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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €150m loan to Wärtsilä to finance the company’s research, development and innovation (RDI) activities in several European countries.

20th June 2013

Wärtsilä agrees €150m R&D loan with EIB

20th June 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Offshore Turbine Services has ordered two more CTruk 20T MPCs for delivery in the spring of 2014.

20th June 2013

More CTruks for Offshore Turbine Services

20th June 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

UK Business and Energy Minister, Michael Fallon has announced the creation of an Offshore Wind Investment Organisation (OWIO) to boost levels of inward investment and to further stimulate jobs in the UK…

20th June 2013

UK boost for offshore wind investment

20th June 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Germany based Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has developed a new MaK M 34 DF marine dual fuel engine platform for the commercial marine industry.

20th June 2013

New MaK dual fuel engine launched

20th June 2013

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

The European Commission’s proposal to appoint an independent supervisor for ports in every Member State will lead to a lot of unnecessary bureaucracy, says the Port of Rotterdam Authority.

20th June 2013

EC proposal points to ports ‘red tape’

20th June 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Mercator Medias Seawork has once again achieved full capacity, despite expanding the exhibition into a third hall this year. This isnt only a vote of confidence for the exhibition, it bodes well…

19th June 2013

Full house for Seawork

19th June 2013

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Glowing and fluorescent deep-sea creatures could reveal how the mind works.

19th June 2013

President and Falcon light up the brain

19th June 2013

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Bibby Remote Intervention Limited (BRIL) has successfully secured a contract with the potential of a seven year commitment.

19th June 2013

A BRIL dive support contract worth £40m

19th June 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

“You have to decide what’s the right course of action, the right boats to be built with an eye to the future and stick with it, says Leslie Robertson, general manager of…

19th June 2013

Challenging times for windfarm support

19th June 2013

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

When the RNLI needed a system to control their new Shannon class lifeboat they chose MACSYS, using SEAF technology, from SCISYS.

19th June 2013

Upgradable MonCon system for RNLI

19th June 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. and Royal Volker Wessels Stevin N.V. (VolkerWessels) have signed a Letter of Intent to set up a joint venture combining their forces in the field of cable installation.

19th June 2013

Cable joint venture

19th June 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

French shipbuilder, Piriou, is moving into the offshore windfarm support market and has entered into a contract with naval architect, BMT Nigel Gee to build offshore windfarm support vessels (WFSVs).

18th June 2013

Piriou moves into marine renewables

18th June 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The obvious conundrum to moving large Azipod units to waiting shipyards is that although they are designed to be streamlined while in the water, they are anything but elegant and easy to…

18th June 2013

Cradling the new deliveries from Helsinki

18th June 2013

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

In Europe, ports are continually looking for ways to improve all-important turnaround time, to maximise throughput and, ultimately, revenue.

18th June 2013

Automated monitoring helps ports make certain

18th June 2013

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers Unique Hydra has signed an agency agreement with EIVA to represent its products and services in the southern part of Africa.

18th June 2013

Dive equipment distribution deal

18th June 2013

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A Hydrex team of divers and technicians has recently performed an underwater inspection and repair of a 200m long vehicle carrier’s malfunctioning rudder in the port of Antwerp.

18th June 2013

Permanent underwater rudder repair in Antwerp

18th June 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Port of Hamburg saw slight growth of seaborne cargo handling in the first quarter of 2013.

18th June 2013

Hamburg hopeful

18th June 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Lifeboat hooks can be lethal if their design is out of date and unsuitable to meet modern demands, according to serving seafarers whose views have been gathered by InterManager.

17th June 2013

Online forum faults lifeboat hook safety

17th June 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Safebridge, the internet based simulation training specialist, has now released its E-learning courseware for training and certification on the new ECDISPILOT Basic and Platinum models.

17th June 2013

New online training for SAM’s ECDIS

17th June 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The 2013 edition of the Strategic Maritime Asset Research and Transformation Rivers Conference for 21st Century Rivers Systems, in short, SMART Rivers Conference, will take place from 23 - 27 September 2013…

17th June 2013

Smart Rivers

17th June 2013