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Lifeboat hooks can be lethal if their design is out of date and unsuitable to meet modern demands, according to serving seafarers whose views have been gathered by InterManager.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

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

A new set of software solutions designed to streamline the working procedures of seagoing and shore based personnel are to be launched at this year’s Seawork exhibition.

14th June 2013

C Data product launch at Seawork

14th June 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The UK Port of Tyne’s ‘Rising Star Boot Camp’ has put future apprentices through their paces in a week long programme designed to give hopeful candidates experience of working environments and provide…

14th June 2013

‘Boot Camp’ benefits port apprentice hopefuls

14th June 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Subsea engineering and training company Jee Ltd has completed a contract with Technip Offshore Wind Ltd for the provision of subsea power cable installation engineering on a new and innovative offshore wind…

14th June 2013

The safest way to install windfarm cables

14th June 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Raahe Container Terminal has been commissioned in the Finnish Port of Raahe.

14th June 2013

Raahe terminal

14th June 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Norwegian private equity fund Herkules has acquired Umoe Schat-Harding AS and Noreq AS, creating a major global supplier of maritime life saving equipment.

13th June 2013

Umoe Schat-Harding and Noreq acquired

13th June 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Global Wind Day, jointly organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), had its annual celebration last month.

13th June 2013

Call for fossil fuel energy subsidy reform

13th June 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Jaya Holdings Limited is set to deliver a second state of the art anchor handling tug supply vessel to Canada’s Atlantic Towing Limited by the end of 2013.

13th June 2013

Jaya tug for Atlantic Towing

13th June 2013

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Prolec’s ‘Digmaster Pro’ depth monitoring and guidance system has been selected by the German Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration to support a significant fleet upgrade.

13th June 2013

German waterways choose Prolec

13th June 2013

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

IHC Merwede has delivered the Albert Aleman Zubieta to Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP) in Panama City.

13th June 2013

IHC delivers backhoe dredger for Panama Canal

13th June 2013