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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

GEOxyz, the Belgian survey organisation with subsidiary bases in France, Luxembourg, Netherlands and the UK, has expanded its fleet of vessels with the addition of Geo Ocean II, a specialist offshore support…

30th December 2014

GEOxyz fleet expansion

30th December 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Using previously untapped data from European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA satellites, scientists have created a new map of the world’s seafloor to provide a detailed illustration of the structures that make…

30th December 2014

New world ocean floor map

30th December 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited has awarded a five year contract for the Service Operation Vessel to Esvagt AS. The contracted Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for Dudgeon wind farm is of the Havyard-832…

30th December 2014

Dudgeon Offshore SOV contract

30th December 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The new shipyard facility of Honghua Offshore Oil & Gas Equipment Company in Jiangsu, China, has launched its first ship, an IMT982 Platform Supply Vessel. The vessel was launched in a unique…

29th December 2014

Unique crane launch

29th December 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Atlantis Resources Limited’s Canadian subsidiary has been awarded a Feed-in Tariff for up to 4.5MW of tidal generation to be deployed at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) in Nova…

29th December 2014

Canadian tidal power

29th December 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Wave energy technology company Aquamarine Power has teamed up with Bosch Rexroth to launch an industry-wide initiative that aims to solve the problem of converting captured wave energy into electricity by creating…

29th December 2014

Electricity generator for wave energy

29th December 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Dalby Offshore and Alicat Workboats have signed another contract for a seventh newbuild Alicat 23m Crew Transfer Vessel which will strengthen Dalby’s current windfarm fleet.

23rd December 2014

Another Alicat CTV order

23rd December 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Yanmar America has unveiled its new EPA Tier III-compliant marine diesel engine – the first for commercial marine use to comply with emissions regulations.

23rd December 2014

Yanmar unveils new EPA-compliant engine

23rd December 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Fast Interception & Riverine conference to be held in London 9-11 February 2015 promises to be a go to for sub 24m craft operating in confined and shallow coastal waters and…

22nd December 2014

Fast interception conference

22nd December 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Canada’s ASI Marine has set a record for the longest tunnel swim with a Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV in both Australia and Canada.

22nd December 2014

ASI Marine sets record

22nd December 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

PIANC, the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure, has released a new report to promote good practice of dredging and port construction in relation to underwater cultural heritage.

19th December 2014

PIANC releases new dredging guidelines

19th December 2014

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Pete McIntosh of CTruk has returned to boatbuilding, something that a few years ago he was quite certain he’d never do. So what made him change his mind?

19th December 2014

Pete McIntosh: A fresh pair of eyes for CTruk

19th December 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Sanmar Shipyard in Turkey have come up with another innovative addition to their range of tugs in the form of a completely new design Voith Water Tractor from Robert Allan Ltd.

19th December 2014

New Voith tractor from Sanmar

19th December 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Manufacturers looking to take advantage of the growth in the offshore wind market have received a £7m windfall of business support and capital funding.

18th December 2014

UK offshore windfall

18th December 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A salvage operation of national importance carried out by Unique Seaflex and Salvesen UK has rescued the only surviving landing craft from D-Day in 1944 from the seabed in Birkenhead Docks.

18th December 2014

A buoyant response from Seaflex

18th December 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a report into two incidents involving DUKW amphibious passenger vehicles; the sinking of ‘Wacker Quacker 1’ on 15 June 2013 in Salthouse Dock,…

17th December 2014

Duck disasters disected

17th December 2014

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

UK-based Servowatch Systems’ chief executive officer Wayne Ross has praised the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM) for winning last month’s prestigious KNVTS Ship of the Year Award for its revolutionary new…

17th December 2014

Platform management for award winning lifeboat

17th December 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Figures from UNEPO state that every second more than 200kg of plastic waste are dumped into the worlds oceans and seas so the impact on the natural environment is considerable.

17th December 2014

Tackling plastic pollution in the Med

17th December 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Kotug International B.V and Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to merge their European harbour towage operations.

17th December 2014

Boskalis and Kotug merge European operations

17th December 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

What is said to be Europe’s largest battery storage project is now operational in the UK. It will assess the role of energy storage in cost effectively delivering the UK’s Carbon Plan.

17th December 2014

EU energy storage project operational in UK

17th December 2014