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KEY DEALS

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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

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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

KEY DEALS

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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

KEY DEALS

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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

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

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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KEY DEALS

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

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

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