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The Teledyne Marine Acoustic Imaging Group (TMAIG), consisting of RESON, BlueView and Odom Hydrographic, has opened registration for its Underwater Technology Seminars (UTS), taking place in Hamburg, Boston and Singapore in September,…

2nd July 2014

Underwater technology seminars

2nd July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

With the development of fast and light workboats there’s been a need for windlass equipment that avoids impacting operations or the hull’s action in the water.

2nd July 2014

Moving the kit below

2nd July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

As anyone who’s been involved in a wiring project knows there may well be the odd bit of cable left over.

2nd July 2014

A place to put the wire

2nd July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

“Fibre rope has been the missing link in deepwater installation,” says Erik Van der Woude of Royal IHC.

2nd July 2014

Fibre is the future

2nd July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Preparing a drillship for a 9,000 mile lift from Singapore to Gabon, Africa came complete with a few challenges caused by the sheer scale of the cargo explains Peter Wilson, naval architect…

2nd July 2014

Surgery for ‘big lift’ operation

2nd July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Beyond a simple ‘heavy lift’ capability Rolldock’s fleet centres on flexibility: the recent 151m, 8,000dwt ST-class addition from the Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft (FSG) yard is no exception.

2nd July 2014

‘Rolldock Storm’ delivered

2nd July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Spanish company Fluidmecanica has supplied a towing equipment package for the 44m multipurpose tug ‘Kwanza’, destined for the Maritime and Port Institute of Angola in West Africa.

2nd July 2014

Big pull for Angolan workboat

2nd July 2014

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Belgium based DEME Group subsidiary Dredging International has deployed its trailing suction hopper dredger Artevelde to participate in the Belgian Fishing for Litter (FFL) project.

1st July 2014

Dredging addresses sea bottom waste

1st July 2014

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging and marine construction major Van Oord has acquired all the shares of its Spanish subsidiary Dravo S.A.

1st July 2014

Van Oord takes over Dravo S.A.

1st July 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

As previously mentioned the new Svitzer London temporarily joined the newly formed Svitzer fleet in Rotterdam. This powerful Damen ASD 3212 took up those duties immediately following builders/owners trials after arriving in…

1st July 2014

Svitzer London joins the fleet

1st July 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Hampshire-based OceanWise, which specialises in all aspects of marine environmental data acquisition and management, has appointed rental and sales organisation Seatronics of Aberdeen as worldwide distributor for its range of oceanographic software…

1st July 2014

Seatronics-OceanWise global agreement

1st July 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Dutch hydrographic software specialists Eye4Software of Delden have upgraded their Hydromagic package for displaying position, calculating volumes and recording soundings in shallow and inland waters, including rivers and reservoirs.

1st July 2014

Hydromagic upgrade

1st July 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

When yet another totally new concept for a shiphandling tug seemed unlikely - along came another. A surprise exhibitor at ITS 2014 in Hamburg was Purplewater Ltd, introducing to the towage industry…

1st July 2014

Purplewater design

1st July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The RNLI, the UK and Republic of Ireland’s largest maritime lifesaving charity, has launched a clever range of bags and travel accessories made exclusively from decommissioned lifejackets. The range, ‘235 Made For…

1st July 2014

Upcycling to help save lives

1st July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Italy’s CMC Marine has entered into a new partnership to fully trained technicians and a dedicated dealer on the Croatian coast.

1st July 2014

Croatian addition

1st July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

International classification society Bureau Veritas has entered into a technical and commercial cooperation agreement with French hydrodynamic specialist HydrOcean.

1st July 2014

BV agreement

1st July 2014

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

International piling equipment expert, Watson & Hillhouse, exhibited at Seawork International for the first time this year, specifically to demonstrate the Damen DOP Pump to the dredging industry.

1st July 2014

Targeting dredging at Seawork

1st July 2014

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The handover of Robust Boats new aluminium survey craft for UK Dredging took place at this year’s Seawork International.

1st July 2014

Robust handover to UK Dredging

1st July 2014

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

GPS Marine Contractors Ltd used Seawork International this year to drum up new global dredging contracts with the aim of taking some business back from the Dutch.

1st July 2014

Taking on the might of the Dutch

1st July 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Serdijn Ship Repair (SSR) and Zwagerman Offshore Services have joined forces to form new company under the name Rotterdam Offshore Group BV (ROG).

1st July 2014

Repair merger

1st July 2014