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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

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