News

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

USA-based Boston Engineering has announced the award of a $500,000 START Stage III grant from MassVentures to accelerate the commercialisation of its BIOSwimmer and related autonomous UUV technology.

18th September 2015

Grant award for tuna biomimicking ROV

18th September 2015

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Together with AIDA Cruises, Germany’s Becker Marine Systems has won the Seatrade Cruise Award for “Environmental Initiative of the Year”, judged by an independent jury.

18th September 2015

LNG hybrid barge awarded again

18th September 2015

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Paramount Group, the African based global defence group and UK-based hovercraft builders Griffon Hoverwork Ltd have signed a cooperative agreement, revealing a number of global projects that will bring British hovercraft capability…

18th September 2015

African air-cushion agreement

18th September 2015

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Swedish underwriting agency Svensk Assurans AB is to offer a new P&I product to small Scandinavian vessels through a delegated underwriting agreement with global P&I insurer The Shipowners’ Club.

18th September 2015

Swedish agreement

18th September 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Denmark’s Eiva A/S has upgraded its popular 4D data modelling and visualisation tool NaviModel; part of its NaviSuite group of software.

18th September 2015

NaviModel software upgraded

18th September 2015

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Netherlands system integrator Alewijnse Marine Systems and dredging and marine contractor Van Oord have signed a long-term service level agreement covering the Van Oord cable-laying vessels ‘Nexus’ and ‘HAM601’. The contract was…

17th September 2015

Long-term service

17th September 2015

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

New Zealand-based amphibious RIB manufacturer Sealegs International has released its newest and largest amphibious rigid inflatable boat (RIB) to date - the Sealegs Interceptor 9000. Targeted at commercial and military applications it…

17th September 2015

Supersized Sealegs

17th September 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Hawaii, USA-headquartered Makai Ocean Engineering is expanding its environmental and coastal modelling services for clients who discharge into, or withdraw from, the world’s oceans, lakes, and reservoirs.

17th September 2015

Modelling coastal discharge

17th September 2015

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A new system known as BlipTrack, developed by Denmark-based BLIP Systems, is helping controllers at Europe’s busiest ferry port to reduce bottlenecks and improve vehicle movements by predicting potential traffic congestion on…

17th September 2015

Predicting port congestion

17th September 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Global classification society Bureau Veritas is classing the first ethane-powered ship. ‘JS Ineos Insight’ is the first of a series of eight Dragon-class vessels being built for Denmark’s Evergas.

17th September 2015

Ethane class

17th September 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Belgian Jan De Nul Group has signed the taking-over of the offshore jack-up crane vessel ‘Vidar’, from the German company Hochtief. “With the ‘Vidar’ in our fleet we considerably extend our specialised…

17th September 2015

Jack-up heavy lift vessel

17th September 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

When it comes to maritime training, Germany likes to start pupils young, and the Port of Hamburg is no exception.

17th September 2015

Germany port scout project

17th September 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Netherlands-based Acta Marine has appointed Rob Boer as managing director, effective as of end of September.

17th September 2015

Acta Marine appointment

17th September 2015

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Global classification society DNV GL and 25 partners from the Norwegian maritime industry and the Norwegian authorities have presented the five pilot projects that will be pursued as part of Norway’s Green…

16th September 2015

Pilot projects picked

16th September 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

NauticExpo is set to launch its first i-NOVO Awards at this year’s METS, taking place in Amsterdam from 17 to 19 November 2015.

16th September 2015

NauticExpo to launch i-NOVO Awards at METS

16th September 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Belgian-headquartered GNSS positioning heavyweight Septentrio has announced the AsteRx-U, an all-in-one receiver with UHF radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth cellular modem together with a L-band receiver and spectrum analyzer.

15th September 2015

Septentrio launch

15th September 2015

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The Australian Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has developed a world ‘first’ – a robot developed to find and control the Great Barrier Reef’s crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS), said to be responsible for…

15th September 2015

Robot to save Oz reefs

15th September 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The European Union has granted a €21m grant to the Sea Traffic Management (STM) Validation Project, a Motorways of the Sea project defined within the MONALISA 2.0 project.

15th September 2015

Enhancing maritime safety

15th September 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Northrop Grumman Corporations Sperry Marine business unit has been selected to supply full Integrated Bridge Systems (IBS) to the Royal Thai Navys future frigates.

15th September 2015

Bridge deal

15th September 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The ‘Sefarina’, a seagoing ship operated by the Dutch company Chemgas Shipping, has scored a first for the port of Antwerp. It was the first seagoing vessel to be bunkered with LNG…

15th September 2015

LNG first

15th September 2015

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

With over 50 years behind him in ship & boatbuilding and civil engineering, Alastair Brown, Commercial Manager of Alnmaritec boatbuilders in Blyth, Northumberland, UK has announced his retirement at the end of…

11th September 2015

50 years a boatbuilder

11th September 2015

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Victaulic, the US-headquartered manufacturer of mechanical pipe-joining systems, will be demonstrating a selection of time- and cost-saving piping solutions at Europort, Rotterdam, 3 – 6 November.

11th September 2015

Victaulic at Europort

11th September 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Multinational classification society Bureau Veritas has finalised the acquisition of HydrOcean, a French engineering company specialised in hydrodynamic digital simulation for the maritime industry.

11th September 2015

Bureau Veritas acquires HydrOcean

11th September 2015