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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

SeaSafe have just added their 50th lifejacket servicing centre to their network, meaning that most parts of the UK now have one within easy reach. The majority of these ‘Service Points’ are…

22nd April 2015

Bulk servicing

22nd April 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Dordrecht based towage company Rederij T. Muller bv have welcomed a new seagoing/harbour tug into their family with the acquisition of the En Avant 9, formerly the Ensor under ownership of URS…

22nd April 2015

TOWLINES

22nd April 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

German towage service provider URAG have expanded their fleet with the recent addition of the two newbuild Damen ASD 2411 stern-drive tugs Brake and Perfect to operate in the port of Hamburg.

22nd April 2015

URAG boost their Hamburg fleet

22nd April 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Hamburg based Fairplay Towage have taken delivery of the first of a pair of hybrid tractor tugs from Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Armon Navia Shipyards.

22nd April 2015

First of Fairplay’s new twins delivered

22nd April 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Netherlands based towage and salvage specialist Multraship has become the latest owner to join the ‘green’ tug club with delivery of the Damen ASD Tug 2810 Hybrid Multratug 28.

22nd April 2015

Multraship joins the green tug club

22nd April 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Seattle based Foss Maritime have christened the first of three Arctic Class tugs designed for operation in extreme conditions and now ready for its first job, an oil industry tow from South…

22nd April 2015

Innovative new tug for Foss Maritime

22nd April 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar have a now well-established involvement with vessels from naval architect Robert Allan Ltd and they have recently added the first RAscal 1800 tug to their own fleet.

22nd April 2015

Sanmar delivers the first RAscal 1800

22nd April 2015

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Cornish port of Falmouth has many maritime industries and ship visits are interesting if unpredictable, writes Graeme Ewens

22nd April 2015

Falmouth for orders

22nd April 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Compliance is an ever increasing cost for businesses with more pieces of paper and more government bodies laying down regulations.

22nd April 2015

Compliance regulations should be dovetailed

22nd April 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Contrary to may people’s beliefs, flares don’t spit hot metal and, under SOLAS regulations, have to comply with extremely strict criteria ensuring consistent and reliable performance, so says Chris Feibusch, head of…

22nd April 2015

Flares undergo extensive testing

22nd April 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A large-scale search and rescue (SAR) exercise is being carried out by the Spanish Maritime Safety Agency later this year to test current SAR procedures.

21st April 2015

SAR put to the test

21st April 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A new competitive and eco-friendly maritime transport concept, the Cargo Ferry project, has been presented. The result of more than two years of work, the concept has been developed as an alternative…

21st April 2015

Cargo Ferry Project

21st April 2015

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Opening its doors in Oslo from 02-05 June 2015, the leading and longest-running maritime event week is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an expanded program.

21st April 2015

The big Five-Oh

21st April 2015

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

UK consultancy Braemar (Incorporating The Salvage Association) has announced that Mr Tim Lewis has been appointed to the newly created position of ‘Director, Ports & Harbours’. Mr Lewis holds a masters degree…

20th April 2015

Harbours role at Braemar

20th April 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK-based training and consultancy company, Shock Mitigation, is holding a two-day workshop to help the commercial marine sector understand the possibilities of using hybrid power and storage systems.

20th April 2015

Hybrid power workshop

20th April 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

CTruk has won an order for two more of its 22m multi-purpose catamaran Wind Farm Service Vessels (WFSVs). Both will be delivered to leading offshore wind service supplier CWind this summer as…

20th April 2015

Composite cats order

20th April 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The Evopod is a device for generating electricity from coastal tidal streams, tidal estuaries, rivers and ocean currents and rather than being attached to the seabed it offers a unique floating solution…

20th April 2015

Evopod completes trials

20th April 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The USA has moved a step closer to providing a back-up system for GPS with the introduction of a bill into the House of Representatives.

20th April 2015

US advances GPS back-up system

20th April 2015

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Do you know somebody worthy of being crowned Maritime Professional of the Year? The nominations are now open for the 3Si Seawork Maritime Professional of the Year Award, 2015.

17th April 2015

Maritime award nominations opens

17th April 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Norway’s Hansen Protection has unveiled what it says is the world’s first survival suit to be approved for helicopter transport, shipping and work use.

17th April 2015

Hansen unveils wind survival suit

17th April 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK-based Coda Octopus and US-based Hemisphere GNSS are joining forces to deploy new solutions for the marine industry, starting with a new F175-H motion reference system.

16th April 2015

Coda Octopus and Hemisphere join forces

16th April 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Survitec Groups extensive network of UK service stations is now responsible directly for the distribution, servicing and repair of all Survitec Zodiac liferafts and boats in the UK.

16th April 2015

Survitec liferaft servicing

16th April 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK-based seabed survey company, Bibby HydroMap, is upgrading its coastal survey vessel ‘Bibby Athena’ with Sonardyne International Ltd’s new ultra-portable Mini-Ranger 2 USBL acoustic positioning system.

15th April 2015

Sonardyne upgrades ‘Bibby Athena’

15th April 2015