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OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Atlantis Resources, majority owner of the world’s largest tidal stream energy project, MeyGen, has announced that it has executed a construction contract with global defence contractor Lockheed Martin for the delivery of…

2nd April 2015

Lockheed Martin to build monster tidal turbine

2nd April 2015

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

When the UK’s Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) needed accurate and reliable fuel monitoring for its latest lifeboat model, the Shannon class, PSM Marine provided an effective solution to withstand the very…

2nd April 2015

A safe level

2nd April 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Scottish government has granted GBP 1.35 million (USD 2m/EUR 1.85m) to finance a community renewable energy project in Orkney, combining tidal and wind turbines through the Local Energy Challenge Fund.

2nd April 2015

Surf ‘n’ Turf

2nd April 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK-based workboat and marine energy device builder Mustang Marine has won a £3.6m contract to construct three new pilot boats for the Port of Milford Haven.

2nd April 2015

Pilot boat order

2nd April 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Denmark’s Tuco Marine recently sea trialled the latest model in its ProZero series of workboats; the ProZero 10.5m WBW Archipelago. The vessel is described as ‘a fast and light multipurpose workboat that…

2nd April 2015

ProZero trialled

2nd April 2015

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

New figures from engine builders Caterpillar demonstrate that spending more on genuine engine parts can save vessel operators money in the long term. Peter Anscombe, Parts and Logistics Manager from Finning UK,…

2nd April 2015

A sound investment

2nd April 2015

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

On any single vessel there could be hundreds of systems from bilges to hatches to navigation lights which all need to be controlled and monitored.

2nd April 2015

Radamec alarm and monitoring system installed on Titan

2nd April 2015

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Propulsion for two new ferries bound for Malta will be provided by engines supplied by Mermaid Marine.

2nd April 2015

FPT to provide propulsion for two new Maltese ferries

2nd April 2015

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Exmouth based Exe Fishing has chosen Agco Power (Sisu) for its replacement engine.

2nd April 2015

Agco Power (Sisu) chosen by Exe Fishing

2nd April 2015

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Fischer Panda has launched its latest variable speed diesel generator aimed at the smaller commercial craft and survey vessels.

2nd April 2015

New variable speed generator from Fischer Panda

2nd April 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The National Oceanography Centre in Liverpool is to host the 56th Marine Measurement Forum at the University of Liverpool’s Foresight Centre on Wednesday 15 July. The agenda for the day-long event will…

2nd April 2015

56th Marine Measurement Forum

2nd April 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Fugro, the Dutch survey organisation, has expanded its AUV fleet with the addition of a Kongsberg Hugin 1000 craft featuring an extended depth rating of 4,500m, Echo Surveyor VII. The state-of-the-art acquisition…

2nd April 2015

Fugro expands AUV fleet

2nd April 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Immediately following Seawork International 2015 in Southampton, The Hydrographic Society UK is to stage a one-day seminar and table-top exhibition at Southampton Solent University’s Conference Centre on Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Surveys, on…

2nd April 2015

Unexploded ordnance surveys seminar

2nd April 2015

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

UK-based Echomax Radar Reflectors is bringing three new products to this year’s Seawork Exhibition: the EM325 top mark, EM700 buoy and Active-X/XS RTE.

2nd April 2015

Echomax brings new products to Seawork

2nd April 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Kongsberg Maritime has announced development of an advanced Mk 2 version of its widely-adopted EM710 multibeam sounder which it says will set new standards for seabed surveys by increasing range and swathe…

2nd April 2015

New Kongsberg multibeam sounder

2nd April 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Norwegian chart distributor Nautisk, which also has bases in Hong Kong, Singapore, UK and the US, has introduced a system designed to replace a vessel’s onboard navigational publications library with an electronic…

2nd April 2015

Nautisk e-publications system

2nd April 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A further eight of its Admiralty Nautical Publications are now available in an electronic format, says the UK Hydrographic Office. The e-Nautical Publications (e-NPs) use the same certified data as their paper…

2nd April 2015

UKHO digitises further publications

2nd April 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

CraneKing has delivered its second knuckle boom AK 30 HE4 crane to a newbuild fishing vessel being built for Marine Harvest at the Maritiem Cluster Friesland in Holland.

2nd April 2015

Knuckle boom crane for new vessel

2nd April 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

France’s Toulon-based ECA Group, which specialises in robotics, automation and simulation systems, reports the first sale of its latest A18 AUV for “several million euros”. It will be delivered to the un-named…

2nd April 2015

Commercial success for latest ECA AUV

2nd April 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Geoscience company CGG has set new standards for workboat safety following the introduction of a system that monitors the loads being lifted by its workboat davits. As we first covered in February’s…

2nd April 2015

Davit safety

2nd April 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A ‘Connecting Projects to the Grid’ masterclass is set to take place on 14 May 2015 at Burges Salmon, London, to help energy project developers secure a grid connection to both distribution…

1st April 2015

‘Connecting Projects to the Grid’

1st April 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Lubricant Company have been awarded the full UK distribution contract for Domestic / Local Marine lubricants by ExxonMobil. From 1st April 2015, The Lubricant Company, a trading division of WFL (UK)…

1st April 2015

Lubricant marine contract

1st April 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

In a matter of weeks some 450 exhibiting companies from nearly 20 countries are set to arrive at Glasgow’s Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) for All-Energy 2015 – the UK’s largest…

1st April 2015

All-Energy – all-ready

1st April 2015