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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

German tug operator Fairplay Towage have promoted their long-term manager to Director Harbour and Offshore Department.

26th September 2014

TOWLINES

26th September 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Alcoa, Phinergy and Heig-VD University have recently successfully demonstrated an electric boat with aluminum-air battery range extender at Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

26th September 2014

Electric propulsion: a glimpse into the future?

26th September 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Kohler Power Systems a US manufacturer of diesel and gasoline marine generators from 4 to 150 kW, has just added two new models to its expanded offering of EPA Tier 3-compliant diesel…

26th September 2014

New Kohler Tier-3 generators

26th September 2014

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Van Oord’s 137m long, 10,329m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger, Lelystad, is working in Brazil following an extensive programme of works at Gibdock in Gibraltar.

26th September 2014

Major works for Lelystad in Gibraltar

26th September 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Turkish tug builder Sanmar’s new custom built shipyard at Tuzla Bay on the outskirts of Istanbul is keeping busy, recently delivering three different Robert Allan Ltd design ASD tugs to owners in…

26th September 2014

Sanmar busy delivering Robert Allan tugs

26th September 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A former customs boat, converted by Lower Saxony authorities in north Germany into a water measurement, laboratory and monitoring vessel, is now performing well on the River Elbe.

26th September 2014

Monitoring work for old customs boat

26th September 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK-based Morgan Advanced Materials is expanding its offering with customised and optimised sensors for use in harsh environments.

26th September 2014

Morgan Advanced Materials expands with ultrasonic sensors

26th September 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The global offshore wind power market is expected to significantly grow from 7.1 Gigawatts (GW) in 2013 to 39.9 GW by 2020 as more countries get involved, says GlobalData.

25th September 2014

Global offshore wind market set for Gigawatt growth

25th September 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Sweden’s Handheld Group, which manufactures mobile computers and smartphones, has upgraded its Nautiz X4 rugged mobile handheld, which is especially suited to the mobile marine worker.

25th September 2014

Rugged computer for mobile workers

25th September 2014

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Norwegian subsea technology developer Kongsberg Maritime, has launched a unique solution for the detection of scouring, corrosion, deformation and marine growth, which can destabilise wind turbines and underwater structures causing expensive, and…

25th September 2014

Monitoring underwater structures

25th September 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Finnish drive train technology provider, The Switch, is to deliver a 500kW full-power converter to Canada’s Water Wall Turbine (WWT) for its self-floating power plant.

24th September 2014

The Switch full-power converter for Canada

24th September 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK based image solutions expert, Vector Developments Ltd (VDL), has launched a new compact, gyro stabilised, affordable camera system for maritime applications.

24th September 2014

New VDL mini security system

24th September 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Having recently delivered an innovative double-ended passenger vessel for the Netherlands and a futuristic passenger shuttle boat to the city of Calais, France’s Alumarine Shipyard has now begun the construction of a…

24th September 2014

Alumarine’s new passenger vessel

24th September 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

P&O Maritime has bought a majority stake in Spain’s Remolcadores de Puerto y Altura SA (Repasa)

24th September 2014

P&O Maritime buys into Repasa

24th September 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Houston Based Titan Salvage has been awarded the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) 2014 Corporate Marine Environment Protection Award.

24th September 2014

Costa Concordia salvors awarded

24th September 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The UKs Crown Estate has commissioned a study exploring how optimisation of jack-up vessel deployment can improve windfarm performance as projects move into the operations and maintenance phase.

24th September 2014

Jacking-up windfarm maintenance efficiency

24th September 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Operators in Bremen/Bremerhaven are reportedly pleased with their new multi-purpose tug Albatros - the latest workboat to enter service as part of a fleet modernisation programme on the Weser in Germany’s second…

24th September 2014

Punchy newbuild in all-round Weser service

24th September 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

250-word abstracts of papers for presentation at the fifth Offshore Survey conference at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton from 15-16 April next year are now invited by organisers of the biennial event,…

24th September 2014

Offshore Survey 2015 papers call

24th September 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

France’s Naval Hydrographic & Oceanographic Service (SHOM), which recently announced completion of nearly 180 electronic nautical charts for Mediterranean coastal regions, is to provide hydrographic support for Comoros, the archipelago island nation…

24th September 2014

France-Comoros hydrographic agreement

24th September 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

UK’s Saab Seaeye, which claims to be the world’s largest manufacturer of electric ROVs, is to supply Oceanica, the leading Brazilian subsea engineering company, with two of its Falcon multifunction ROVs featuring…

24th September 2014

Brazilian order for Saab Seaeye

24th September 2014