News

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Norwegian hull patching specialist Miko Marine AS has opened a subsidiary in Morgan City, La. from where it will be able to supply ship operators and salvage companies throughout the United States…

31st October 2014

Miko goes stateside

31st October 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Canadian AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS) was pleased to announce the EDP Inovação (EDPi) WindSentinel floating LiDAR system survived a major storm that ravaged the coast of Portgual near Viana do Castelo.

30th October 2014

In the eye of the storm

30th October 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Cork Harbour, on the south coast of Ireland, reputed to be the second largest harbour in the world, sees a great variety of shipping, with some 4,500 vessel movements per annum. The…

30th October 2014

Focus on The Port of Cork

30th October 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Continuing this month’s news of orders for new vessels, Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards recently secured a major order for six tugs and a pilot cutter for Aqaba Port Marine Services Company (APMSCO) in…

30th October 2014

Seven vessel order for Sanmar

30th October 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Netherland’s based propulsion expert, DBR, has delivered a substantial order of 42 marine generator sets for Damen Shipyards which will be installed on 14 tugs bound for the Middle East.

30th October 2014

Genset order for Damen tugs

30th October 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The 45m offshore patrol vessel ‘Atco Noura’, designed by Macduff Ship Design of the UK and built by Tor Marine of Turkey, has completed a rigorous trials schedule. This included reaching its…

29th October 2014

‘Atco Noura’

29th October 2014

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

UK drysuit manufacturer, Hammond Drysuits Ltd, has celebrated a milestone in its specialist commercial service division, after completing the service and certification of its 1000th commercial drysuit.

29th October 2014

1000th service

29th October 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Captain Peter Kortenoeven, Hydrographer of the Royal Netherlands Navy, has been presented with the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office’s (UKHO’s) prestigious Alexander Dalrymple Award at a ceremony in London.

29th October 2014

Hydrographer recognised

29th October 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The Scottish Government has awarded planning consent for four offshore wind projects with a potential total capacity of 2.28GW.

29th October 2014

Planning consent for four Scottish windfarms

29th October 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Underwater equipment supplier, Subsea Vision, has acquired another Saab Seaeye ROV to take advantage of more opportunities coming its way from from the offshore, hydro power and marine civil engineering industries.

29th October 2014

Saab Seaeye adds to ROV fleet

29th October 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

ASV Ltd of Portchester, UK, specialist designers of unmanned marine vehicle systems, are to host the 55th Marine Measurement Forum dedicated to informal discussion of a wide range of measurement issues, on…

29th October 2014

55th Marine Measurement Forum

29th October 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Nautronix in Aberdeen, UK which specialises in through-water communication and positioning technology for offshore applications, is to supply locally-based Subsea 7 with its latest NASNet underwater positioning system for use on the…

29th October 2014

Nautronix positioning for Subsea 7

29th October 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

In a project carried out in association with Seatronics’ regional hub in Abu Dhabi, marine data management and GIS specialists OceanWise of Hampshire have completed the first phase of a new Port-Log…

29th October 2014

Tidal monitoring system for Arabian Gulf

29th October 2014

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

UK-based Planet Ocean has announced that the Deep Trekker Mini-ROV is now available with an integrated TriTech MicronNav tracker. With this new integration, operators can map the path that the Deep Trekker…

29th October 2014

Trekker tracker

29th October 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Claiming to be the world’s first commercial survey company to offer autonomous unmanned surface vessels as a platform for a broad spectrum of operations, newly-formed Unmanned Survey Solutions (USS) of Tavistock, UK…

28th October 2014

Unmanned surface vessels under development

28th October 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Three tugs from Fairmount Marine have completed the marathon tow of one of the world’s largest FPSOs Petrojarl Knarr from the builder’s yard in South Korea to Haugesund in Norway.

28th October 2014

Marathon tow for Fairmount

28th October 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The PIANC World Congress in San Francisco, California, saw the grant of the first Working with Nature (WwN) Award, which recognises sustainable waterborne transport infrastructure projects.

28th October 2014

Sustainable waterborne infrastructure

28th October 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Foss Maritime have come to the rescue of a Russian owned general cargo ship after it encountered mechanical problems in rough seas and threatened the coastline of Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.

28th October 2014

Foss to the rescue

28th October 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Lerwick Port Authority has awarded a construction contract for the latest expansion of the harbour’s facilities in a project costing a total of £16.5 million and which will benefit the fishing and…

28th October 2014

Expansion contract awarded

28th October 2014

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Readers of MJ will be familiar with the stunning photographs of Safehaven boats pitching through giant waves at the mouth of Cork harbour and visitors to SeaWork might have been aboard some…

27th October 2014

Frank Kowalski: Safehaven Marine

27th October 2014