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UK-based Guidance Marine has launched a new range of products to enhance its portfolio of sensors which measure distances between ships at sea.

11th March 2016

New range of products from Guidance Marine

11th March 2016

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

UK-based shipping recruitment agency, Spinnaker Global will be exhibiting at Seawork International 2016.

10th March 2016

Spinnaker aiming to ‘bridge the gap’

10th March 2016

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Netherlands-headquartered Bakker Sliedrecht has been contracted to provide electrical system integration on board Damen’s Service Operations Vessel currently in build for Bibby Marine Services.

10th March 2016

Integration contract

10th March 2016

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

German company Böning has developed a new range of monitoring displays that are both compact and stylish. With the display of information becoming more and more focussed on the wheelhouse of workboats…

10th March 2016

Monitoring and automation from Böning

10th March 2016

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Fleet development at UK-based support vessel supplier, Maritime Craft Services (MCS), continues with the company’s recent upgrade of MCS Zephyr’s engines.

9th March 2016

MCS upgrades Zephyr engines

9th March 2016

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The UK’s Port of London Authority (PLA) is recruiting twelve new pilots this year to respond to increased traffic on the Thames. The PLA is looking for candidates with a Class 1…

8th March 2016

More PLA pilots

8th March 2016

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Norwegian provider of offshore, towage and accommodation services, Østensjø Rederi, has appointed Kenneth Walland to the role of CEO.

8th March 2016

Østensjø Rederi appoints new CEO

8th March 2016

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Speaking at an Innovation in Maritime Navigation Conference, Nick Cutmore, the Secretary General of the International Maritime Pilots Association highlighted the many challenges that face the modern ships pilot. Not only are…

7th March 2016

Challenges for pilots

7th March 2016

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Furuno has developed a versatile remote control unit that can be used with its TZtouch and TZtouch2 units.

7th March 2016

New remote control unit from Furuno

7th March 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Dutch company New Madera RIBs B.V. is a family business that started by taking over Madera Ribs B.V. from Veka Group in December 2014. The company has started by offering a 13.5m…

7th March 2016

Madera RIBs reborn

7th March 2016

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UK-based telecommunications equipment supplier, antennaPRO, has launched a new multi-purpose slim-line antenna for use onboard or in coastal-based offices in marinas or harbours.

7th March 2016

antennaPRO launches new antenna

7th March 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Belgian offshore wind company Rentel NV has awarded the EPCI contract for its offshore substation (OSS) to STX France SA. The scope comprises design, fabrication, transport, offshore installation and commissioning of the…

7th March 2016

Rentel plugging in

7th March 2016

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

UK boatbuilders South Boats IOW Ltd. and Alicat Workboats Ltd., have received an order from Iceni Marine Services Ltd. for the purchase of a new build South Boats IOW 23m Offshore Wind…

7th March 2016

CTV order

7th March 2016

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French university The École Centrale de Nantes (ECN) and international classification society Bureau Veritas have joined forces to create a new International Chair in research on Hydrodynamics and Marine Structures.

7th March 2016

Hydrodynamics collaboration

7th March 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The IMO sub-committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR) has extended the transition period for software updates to existing ECDIS for one year to 31 Aug 2017.

4th March 2016

Extended ECDIS transition period

4th March 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Germany-based Noske-Kaeser, a provider of systems for air conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, piping, fire fighting and CBRN protection, has developed a new ventilation system to protect offshore wind turbine foundations from explosive gas…

4th March 2016

Solution for exploding piles

4th March 2016

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

On Friday, 4 March 2016, the Danish political parties behind the Fehmarnbelt link, a new 18km road and rail tunnel between Denmark and Germany, mandated Femern A/S to appoint the preferred bidders…

4th March 2016

Fehmarnbelt tunnel preferred bidders appointed

4th March 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Well, almost. Australian-headquartered vessel designer Incat Crowther has announced a contract to design a 20m catamaran passenger ferry to ply the waters of Loch Ness in Scotland, taking tourists in search of…

4th March 2016

Loch Ness monster discovered

4th March 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A joint research project carried out by Finnish propulsion company Wärtsilä and City University London has succeeded in identifying the specific design parameters that create the risk of singing propellers.

4th March 2016

Singing prop mystery solved?

4th March 2016

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Conference organiser ACI has announced Hamburg, Germany as the host city for its third Operating Specialist Wind Vessels Conference, taking place on the 5th & 6th of October 2016.

4th March 2016

Specialist Wind Vessels 2016

4th March 2016

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

UK-based Veotec has launched a new range of engine room ventilation products aimed at the offshore renewable sector.

3rd March 2016

Veotec expands ventilation equipment range

3rd March 2016

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Australia-headquartered Sealite, which claims to be the worlds fastest growing manufacturer of marine aids to navigation, has announced the appointment of Mr. Malcolm Nicholson to the role of Global Engineering Manager.

3rd March 2016

Sealite Global Engineering Manager

3rd March 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

UK start-up WITT Ltd, says it is set to change the face of renewable energy forever with its ground-breaking new energy harvesting technology, The WITT.

3rd March 2016

Marine energy capture device seeks investment

3rd March 2016