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The Canadian Coast Guard recently received the first of three new near shore fisheries research vessels, the ‘CCGS Vladykov’ built by Meridien Maritime Inc in Matane, Quebec.

7th November 2012

Canadian Coast Guard receives research vessel

7th November 2012

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Leading marine software developer and supplier, the Transas Group, has supplied a new Navigational Simulator Complex to Costamare Maritime Training Services in Athens, Greece.

7th November 2012

Greece benefits from Transas simulation

7th November 2012

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Port centricity will be firmly on the agenda at Mercator Media’s annual Seawork exhibition which will take place from 25-27 June 2013 at the ABP Port of Southampton, UK.

7th November 2012

Port centricity on the agenda at Seawork 2013

7th November 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Although Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB) units are comparatively rare in Europe, in the USA they have become an essential part of the country’s infrastructure.

7th November 2012

More ATBs for major US owners

7th November 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Damen Shipyards and the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) have signed a contract for 14 tugs from the builder’s ASD range.

7th November 2012

Damen secures a massive Kuwait order

7th November 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Smit Lamnalco has secured the turnkey contract to support Single Point Mooring operations for the Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project (ICOEEP). The scheme, 20 km off the Al Fao Peninsula, looks…

7th November 2012

Smit Lamnalco secures major contract in Iraq

7th November 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Four new new ‘hybrid’ tugs currently under construction for Svitzer to support the Australian Gorgon gas field project will use lithium-ion batteries supplied by the Canadian specialist Corvus Energy.

7th November 2012

Corvus Batteries for Gorgon ‘Hybrid’ tugs

7th November 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Offshore wind will most likely spring to mind when considering marine renewable energy, understandable given the scale of activity throughout Europe.

7th November 2012

Creeping up on the inside, wave and tidal

7th November 2012

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The UK’s Government body, Technology Strategy Board, has set up a funding competition for vessel efficiency, with the hope of driving marine innovation and technologies for carbon reduction, green propulsion and marine…

6th November 2012

Competition to drive marine innovation

6th November 2012

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Italy’s Messina Line is relaunching its unique ro-con operation from Marseilles to east and southern Africa.

6th November 2012

Marseilles sailings to Africa

6th November 2012

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PORTS & HARBOURS

Now is the time to show the advantages of using the Thames as an artery across London for heavy lifting and transportation says Chris Livett of Livett’s Launches, adding that there’s plenty…

6th November 2012

River Thames should be London’s ‘artery’

6th November 2012

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Goltens, the US based global engine repair and retrofit expert, has just overhauled three engines from one of the world’s most powerful dredgers, the Leonardo Da Vinci, owned by the Jan De…

5th November 2012

Goltens overhauls Jan De Nul dredger engines

5th November 2012

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Global ferry industry association, Interferry, has recently discussed the operational, technological and commercial effects on global ferry development at its 37th annual conference in Dubai.

5th November 2012

Interferry addresses development prospects

5th November 2012

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DCT Gdansk, the Baltic’s rapidly growing gateway to Central-Eastern Europe and Russia celebrated its 5th birthday last month.

5th November 2012

Gdansk celebrates growth

5th November 2012

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Imtech Marine has established a global Competence Centre Green Ships in Hamburg to concentrate its expertise in the area of green ship solutions.

5th November 2012

Green Ships Centre

5th November 2012

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MTU Ibérica, a subsidiary of the German propulsion solution specialist MTU Friedrichshafen, and the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia have opened a common training centre at Cartagena in Spain.

5th November 2012

German – Spanish cooperation

5th November 2012

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Norway’s NAVTOR has signed a distribution agreement with the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) for the supply of the Admiralty Vector Chart Service for the global professional maritime market.

5th November 2012

NAVTOR – UKHO agreement

5th November 2012

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The new Oceanic, which boasts the ability to transport twice the amount of wind turbine parts for the same cost as many other 3,000 tonne vessels, has sophisticated monitoring systems.

2nd November 2012

Dutch vessels supplied with Brouwer systems

2nd November 2012

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Seafarer medical examination practice standards are to be improved through the development of a quality assurance programme.

2nd November 2012

IMHA develops quality assurance programme

2nd November 2012

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Alphatron Marine of the Netherlands has brought out its next generation maritime public address and general alarm system, the AlphaAnnounce Digital.

2nd November 2012

Powerful SOLAS system

2nd November 2012