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Seawork 2013 attracted record numbers of commercial marine professionals with over 7,300 visitors this year, a 6% increase on 2012.

9th July 2013

Record year for Seawork

9th July 2013

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Damen Dredging Equipment has handed the cutter suction dredger Susanna II over to its owner, dredging contractor Verboon Maasland.

9th July 2013

Sister dredger delivered 32 years later

9th July 2013

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One of the highlights of WODCON XX, held in Brussels last month, was the presentation of the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) Award for Best Paper written by a Young Author.

9th July 2013

IADC Young Authors Award

9th July 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Virgin Atlantic Challenger II, which broke the Atlantic crossing record in 1986, is back in Britain after an absence of 27 years.

9th July 2013

VAC II back in Britain for restoration

9th July 2013

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UK boatbuilder, CTruk, has received a second order as a direct result of enquiries gained at Seawork this year.

8th July 2013

Another Seawork contract for CTruk

8th July 2013

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The International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) completed a busy agenda at its 92nd session where it discussed changes to the International Convention for SOLAS.

8th July 2013

IMO MSC 92nd Session

8th July 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Nine large contractor consortia have prequalified to submit tenders for the four main construction contracts for the fixed tunnel link across the Fehmarnbelt.

8th July 2013

Fehmarnbelt tunnel contractor list narrows

8th July 2013

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Work on Liverpool2, a new terminal at the UK port, has begun with more than a million cubic metres of material now to be moved by dredgers to clear a deepwater channel…

8th July 2013

Dredging kicks off Liverpool2 development

8th July 2013

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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Accurate survey results in realms with abundant mud are not easily obtained.

8th July 2013

Mud density probe aids dredging surveys

8th July 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

HVAC systems specialist Dometic Marine is extending its range of self contained systems with the development of a new air conditioning unit specifically adapted to cool electronics and other equipment in a…

8th July 2013

Aircon for electronics makes Seawork debut

8th July 2013

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The UKs Birmingham and Midland Marine Services has added two new courses to its existing NGB approved training programmes – ‘HSE approved First Aid at Work’ and ‘HSE Approved Manual Handling’.

5th July 2013

B&M Marine Services offers new training

5th July 2013

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Global investment company, Indofin Group, has acquired a majority stake of 62% in Netherlands based IHC Merwede – Rabo Capital (10%) and IHC Merwede management and staff (28%) are the other principle…

5th July 2013

Indofin acquires IHC Merwede

5th July 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Helsinki based Marinetek has won a prestigious contract to construct a world class marina in Oslo which will see the first use in Scandinavia of pontoons originally designed for the Middle East…

5th July 2013

World class marina plan for Oslo

5th July 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

MacGregor offshore winches have been specified for 22 new anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSVs) under construction at three Chinese shipyards for several international owners.

5th July 2013

Offshore winches order for 22 AHTSVs

5th July 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Helping to make marine contractors aware of the various options available for consideration from crane providers is one of the key intentions of the newly published ‘Crane specification document’ IMCA M 171…

5th July 2013

IMCA publishes crane specification document

5th July 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Maritime industry publication Seatrade has named Lankhorst Ropes has won the Innovation in Ship Operations award at this years 25th Seatrade Awards held in London recently.

5th July 2013

Seatrade Innovation Award for Lankhorst Ropes

5th July 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Rolls-Royce has delivered an advanced deck machinery system for a highly specialised new Amazon class seismic research vessel for WesternGeco, which is under construction at Flensburger Shipyard in Germany.

5th July 2013

Seismic solutions for new Amazon class

5th July 2013

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The new Netherlands boatbuilder DutchWorkboats generated a flurry of interest at this years Seawork exhibition after it unveiled its first vessel at the show, the aluminium Fast Tender 8.5m.

4th July 2013

DutchWorkboats ethos

4th July 2013

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Heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialist, Dometic Marine, launched its new DuraSea Rooftop air conditioner, which is now available with a heating upgrade, at this year’s Seawork Exhibition.

4th July 2013

Rooftop air con unit launched at Seawork

4th July 2013

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced today that the Israel Ports Company has published the first stage of an international tender for the operations of new container terminals to be built in…

4th July 2013

Israel announces tenders for Med terminals

4th July 2013