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INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

The UK P&I Club’s Pre-Employment Medical Examination Programme, a leading scheme for assessing the fitness of prospective seafarers, has just completed its 300,000th examination.

29th May 2014

Fitter crews and fewer claims

29th May 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

As engines have increased in horsepower providing greater power for the same size and weight, cavitation and how to overcome it has become a major issue for propeller designers.

29th May 2014

Teignbridge Propellers teams up with Plymouth University

29th May 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction of the badly needed fifth lock in Brunsbuettel on the Kiel Canal is expected to start in earnest in September after Berlin Government approval was given for costs totalling €485 million.

29th May 2014

September start for Kiel Canal lock project

29th May 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OSD-IMT, the UK division of Offshore Ship Designers (OSD), has developed a range of innovative new offshore windfarm service vessel designs.

29th May 2014

New range of windfarm vessel designs

29th May 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

At Thetis MRE, the international marine renewable energy convention, representatives of West Normandy Marine Energy (WNME) and the Channel Islands Marine Renewable Energy Group (CIMREG) signed a Framework of Cooperation on marine…

29th May 2014

Cooperation for marine renewable energy

29th May 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The Seawork International 2014 exhibitors’ catalogue is now live and available to view. Powered by Issuu page-turning software, the substantial 217 page publication is your essential guide to an essential maritime event.

28th May 2014

See who’s who at Seawork

28th May 2014

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Leading employment law specialist Brahams Dutt Badrick French LLP (BDBF) has appointed a senior employment lawyer with expertise in the insurance and shipping industries in order to expand its portfolio of clients…

28th May 2014

Expansion into the shipping market

28th May 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Mastervolt, the Dutch based specialist in off grid electrical systems, has announced the arrival of the new Mass Combi Ultra series: a compact inverter/charger combination with a smart transfer system, MPPT (Maximum…

28th May 2014

Mastervolts Mass Combi Ultra

28th May 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The world’s first Seatower Cranefree Gravity foundation will be deployed at the Fécamp offshore windfarm in the English Channel, 13km off the coast of Normandy.

28th May 2014

Game-changing wind foundation

28th May 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The world’s largest inland port at Duisburg in Germany, which adjoins two major shipping arteries of the Rhine and Ruhr, is to upgrade its survey capability with commissioning of a GeoSwath Plus…

28th May 2014

GeoAcoustics multibeam for world’s largest inland port

28th May 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Red7Marine provides plant and services to the marine civils, offshore and subsea sectors and this months Maritime Journal takes a look at the groups current projects.

28th May 2014

Red7Marine fills its boots

28th May 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Shortly after delivering ‘Bok’n and ‘Borgøy’, the world’s first LNG fuelled ASD tugs for Buksèr og Berging in Norway, Sanmar’s Tuzla Bay facility has completed ‘Brage’ the smallest of five tugs ordered…

28th May 2014

Sanmar completes a powerful line-hander

28th May 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

UK-based Seacat Services has launched its latest 24m South Catamaran, ‘Seacat Ranger’, which marks the evolution of vessel design and build in the offshore wind sector.

27th May 2014

Latest Seacat launch marks new design phase

27th May 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

During a recent trade mission to Indonesia, Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment, Melanie Schultz van Haegen presented a masterplan offering a long-term solution to flooding in North Jakarta.

27th May 2014

Dutch companies plan flood protection for Jakarta

27th May 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A new state-of-the-art polar research ship enabling UK polar scientists to remain at the forefront of environmental research in both the Arctic and Antarctic is to be commissioned by the Natural Environment…

27th May 2014

UK to boost polar research with new £200m ship

27th May 2014

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

UK navaids expert Hydrosphere is looking to follow up a successful Seawork 2013 with a new launch at the 2014 show - its Vega VLB-67 LED obstacle and bridge marking light.

27th May 2014

Hydrosphere new launch at Seawork

27th May 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Underwater technology system expert, MacArtney, will be supplying a custom swivel solution for a new next generation Scottish tidal turbine currently under construction.

27th May 2014

Swivel solution for tidal turbine

27th May 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report has been published on the loss of the ‘Emsstrom’ following a collision with the tug Christos XXII on January 13, 2013.

27th May 2014

MAIB report on Emsstrom and tug Christos XXll

27th May 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

All four tugs ordered from Cheoy Lee Shipyards in Hong Kong by Smit Lamnalco have now been completed.

26th May 2014

Cheoy Lee’s fab four

26th May 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dutch consultancy firm ARCADIS has signed two large contracts to project manage a new port terminal in Säo Luis in north eastern Brazil for a global mining company based in the country.

26th May 2014

ARCADIS win two port contracts in Brazil

26th May 2014