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

‘BAP Carrasco’, a 97-metre hydrographic and oceanographic research vessel built by Construcciones Navales P Friere at its Vigo yard in Spain, has been delivered to the Peruvian Navy in readiness for commitment…

1st July 2016

Spanish-built research ship for Peruvian Navy

1st July 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Leading manufacturer of hydrographic and oceanographic instrumentation Valeport of Totnes, Devon, UK chose last month’s Seawork International for the launch of its latest self-contained tidal observation system, TideStation.

1st July 2016

Valeport launch of new tidal solution at Seawork

1st July 2016

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Derbyshire-based seating design and manufacturer, SDC, has launched a new seating system for the marine industry.

29th June 2016

SDC launches new seating system

29th June 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Coming up to a week after the shock BREXIT vote, Sterling and UK stocks are rebounding to an extent, but the main reaction ’Maritime Journal’ is getting from the commercial marine industry…

29th June 2016

Into the unknown: BREXIT and the European commercial marine industry

29th June 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A clear call has been sounded by Petar Modev of the UK P&I Club for the industry to “update its deck layout solutions for something more flexible”.

29th June 2016

Industry needs a rethink

29th June 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

‘Ripping out the old and coming in with new’ isn’t always the most cost-efficient approach when it comes to lifting gear upgrades but tying Active Heave Compensated (AHC) equipment into pre-existing kit…

29th June 2016

Something old, something new: AHC upgrades

29th June 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Possibly the most interesting thing about the six Italian Heila cranes going onto the UKs new polar research ship is that two of them are not just LR Offshore certified like the…

29th June 2016

Hot issues for cold climate cranes

29th June 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

“One year ago, we set off with our business plans, and today we are pleased that the merger progressed in line with these plans.” The words of CEO Peter Pietka as he…

28th June 2016

First birthday report from Ardent

28th June 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Work has commenced on removing the wreck of the cargo ship ‘Flinterstar’ which for the last eight months has been stranded on a sandbank in the approaches to Zeebrugge, Belgium.

28th June 2016

Flinterstar wreck removal gets underway

28th June 2016