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SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The Boats Department of the MoD (DE&S), responsible for purchasing and support of all MoD boats from sailing craft to 30m workboats via RIBs, fast insertion vessels, will once again be exhibiting…

9th May 2014

UK Ministry of Defence at Seawork

9th May 2014

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The Forschungs und Entwicklungszentrum Fachhochschule Kiel has chosen Tidelands Nova-65HI LED lanterns to mark its FINO1 research platform in the North Sea approximately 45 kilometres offshore from Borkum.

9th May 2014

Tideland lanterns mark German research platform

9th May 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Seawork participants will be given an insight into BIMCOs Windtime,a specialised time charter party designed for the offshore wind farm sector, at this years event.

9th May 2014

Find out more about Windtime

9th May 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Vessel operator Rix Sea Shuttle, based in Hull UK has won a contract with Reef Subsea to supply two crew transfer vessels for the Gwynt y Môr site, one of Europe’s largest…

8th May 2014

Vessel operator wins windfarm contract

8th May 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Germany-based Schottel is to equip European river cruise vessels with its ‘propulsion concept’ in the form of four Schottel twin propellers STP 200.

8th May 2014

Schottel propels EU river cruises

8th May 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dredging vessels and tugs have started to arrive as the Port of Cromarty Firth’s £25m port expansion programme prepares to get under way at Invergordon.

8th May 2014

Cromarty Firth expansion gets underway

8th May 2014

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has brought undersea technology into the media spotlight, especially with regards to equipment such as the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and acoustic pinger.

8th May 2014

JW Fishers acoustic pinger

8th May 2014

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Norways VisSim has signed an agreement to supply Marine Radar Vessel Traffic Management Systems (VTMS) and Oil Spill Detection (OSD) solutions to the oil production platform operating the Ivar Aasen oil field…

8th May 2014

Radar VTMS and OSD deal

8th May 2014

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Integrated control systems manufacturer, Offshore Systems, has signed a £600,000 partnership agreement with marine equipment supplier Exalto-Emirates, based in the United Arab Emirates.

7th May 2014

New UAE sales base for Offshore Systems

7th May 2014

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Marine instrumentation specialist PSM is set to offer customers a complete end-to-end service for marine tank gauging and other instrumentation projects.

7th May 2014

PSM expands technical sales capability

7th May 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Australia-based Incat Crowther has delivered ‘John Jacob’, a 62.6m aluminium monohull Crew Supply Vessel for US company Barry Graham Oil Service (BGOS).

7th May 2014

Incat Crowther delivers to US

7th May 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The French defence ministry has received the first advanced ECUME RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) manufactured by Zodiac Milpro and has placed an order for nine boats.

7th May 2014

Zodiac Milpro wins French Navy order

7th May 2014

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

New measures have been adopted to protect abandoned seafarers, and to provide financial security for compensation in cases of death and long-term disability.

7th May 2014

New measures to protect seafarers

7th May 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

France’s Saft, advanced battery designer and manufacturer, has received an order from ferry operator, Ballerina, for lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery systems to power a brand new electric ferry for the city of Stockholm.

7th May 2014

Battery power for electric ferry

7th May 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

MMT of Gothenburg has been awarded a contract by Svenska Kraftnat for surveys of the existing high voltage Sjalland cable route across the Oresund between Sweden and Denmark, which is due for…

7th May 2014

MMT Cable Route Survey Contract

7th May 2014

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Belgium based Hydrex has installed Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF) on several tankers during their respective stops in Rotterdam, Ghent and Antwerp.

7th May 2014

Hydrex underwater installation brings fuel savings

7th May 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Canal & River Trust have outlined plans to invest over £85m in major engineering projects, waterways maintenance and customer service over the course of the 2014/15 financial year.

7th May 2014

UK canals and rivers benefit from major investment

7th May 2014

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Dutch marine coatings business, AkzoNobel has revealed Intertrac, the shipping industry’s first, patented applied for software system that enables ship owners and operators accurately to assess and predict the risk of hull…

7th May 2014

Pioneering software assesses worldwide fouling risk

7th May 2014

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Italy’s Italdraghe has delivered, as part of a complete dredging equipment package, a newly-built cutter suction dredger and booster station to Guyana, South America.

6th May 2014

Newbuild Italdraghe shipped to Guyana

6th May 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk have appointed Mott MacDonald to carry out construction design services for the Polish port’s new €160m quay.

6th May 2014

Mott MacDonald wins design role at Gdansk

6th May 2014