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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Scottish Salmon Farms has taken delivery of its latest vessel – powered by twin Doosan V158TIH main engines.

1st August 2014

Doosan chosen for Scottish Sea Farms latest vessel

1st August 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Mermaid Marine is to launch a new range of diesel engines, the Mermaid Kohler.

1st August 2014

New engine range from Mermaid Marine

1st August 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Marpol Annex VI regulations centre round ensuring vessels limit pollution in the Baltic and North Sea Emission Control Area (ECA), and time is running out for shipowners to comply.

1st August 2014

Future fuels: are you ready for Marpol?

1st August 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Doosan engines have been chosen for what the builders claim is the largest GRP fishing boat currently being built.

1st August 2014

Doosan chosen for SH50

1st August 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Spanish towing machinery supplier Ibercisa has announced its attendance at the 2014 edition of Navalshore to be held in Rio de Janeiro from the 12th - 14th August. This reflects the importance…

1st August 2014

Ibercisa penetrates Brazil

1st August 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Marine Oil Transportation Consultants Inc (MarinOIL) and Tuco Group of Denmark have concluded a co-operation agreement that will see the marine projects consultancy market the Tuco-designed and built ProZero composite workboat range…

1st August 2014

Composite workboats for oil and gas

1st August 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The ‘AMT Explorer’ cable barge capsized on 3 July off the coast of Sardinia losing all cargo including its reel carrying 2,800m of fibre optic cable valued at €28m.

1st August 2014

Cable barge capsize

1st August 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

PD Ports at Teesport, UK has invested over £1M in a new pilot vessel, built by Anglesey based Holyhead Marine Services Limited.

31st July 2014

New pilot boat for Teesport

31st July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The 4.2GW Celtic Array wind farm has been cancelled by the development partnership of Centrica and DONG, representing a “real blow” to the economy on the west coast of the UK, Northern…

31st July 2014

Celtic Array shelved

31st July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

In the UK, Argyll and Bute firm Silvers Marine has won a new five-year contract with Babcock International entailing Silvers Boatyard servicing and maintaining a fleet of vessels for the Ministry of…

31st July 2014

MoD contract for Silvers Marine

31st July 2014

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

A light float, operated by UK’s Trinity House, has been equipped with a methanol-powered fuel cell as part of a trial to ensure onboard aids to navigation (ATON) have been kept fully…

31st July 2014

Light float methanol trial

31st July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

France-based Moteurs Baudouin is expanding its product range with the introduction of the M26.3 pure marine high speed diesel engine series.

31st July 2014

Moteurs Baudouin extends product range

31st July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Dutch marine electronics provider, Alphatron Marine, will be unveiling three new state of the art JRC fully integrated bridge systems at Septembers SMM exhibition in Hamburg.

31st July 2014

Integrated bridge systems at SMM

31st July 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Italian water jet maker Castoldi is the latest manufacturer to develop an electronic control system for its jets. This sophisticated new system has also been designed to incorporate a joystick control to…

30th July 2014

Castoldi’s new jet control

30th July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

OceanWise, the independent UK marine data management and GIS specialist, has announced the appointment of ChartWorld International to its growing network of distributors and Value-Added Resellers (VAR’s) for its range of marine…

30th July 2014

OceanWise appoints Chartworld International

30th July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Swedish Polar Research Vessel ‘Oden’ is back in the Arctic ocean, this time with the help of a specially commissioned electric winch, readied for the challenging climate of its destination.

30th July 2014

Odens boxing clever

30th July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Having a vessel with several different loading capabilities is extremely useful but it inevitably results in a tricky equilibrium - not for the cranes themselves but for the design parameters, Carsten Sietas…

30th July 2014

Tailoring a multipurpose fit

30th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

German propulsion specialist, Schottel, is to present its new solutions for offshore applications and hybrid concepts at this year’s SMM exhibition.

30th July 2014

Hybrid Schottel solutions

30th July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Single cranes installed on a workboat are a very different proposition to the huge numbers of cranes required for installation on windfarms.

30th July 2014

Durability – and budget

30th July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The world’s need for energy has resulted in a growing thirst for submarine power lines, some connecting windfarms, some connecting countries.

30th July 2014

The twisty tale behind cable lays

30th July 2014