News

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German life-saving expert, Bernhardt Apparatebau, has recently presented a new range of Secumar lifejackets and survival suits at both the SMM and WindEnergy exhibitions.

18th August 2014

Safety first at SMM

18th August 2014

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Mechanical pipe-joining systems manufacturer, Victaulic, has received five new type approvals for its Vic-Press, a flame-free press system for joining small-diameter stainless steel pipe.

18th August 2014

Victaulic system receives five new approvals

18th August 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Boat and small ship repair and refit have pointed up some flexible capabilities at the three shipyards in Germany’s Privinvest group.

18th August 2014

Small ship work points up yard flexibility

18th August 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Instead of scrapping its 35 year old ferry Adler Dania, north German operator Adler Schiffe this year spent €2 million redesigning and converting it into an excursion and event ship which has…

15th August 2014

Old German ferry is transformed

15th August 2014

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Wales’ first full-scale tidal energy generator has been unveiled ahead of its installation in Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire.

15th August 2014

Energy generator goes with the flow

15th August 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The ‘Costa Concordia’ parbuckling operation on the rocks of the Italian island of Giglio has been a success in many ways. High performance ropes with Dyneema played a key role in the…

15th August 2014

Dyneema ropes fundamental for ‘Concordia’ parbuckling

15th August 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

One of the UK’s leading power system suppliers is targeting the Humber region in the north east of the country because of its increasing importance as a renewable energy hub, according to…

15th August 2014

Dale joins Team Humber

15th August 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A new design of fast supply vessel delivered by De Hoop shipyard in Holland is the first to be fitted with a unique propulsion system that is claimed to offer significant fuel…

15th August 2014

Diesel electric FSV

15th August 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Oceanscience Z-Boat 1800 remotely-operated hydrographic survey boat has just completed final trials with an on-board autonomous waypoint navigation system, and is now ready to get surveying. The latest GNSS controlled, IMU…

15th August 2014

Z-Boat autonomy

15th August 2014

SECURITY

SECURITY

With the latest security alert from BIMCO effectively rendering the use of armed guards commercially placed on merchant vessels illegal in Nigeria, the need for citadels onboard vessels has never been greater…

14th August 2014

Panic rooms for ships

14th August 2014

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UK-based ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer) is extending its coastal realignment Online Marine Registry (OMReg) to include a wider range of practical shoreline adaptation techniques.

14th August 2014

ABPmer extends coastal database

14th August 2014

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The Italian importer of MAN engines and operator of the MAN service base for marine engines, Ranieri Tonissi S.p.A., moved to its new headquarters in Genoa in June. Commercial customers will benefit…

14th August 2014

New premises for Ranieri Tonissi

14th August 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

UK life saving equipment manufacturers Crewsaver have announced a new range of lifejacket lights, suitable for all foam lifejackets of the type most commonly used for quick deployment in an emergency aboard…

14th August 2014

New Lifejacket Lights

14th August 2014

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Eco Marine Power, a marine renewable energy technology company based in Japan, has announced that it has begun a project to jointly deploy and evaluate with Blue Star Ferries of Greece, a…

14th August 2014

Renewables for ferry

14th August 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Red Bay Boats in Northern Ireland has won two orders for its new Stormforce 1650 vessel. The orders have been placed by Sea Harris, a ferry operator on the Isle of Lewis…

13th August 2014

Red Bay up and away

13th August 2014

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Propulsion multinational Rolls-Royce Power Systems has won an order for six MTU diesel engines to power three double-ended ferries in Turkey. The ferries are being built by Turkeys Ceksan Shipyard and will…

13th August 2014

MTU engines order

13th August 2014

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UK-based Blyth Workcats has delivered a new 11m dive boat to the Mevagh Dive Centre in Ireland.

13th August 2014

Blyth Workcats delivers to Ireland

13th August 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A UK-based survival and health and safety training firm claims to have recently become the country’s only industrial training facility to deliver the full set of Global Wind Organisation and RenewableUK training…

13th August 2014

One stop renewables training

13th August 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Ecosse Subsea Systems (UK) has won its third seabed clearance contract on a major wind farm construction project. The subsea engineering specialist has started offshore operations on the Westermost Rough development, located…

13th August 2014

Ploughing the seabed for energy

13th August 2014

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Increases in cargo, passengers and mackerel landings helped the UK’s Port of Lerwick achieve forecast traffic levels in the half-year to June, 2014, compared with the same period in 2013.

13th August 2014

Lerwick on target

13th August 2014