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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Getting trapped in a capsized workboat is a nightmare scenario, and while an open deck will just tend to dump people into the water, interior spaces are another matter.

8th February 2013

Capsize training for the nightmare scenario

8th February 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A growing interest in simulator training is being seen in Southeast Asia, and European firms are making their mark in the region.

8th February 2013

European simulator training heads east

8th February 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Barge Master and GeoSea have recently completed their final offshore test as part of a series of tests designed to prove innovative motion compensated supply and installation solutions.

7th February 2013

Motion compensation test at windfarm site

7th February 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Danish Yachts will be launching its new range of SWATH workboats into the European marketplace at Seawork 2013.

7th February 2013

Danish Yachts shows SWATHs at Seawork

7th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Australian marine equipment specialist VEEM Limited has executed a memorandum of understanding with the Italian marine equipment distributor SAIM Group which will build the foundations for a Central European VEEM Gyro sales…

7th February 2013

Italy – Australia MOU

7th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Japans Eco Marine Power (EMP), the specialist in renewable and hybrid marine power, has entered into a collaboration with Italy’s Solbian Energie Alternative to develop future solar technology for marine applications.

7th February 2013

Eco Marine Power enters into solar collaboration

7th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK maritime communication and safety company, Ocean Signal, has announced a new partnership with fellow UK safety expert, International Safety Products (ISP).

7th February 2013

Ocean Signal partners ISP

7th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The proposal for the Rampion offshore wind farm in the English Channel has been withdrawn after energy company E.On said that the development proposal needed more work before it went before the…

7th February 2013

Rampion wind farm responds to ‘concerns’

7th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Finland based Cargotec is helping emerging ports in Brazil develop land-side efficiency at an increasing rate.

7th February 2013

Gateways to efficiency

7th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A transformation that many Londoners have been looking at with interest is the Blackfriars Bridge and Network Rail redevelopment, but even those watching may have underestimated the pivotal role of the River…

7th February 2013

River transport begets Blackfriars transformation

7th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A specially adapted automated mooring system will certainly be facing both highs and lows.

7th February 2013

Highs and lows for mooring system

7th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A pontoon deck made of fibreglass grating serves the RNLI well. It has been almost unaffected by a decade and a half of weather and heavy use on sites such as Weymouth,…

7th February 2013

A gripping tale of pontoon performance

7th February 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A discussion document has been published addressing the challenges for offshore wind, wave and tidal energy in the Bristol Channel, described as the single largest resource area for renewable energy in the…

6th February 2013

Exploring energy potential in the Bristol Channel

6th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Europort 2013 has issued a call for papers for its Advanced Technology Conferences.

6th February 2013

Europort workboats conference

6th February 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Denmark based A2SEA’s new second generation installation vessel Sea Installer successfully installed two Siemens 6MW test turbines last month at the Gunfleet Sands windfarm off the Essex UK coast in the North…

6th February 2013

Successful trials for Sea Installer

6th February 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Denmark’s Peter Madsen Rederi has just passed an early milestone, production of the first 15,000 sand bags for the Amrumbank Offshore Wind Farm in the NorthSea.

6th February 2013

Sandbag scour protection for windfarms

6th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

International marine coatings expert, PPG Protective & Marine Coatings, has just installed its 1000th Sigmacare Plus system which allows vessels to manage their coatings onboard ship - and its marine coatings business…

5th February 2013

PPG marine coatings milestone

5th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated of the USA and the shareholders of RESON A/S of Denmark have entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of RESON by a wholly owned subsidiary of Teledyne.

5th February 2013

Teledyne to acquire RESON

5th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The recently opened 250 berth inland marina at Caen Hill in Wiltshire UK for Land & Water Services was a large scale project, but one that needed to be kept simple.

5th February 2013

Simple and cost effective marina plan

5th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK MP’s on the Energy and Climate Change Committee, who are investigating a large scale barrage to harness the energy potential of the Bristol Channel, have heard that an alternative approach would…

4th February 2013

MPs urged to back alternatives to Severn barrage

4th February 2013