News

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Mermaid Marine’s new hydraulically driven 240v generator concept was launched at Seawork 2013. Since then, the generator – which was entered into the Innovations Showcase – has received strong and steady interest.

19th February 2014

Seawork launch benefits Mermaid Marine

19th February 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

KOTUG International moved its Rotterdam office to a new location on the top floor of the Las Palmas Building at Wilhelminakade 318, 3072 AR on 17 January 2014. The company’s postal address,…

19th February 2014

TOWLINES

19th February 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The decision to take a ship from St Petersburg to Vladivostok across the icy Northern Sea Route had a lot resting on it. Specifically, six tugs weighing between 726 and 380 tonnes.

19th February 2014

Taking the Arctic shortcut

19th February 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A new EU 7th Framework Programme project, ‘Logistic Efficiencies and Naval architecture for Wind Installations with Novel Developments’ (LEANWIND),aims to reduce costs across the offshore windfarm lifecycle and supply chain.

18th February 2014

LEANWIND reduction

18th February 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Germany-based Torqeedo is set to launch two new products at this years Seawork Exhibition.

18th February 2014

Torqeedo unveils new products at Seawork 2014

18th February 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Another New Year delivery was the SL Mbissi, completed by Damen Shipyard Hardinxveldt for Smit Lamnalco Ltd of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

18th February 2014

Customised Shoalbuster for Smit Lamnalco

18th February 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Independent UK based engineering and environmental hydraulics consultancy HR Wallingford has teamed up with Johannesburg based Fourth Element Consulting to offer sustainable environmental solutions to the rapidly developing economies in southern Africa.

18th February 2014

Flood management study on the Orange River

18th February 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Svitzer, a major provider of towage and marine services, took delivery of the latest addition to its UK fleet on 6 February.

18th February 2014

Svitzer Leven – A neat solution for waste disposal

18th February 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The marine industry is seeing plenty of activity surrounding joint country collaborations in the renewable energy sector.

17th February 2014

Indo-Dutch renewables MoU

17th February 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The Black Box (MBB200C), from Seawork exhibitor Maretron, is a dedicated processing unit that includes Maretron’s N2KView vessel monitoring and control software.

17th February 2014

Maretron MBB200C Black Box

17th February 2014

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Fiskerstrand Verft AS is to build two new LNG ferries of MM 55 FC LNG type for Boreal Transport Nord AS.

17th February 2014

New LNG ferries for Norway

17th February 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Early in the New Year PSA Marine of Singapore, one of the largest owners and operators of harbour tugs in Asia, took delivery of the ASD tugs Rubicon and Righteous.

17th February 2014

Rubicon & Righteous – a New Year delivery for PSA

17th February 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Denmark based A2SEA A/S has signed a contract with DONG Energy to install 97 turbines on Gode Wind 1 + 2 in the German part of the North Sea.

17th February 2014

Contract signed for largest German windfarm

17th February 2014

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

“In all sectors, those who had vision, those who saw that the environmental issues being brought to the table wouldn’t just fade away, these manufacturers now have a clear lead,” says Jose…

15th February 2014

Jose Gonzales: from screwdriver to laptop

15th February 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Scotland’s Aberdeen Harbour Board’s plans to create additional berthing facilities at Nigg Bay have been recognised as being of national importance that could benefit the local and national economies by around £1bn…

14th February 2014

Boost for Aberdeen expansion

14th February 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Scottish Renewables has drawn attention to positive developments in Scotland’s offshore wind industry but also pointed out challenges that have impacted the pace of investment.

14th February 2014

Analysis highlights drop in Scottish offshore wind investments

14th February 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Harley Marine Services, a leading provider of marine transportation services in the United States, has purchased the prototype training tug BRAtt from Robert Allan Ltd.

14th February 2014

Harley Marine purchases the BRAtt prototype

14th February 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

BigLift Shipping has appointed MIT SUD as exclusive agent for BigLift Shipping in Spain.

14th February 2014

Spanish agent

14th February 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Seawork Asia will take place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center (SWEECC) from November 4 to 6 2014 produced by Mercator’s joint venture in China, Seawork Asia Company Limited.

13th February 2014

Seawork Asia focus for burgeoning workboat market

13th February 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

WaveRoller, the wave energy device created by Finland based wave energy developer, AW-Energy, has received independent performance verification, taking the wave power industry one step closer to commercialisation.

13th February 2014

Performance verification for Wave Roller

13th February 2014