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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK marine electronics company Actisense has announced that Lesley Keets has been promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Lesley’s new role will encompass all aspects within the brand from Engineering,…

7th April 2015

Actisense promotion

7th April 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A cutting-edge wave energy converter device trialled in Falmouth, UK is being deployed to its first commercial site. The Fred Olsen Bolt Lifesaver, the first device tested at the FaBTest site, underwent…

2nd April 2015

FaBTest results

2nd April 2015

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

German coupling manufacturer Vulkan will be showcasing a new shifting clutch combination transmission designed for hybrid tugs at Tugnology in London from 19th to 20th May 2015.

2nd April 2015

Combo clutch for hybrid tugs

2nd April 2015

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