News

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

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Two new-generation long-endurance unmanned surface vehicles are about to enter production in the UK with confirmed orders for both vehicles, AutoNaut and C-Enduro.

6th May 2014

UK-funded Ocean Robot Development

6th May 2014

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Scotland and Australia centred subsea training and trials facility, The Underwater Centre, has added a new course to its commercial air diving (CAD) offering, in response to the needs identified by the…

6th May 2014

New commercial dive course

6th May 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Seawork 2014 exhibitors, UK-based Alicat and South Boats IOW, have signed a string of specialist supply chain service agreements within the booming UK wind energy market.

6th May 2014

Seawork exhibitors sign string of deals

6th May 2014

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Exposure Marine will launch its new Sub M3 dive light, which promises robust, switchless and totally ‘hands free’ operation, at Seawork International this year.

5th May 2014

Exposure Marine Sub M3 launch at Seawork

5th May 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Turkish shipbuilder, BOGAZICI, has recently delivered the new 70 tonne bollard pull ASD tug Tribilin (ex- Bogazici 14) to the International Offshore Engineering Development Company (IOED) of Venezuela.

5th May 2014

TOWLINES

5th May 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Bilbao based multinational utility company Iberdrola SA has reported that it allocated €159m to research and development in 2013, a 10% increase on the previous year.

5th May 2014

Iberdrola increases R&D spending

5th May 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Seawork International has launched its new online social pages.

5th May 2014

Discover Seawork

5th May 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced the launch of a programme which will commit €750m to finance the implementation of renewable energy projects throughout France between 2014 and 2016.

2nd May 2014

European Investment Bank invests in French renewables

2nd May 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Independent marine data management and publishing specialist OceanWise has further refined Marine Themes, its leading marine mapping dataset, by replacing chart-derived data with definitive datasets from bona fide sources wherever possible.

2nd May 2014

OceanWise Extends Marine Mapping Dataset

2nd May 2014