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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Finnish gas supply company Gasum Oy’s proposal for an LNG import terminal in southern Finland has received a boost with acceptance of the environmental impact assessment report.

8th November 2013

Finland LNG terminal one step closer

8th November 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Charter demand for the latest generation of offshore wind farm Personnel Transport Vessels [PTVs] from Tidal Transit Limited has enabled the company to commission the construction of a fourth vessel with Spanish…

8th November 2013

Newbuild order to meet windfarm demand

8th November 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

What is billed as the world’s largest power boat race will serve as a test bed for measuring and comparing impact exposure on high speed craft.

8th November 2013

Gain from pain in boat race study

8th November 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Monaco Marine Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Port of Toulon Authority to development a part of Toulon harbour as a facility for the construction and repair of large…

8th November 2013

Shipyard developments in Toulon

8th November 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Netherlands based SMST unveiled a new fast offshore craft equipped with a telescopic access bridge at the Europort exhibition in Rotterdam last month.

7th November 2013

SMST offshore access system at Europort

7th November 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

DNV GL will class two new pipe laying vessels (PLSVs) being built at the brand new Vard Promar yard in Recife, in the North East of Brazil.

7th November 2013

DNV GL to class two new pipe layers

7th November 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Dometic Marine is expanding its product line with a complete, optimised package of water line pressurisation components, launched at Europort this week.

7th November 2013

Dometic Marine expands offering

7th November 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

An extra £3m has been allocated by the Scottish Government for repairing damage to fishing harbours damaged by storms late in 2012.

7th November 2013

Funding for storm damaged harbours

7th November 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A major Colombian flood control contract has been awarded Netherlands based Royal HaskoningDHV, aimed at preventing a repeat of the catastrophic La Niña disaster in 2010.

7th November 2013

Flood control contract for Royal HaskoningDHV

7th November 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The MateSaver recovery pole from Naiad Dynamics has undergone extensive redesign to adhere to the latest lifting legislation.

7th November 2013

Rescues resume with revised MateSaver

7th November 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Tideland Signal has appointed MT Caspian to represent its range of navaids in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Georgia.

7th November 2013

Navaids supply

7th November 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Germany’s Kiel Canal was in the most part re-open four days after the collision between two freighters on 31 October – but the German water police have opened investigations into what caused…

6th November 2013

Germany Kiel Canal collision

6th November 2013

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KEY DEALS

Cargotec’s MacGregor business has completed the acquisition of Hatlapa in a transaction valued at approximately €160m.

6th November 2013

MacGregor completes Hatlapa acquisition

6th November 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Critical safety and survival solutions provider Survitec Group Limited has established a joint venture with Servaux Safety & Ship Services, a division of CFM Enterprises, with facilities located in Marseille and Le…

6th November 2013

Safety joint venture

6th November 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Bidders have been invited to submit tenders for the contract to replenish areas of beaches at Oostende in Belgium.

6th November 2013

Bids for Oostende beach replenishment

6th November 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Windwave Workboats has signed an agreement with Siemens Wind Power Service until the end of 2013 to support the Major Projects team and have assigned its 17.5m MCA Cat 2 vessel Samson…

6th November 2013

Samson B gives strong support for windfarms

6th November 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Marseille Fos Port Authority has marked the 50th anniversary of its Fos Industrial Zone (ZIF) by hosting a professional forum to set out its vision for the area and the port…

5th November 2013

50 year vision

5th November 2013

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KEY DEALS

Maritime Journal has learned than an impressive 18 Jan De Nul vessels performed the dredging of 10m cubic metres in the first phase of construction for the new Yamal LNG project at…

5th November 2013

Jan De Nul Sabetta dredging works

5th November 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Nordic Yards in Wismar, Germany, has awarded Kongsberg Maritime a contract to deliver an Integrated Vessel Control System for a new build 80m wind turbine service jack-up vessel owned by Danish offshore…

5th November 2013

Networked radar for windfarm jack-up

5th November 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

NAVALU shipyard has recently launched the offshore windfarm catamaran SeaFox, the first aluminium Offshore Wind Farm Service Vessel built in France with Bureau Veritas approval.

5th November 2013

French yard launches first SeaFox

5th November 2013