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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Caterpillar Marine has developed a new pod drive unit that has been designed to match with its latest C8.7 diesel engine.

3rd January 2014

Cat to launch new engine/drive combo

3rd January 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

German company Torqueedo, which caused a stir last year when introducing its 80 hp electric outboard motor, has now expanded its range.

3rd January 2014

Torqeedo extends electric propulsion range

3rd January 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Marine engineering specialist GeoSea, of Belgium’s DEME Group, has been awarded major offshore wind energy contracts.

2nd January 2014

Geosea secures offshore wind contracts

2nd January 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Dutch company Royal Boskalis says that the tug ‘Smit Elbe’, which is based in the port of Rotterdam, has become the first tug in the Netherlands to be fuelled with Shell GTL.

2nd January 2014

Synthetic diesel tug

2nd January 2014

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KEY DEALS

Following failed attempts by three icebreakers to reach the research vessel ‘MV Akademik Shokalskiy’ trapped in the Antarctic ice, its 54 stranded passengers were rescued by helicopter on Thursday.

31st December 2013

Rescue operation in the Antarctic

31st December 2013

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Japans NYK is to build the countrys first tug featuring a dual-fuel engine that can run on either LNG or HFO.

30th December 2013

First LNG-fuelled tug for Japan

30th December 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Built in 1924, the paddle steamer Medway Queen has sailed again.

26th December 2013

Medway Queen sails again

26th December 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

With some 1,400 ships predicted to be consigned to the breakers each year, shipbreaking is an expanding business sector.

24th December 2013

Green ship breaking comes to Europe

24th December 2013

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Russia’s Gazprom is looking at building a small plant on the Baltic Sea to produce LNG as a shipping fuel, local media reports.

24th December 2013

Gazprom considers Baltic LNG plant

24th December 2013

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KEY DEALS

Scorpion Ribs is the latest user of the Dyena Acceleration Recorder (DaccR), a portable data logger that provides information on ride quality and performance.

23rd December 2013

Scorpion Ribs unveils its sting

23rd December 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The PowerShark WB3000 made its first ever showing in continental Europe at the recent METS exhibition in Amsterdam.

23rd December 2013

PowerShark eats marine fouling at METS

23rd December 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Britain’s largest independent ship repairer has scored a double by signing new long term contracts with operators Wightlink and Gosport Ferry Ltd.

23rd December 2013

Burgess does double repair contract signings

23rd December 2013

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KEY DEALS

Global emergency marine systems and support services provider Survival Craft Inspectorate (SCI) has opened its 12th office in Rotterdam.

20th December 2013

SCI in Rotterdam

20th December 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Ship repair company A&P Falmouth has won a major contract with the Southampton UK based historic steamship SS Shieldhall, which has graced many a Seawork exhibition as an events venue.

20th December 2013

£1.4m repair grant keeps Shieldhall sailing

20th December 2013

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KEY DEALS

UK based Titan Environmental Services has launched and tested its new 13m long hydrographic survey vessel at Great Yarmouth.

19th December 2013

New hydro survey vessel launched

19th December 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Unique Seaflex was recently contacted by Saipem in Portugal, which was looking to urgently conduct a 550 tonne load test on a derrick barge located at Point Noire in the Congo.

19th December 2013

Rapid response testing keeps barge working

19th December 2013

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KEY DEALS

The Jersey Flag Administration has reached agreement with the UK to increase the maximum allowed size of commercial vessels on their register to 399gt.

19th December 2013

Jersey flagging larger commercial vessels

19th December 2013

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KEY DEALS

The UK’s Crown Estate has launched an industry engagement process to better understand market interest in future tidal and lagoon projects around the UK, a move prompted by an increase in enquiries…

18th December 2013

Lagoon development project engagement process

18th December 2013

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KEY DEALS

A shipping partnership is on a mission to rescue the industry in one of the UK’s prominent shipbuilding towns, following the decision made by defence and security giant BAE Systems to move…

18th December 2013

Rescuing southern UK shipbuilding

18th December 2013

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KEY DEALS

Shipdock Amsterdam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has received a contract to upgrade the propulsion of the Polarcus owned 3D seismic vessel ‘Polarcus Naila’.

18th December 2013

Damen refit for seismic vessel

18th December 2013