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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK-based New Economics Foundation (NEF) is launching a new initiative with the aim of restoring the health of the marine environment and using the UK’s coasts to create more jobs.

29th June 2015

Making the most of the UK’s coasts

29th June 2015

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The Australian owned manufacturer and distributor of marine-based electronic products, TMQ Electronics, unveiled a wide a range of new equipment, autopilots and accessories at Seawork International this year.

29th June 2015

TMQ at Seawork

29th June 2015

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The CEDA Dredging Days conference and exhibition returns to the Ahoy Rotterdam on 5-6 November 2015 in conjunction with Europort 2015.

29th June 2015

CEDA Dredging Days 2015

29th June 2015

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

ACI’s European Dredging Summit 2015 will take place in Antwerp, Belgium on 7 and 8 October 2015.

29th June 2015

European Dredging Summit 2015

29th June 2015

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch expertise has contributed to Indonesia’s developing maritime industry in the shape of Barito Equator, a Damen 2500 trailing suction hopper dredger built at the country’s Steadfast Marine shipyard.

29th June 2015

Dutch expertise begets Indonesian newbuild

29th June 2015

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Royal IHC has launched the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Ilembe from its shipyard at Kinderdijk in the Netherlands. The dredger is being built for Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), the national…

29th June 2015

Largest South African dredger launched

29th June 2015

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The first international ‘Hybrid Marine Power & Propulsion Conference’ is being held at the RNLI Lifeboat College, Poole UK from 6 to 8 October 2015.

29th June 2015

Hybrid Marine Power & Propulsion Conference

29th June 2015

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Dredging International Asia Pacific-Daelim Joint Venture (DDJV) have signed a contract for the Tuas Terminal Phase 1 reclamation, wharf construction and dredging…

26th June 2015

DEME in €1.67bn Singapore contract

26th June 2015

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Royal Boskalis Westminster had a good first quarter of 2015, reporting increased revenue compared to the same period in 2014. Revenue was stable when adjusted for acquisitions, divestments and currency effects.

26th June 2015

Boskalis maintains positive outlook

26th June 2015

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Directorate General of Public Works (Rijkswaterstaat) in the Netherlands has awarded the project to improve the Hoevelaken motorway interchange to the A1/28 joint venture established by the Royal BAM Group and…

26th June 2015

Sand supply for Dutch motorway works

26th June 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Prysmian Group has successfully commissioned the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore grid connection project, HelWin2, off the North Sea coast of Germany in a contract with the Dutch-German transmission system operator…

26th June 2015

German HVDC connection commissioned

26th June 2015

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The UKs Golden Arrow Marine says its had its most successful year yet at Seawork International, largely helped by the new Moteurs Baudouin M26.3 common rail fully electronic diesel engine, making its…

25th June 2015

Golden Arrow hits home at Seawork

25th June 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Seiche Ltd has announced its recent acquisition of Ashridge Engineering Ltd. Seiche Ltd specialises in the design, development and manufacture of Underwater Acoustic Solutions for the oil and gas and renewable energy…

25th June 2015

Seiche acquisition

25th June 2015

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The winners of the second annual Electric & Hybrid Marine Awards have been announced at a ceremony hosted at Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo in Amsterdam.

25th June 2015

Hybrid awards

25th June 2015

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The Royal Netherlands Lifeboat Organization (KNRM) and the Citizens Rescue Organization (CITRO) of Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles, have taken their new self righting rescue craft into service.

25th June 2015

Self righting lifeboats for the Netherlands Antilles

25th June 2015

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Tube bending machine specialist Unison has launched what it believes is a new category of tube bending machine designed to substantially lower the cost and skill level required to produce precision tubular…

25th June 2015

Small diameter tube bender

25th June 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Classicisation society RINA is launching revised rules for offshore cranes and new standards for cranes that will be used for transhipment of bulk cargoes at sea.

25th June 2015

Revised rules for offshore cranes

25th June 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind and marine energy industries, has recently highlighted the fact that the UK’s offshore wind capacity has surpassed five gigawatts (GW), a significant milestone in the…

25th June 2015

5 gigawatt milestone

25th June 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

An innovative anti-microbial copper-nickel alloy will be used to clad the new Thames Garden Bridge over the Thames in London, not only making it look good but also helping to prevent fouling…

25th June 2015

Thames Garden Bridge project

25th June 2015

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Long term Seawork exhibitor Ocean Signal, launched a new signal distress flare at the exhibition this year which it said is the smallest and most powerful on the market.

25th June 2015

Ocean Signal lights up Seawork

25th June 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Ian Holden, currently Project Surveyor with DOF Subsea in Aberdeen, has been elected Chairman of The Hydrographic Society UK (THS UK) in succession to David Parker, the UKHO’s Hydrography Manager with particular…

25th June 2015

The Hydrographic Society UK elects new chairman

25th June 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

MMT of Sweden is to carry out bathymetric and geophysical mapping as part of the world’s longest HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) route survey between Iceland and the UK.

25th June 2015

Survey for world’s longest HVDC route

25th June 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

DeepOcean Group, the Norwegian subsea organisation recently awarded a five-year contract by BG Group for ROV-based inspection, maintenance and repair work covering UK and Norwegian assets in the North Sea, has in…

25th June 2015

Fugro positioning for DeepOcean Group vessels

25th June 2015