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With more and more investments being made in the marine renewable energy sector, demand for qualified engineers is high, according to engineering recruitment specialist, Matchtech’s Confidence Index.

15th December 2014

Marine engineers in demand

15th December 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A recently launched 1640 from Netherlands-based No Limit Ships has been specially modified to sail safely even under the toughest weather conditions on both the shallow waters of the Elbe and the…

15th December 2014

Modified survey vessel

15th December 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Thetis MRE, the International Convention on Marine Renewable Energies, will be held on May 20 - 21, 2015 in Nantes, France. This years theme is: MRE, from opportunity to industrial reality.

15th December 2014

French renewables event

15th December 2014

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Damen DOP Submersible Dredge Pump range has been enlarged. The DOP-range now runs from the smallest possible DOP150, to the DOP450L doing 4.000 m3 of mixture per hour.

15th December 2014

Pump range enlarged

15th December 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

John Deere Power Systems has introduced new propulsion ratings to its EPA Marine Tier 3 engine offerings. The new PowerTechTM 4045TFM85 propulsion ratings expand the John Deere Marine Tier 3 lineup with…

12th December 2014

John Deere expands marine Tier 3 engine lineup

12th December 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering have made exciting progress in developing a more efficient method to initiate combustion, which they claim provides a breakthrough, technological…

12th December 2014

Diesel efficiency breakthrough?

12th December 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Cammell Laird of Birkenhead, UK has signed an ambitious new agency agreement aimed at ramping up the company’s profile in the thriving marine and offshore markets in Scandinavia.

12th December 2014

Cammell Laird targets Scandinavian conversion market

12th December 2014

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CTruk is looking to build an Advanced Composite Technology Centre to help build larger vessels required for future offshore windfarm projects further out to sea.

12th December 2014

CTruk unveils future plans

12th December 2014

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The Wim Timmers Designer Award has been presented to Emiel Mobron, a student at Delft University of Technology for his evaluation method for wind propulsion on cargo vessels.

12th December 2014

Dutch invention recognised

12th December 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The Caterpillar Propulsion twin fin system recently won the Technical Innovation prize at the Seatrade Maritime Awards Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa, Dubai – one of the highlights of Dubai Maritime…

12th December 2014

Twin Fin award

12th December 2014

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UK–headquartered professional and rescue boat manufacturer Vanguard Marine has recently commissioned a TX-860 RIB to Scorpio Actividades Nautica in Funchal, Maderia.

12th December 2014

Dive RIB for Funchal

12th December 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The ‘Haithabu’ is the new water body monitoring ship of Schleswig-Holstein’s Government-Owned Company for Coastal Protection, National Parks and Ocean Protection. It comes equipped with numerous cranes that include PK 23500 M…

11th December 2014

Cranes for new monitoring vessel

11th December 2014

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Rolls-Royce has predicted that ‘Ship Intelligence’ will be the next major transition for the shipping industry as vessels are set to become more complex and will require high levels of data analysis…

11th December 2014

Futuristic bridge concept

11th December 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Marine propeller modelling software specialist HydroComp has released a 3-year update of its popular PropCad software.

11th December 2014

PropCad upgrade

11th December 2014

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Offshore Systems, a UK-based manufacturer of NMEA2000 based marine electronics products, has added a new range of pressure sensors to its range of integrated alarm, display and control systems.

11th December 2014

Sensing the pressure

11th December 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

“Usually, the big vision is there but the technology is lagging, but here it is the paperwork,” Nick Medic of RenewableUK recently told the UKs House of Lords Select Committee on EU…

11th December 2014

Renewables and red-tape

11th December 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

UK-based Marlin Environmental Services’ maintenance & engineering division recently installed a large-scale ultrasonic cleaning tank at its new head office site in Chichester Marina.

11th December 2014

The power of bubbles

11th December 2014

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Plymouth UK based Ecospan Environmental Ltd has purchased an R2SONIC multi-beam echo-sounder package which will enable it to enhance its current hydrographic survey capabilities.

11th December 2014

Expanding the hydro survey offering

11th December 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

UK-based manufacturer Cathelco are supplying an impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) system for Gosport, UK’s latest ferry. The system is designed to safeguard the hull surface against corrosion.

11th December 2014

Anticorrosion for ferry

11th December 2014

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The UK’s Mersey Maritime, which represents the interests of the shipping, ports and logistics sector, is to host an industry awards dinner in 2015 that will bring the North West maritime sector…

11th December 2014

New Mersey Maritime awards

11th December 2014