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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Environment Agency in the UK is launching a public consultation on future plans for managing tidal flood risk and coastal erosion around the shores of the Exe Estuary.

15th February 2013

Public consultation launched on Exe Estuary

15th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Drew Marine has completed the acquisition of Alexander/Ryan Marine and Safety Inc., and it will join the organisation under the name Alexander/Ryan Marine & Safety division of Drew Marine.

14th February 2013

Drew Marine acquisition

14th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Shipdock, a well known Dutch shipyard group with roots dating back to 1877, has been acquired by the Damen Shipyards Group.

14th February 2013

Damen Group acquires Shipdock

14th February 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Irish marine and commercial diving contractors Norfolk Marine Ltd will be exhibiting alongside the pontoon for the first time at Seawork 2013 with a 17.1m aluminium wind farm support vessel built in…

14th February 2013

Irish eyes will be smiling at Seawork

14th February 2013

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Wärtsilä has signed a contract for the design of a new diving support vessel (DSV) to be built for Subsea 7, the seabed-to-surface engineering, construction, and services contractor to the offshore energy…

14th February 2013

Cooperation key to dive support vessel design

14th February 2013

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Two dive support workboats arrived at the Hydrex headquarters in Antwerp in December. Both vessels can be used for a wide range of operations in Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and…

14th February 2013

Dive support workboats add operational range

14th February 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

McMurdo will introduce the Smartfind S20 Survivor Recovery System (SRS) at the 2013 Miami International Boat Show this month.

14th February 2013

Smartfind makes Miami debut

14th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions (WTS) has opened an office in Houston, Texas, to service growing demand in the offshore energy market in the US Gulf and South America.

13th February 2013

WTS taps into US offshore market

13th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK based marine engineering company, SeaKing Electrical, recently completed a contract to upgrade an offshore support tug for Italy’s Andofe Shipping Management in the Republic of Congo, Western Africa.

13th February 2013

SeaKing completes West African upgrade

13th February 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Offshore lifting trials with the crane barge Conquest MB1 and the cargo/supply vessel Abis Dublin have been successfully completed.

13th February 2013

Floating vessel to crane barge lift trials

13th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Marguerite Fund, an equity fund set up by six major European financial institutions to invest in Greenfield and expansion projects, has acquired a 22.5% stake in the German Greenfield Butendiek offshore…

12th February 2013

Renewables fund

12th February 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Belgian authorities have developed plans to create an artificial island off their coastline as a scheme to store wind energy power.

12th February 2013

Artificial island for wind energy storage

12th February 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

DONG Energy has announced plans build the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm off the Holderness UK coast.

12th February 2013

DONG to build windfarm off Yorkshire coast

12th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Container throughput at Marseilles Fos rose 13% in 2012, led by a 16% surge in deepsea volumes at the leading French cargo port.

12th February 2013

Double digit Fos

12th February 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Dorset UK based fast response craft training provider FRC International is hosting the CSI 2013 - Crew Systems Integration Conference from 2 to 4 July 2013 at the RNLI Lifeboat College in…

11th February 2013

Crew Systems Integration Conference

11th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Damen Shiprepair Brest, one of the Damen Group’s 11 shipyards, recently welcomed the third LNG carrier, the ‘Arctic Spirit’, owned and managed by Bermuda based marine services company, Teekay.

11th February 2013

Third LNG carrier for Damen Shiprepair Brest

11th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction work has started on a new 645m quay at the head of the Waasland canal, in the Antwerp port area on the left bank.

11th February 2013

Construction starts on Waasland canal berths

11th February 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc (SHE Transmission) has awarded MMT Sweden the HVDC cable re-route survey from Shetland to the Caithness landfall.

11th February 2013

MMT awarded a cable route survey contract

11th February 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Mal Stein of UK based marine electrical engineering specialists SeaKing knows the importance of communications.

8th February 2013

The importance of communication

8th February 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Barges are essential for bringing cargo through restricted waterways, easing congestion and pollution on Europe’s roads, and will be playing an increasing role in today’s eco-aware logistics.

8th February 2013

The ups and downs of barge safety

8th February 2013