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SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Global engineering services company Hibbard Inshore has set the record for the longest flooded tunnel inspection against flow ever attempted. Success came from using the Saab Seaeye Sabertooth AUV/ROV hybrid, chosen as…

17th October 2014

Sabertooth swims into record books

17th October 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Taking place at ‘Action Stations’, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, UK on Wednesday 26 November 2014, the British Marine Federation’s Supply Chain Conference is intended for builders of small commercial and leisure vessels, their…

17th October 2014

Marine Supply Chain Conference

17th October 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The 8th Annual International Tidal Energy Summit takes place in London 25-26 November 2014. Now that we have fully functioning, bankable tidal devices, it’s critical we understand how to implement latest best…

17th October 2014

Tidal Summit

17th October 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Belgian DEME Group’s marine engineering specialist GeoSea has acquired the offshore assets of Hochtief, one of Germany’s leading international construction groups.

16th October 2014

GeoSea acquires Hochtief assets

16th October 2014

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

As part of its on-going commitment to manage incidents in the harbour, Poole Harbour Commissioners, UK, simulated a major oil spill to test the current capability and processes for response to a…

16th October 2014

Oil spill simulation

16th October 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The ports of Shanghai and Antwerp have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see them exchange information about their respective hinterlands, carry out joint promotion and set up training courses…

16th October 2014

Shanghai and Antwerp work together

16th October 2014

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Divex, of Aberdeenshire, UK has been awarded a contract to supply the US Navy with their state-of-the-art helium speech unscrambling diver communications system the HeliCom Matrix.

16th October 2014

Helium without the squealium

16th October 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Humber RIBs is one of the major British builders of RIBs and has made a considerable reputation for itself in the commercial and military sector. This year the company hits a significant…

16th October 2014

Half a century of RIBs

16th October 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has approved the UK’s Dover Harbour Board’s application for additional powers – a move that will generate new opportunities and ensure the port stays at the top…

15th October 2014

Dover explores new opportunities

15th October 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A major £6m quay upgrade for the UK’s Montrose Port Authority (MPA) has now been completed in a move that will enhance the harbour’s capacity for handling larger cargo and oil and…

15th October 2014

Montrose upgrade

15th October 2014

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Early in September, a team of Canadian underwater archaeologists discovered the wreck of the HMS Erebus in the eastern stretches of the Queen Maud Gulf off the coast of Canada.

15th October 2014

Underwater technology aids search for Franklin expedition shipwrecks

15th October 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The importance of hydrography and its role in an increasingly geospatially enabled world took centre stage at the 5th Extraordinary International Hydrographic Conference in Monaco recently. UK specialist, OceanWises director, John Pepper…

14th October 2014

OceanWise addresses 5th EIHC

14th October 2014

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has welcomed the recently-published report of the Global Ocean Commission (GOC), ‘From Decline to Recovery: A Rescue Package for the Global Ocean’, and its call…

14th October 2014

IMO Secretary-General welcomes Global Ocean Commission report

14th October 2014

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Reef Subsea has signed a service agreement with the Port of Blyth, UK for a new storage, maintenance and mobilisation facility as part of the company’s continued growth plan. The new facility…

14th October 2014

Reef Subsea expands into Blyth

14th October 2014

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The smooth running of the well-established global regime for compensation from oil pollution from ships may be under serious threat, due to a decision by governments to wind up the 1971 International…

14th October 2014

ICS legislation concern

14th October 2014

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Unique Hydra, a division of Unique Maritime Group, an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, has announced that it has been selected by Ultra Deep Solutions to design, build and integrate…

14th October 2014

DSCV Contract

14th October 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The latest Seahawk B46 has been launched – to be operated out of Looe, Cornwall, UK. Designed by Gary Mitchell, the Seahawk B46 has been built for Richard Chapman who will also…

14th October 2014

14m GRP trawler launched

14th October 2014

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Denmark- based EIVA has been appointed as an authorised VideoRay Service Centre. EIVA is an engineering company with more than 35 years’ experience in the offshore construction and survey industry. EIVA is…

13th October 2014

EIVA and VideoRay

13th October 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

As first reported in last month’s ‘Maritime Journal’, the UKs Burgess Marine has supplemented its established shiprepair business and Trafalgar Yacht Management subsidiary by moving into new build with the acquisition of…

13th October 2014

Burgess expands into new build

13th October 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Drydocks World, an international service provider to the maritime, oil, gas, and energy sectors, has signed an agreement with Petrofac to build the BorWin3 high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platform in…

13th October 2014

Convertor platform go-ahead

13th October 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

United Kingdom Major Ports Group (UKMPG) has unveiled a new Manifesto – Ports4Prosperity – in a bid to ensure UK ports get the government support they need.

13th October 2014

Manifesting support for UK ports

13th October 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Damen Shipyards Group has delivered the first ASD tug 2810 in a four-vessel contract with ARC Towage, which will be used to provide gas terminal berthing services in Trinidad and Tobago.

10th October 2014

Damen tug leaves for Trinidad

10th October 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

US-based The Maritime Aquarium has christened a US$2.7m hybrid-electric catamaran – said to be the only research vessel in the world running on hybrid-electric propulsion.

9th October 2014

US$2.7m hybrid-powered catamaran christened

9th October 2014