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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Navies want to use Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs). They promise to keep boat crews out of high risk environments and extend the outreach of surface vessels. There are already forty prototype USVs…

18th June 2014

Vestdavit perfects USV launching

18th June 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

UK-based offshore energy support vessel operator, Seacat Services launched an apprenticeship recruitment drive on the last day of Seawork 2014 to attract more young people into the maritime sector.

18th June 2014

Red Ensign delivers Seacat recruitment drive

18th June 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The latest 24m catamaran built by South Boats IOW for the Navitus Bay offshore windfarm project on the South Coast, was named Seacat Ranger, at Seawork 2014.

18th June 2014

Seacat Services on the wind

18th June 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The UKs Marine & Industrial Transmissions Ltd (MIT) signed an agreement at this year’s Seawork International which will see it become UK & Ireland distributor for Heimdal Propulsion Norway AS.

18th June 2014

MIT deal

18th June 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

ZF is focusing on UK growth in the marine sector.

18th June 2014

ZF TEST Services focuses on UK growth

18th June 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

ZF Services is concentrating on UK growth in the marine sector and is looking to create a “fitter, leaner, more focused operation”.

17th June 2014

ZF Services focuses on UK growth

17th June 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The huge, 9,500 tonne seismic survey vessel Ramform Viking has worked in climates as diverse as West and South Africa, India, the Middle East and the Gulf of Mexico as well as…

17th June 2014

Out of the glare

17th June 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Germany based ECDIS training specialist Safebridge, has extended its portfolio by a new type-specific familiarisation course for the CHARTPILOT 1100/93x0 series made by fellow hamburg firm, SAM Electronics.

17th June 2014

Online Navcomms training

17th June 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

UK-based South Boats IOW has placed two orders with Seaglaze for boats to be completed in 2014 which require high quality, toughened and screen printed glass.

16th June 2014

Seaglaze shines

16th June 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Buzz Connect, the UK Company that played a lead role in the recent push to bring affordable broadband to private boats and superyachts, has launched its new HubbaX4 duo, a marine broadband…

16th June 2014

New 3g/4g hi-speed broadband

16th June 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Driven by a major strategic expansion of its operations in Singapore, Denmark’s MacArtney Group is growing its presence and activities in all Asian markets for underwater technology, including repair and maintenance.

16th June 2014

MacArtney steps up Asian presence

16th June 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Plans for the worlds biggest crane vessel, a 214m long by 97.5m behemoth, include installing the worlds largest cranes.

16th June 2014

Largest crane vessel, largest cranes

16th June 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Following a two-year development programme, UK based company Teledyne TSS is previewing a new family of AHRS and INS (Inertial Navigation and Attitude and Heading Reference Systems) named Saturn at the Oceanology…

16th June 2014

Teledyne TSS’s new Saturn

16th June 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The costs of offshore wind energy could be cut by at least 10% if “market-ready” technologies are adopted, according to DNV GL’s FORCE (For Reduced Cost of Energy) report.

13th June 2014

DNV GL helps offshore wind industry reduce costs

13th June 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

UK based engineering firm IPS Marine Fabrications has completed a series of maintenance contracts for three ship operators.

13th June 2014

IPS completes maintenance contracts

13th June 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has published a new Nautical Publication to support the transition to Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS).

13th June 2014

UKHO publishes ECDIS guide

13th June 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A new solution called FlatFee by US company Jeppesen, promises to help maritime professionals accurately predict charting costs and to streamline the process of purchasing official electronic navigational charts (ENCs).

13th June 2014

ENC management simplified

13th June 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Launch and recovery units have to be considered when the submersibles they serve get an upgrade, especially as the weight always seems to go up, never down.

13th June 2014

Thirty years of weight issues

13th June 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Ferry trade association, Interferry, has commented on the recent ferry disaster in South Korea pointing out that although fatal ferry accidents are rare in developed countries it doesn’t diminish the industry’s ongoing…

13th June 2014

Interferry speaks out about South Korea ferry incident

13th June 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Red7Marine ended the first day of Mercator Media Ltds Seawork International with the christening of its new 250 tonne, €2.5m, jack-up barge.

12th June 2014

Barging in at Seawork

12th June 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Co-operation – and improvisation – were the keys to getting a dredger off a ship where there was little infrastructure in place the other end.

12th June 2014

Offloading the hard way

12th June 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

First time exhibitor Shipshape IMO (B199) is enjoying a ‘fantastic’ Seawork. The company specialises in multi-compliant, fire retardant bedding and mattresses.

12th June 2014

And so to bed…

12th June 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A Canadian ice-class ferry has been coated with Ecospeed to give it full, long-lasting protection against damage from impact with ice while transporting passengers between the Canadian cities of Lévis and Québec.

12th June 2014

Ecospeed protection for Canadian ice-class ferry

12th June 2014