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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Medium-scale Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, Norvento, has begun construction on a 200kW twin turbine site at Shoreham Port on the UK’s South Coast.

3rd March 2016

Pump house power

3rd March 2016

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

UK-based boatbuilder and regular Seawork exhibitor CTruk Group has made a significant breakthrough into the survey vessel market with the delivery of a first-of-class boat to the Port of London Authority (PLA).

3rd March 2016

Composite survey vessel

3rd March 2016

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Norwegian boat-builder Hukkelberg has announced it will become fully independent from a sales and marketing agreement with Maritime Partner on the first day of Seawork International 2016.

2nd March 2016

Hukkelberg fully independent

2nd March 2016

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

NMEA specialist, Actisense, will showcase its new NMEA 0183 buffer, the PRO-BUF-1, at Seawork 2016.

2nd March 2016

Actisense launches new NMEA 0183 buffer

2nd March 2016

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

In February the CV-320 upending Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT-U) from Netherlands-headquartered Cape Holland was used for installation of 13 piles at Kanaaldok B3 in the port of Antwerp.

2nd March 2016

Vibro Lifting Tool deployment

2nd March 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Public services provider Serco have placed what can be viewed as a prestigious order with Damen Shipyards for a Damen ART 80-32 Advanced Rotor Tug.

2nd March 2016

TOWLINES

2nd March 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A dual-fuel tug for China, an order for the Royal Thai Navy, another delivery of the popular Z-Tech tug and deliveries and orders for SAAM S.A. are some of the recent items…

2nd March 2016

Robert Allan round-up

2nd March 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Among the regular deliveries from Damen’s range to report this month are a pair of ASD tugs to separate Italian owners.

2nd March 2016

Damen delivers two for Italy

2nd March 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Global towage and marine related services company Svitzer has reported what it describes as “very good results” from activities in 2015.

2nd March 2016

Svitzer posts positive results for 2015

2nd March 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Society for Underwater Technology, which has members in over 40 countries, is to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a three-day conference at London’s ExCel Centre on The Future of Underwater Technology,…

1st March 2016

SUT Conference

1st March 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

iSurvey, the Norwegian offshore support group with subsidiary bases in Aberdeen and Singapore, has been awarded a multi-year frame agreement with Nexans Norway AS covering provision of navigation, positioning and survey services…

1st March 2016

iSurvey positioning support agreements

1st March 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Great Yarmouth, UK-based Applied Acoustic Engineering (AAE) has recorded the 450th sale of its USBL (Ultra Short Baseline) range of acoustic positioning systems with supply of a Nexus model to Neptune Marine…

1st March 2016

Applied Acoustics down under contract

1st March 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

IGA, the specialist department of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & Environment’s Rijkswaterstaat organisation responsible for surveying 5472 km of inland waterways throughout the Netherlands, has commissioned five Kongsberg Maritime EM 2040C…

1st March 2016

Rijkswaterstaat orders inland water multibeam systems

1st March 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Guernsey-based sonar specialists Marine Electronics in the Channel Islands, which recently delivered an advanced 3D profiling system for short range bathymetry to the Korean Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST) in…

1st March 2016

New Marine Electronics sonar developments

1st March 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A new legal practice based in Londons West End has been launched to advise on the acquisition and financing of superyachts, commercial vessels, rolling stock and business jets.

1st March 2016

New London maritime law firm

1st March 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Dutch naval architect and marine engineering services company Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) has revealed a new design of tractor tug offering a choice between both Voith Schneider and azimuth thruster configurations.

1st March 2016

New tractor tug design offered by OSD

1st March 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Lerwick-based Delta Marine has reported completion of the 719nm tow of a wave energy convertor from Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands to Falmouth on the UK south west coast.

1st March 2016

Delta Marine completes wave energy converter tow

1st March 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Italian tug operator Rimorchiatori Riuniti will be adding to its existing Damen fleet following the announcement of an order for two ASD Tug 2913s set for delivery in 2016 and 2017.

1st March 2016

Two more Damen ASDs for Riuniti

1st March 2016

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

“I thought I’d understood vessel design during my university courses,” said Grzegorz Mazerski of Finish ship designers Deltamarin, “but the three years I spent in a Polish yard after college were the…

29th February 2016

Grzegorz Mazerski: Deltamarin

29th February 2016

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Visitors to Seawork International 2016 will be able to see three of Cheetah Marine’s larger series of catamarans on the pontoons.

29th February 2016

Cheetahs prowling the pontoons

29th February 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Two new management appointments have been announced at DP World.

29th February 2016

Management shake-up at DP World

29th February 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK-based offshore wind industry specialist, CWind, has appointed Henrik Hansen to the new role of strategy & sales director.

29th February 2016

Offshore renewables firm appoints new director

29th February 2016

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Seawork Exhibitor SeaRegs Training, based in Plymouth, UK, has announced the expansion of its training programme to include Boatmaster and Workboat qualifications in response to changes in MCA legislation.

26th February 2016

SeaRegs expands programme

26th February 2016