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NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu, during his closing address to the recent IALA) VTS Symposium in Istanbul, praised the safety record of the Turkish Straits VTS, which came into service in 2003.

20th November 2012

‘Accident Zero’ campaign launches in Istanbul

20th November 2012

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Hydrosphere UK Ltds contract for the rental of six cardinal buoys to mark Britains largest wind farm, Greater Gabbard, has been extended by Fluor Limited.

20th November 2012

Buoys contract extended at Greater Gabbard

20th November 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Furuno’s INS Training Centre in Denmark has released the new distant training platform NavSkills CAT, using a computer aided training platform to provide high quality training to Furuno’s ECDIS users.

20th November 2012

ECDIS distance training with NavSkills CAT

20th November 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Sweden’s SKF Group, an expert in global marine services and solutions, has launched a marine condition monitoring kit aimed at simplifying and reducing the cost of shipboard maintenance.

19th November 2012

SKF kit to cut maintenance costs

19th November 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Scottish technology solutions company, Marine Management Training and Security Limited (Marine MTS), has launched a new personal locator beacon system which could speed up marine casualty rescues.

19th November 2012

New aid to marine rescue accuracy

19th November 2012

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A&P North East has reported a busy September and October which saw six ships docking on the Tyne.

19th November 2012

Fall on the Tyne is fine for A&P

19th November 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A global consultation on marine science skills and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) has been launched by the UK based Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST).

19th November 2012

A career path for marine scientists

19th November 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A solo sailor has been successfully rescued off the coast of Cornwall UK after activating his McMurdo Fast Find PLB (Personal Locator Beacon).

19th November 2012

Rapid rescue saves solo sailor off Cornwall

19th November 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The new training programme from Videotel Marine International, The Mariner’s Role in Collecting Evidence, produced in association with the North of England P&I Association Limited, focuses on the importance of collecting and…

19th November 2012

Video training produces the evidence

19th November 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

International classification society, Bureau Veritas has classed the ‘CGM Marco Polo’ – currently the world’s largest containership.

16th November 2012

BV classes world’s largest containership

16th November 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

UK based equipment rental specialist Ashtead Technology, which also maintains supply facilities in Houston and Singapore, has moved to new global headquarters in Westhill, Aberdeen.

16th November 2012

Ashtead Technology moves

16th November 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Innomar Technologie of Rostock, Germany is calling for student project proposals in support of the general scientific community.

16th November 2012

Call for student projects

16th November 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

North Norfolk UK based wind farm support vessel and workboats operator Tidal Transit has taken on its first young apprentice.

16th November 2012

First apprenticeship at Tidal Transit

16th November 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Rolls-Royce officially opened its new European Marine Technology and Training Centre in Ålesund, Norway last month in front of a crowd of 300 customers, partners and government officials.

16th November 2012

New marine training centre opens in Norway

16th November 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Norway headquartered Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has opened a new liferaft service station in Suez, Egypt, which will service vessels transiting the Suez Canal and Egypt’s main ports.

16th November 2012

Liferaft service station opens in Suez

16th November 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Dutch cutter dredger construction company, IHC Beaver Dredgers, has delivered another Delta Multi Craft (DMC) 1200 workboat to the UK’s seabed-to-surface engineering firm, Subsea7.

15th November 2012

IHC delivery to Subsea7

15th November 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Netherlands based International maritime service provider, KOTUG International, is putting two new Damen Azimuth Tractor Drive Tugs 2412 into operation at Germany’s port of Hamburg.

15th November 2012

Two new Damen tugs for KOTUG

15th November 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The Crown Estate confirmed on Wednesday that three organisations have secured rights to progress with the development of tidal energy projects at sites around the UK.

15th November 2012

Crown Estate leases unleash tidal power

15th November 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

As MJ celebrates its 25th birthday, we dig out the crystal ball and try to predict what the next 25 years of marine renewables will bring Europe’s maritime industries.

15th November 2012

Marine renewables twenty-five years from now

15th November 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Dr Hideo Nishida of the Japan Hydrographic Association is the recipient of this year’s prestigious UK Hydrographic Office Alexander Dalrymple Award.

15th November 2012

UKHO Award for Japanese hydrographer

15th November 2012