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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

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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

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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

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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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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

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Fugro has opened an expanded soils testing laboratory at the Group’s UK headquarters in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.

5th November 2013

Offshore wind drives soil testing growth

5th November 2013

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Cargotecs MacGregor has won an order worth some €37m for 45 electric winches to be installed on Hyundai Heavy Industries new 10,000 tonne new heavy lift vessel.

5th November 2013

€37m winch order

5th November 2013

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KEY DEALS

The UK’s Port of Blyth has signed an agreement with The Geos Group, a marine fuel supplier, to build a new fuel storage facility at the Bates terminal.

4th November 2013

Blyth bunkering

4th November 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Essex UK based workboat builder CTruk scored a hat trick with the delivery of its 12th 20T multi-purpose catamaran, CWind Challenger.

4th November 2013

Rules hat trick for ‘CWind Challenger’

4th November 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Finnish survey company FCG (Finnish Consulting Group) Ltd has placed an order for a new GRP survey boat from Blyth Workcats Ltd of Canvey Island, UK.

4th November 2013

Finnish surveyors order Workcat for Baltic

4th November 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Maritime consultants Marico Marine and vessel operators Jubilee Fishing have joined forces to deliver a unique package to offshore renewable energy developers looking to enhance their guard vessel provision with the additional…

4th November 2013

‘Salt and Science’ enhances guard capabilities

4th November 2013

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KEY DEALS

Rijkswaterstaat, part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, has granted a final permit for the Q4 West windfarm.

1st November 2013

Q4 West windfarm permit

1st November 2013

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KEY DEALS

Mr. George A. Tsavliris was elected president of the Cyprus Maritime Environment Protection Association (CYMEPA) at its recent AGM in Limassol.

1st November 2013

CYMEPA president

1st November 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Under construction in Japan is a floating unit that will combine wind and current generators in a concept that is claimed to double the power output of conventional structures.

1st November 2013

Combined wind and current generator due

1st November 2013