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The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has furthered its ties with Japan having signed a contract to provide advice on the development of a marine energy test facility in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

18th December 2015

Marine energy test centre development

18th December 2015

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SevenCs, a navigation equipment and software expert from Hamburg, has created the first product to achieve compliance with a new DNV GL industry standard.

17th December 2015

SevenCs receives new approval from DNV GL

17th December 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

ScottishPower Renewables has joined forces with Singapore-headquartered Atlantis Resources to establish the largest tidal stream portfolio in the UK.

17th December 2015

Atlantis Resources building UK tidal power portfolio

17th December 2015

SECURITY

SECURITY

Vessel Watch is claimed to be the Worlds most advanced digital marine radio communications system. Although designed primarily for use on super yachts, many of the features of this new system could…

16th December 2015

Vessel Watch

16th December 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Fugro’s new Academy Training Centre at Plymouth’s Turnchapel Wharf in the UK was formally opened at the beginning of November by the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Dr John Mahony.

16th December 2015

Fugro Academy opens new Plymouth training centre

16th December 2015

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

A new Swedish company focussed on developing interceptor systems for fast boats has been chosen to supply interceptor trim systems to a pair of Swedish lifeboats. These installations follow a series of…

16th December 2015

Interceptors for Swedish lifeboats

16th December 2015

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In 2016 Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) is moving to hall 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Amsterdam RAI.

16th December 2015

New home for Offshore Energy

16th December 2015

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Rear Admiral Patricio Carrasco, Director of the Chilean Navy’s Hydrographic & Oceanographic Service (SHOA) in Valparaiso, is this year’s recipient of the UK Hydrographic Office’s annual Alexander Dalrymple Award for outstanding contributions…

16th December 2015

Dalrymple Award for Chilean hydrographer

16th December 2015

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CARIS, the leading Canadian developer of geospatial software with customers in 85 countries and offices in the Netherlands, UK and elsewhere, has announced a widely-anticipated near real-time processing and mapping application, CARIS…

16th December 2015

New CARIS development

16th December 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

iXBlue of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Framce, which earlier this year recorded over 250 worldwide sales of its USBL acoustic positioning systems, has been awarded a four-year contract by the French Hydrographic Office (SHOM) in…

16th December 2015

SHOM orders iXBlue sub-bottom profilers

16th December 2015

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Recruitment expert Atlas Professionals will supply nautical temporary personnel in the North Sea area to the Rijkswaterstaat (part of the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management).

16th December 2015

Atlas personnel contract

16th December 2015

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Statoil has awarded a contract to Isleburn Limited (part of Global Energy Group) to build 15 suction anchors for the Hywind floating offshore wind project.

16th December 2015

Offshore wind contract

16th December 2015

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Norwegian company DNV GL is being supported by leading global players in the jackup industry to establish a joint industry project (JIP).

16th December 2015

Jackup collaboration to increase reliability

16th December 2015

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The unmanned surface vessel AutoNaut has completed a successful trial off Plymouth, UK carrying Meteorological Office sensors. In late November a suite of weather sensors provided by the UK’s Met Office put…

16th December 2015

Met Office trials AutoNaut

16th December 2015

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The global company DESMI has introduced a new oil spill recovery product, RO-Vane. The new aquatic device has been designed to replace the functions of a second vessel, making cleaning up oil…

16th December 2015

New efficiencies for single-vessel oil spill recovery

16th December 2015

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Gobbler Boats has installed a Sea-Fire pre-engineered system and the 3M’s innovative Novec 1230 Fire Protection Fluid on its offshore 290 oil spill recover vessel (OSRV).

16th December 2015

Eco-friendly Novec used on Gobbler vessel

16th December 2015

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

UK boatbuilder Meercat Workboats has announced new order from global defence, aerospace and security company BAE Systems for a bespoke 15m dive support vessel.

16th December 2015

Meercat for naval dockyard

16th December 2015

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Island Offshore’s new coiled tubing drilling method is being applied to a contract for ground core sampling in Norway, in what is said to be the world’s longest and deepest subsea road…

16th December 2015

Island Offshore drilling method for Norway

16th December 2015

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS 16th December 2015

Crossing borders with tanks

16th December 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES 16th December 2015

Thunderstorm detector for offshore wind industry

16th December 2015

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Switzerland’s ABB will provide the crucial technology that will allow a spectacular ferry to run silently on batteries along a UNESCO listed fjord in Norway.

16th December 2015

Hybrid power for Norwegian Fjords

16th December 2015

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Classification society ClassNK has announced that it has established a Ship Data Centre in Tokyo, Japan.

16th December 2015

ClassNK establishes Ship Data Centre in Tokyo

16th December 2015

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Swedish-headquartered maritime major Trelleborg has, through its business area Trelleborg Offshore & Construction, signed an agreement to acquire Marimatech A/S, a Danish company that designs and manufactures advanced marine positioning and piloting…

16th December 2015

Trelleborg acquires Marimatech

16th December 2015