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SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Authorities at the Danish ports of Copenhagen, Kalundborg and Fredricia have recently granted permission for GAC EnvironHull’s diver-free, underwater HullWiper solution to be used within their ports and outside of holding areas.

24th August 2015

Danish ports approve HullWiper

24th August 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Following the announcement of updated ECDIS Standards by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), the UKHO (United Kingdom Hydrographic Office) is encouraging all vessel owners to speak to their ECDIS manufacturers to ensure…

24th August 2015

Liaising over new IHO ECDIS standards

24th August 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

German ECDIS specialist Transas Group’s shareholders have announced the decision to focus the brand on the maritime business only. Brand focusing as well as strong consolidation of the Transas Marine international business…

24th August 2015

Transas goes pure marine

24th August 2015

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

“Getting three or four ‘options’ back from a straight question asking for advice isn’t good enough,” said Denis Hogan of LEEA, “an industry association should be able to give solid guidance on…

24th August 2015

Denis Hogan: Lifting Equipment Engineers Association

24th August 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Greek government has agreed deadlines for the privatisation of its two major ports, Piraeus and Thessaloniki, following its cash for reforms pay out.

24th August 2015

Greek port sell-offs

24th August 2015

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

“To start with we went to our commercial marine boatbuilders and asked them to forget what they were doing today, but rather what they wanted to achieve,” said Martin Jackson of Marine…

24th August 2015

New vessel, new yard, new technology

24th August 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Natural Energy Wyre Limited is making progress with the UK’s first estuary tidal barrage project after securing the rights to build across the river Wyre in Lancashire.

24th August 2015

UK set for first estuary tidal barrage

24th August 2015

SECURITY

SECURITY

Lessons learned from the prolific increase in building workboats for the offshore wind farm sector can benefit the military user, according to CTruk, a UK- based builder of boats for both the…

24th August 2015

Military lessons learnt on the windfarms

24th August 2015

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Marine liability insurer The London P&I Club’s 2015 Annual Report highlighted an unusual run of expensive claims in the 2014/15 policy year, with progress in other areas meaning that the free reserves…

24th August 2015

London P&I Club maintains financial strength despite impact of large claims

24th August 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

OceanWise, a UK-based supplier of Intelligent Marine and Coastal Mapping Data has announced the release of free, interactive, Marine Mapping product demonstrators available at www.oceanwise.eu/data. Built using OpenLayers, the demos allow the…

24th August 2015

Marine mapping demonstrator

24th August 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Japanese headquartered global electronics manufacturer Standard Horizon has announce the launch of its latest fixed DSC VHF set, the GX1300E Eclipse, which has been made thinner to increase mounting options.

21st August 2015

Thinner Eclipse

21st August 2015

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

There can be few Aids to Navigation (AtoN) as remotely located as the three Rigwatcher units marking the decommissioned Frigg Field on the UK/Norwegian median in the North Sea.

21st August 2015

Keeping a lonely vigil

21st August 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Jan De Nul NV, a subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group, has taken over the Belgian company Algemene Ondernemingen Soetaert NV, subject to the approval of the Belgian Competition Authority.

21st August 2015

Flemish takeover

21st August 2015

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A north German shipyard group has exploited its location and logistics flexibility of late by switching one small repair job between yards and also bagging major cruise ship work over stiff competition…

21st August 2015

Yard flexibility wins repair work

21st August 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Netherlands-headquartered SpeedCast International Limited a global satellite telecommunications service provider, has announced that it has been awarded a multi-year communications contract by international shipping company, Vroon.

21st August 2015

SpeedCast multi-year contract

21st August 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The first edition of the marine renewable energy conference, Manche, is set to take place on 6 and 7 October in Le Havre.

21st August 2015

Marine renewable energy conference

21st August 2015

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

UK-based ship interiors specialist MPE has completed a fit-out of the Norwegian-owned tug supply vessel ‘Sentinel Ranger’. MPE, headquartered on the banks of the River Mersey in Birkenhead, undertook the work at…

21st August 2015

Tug supply vessel fit out

21st August 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Netherlands headquartered Alphatron Marine has announced that Mr. Erik van Boom has been appointed as Country Manager for the Euro border region Scheldemonden.

21st August 2015

Alphatron appointment

21st August 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Egyptian Naval Hydrographic Department (ENHD) has, in collaboration with the International Centre for Electric Navigation Charts (IC-ENC), produced its first 12 ENCs covering the waters of the Suez Canal.

20th August 2015

First ENCs for Suez Canal produced

20th August 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Belgian Offshore maintenance contractors Offshore & Wind Assistance (OWA) and German EWE Offshore Service & Solutions GmbH (EWE-OSS) have been contracted to ensure that the Gemini offshore wind park operates smoothly.

20th August 2015

Gemini awards 5 year maintenance contract

20th August 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Danish headquartered renewables giant Dong Energy has announced that wind industry service provider CWind, will provide corrosion protection, latchway inspections and snagging to Dong’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm (offshore Germany) in…

20th August 2015

Dong deal

20th August 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The organisers of NEVA a commercial maritime business-to-business event in Russia, has announced that exhibitor participation has reached record levels. The event is due to take place 22 - 25 September 2015…

20th August 2015

Russian Maritime show garners support

20th August 2015

SECURITY

SECURITY

In the US, GOST (Global Ocean Security Technologies), which is celebrating its 10th year in marine security, tracking, monitoring and video surveillance systems, has announced the release of its next generation security…

20th August 2015

HD recording of suspicious activity

20th August 2015