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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Port of Rotterdam Authority has celebrated the opening of their Maasvlakte 2 port expansion project to shipping, on time and significantly below budget.

12th July 2013

Maasvlakte 2 opened to shipping

12th July 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Wills Ridley Ltd is celebrating 50 years of supplying hydraulic steering gear to the marine industry.

12th July 2013

50 years of hydraulic steering for Wills Ridley

12th July 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Northumberland UK based boat builder Alnmaritec has recently launched the latest (and third) of its wind farm support vessels (WFSV), NSL Discovery, for long-time client North Sea Logistics.

12th July 2013

Smooth shifting for Alnmaritec’s latest WFSV

12th July 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce Plc has signed a memorandum of understanding with Spanish shipping company Baleària, to design gas powered propulsion systems for three of the company’s high speed ferries, which currently run on diesel.

12th July 2013

Rolls and Baleària in LNG ferry conversion

12th July 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The European Ships and Maritime Equipment Association (SEA Europe) has announced that IHC Merwede’s president, Govert Hamers, will succeed Lars Gørvell-Dahll as chairman in October 2013.

12th July 2013

SEA Europe chairman

12th July 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The German Port of Duisburg and the Belgian Port of Antwerp will work more closely in the future, in order to intensify rail and barge transport between the two regions and their…

12th July 2013

Duisberg – Antwerp extend

12th July 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK safety equipment storage expert Jo Bird & Co has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2013 in recognition of its impressive export performance.

12th July 2013

Jo Bird’s award

12th July 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Bremerhaven repair yards have seen more than their usual share of special ships of late, among them offshore, seismic and polar expedition tonnage.

11th July 2013

Bremerhaven yards host special ships

11th July 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

As part of a €9m EU funded FP7 project, Marinet is offering SMEs, research groups and entrepreneurs working in the area of marine renewable energy and based in the EU or in…

11th July 2013

EU funding for renewables research facilities

11th July 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

One of the UK’s leading ports groups has signed a multi-million loan facility that will part fund the cost of further development at the country’s second largest container terminal.

11th July 2013

Port development funding

11th July 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Power Train Projects launched its range of Coastal Marine engines at Seawork last month.

11th July 2013

Marine engine range launched at Seawork

11th July 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Scania has extended its marine engine range with the introduction of an all new nine litre power unit which made its European debut at Seawork last month.

11th July 2013

Scania launches workboat range at Seawork

11th July 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Engine drive specialists Centa Transmissions launched a new range of electro-magnetic clutches (EMC) at the Seawork exhibition in Southampton UK last month.

11th July 2013

Electro-magnetic clutches debut at Seawork

11th July 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

In 2011 Clements Engineering carried out a repair to a propeller for the Damen built tug Fenlander, operated by Wisbech Harbour Authority.

11th July 2013

New propellers for Wisbech tug

11th July 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Michigan Wheel Marine has announced a new partnership with Nakashima Propeller Co Ltd to develop and expand its global marine propeller business.

10th July 2013

Propeller partnership

10th July 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Birkenhead UK based IPS Marine Fabrications recently completed a metal fabrication and welding contract on the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.

10th July 2013

Drawn arc stud welding advantages seen

10th July 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Netherlands based Alewijnse Marine Systems has successfully completed the electrical conversion of the jack-up rig Atlantic Amsterdam.

10th July 2013

Rigs conversion boom follows safety changes

10th July 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

In a recent dry docking project done by Goltens Dubai three vessels were docked in a sequence, with a one week time span between each vessel.

10th July 2013

Back to back dockings optimise efficiency

10th July 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A new software solution has been developed by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) to streamline compliance with the newly adopted European Union regulation on ship recycling.

10th July 2013

Software for EU ship recycling compliance

10th July 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Spain’s Sole Diesel SA and UK based Engines Plus Ltd introduced a new marine genset at Seawork last month.

10th July 2013

Main Sole man launches genset at Seawork

10th July 2013