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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Global satellite company, Dauria Aerospace, has successfully delivered two Perseus-M spacecraft into low earth orbit to track and monitor vessels in seas and navigable waterways in the US, Canada, Northern Europe and…

7th July 2014

Satellites to monitor vessel traffic

7th July 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

In order to improve their capacity, Melita Marine Group of Malta has purchased a new floating dock with 5,000 tonnes lifting capacity, an overall length of 102 metres, an inside width 20…

7th July 2014

New floating dock for Melita Marine Group

7th July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The UK’s Fendercare Marine recently opened the doors of its Great Yarmouth base to showcase its expansion of lifting products and services over the last two years. The open day was attended…

4th July 2014

Open day at Fendercare

4th July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The UKs McMurdo Group has announced the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping has recertified Type Approval for 3 safety beacons of its marine portfolio: the SmartFind E5 EPIRB, SmartFind Plus G5 GPS…

4th July 2014

McMurdo recertification

4th July 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

EP Tools, a Danish company with more than 15 years of experience in working with developers and construction companies in the wind and oil & gas industries, and CWind, a provider of…

4th July 2014

EP and CWind contract

4th July 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Suzuki’s latest DF25A and DF30A four stroke petrol outboard motors now boast the Japanese company’s Lean Burn Control System that has already been pioneered on its larger capacity models.

4th July 2014

Lean Burn for smaller Suzukis

4th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Irish boatbuilder Safehaven Marine has supplied the Bristol Interceptor an Interceptor 48, self righting all weather pilot boat to the Port of Bristol in the UK. She is the 31st pilot vessel…

4th July 2014

Safehaven Interceptor for Bristol

4th July 2014

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KEY DEALS

Hydrographic survey expert, TeamSurv, is conducting trials with the Port of Milford Haven over the next six months to better chart the waterway.

3rd July 2014

TeamSurv survey contracts

3rd July 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

In the UK, A&P Falmouth has completed its second major renewables project, after leading wave energy firm Seatricity’s next generation Oceanus 2 device has left the docks for Wave Hub. The wave…

3rd July 2014

Oceanus 2 completed

3rd July 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The worlds first marine engine to be run using glycerine was demonstrated at this year’s Seawork International exhibition as part of the Glycerine for Engines and Marine Sustainability (GLEAMS) project.

3rd July 2014

The fuel of the future?

3rd July 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

One of the vessels on-show in Hamburg for ITS 2014 was the very recently completed Eddy 1, the prototype ‘Efficient Double-ended Dynamic’ (EDDY) tug. MJ has followed the progress of this project…

2nd July 2014

‘EDDY 1’ attracts visitors in Hamburg

2nd July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

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