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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Clyde Marine Training (CMT), together with the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) has announced a partnership to support the Initial Professional Development of all CMT’s cadets.

30th January 2015

UK training boost

30th January 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Norwegian lighting solutions specialist Glamox has launched a range of LED floodlights specifically designed for installation and use in safe areas on marine vessels, as well as general industrial environments. Glamox claims…

30th January 2015

Safe area LED floodlights

30th January 2015

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens says companies in the offshore maritime sector could be among those hit by a 25 percent Diverted Profits Tax (DPT) charge under draft UK legislation…

30th January 2015

UK tax charge could hit offshore sector

30th January 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK’s Port of London Authority (PLA) has ordered a new purpose-built survey catamaran for the river Thames. The CTruk MPC19 is set to replace the PLA’s current ‘Yantlet’.

30th January 2015

High tech Thames cat

30th January 2015

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A German company has developed a new approach to building workboats. Instead of doing the whole of the construction in a boat yard, Ophart Maritim builds a range of hulls in aluminium…

30th January 2015

A new approach to workboat building

30th January 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

30th January 2015

IADC celebrates 50 years

30th January 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Fairmount Marine (part of Royal Boskalis Westminster) have reported a safe conclusion to two towage contracts including the marathon 14,800 mile tow of a large cargo barge, part of the Pieter Schelte…

30th January 2015

TOWLINES

30th January 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

It is often larger vessels from the stable of Damen Shipyards that catch the eye but their range of smaller tugs are equally in demand as with two recent 19m and 16m…

30th January 2015

Two smaller deliveries from Damen

30th January 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A space scientist at the UK’s University of Leicester, in collaboration with the New Zealand Defence Technology Agency and DMC International Imaging, has been trialling a concept for using satellite imagery to…

30th January 2015

Better satellite tracking

30th January 2015

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Following its Winter Meeting in London the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has announced its common theme for 2015 conference in Berlin (13th – 16th September): “Technical, Financial & Human Factors…

30th January 2015

A new normal?

30th January 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Rotterdam based Rotortug BV are set to play a significant role in a project currently attracting media interest with development of Shell’s Prelude FLNG floating LNG production plant off Australia’s north west…

29th January 2015

KT Marine Rotortug details revealed

29th January 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Copenhagen based Svitzer A/S have increased their presence in the Middle East with the signing of a twelve year contract in Oman and a five year extension to an existing towage provision…

29th January 2015

Svitzer bags two Middle East contracts

29th January 2015

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Two fast and manoeuverable Finnish-built auxiliary patrol boats have joined the fleet operated by Hamburg’s Wasserschutzpolizei to monitor movements in Germany’s biggest and busiest universal seaport.

29th January 2015

Nippy duo for German police

29th January 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The 37th Motorship Propulsion & Emissions conference will give operators the lowdown on new fuels available together with the latest in engine design, ways to reduce running costs and improve fuel efficiency.

29th January 2015

Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference

29th January 2015

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The container terminals are ready, tankers are transferring oil between each other and the world’s biggest ship has arrived - Port of Rotterdam Authority’s flagship development Maasvlakte 2 is ready for service

29th January 2015

Maasvlakte 2 gets into full swing

29th January 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK-based GEV Wind Power was among the energy industry leaders to meet with the RT Hon Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to discuss new opportunities for growth…

29th January 2015

Developing the UK wind sector

29th January 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Höegh Autoliners’ pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) ‘Höegh Osaka’ has been righted and towed back to the UK Port of Southampton, after nearly three weeks of sitting on the Bramble Bank.

28th January 2015

‘Höegh Osaka’ discharged from Solent

28th January 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK based marine electrical marine engineering expert, SeaKing Electrical, is experiencing an upsurge in work following increased demand overseas to fill holes created by the global engineering skills gap.

28th January 2015

SeaKing addresses the skills gap

28th January 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A D-Day veteran who warmed hearts the world over when he ‘escaped’ from his care home to attend the 2014 commemorations in France has left his entire estate to UK marine lifesaving…

28th January 2015

Great escaper’s final gift

28th January 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Nearing completion in the Fassmer shipyard in Germany is a new design of lifeboat. Destined for the German Lifeboat Association, the DGzRS, this new lifeboat will be a replacement for their Berlin…

28th January 2015

New German daughtercraft lifeboat system

28th January 2015