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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Flinterstar III BV, the owner of the Dutch freighter MV Flinterstar, has entered into a contract with a consortium of Belgian marine contractors to remove the wreck of the vessel which sank…

22nd April 2016

‘Flinterstar’ wreck removal

22nd April 2016

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

German company Torqeedo has announced that it will debut its brand new cruise engine at Seawork International 2016.

22nd April 2016

New cruise engine from Torqeedo

22nd April 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The world’s only conference on Oceanographic Survey Vessels convened for naval, national hydrographic office and coast guard audiences is to be held at the Kensington Close Hotel, London from 7-9 June.

22nd April 2016

OSV 2016

22nd April 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Teledyne Technologies, the ever-acquisitive US conglomerate, has announced a proposed outright purchase of CARIS of New Brunswick, Canada, one of the world’s foremost developers of geospatial software designed for the hydrographic and…

22nd April 2016

Teledyne to acquire CARIS

22nd April 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Underwater inspection specialist Atlantas Marine of Yeovil, UK has made its ROV instrumentation debut with development and manufacture of a video overlay tool for simplifying and increasing speeds of cathodic protection surveys.

22nd April 2016

Video tool for ROV surveys

22nd April 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Multibeam sounder manufacturer WASSP of Auckland, New Zealand has extended its range of units with introduction of S3, an entry-level system incorporating an all-in-one digital DRX transceiver, touch-screen compatible software for 2D/3D…

22nd April 2016

New WASSP multibeam system

22nd April 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Next Geosolutions, the Anglo-Italian turnkey geoscience and engineering combine with bases in London and Naples, has been awarded a €15m contract by Prysmian Group for survey work in the Adriatic Sea as…

22nd April 2016

€15m Adriatic survey contract for Next Geosolutions

22nd April 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

‘Our Seas and Waterways - Yet to be Chartered and Explored’ is the theme selected by the International Hydrographic Organization as the focal point for this year’s UN-sponsored World Hydrography Day on…

22nd April 2016

World Hydrography Day

22nd April 2016

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Mavi Deniz is introducing a new concept for OSRVs (Oil spill Recovery Vessels), an oil recovery system capacity of 100 m3/h which is approved by BV Class Notation.

22nd April 2016

Turkish side collector

22nd April 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Netherlands-headquartered system integrator Alewijnse Marine Systems has won a significant order for the refit of the key electrical systems on board ‘RV Belgica’, an oceanographic research vessel owned by the Belgian state.

21st April 2016

Alewijnse wins order for ‘Belgica’ refit

21st April 2016

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Netherlands-headquartered Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has selected IHC IQIP to provide piling and handling equipment for its operations at the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project in the UK.

21st April 2016

1,400t upending tool

21st April 2016

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Combining Dutch subsea engineering company Seatools’ key strengths of subsea equipment development and dredging expertise, the company launches its latest product: Pile Dredge Tool (PDT).

21st April 2016

Pile Dredge Tool

21st April 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

UK hydraulics distributor and Seawork exhibitor Hercules Hydraulics is to offer a choice of BFPA Training Courses at their NFPC Approved Satellite Training Centre in South Devon.

21st April 2016

Hercules Hydraulics Offers BFPA Training Courses

21st April 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Belgian windfarm developer Rentel NV has announced it has signed a Turbine Supply Agreement (TSA) with Siemens for the supply and installation of 42 Siemens D7 offshore wind turbines and a 17-year…

21st April 2016

Turbine supply and maintenance

21st April 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

British marine safety expert, SeaSafe, has announced it is to begin the worldwide distribution of the Salvare SEAPOD, an innovative inflatable survival platform.

21st April 2016

Innovative survival raft ready for distribution

21st April 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Denmank-based MacArtney has supplied a MERMAC S30C winch, cable and termination to IT International of Halifax, Nova Scotia, for their core sampling business group.

21st April 2016

IT International acquires all electric MacArtney winch

21st April 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

ACI’s Optimising Maintenance for Offshore Wind conference will be taking place in Hamburg, Germany, on 5th-6th October 2016. The two day event will bring together key industry stakeholders from the offshore wind…

21st April 2016

Offshore wind maintenance conference

21st April 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The Belgium-headquartered Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) recently launched its flagship publication, the ‘Global Wind Report: Annual Market Update’. It claims that the wind power industry set new records across the world…

21st April 2016

GWEC report

21st April 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The Marine Management Organisation has issued a license to operate the Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC), a state of the art tidal energy generation project located in the strong tidal race off…

21st April 2016

Perpetuus go-ahead

21st April 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The global maritime human rights charity, Human Rights at Sea, has recently published new independent guidance for volunteer maritime rescuers for their awareness of the potential risks of criminalisation when planning for…

21st April 2016

Criminalising sea rescue

21st April 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

German offshore storage and accommodation specialist ELA Container Offshore GmbH has recently donated over a million euros to the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS).

20th April 2016

ELA Container Offshore and DGzRS

20th April 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

France-headquartered global classification society Bureau Veritas has developed guidelines for walk-to-work (W2W) motion compensated Offshore Access Systems (OAS) which are used to transfer industrial personnel to and from offshore installations.

20th April 2016

Offshore access guidance

20th April 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The UK’s South Boats IOW Ltd. has announced that its latest Severn Class Lifeboat refit has been completed, trialled and successfully accepted back into service for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).

20th April 2016

Lifeboat refit

20th April 2016