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SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Furuno has unveiled its new BBWX3 SiriusXM Marine Weather Receiver, a subscription-based service that gives users live, up-to-date weather forecast information.

23rd February 2015

Furuno unveils marine weather receiver

23rd February 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Tidal energy installations are located in areas of very strong tides and this makes their installation and maintenance a challenging task. British company Mojo Maritime together with German ship owner Hammonia Reederi…

23rd February 2015

Hi Flo ROV development

23rd February 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Fugro claims to be the worlds largest integrated supplier of survey and geotechnical related services. This encompasses every aspect of both the offshore and onshore construction sectors with Fugro supplying the vital…

23rd February 2015

Fugro launches G4 positioning system

23rd February 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

French company Sabella has now secured funding to establish a full scale prototype of their tide turbine. This follows 10 years of work on tide turbine design and prototype trials which have…

23rd February 2015

Full scale trials for Sabella tide turbine

23rd February 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Canadian ferry operator Marine Atlantic Inc. (MAI) has selected Netherlands –based Imtech Marine to replace its ship to shore wireless communication system. Given a short timeframe, installation took place in just three…

23rd February 2015

Ferry comms

23rd February 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

With ‘MPI Adventure’ currently installing the first of the Siemens 3.6MW turbines for the E.On Renewables Amrumbank offshore wind farm, and ‘MPI Discovery’ only a few miles away closing out the foundation…

23rd February 2015

WTIVs in demand

23rd February 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

An operational offshore energy course, providing training in the efficient running and successful delivery of offshore renewables projects, has received industry recognition from the Renewables Training Network (RTN).

23rd February 2015

Offshore Marine Academy receives recognition

23rd February 2015

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The UK’s Alnmaritec has been chalking up new contracts in the commercial fishing industry, prior to its annual trip to Seawork International in June.

23rd February 2015

Newbuild shellfish farming boat

23rd February 2015

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Colombia’s National Maritime Authority, DIMAR, has renewed the maritime beaconing in Barranquilla (Colombia), furthering the extent of its business with Spanish Aids to Navigation (AToN specialist Almarin.

23rd February 2015

Columbian renewal

23rd February 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

UK- headquartered Global Navigation Solutions (‘GNS’) has announced that Briese Schiffahrt, operators of Germany’s newest research vessel, ‘RV Sonne’, have chosen to install Voyager navigation software on the new German research vessel.…

23rd February 2015

Software for ‘Sonne’

23rd February 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Norway’s Servogear AS is set for a busy future after securing six new contracts for a range of offshore vessels for a total value of around NOK 55m (US$7.4m).

20th February 2015

Servogear wins offshore contracts

20th February 2015

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Seawork 2015 exhibitor Sola-Cure, the UK-based anti-glare window blind supplier, has recently installed blinds on the 16.50m survey vessel ‘Porth Dinllaen’. The ‘Porth Dinllaen’ is owned by Holyhead-Based company, Turbine Transfers Ltd…

20th February 2015

Combating glare

20th February 2015

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Sealite has introduced a new 5 degree LED Sectored Port Entry Light, which provides an overall 5 degree beam width and over 500,000cd of lighting power at only 30watts electrical consumption.

20th February 2015

Port entry light

20th February 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The first in a series of seminars covering the challenges of ECDIS Implementation, Procedures & Solutions was successfully held in the Yacht Club Greece, Athens. The hosts of this event, ChartWorld International…

20th February 2015

ECDIS seminar report

20th February 2015

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

If several people end up in the water after an accident at sea, it can take many stressful hours to recover them.

20th February 2015

New mass casualty recovery cradle

20th February 2015

SECURITY

SECURITY

With the now almost universal use of GPS for navigation and timing, the potential for jamming of the GPS signal is causing increasing concern. Originally developed for military use, systems were produced…

20th February 2015

GPS anti-jamming

20th February 2015

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

The new sulphur emission regulations for ships have been a hotly contended issue from the start but now debate has moved to their implementation, or more accurately, enforcing compliance. The enforcement of…

20th February 2015

Enforcing the regs

20th February 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Piet Brouwer Electrotechnology is to supply the diesel-electric propulsion system and electrical system for a new 108m windfarm support vessel (WSV).

20th February 2015

Piet Brouwer wins WSV order

20th February 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has officially switched on the Carnegie Perth Wave Power Array which is now feeding renewable energy into HMAS Stirling, Australia’s largest naval base.

19th February 2015

Oz wave power array switch on

19th February 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The recently announced Instream Turbine from German propulsion giant Schottel, allows the harvesting of hydrokinetic (tidal) energy for commercial projects at what Schottel calls ‘a reasonable cost’.

19th February 2015

Schottel Instream Turbine

19th February 2015