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Statoil and Statkraft subsidiary, Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd, has awarded the electrical system infrastructure contract for the new UK windfarm to Siemens Transmission and Distribution Ltd.

10th September 2014

Dudgeon windfarm electrical contract

10th September 2014

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ZF Marine Propulsion has unveiled a new addition to its workboat transmission range, making a civil statement which it says will serve all the commercial workboat sectors needs.

10th September 2014

ZF Marine SMM launch

10th September 2014

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Classification society ClassNK is embarking on a joint research project with Daihatsu Diesel Mfg Co Ltd to test the feasibility of cloud based condition based monitoring and automatic diagnostic systems on auxiliary…

9th September 2014

Cloud based maintenance research project

9th September 2014

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

A recent study brings a ray of hope to our seas: it shows clearing plastic pollution from the ocean’s notorious ‘garbage patches’ is indeed feasible. But surprisingly, the necessary novel approach started…

8th September 2014

Facing the big clean up

8th September 2014

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UK law firm Burges Salmon says that its long-standing client MeyGen has secured funding from The Crown Estate and the Scottish Government for the first phase of its Pentland Firth tidal renewable…

8th September 2014

MeyGen secures first phase funding

8th September 2014

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

“When I finished my studies in Naval Architecture, I decided never to get into shipbuilding as in 1978 the whole industry was in a shambles,” admits René Berkvens, CEO of Damen Shipyards…

8th September 2014

René Berkvens: Long term relationships

8th September 2014

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Offshore Wind Services’ (OWS) latest windfarm supply vessel – the Damen Fast Crew Supplier 2008 ‘Offshore Waddenzee’ - was officially named at Damen Oranjewerf Amsterdam.

4th September 2014

OWS delivery

4th September 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Techno-Sciences, a recently-acquired company of the UK headquartered McMurdo Group, the end-to-end search and rescue and maritime domain awareness division of Orolia (FRA) has announced that it has been chosen by the…

4th September 2014

McMurdo down under

4th September 2014

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QinetiQ is to carry out additional research into generating situational awareness to enable a large vessel to defend itself against the surface threat posed by small boats.

4th September 2014

QinetiQ helps tackle marine threats

4th September 2014

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Offshore Systems UK Ltd has launched a new dual engine display featuring a high brightness panoramic format screen that displays full detailed information from two engines plus other sensors on a single…

4th September 2014

Dual engine display

4th September 2014

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Datema’s Chartplanner and Pay As You Sail (PAYS) services now feature the UK Hydrographic Office’s (UKHO) Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS).

3rd September 2014

Datema updates navigation services

3rd September 2014

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Marine Specialised Tech Ltd (MST), a Liverpool, UK-based supplier of rigid inflatable and high speed workboats, has been announced by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as one of six UK companies who…

3rd September 2014

Small boats contract

3rd September 2014

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A new sister ship of the double-ended ferry ‘MS Frisia IV’ equipped with diesel-electric Voith Schneider Propellers (VSP) is set to enter service in summer 2015.

3rd September 2014

German power for double-ended ferry

3rd September 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

2014 brings the seventh edition of Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference, which will be held on 28 & 29 October 2014 at the Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands.

3rd September 2014

Offshore Energy 2014

3rd September 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

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6 Alpha Associates, a UK-based strategic advisor for managing specialist risks, has completed a comprehensive, five-month unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk management project and as a direct result, has issued final cable UXO…

3rd September 2014

Bombs away

3rd September 2014

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Global maritime classification society and service provider Bureau Veritas has acquired MatthewsDaniel Ltd, a global specialist in loss adjusting and risk assessment services for the offshore industry.

3rd September 2014

BV acquires maritime loss adjuster

3rd September 2014

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Following the recent news that the Thames Hub Airport plans have not made the UK Airport Commission’s shortlist, ‘Maritime Journal’ hears two reactions, one for and one against this decision which could,…

3rd September 2014

Airports Commission fails to shortlist Thames Hub

3rd September 2014

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The eighth International Tidal Energy Summit is set to take place in London, UK, on 25 and 26 November 2014.

2nd September 2014

Tidal Energy Summit 2014

2nd September 2014

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Monitor Coatings Ltd has been awarded a contract by the UK’s Royal Navy to provide a non-skid thermal gas wash resistant deck coating for the carrier decks of HMS Queen Elizabeth and…

2nd September 2014

Coatings firm wins UK Navy contract

2nd September 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Fighting a fire at sea is one of the greatest dangers facing seafarers. As a result, e-Learning specialist Videotel, a subsidiary of US-based KVH Industries, has launched an updated five-part series: Fire…

2nd September 2014

E-learning to fight fires

2nd September 2014