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OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

WFSV operator Tidal Transit has just celebrated the completion of 10,000 safe passenger transfers from its two personnel transfer vessels to wind turbines situated in the North Sea.

16th July 2013

10,000 safe windfarm transfers completed

16th July 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Robert Allan Ltd has designed a new generation of high endurance self righting search and rescue lifeboats for the Canadian Coast Guard.

15th July 2013

New Robert Allan lifeboats

15th July 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

From the first of this month, Norwegian engine manufacturer Bergen Engines AS has become part of the Tognum Group.

15th July 2013

Bergen a Tognum subsidiary

15th July 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Seacontractors and IPS have concluded a strategic partnership and are implementing integration between their manpower services.

15th July 2013

Recruiting partnership

15th July 2013

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KEY DEALS

A new Motorway of the Sea between Ireland’s Port of Cork and Gijon in Spain was called for at the Ireland-Iberia Trade and Transport Round Table in Dublin last month.

15th July 2013

Spanish motorway

15th July 2013

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KEY DEALS

Together with repeat agreements from China, the total order value The Switch received during June is over €100m, resulting in the largest order backlog in the company’s history. PROKON has installed 296…

15th July 2013

Switch to PMG

15th July 2013

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Dutch antifouling provider, Micanti’s Thorn-D antifouling foil generated a flurry of interest from the offshore wind sector at this year’s Seawork exhibition.

12th July 2013

Micanti success at Seawork

12th July 2013

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Netherlands’ IHC Merwede has recently secured orders to the value of €125m for a wide range of new cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and related equipment.

12th July 2013

IHC Merwede lands €125m in dredger orders

12th July 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A report prepared for RenewableUK and The Crown Estate by BVG Associates has set out the scale of opportunities for UK offshore wind at what is a critical time in the industry’s…

12th July 2013

Offshore wind – building an industry

12th July 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Denmark based Cobham SATCOM made its new standalone SAILOR Class A AIS available to order in April 2013.

12th July 2013

First deliveries of new AIS due this month

12th July 2013

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Two leading commercial offshore diving companies, IHC Hytech and Fathom Systems, have joined forces in a new distribution agreement which will see IHC distribute Fathom products in the commercial diving market.

12th July 2013

IHC and Fathom distribution agreement

12th July 2013

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

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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

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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

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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