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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Award winning USA based technology company LEHR is continuing its expansion into the European market with the appointment of Hypro Marine as its UK and Eire sole distributor for the latest innovation,…

21st January 2014

Hypro Marine to distribute propane outboards

21st January 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Unlikely as it seems, the commercial workboat business owes a lot to the Abramovichs and Mansours of this world, explains Tom Loasby of Dorset UK based marine deck equipment suppliers Seaway Powell.

21st January 2014

The rich winch market pull

21st January 2014

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The world’s first LNG powered escort tugboat, Borgøy, built by Turkey’s Sanmar shipyard, has transferred to operation in Norway following successful sea trails.

20th January 2014

LNG tug goes into operation

20th January 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Femern A/S has revealed details of the effects, and how they will deal with the environmental impact of dredging the channel for the immersed sections of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel.

20th January 2014

Fehmarnbelt tunnel sediment spill plan

20th January 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

As offshore oil exploration moves into progressively deeper and more hazardous waters the vessels required to serve that very specialised offshore sector have also grown in size, sophistication and power.

20th January 2014

Anchorhandlers – an example of the next generation

20th January 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Aberdeen UK based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has acquired two Sonardyne Sprint inertial navigation systems to support ROV operations carried out by its new offshore survey division, Bibby Remote Intervention (BRIL).

20th January 2014

Sonardyne INS for Bibby Offshore

20th January 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Proceedings of the Digital Hydrography on the Maritime Web conference in Southampton last October organised by The Hydrographic Society UK in association with the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the International Federation…

20th January 2014

Digital Hydrography on Maritime Web proceedings available

20th January 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Bruntons Propellers has bought the worldwide manufacturing and marketing rights to the SigmaDrive – a deal completed at the London Boat Show last week.

17th January 2014

Bruntons acquires the SigmaDrive

17th January 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A combined report into two separate collisions on the same day has lifted the lid on important aspects surrounding operation of the burgeoning fleet of offshore windfarm support vessels.

17th January 2014

Investigations follow windfarm vessel collisions

17th January 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

As the popularity of tug designs from the drawing boards of Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) continues to grow so too does the wide variety of vessels emerging from the company’s seemingly bottomless…

17th January 2014

Garp and Sark delivered to Turkish authority

17th January 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Seabed mapping and coastal survey specialist Osiris Projects of Merseyside UK has added a fifth vessel to its fleet with the addition of the new 14m GRP catamaran, MV Proteus.

17th January 2014

Osiris Projects expands fleet

17th January 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Airborne Hydrography AB (AHAB) of Jonkoping, Sweden, has launched what it claims to be the world’s first three channel Lidar (light detection and ranging) system, Hawkeye III.

17th January 2014

Three channel Lidar system launched

17th January 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Small German shipyard Meidericher Schiffswerft has marked 115 years of operation by completing a series of very different specialist repair, improvement and conversion jobs.

16th January 2014

Small German yard tackles special projects

16th January 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Portsmouth Shipbuilding UK group has welcomed the news that a new government minister has been appointed for the city calling it a “positive step forward” in restoring shipbuilding to the city.

16th January 2014

New hope for UK shipbuilding

16th January 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The European Commission’s Horizon 2020 work programme has been published.

16th January 2014

Horizon 2020

16th January 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

E.ON is expanding its renewables business with the construction of a €1bn Amrumbank West windfarm in the North Sea, 37km northwest of the German island of Helgoland.

16th January 2014

Another windfarm for the North Sea

16th January 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

On 13 December 2013 the Canadian marine services company Ocean, based in Quebec, held a ceremony to bless the latest addition to its tug fleet, the Ocean Tundra.

16th January 2014

Ocean Tundra – Canada’s most powerful harbour tug

16th January 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The latest general purpose harbour tug designed by Macduff Ship Design and built by Macduff Shipyards has been launched, powered by WaterMota supplied engines.

16th January 2014

Doosan power does it for Eileen McLoughlin

16th January 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Imtech Marine of the Netherlands says that it has been contracted to provide the complete electrical and electronic systems for the LNG-fuelled ferry being built at Fassmer yard for AG Ems.

15th January 2014

Imtech to supply electrics for gas-fuelled ferry

15th January 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

‘Can my ship (or workboat) run on this?’ is the question under discussion at an event to be hosted by the GLEAMS (Glycerine fuel for Engines and Marine Sustainability) project team on…

15th January 2014

GLEAMS workshop and networking event

15th January 2014