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Chinese shipping company, Cosco’s latest container carrier, the Cosco Belgium, has moored in the Port of Antwerp – the 55th ultra large container ship to call at the port.

15th April 2013

New Cosco ship calls at Antwerp

15th April 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Spectacular images from a survey of the underwater remains of Mulberry B, a secretive artificial harbour off the north western French coast used in World War 2 to support Allied landings in…

15th April 2013

UKHO & Royal Navy underwater discoveries

15th April 2013

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Van Oord’s newest addition to its fleet, the self-propelled cutter suction dredger ‘Artemis’, is departing for western France on its first assignment with the Grand Port Maritime de la Rochelle this week.

15th April 2013

New Van Oord cutter suction dredger

15th April 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Fuel injection equipment specialist PB Asher has joined forces with UK independent ship repair company Burgess Marine to offer a complete solution for marine engine overhaul, repair and replacement.

15th April 2013

PB Asher joins forces with Burgess Marine

15th April 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Netherlands based electrical systems supplier Mastervolt has launched the Lithium Ion ‘Ultra’ battery, the next generation of deep-cycle power storage technology.

15th April 2013

Second generation Li-Ion battery launched

15th April 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A specialist project given to an apprentice at Marine & Industrial Transmissions (MIT) in the UK is now coming to completion and highlights a new and exciting step forward for MIT.

15th April 2013

360° engine rotation installation developed

15th April 2013

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KEY DEALS

GeoSea, specialised company of Belgium’s Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering (DEME) Group, has secured two new contracts for the UK and German windfarms Westermost Rough and Borkum Riffgrund 1 respectively.

13th April 2013

GeoSea secures two new contracts

13th April 2013

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EVENT: The South West region of the British Marine Federation (BMF) is holding a business networking event at Plymouth University on 11 June 2013.

13th April 2013

BMF networking event

13th April 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Port of Cork Company in Ireland has outlined plans for potential development at Ringaskiddy.

13th April 2013

Development plans unveiled for Ringaskiddy

13th April 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Shell has launched the first 100% LNG powered tank barge at a christening ceremony in the Netherlands, a first for Shell and for the inland marine industry.

12th April 2013

Shell launches first 100% LNG powered barge

12th April 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A consortium of international maritime companies is investigating the possibilities for LNG as a transport fuel in short sea shipping.

12th April 2013

Dutch explore LNG as short sea fuel

12th April 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Zodiac Milpro (Military and Professional) in Australia has been presented with a plaque to acknowledge its one hundredth purchase of HamiltonJet HJ274 jets.

12th April 2013

Zodiac hits waterjet century down under

12th April 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Several companies worldwide are working on systems that can measure wind speeds well above sea level in order to find an economic way of assessing the wind patterns for projected wind farms.

11th April 2013

Laser beam buoys assess windfarm viability

11th April 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The arrival of Britain’s largest ever quay cranes at DP World’s London Gateway terminal was always going be challenging, “but the ETA at one point was almost changing hourly”, Sheila Armstrong of…

11th April 2013

Record breaking quay cranes arrive in UK

11th April 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

There is growing interest in electric propulsion and hybrid systems for fitting to both sail and power yachts and up until now it has been mainly specialised companies that have been developing…

11th April 2013

Generator men move on electric propulsion

11th April 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The growing interest in electric propulsion for boats is shown by the development of electric outboard motors.

11th April 2013

The most powerful electric outboard

11th April 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

MAN Diesel & Turbo’s medium-speed propulsion packages have been supplied for two anchor handling tug supply vessels built by Abu Dhabi-based Adyard.

11th April 2013

Propulsion packages for two new AHTS

11th April 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The Siem Moxie, an infield support vessel (ISV), will be put into operation in spring of 2014 as the first workboat with the Ulstein-designed X-BOW to be fitted with two Voith Schneider…

11th April 2013

First VSP equipped X-BOW under build

11th April 2013

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A collaboration which dates to an initial meeting at Seawork has led to Italian dredger manufacturer Italdraghe and UK workboat builder Goodchild Marine commissioning the first of a new range of dredgers…

11th April 2013

Italy/UK dredger collaboration debuts at Seawork

11th April 2013

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Suzuki Motor Corporation has a new Joystick Control System in development. The announcement was made earlier this month at the 2013 Japan International Boat Show in Yokohama.

11th April 2013

Suzuki Joystick Control in development

11th April 2013