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Ireland’s Minister for Transport Leo Vardkar has launched an inquiry into the failure of marine emergency position indication radio beacons (EPIRBs) three years ago.

3rd December 2013

Faulty marine beacons in the spotlight

3rd December 2013

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BMT Group in the UK has partnered with the Port of Dover to launch a two day interactive training course for harbour masters, port managers and port authorities called ‘Managing port safety…

3rd December 2013

Bespoke port training course

3rd December 2013

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Customers, suppliers and yards could coopererate to help answer the scarcity of funding opportunities says Govert Hamers, chair of SEA Europe, “especially when it comes to the long money needed for complex…

3rd December 2013

Taking the long view on finance

3rd December 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

UK based BMT Group have completed a series of studies to identify and assess the various impacts of larger vessels that will be using the new Seaforth Liverpool2 container terminal.

3rd December 2013

Liverpool2 study completed

3rd December 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A £73m contract for two sea defence projects at Blackpool has been awarded to Balfour Beatty.

3rd December 2013

Balfour Beatty wins Blackpool sea defence contract

3rd December 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Sanmar, the Turkish shipbuilder and tug owner, has introduced yet another new tug to their design portfolio.

3rd December 2013

Bulani – the first of a new breed

3rd December 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Terasea Pte Ltd of Singapore, part of the POSH Terasea consortium, has taken delivery of the Terasea Eagle, the third anchorhandler in a series of four identical vessels to be built by…

3rd December 2013

TOWLINES

3rd December 2013

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International private maritime security expert, Sea Marshals Ltd, has expanded into new premises to cope with an increase in business, particularly in the Gulfs of Guinea and Aden.

2nd December 2013

Sea Marshals expands

2nd December 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In the past few weeks six new tugs have been completed, all to designs by Macduff Ship Design Ltd.

2nd December 2013

Six new tugs – all to Macduff designs

2nd December 2013

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Gerhard Kutt, of internationally based (Hydrofoil Assisted Water Craft) HAWC Technologies absorbed lessons in hydrodynamics from an interesting perspective, the wake of a speedboat.

1st December 2013

Gerhard Kutt: Daredevil turned innovator

1st December 2013

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Wärtsilä has opened its new test facility for future propulsion products and technology.

29th November 2013

Wärtsilä opens new test facility

29th November 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Amsterdam based Periplus Group, which specialises in providing construction support work for the oil and gas industries on the Dutch Continental Shelf with in-house processing of hydrographic and geophysical data, has signed…

29th November 2013

Periplus-Rijkswaterstaat framework agreement

29th November 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

German windfarm developer RWE Innogy has announced it has stopped development of its proposed Atlantic Array offshore windfarm in the Bristol Channel Zone, part of the UK’s Round 3 plans.

28th November 2013

RWE stops Atlantic Array development

28th November 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

William Heaps, assistant marine advisor and hydrographic manager of Associated British Ports Group at Southampton, is the recipient of this year’s UK Hydrographic Office Alexander Dalrymple Award.

28th November 2013

Dalrymple Award for ABP hydrographic manager

28th November 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The first sale of a transportable ready to work fast hydrographic vessel with a top survey speed of 30km per hour was reported at last month’s Europort exhibition in Rotterdam by Muiden…

28th November 2013

Europort success for DutchWorkboats

28th November 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Google has completed mapping 360 different views of the River Thames as part of its global Street View with the aid of specialist survey equipment aboard the Port of London Authority’s hydrographic…

28th November 2013

Google maps the Thames

28th November 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Fugro EMU of Durley, Southampton, which claims to be the UK’s largest commercial marine environmental services organisation, has concluded its involvement in the 2011-2013 Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Civil Hydrography Programme…

28th November 2013

Fugro EMU completes MCA project

28th November 2013

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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has opened the 28th session of the Assembly which will run until 4 December at IMO headquarters.

27th November 2013

28th IMO Assembly opens

27th November 2013

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The Basque Government and the Basque Energy Board (EVE) are looking to build a real smart energy revolution in Spains Basque Country, with the offshore wind sector at the core.

27th November 2013

Basque energy revolution

27th November 2013

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Turner Engine Powered Services Ltd (Turner EPS) has been appointed as the new GE marine parts and services distributor for Norway, covering the GE Marine engine family.

27th November 2013

Diesel deal

27th November 2013