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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A new berth for cruise ships, which has just begun operation in the north German Baltic Port of Kiel, is part of an ongoing €5.4m expansion programme to boost cargo and passenger…

1st August 2013

New Kiel cruise berth is operational

1st August 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Danish company Sea Consult ApS has taken delivery of its first Damen Twin Axe as the company prepares to enter the offshore wind market.

1st August 2013

Fast delivery seals Twin Axe Danish deal

1st August 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

US based Centek Industries, enjoyed a successful Seawork 2013, receiving “a lot of interest in our systems and designs” from both new and existing customers.

1st August 2013

Seawork success for Centek

1st August 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Scott Wharton, a North Devon skipper with 29 years’ experience fishing in the UK’s Bristol Channel, has joined the CWind boat share scheme taking on a new CTruk 20T vessel due for…

1st August 2013

European expansion of boat share scheme

1st August 2013

SECURITY

SECURITY

Secure outsourcing group G4S has signed a new contract with the Tangier Med Port Authority and Tangier Med Special Agency to deliver a broad range of integrated security solutions at the largest…

1st August 2013

Tangier Med Port security contract for G4S

1st August 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Despite the ongoing national economic downturn, Ireland’s Port of Cork Company has returned an improved performance in 2012 compared to 2011.

1st August 2013

Cork beats trend

1st August 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Both the global and EU economy is set to pick up speed slowly over the course of the next year according to a report from Finland’s Centre for Maritime Studies.

1st August 2013

Baltic outlook positive

1st August 2013

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Applied Acoustics has sold its 300th USBL system through Toyo Corporation, its exclusive and long standing Japanese distributor.

31st July 2013

USBL sales big in Japan

31st July 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Norcom Technology announced the delivery of its new Ptolemy DPNav software system for simulated training of DP operators at Lowestoft College at Seawork last month.

31st July 2013

DP training simulation packages delivered

31st July 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Live tidal and weather tweets on Twitter from a dockside Tweet M8 tide gauge were among innovations featured by Ohmex at Seawork.

31st July 2013

Ohmex Seawork Tweet demos

31st July 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Major seabed and cable burial surveys for an un-named European wave energy test site are to be undertaken by the Submetrix division of Innovatum of Bury St Edmunds and Coastline Surveys of…

31st July 2013

Coastline Surveys-Innovatum joint venture

31st July 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Unchartered wrecks including a 150m vessel at a depth of 22m have been recorded by the Royal Navy’s hydrographic ship, HMS Echo.

31st July 2013

Royal Navy Libyan surveys

31st July 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK Hydrographic Office plans this summer to supply on a single DVD its Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS), with 12,000 digital charts.

31st July 2013

12,000 digital charts on one DVD

31st July 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Antwerp Port Authority has received positive news from the European Commission concerning its application for a subsidy for LNG.

31st July 2013

Antwerp LNG subsidy

31st July 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The French boatbuilder ACCF exhibited for the first time at Seawork this year with a vessel on the floating pontoons.

29th July 2013

Positive response for French boatbuilder

29th July 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Stern tube seal specialist, AEGIR-Marine, is to represent the Netherlands as a ‘National Champion’ in the 2013/14 European Business Awards (EBAs).

29th July 2013

AEGIR-Marine represents Netherlands

29th July 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The IMO Council has endorsed a proposal by IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu to adopt ‘IMO Conventions: Effective Implementation’ as the World Maritime Day theme for 2014.

29th July 2013

World Maritime Day theme proposal

29th July 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Ever since it developed the world’s first liferaft survival kit over 60 years ago, serving the maritime industry has been part of BCB Marine’s DNA.

29th July 2013

Rescue device in pole position

29th July 2013

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider Unique Hydra has had a fine result with its first nine man saturation system.

29th July 2013

New saturation system a rescue success

29th July 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Swedish marine energy technology company Minesto has developed a simulator to aid the development of its Deep Green anchored flying underwater vehicle marine power plant.

26th July 2013

Simulator for underwater marine power plant

26th July 2013