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SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Fifty years after the launch of Radio Caroline and the birth of pirate radio, the ex-Radio Caroline ship Ross Revenge has been moved from its berth at Tilbury docks to a midstream…

29th August 2014

Radio ship leaves lay up

29th August 2014

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

In the UK a number of coastal development projects require consent from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) as well as terrestrial planning permission from the local planning authority. However, thanks to a…

28th August 2014

EIA consent deferrals

28th August 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

MeyGen, which claims to be the world’s largest tidal stream development, has announced that it has agreed terms for a funding package to finance the construction of the first phase of its…

28th August 2014

MeyGen gets go-ahead

28th August 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Australia-based Sealite is set to launch a new long range, high intensity LED Range Light designed to give vessels clear night and /or daytime navigation.

28th August 2014

Sealite unveils new LED range

28th August 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Fears that the UK maritime industry is failing to tackle widespread skills shortages and that skill sets are falling short of employers’ expectations can be avoided if business leaders and training colleges…

28th August 2014

Tackling UK skills shortages

28th August 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK marine interior trim expert, Trimline, is installing a demonstration galley which will provide the basis for displaying and testing new catering equipment for workboats.

28th August 2014

Demo galley for trim specialist

28th August 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Danish tug ‘Diver Master’ sank at the Port of Esbjerg on 4 August 2014 while assisting the tall ship ‘Kreuzenshtern’ under departure. Thanks to this being a heavily trafficked area, a…

27th August 2014

Diver Master salvage

27th August 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Despite the fact that Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has recently revised down its projections for growth in the global wave and tidal sectors, according to the UK industry body the Renewable…

27th August 2014

REA responds to BNEF

27th August 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

British offshore personal safety expert, Reflex Marine, has acquired its latest accredited service centre in Denmark, Fano Kran-Service.

27th August 2014

Danish service centre for Reflex

27th August 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Leading safety training provider Safety Technology has announced that they are now fully accredited to deliver Global Wind Organisation (GWO) Basic Safety Training from the OffTEC training facility in Enge-Sande, Germany.

27th August 2014

Safety Technology GWO accreditation

27th August 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Clare County Council in Ireland is proposing to zone more than 345 hectares of land along the Shannon Estuary for the development of marine related industry. Two Strategic Development Locations (SDL) have…

27th August 2014

Development for Shannon Estuary

27th August 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Rolls-Royce has entered into a co-operation agreement with Nauta SA ship repair yard in Poland, which it says will improve its customer service and growth in the region.

27th August 2014

Rolls-Royce enters repair yard agreement

27th August 2014

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The International Association of Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) has endorsed a mooring line calculation software package, Calmar, designed by French buoy manufacturer Mobilis.

27th August 2014

IALA endorses Calmar

27th August 2014

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The Governments of Canada and New Brunswick and partners have part funded and launched the SmartATLANTIC buoy project in Saint John. The project is designed to help improve the efficiency, safety and…

27th August 2014

Fundy buoy funded

27th August 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

MPI Offshore’s vessel MPI Adventure is to be deployed on the Sandbank offshore windfarm project off the German North Sea coast.

26th August 2014

MPI commissioned on German windfarm project

26th August 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Following the announcement on March 7, 2014 that the board of management of Daimler AG had decided to exercise the put option relating to its 50% equity interest in Rolls-Royce Power Systems,…

26th August 2014

Rolls-Royce acquires Rolls-Royce Power Systems

26th August 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Only six weeks on from the inaugural Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo event that took place in Amsterdam, more than 90 marine propulsion companies have already confirmed their participation at next…

26th August 2014

Electric and Hybrid 2015

26th August 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Communications and safety at sea specialist Ocean Signal has appointed Furuno Italia S.R.L. as its new distributor for Italy.

26th August 2014

Ocean Signal and Furuno

26th August 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The National Coastwatch Institution, a UK maritime watch-keeping charity, has been allocated a national licence by OFCOM (The UK’s telecommunications regulator) for the use of VHF Channel 65. This dedicated channel has…

26th August 2014

National Coastwatch granted dedicated channel

26th August 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK-based drysuit manufacturer, Hammond Drysuits Ltd, has added a new addition to its protective equipment range, HDS Kevlar Gloves.

26th August 2014

Hammond unveils new range

26th August 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

When considering audible warning signals aboard a vessel that will carry over normal background noise, it’s important to have a good working knowledge of how dB (decibels) are measured and compared.

26th August 2014

Know your dB

26th August 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Blair Nimmo and Tony Friar of KPMG LLP, who were appointed as joint administrators of Ferguson Shipbuilders Limited, Newark Joiners Limited and Ferguson-Ailsa Limited have announced a preferred bidder for the group’s…

26th August 2014

Ferguson preferred bidder

26th August 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Fugro, the Dutch survey conglomerate, has been awarded a £27m contract by the Australian government for a second deep ocean search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing Flight MH370 carrying 239 passengers…

22nd August 2014

MH370 surveys extended

22nd August 2014