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The UKs Delta Power Services (Delta RIBs) has launched its new hull form, the Delta Typhoon, and has received its first order for the new design.

22nd March 2013

New Typhoon hull for Delta RIBs

22nd March 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A report prepared for The Crown Estate examining the development of the UK offshore wind industry based on the views of those at the sharp end has found areas of concern to…

22nd March 2013

Identifying challenges facing the UK offshore wind industry

22nd March 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The new DP World – London Gateway port, currently under construction in the Thames Estuary is a hive of activity, with significant ‘milestones’ being achieved on a regular basis.

22nd March 2013

London Gateway is a hive of activity

22nd March 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Canal & River Trust in the UK has begun maintenance work on Lock 86 on the 200 year old Rochdale Canal.

22nd March 2013

Ageing lock gates replaced on Rochdale Canal

22nd March 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

EU Member States will have to plan the use of their sea space and work together where they share a sea basin, according to a proposed European Commission Directive on maritime spatial…

21st March 2013

EU sea planning law to boost investment

21st March 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Two newbuild Damen FCS 2610 ‘Twin Axe’ catamarans are being officially christened last month at Harlingen in the Netherlands.

21st March 2013

Twin Axe twins christened at Harlingen

21st March 2013

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Marine services provider Wärtsilä has signed a five year maintenance agreement with Finnish ship owner, Viking Line.

21st March 2013

Wärtsilä maintenance deal for LNG ferry

21st March 2013

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Kenneth MacLeod, chairman of Stena Link (UK) Ltd, has become the new president of the UK Chamber of Shipping and has called on the UK Government to utilise the shipping industry to…

21st March 2013

New president for UK Chamber of Shipping

21st March 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A newly formed joint venture entitled ‘POSH TeraSea’ has resulted in world’s largest and youngest tug fleet of vessels for ocean towage services.

21st March 2013

POSH and TeraSea form a powerful alliance

21st March 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Damen Shipyards has delivered two ‘Ice class’ variants of their increasingly popular ASD Tug 3212 shiphandling tug to the Ukrainian State Enterprise – Mariupol Sea Commercial Port.

21st March 2013

Damen delivers Ice class ASDs to Ukraine

21st March 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Among a number of the recent high profile tows carried out recently by Fairmount Marine of Rotterdam was the delivery of the 156,907 dwt container ship Emma Maersk from the Suez Canal…

21st March 2013

TOWLINES

21st March 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

US based marine software designer, HydroComp, will be holding a propeller mini workshop at the Hilton Southampton Hotel, UK, on 24 June 2013, prior to the opening of Mercator Media’s Seawork 2013…

20th March 2013

HydroComp Propeller Mini Workshop

20th March 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Over the past year or so substantial orders have been secured for tugs, workboats and other craft to be built to designs from Scotland based naval architects and marine consultants, Macduff Ship…

20th March 2013

Macduff tug designs grow in popularity

20th March 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Teekay Shipping - Australia has chartered three more high powered Rotor Tugs from KOTUG International to boost maritime services for the mining industry in Western Australias North-West region.

20th March 2013

KOTUG news from Australia and the UK

20th March 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Nauticool will launch the Severn Trent De Nora, Mariner Omnipure Series M55 to the UK market at Seawork 2013.

19th March 2013

Nauticool launch at Seawork

19th March 2013

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The UK’s Red7Marine recently trialled its SeaVex excavation equipment on a Lincolnshire windfarm to gauge which areas can be trenched to certain depths using a non-intrusive method avoiding live cables.

19th March 2013

Red7Marine completes SeaVex trial

19th March 2013

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Barcelona based aids to navigation manufacturer and distributor Almarin has supplied six new buoys for Port Authority of Marín and Ría de Pontevedra as part of a program to improve the AtoN…

19th March 2013

Marin Port Authority renews AtoN buoys

19th March 2013

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MacArtney Benelux has the added a modern and fully equipped pressure tank facility to the companys workshop in Rotterdam.

19th March 2013

Rotterdam test tank

19th March 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Following the UKHO’s decision to withdraw their ARCS Skipper Service as from November this year, Norfolk UK based Meridian Chartware now has a replacement service which it will be demonstrating on its…

19th March 2013

Replacement service for ARCS Skipper at Seawork

19th March 2013

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Global manufacturer of high performance aluminium vessels, Austal, has named the first of eight new boats being built for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.

18th March 2013

Austal names first Cape Class patrol boat

18th March 2013