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OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

RenewableUK, the trade body for the UK’s wind and marine renewables industries, is celebrating a number of milestones for offshore wind in what it calls ‘Super September’.

11th October 2012

UK offshore wind celebrates Super September

11th October 2012

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Maritime Propeller Repairs (MPR) BV in the Netherlands ran its first comprehensive training programme last week for divers from underwater marine maintenance specialists UMC.

11th October 2012

Diver training underway in the Netherlands

11th October 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Recent contracts to deliver MacGregor anchor handling, mooring and towing solutions for 15 offshore support vessels (OSV) for Asian customers is a result of returning market confidence, says Cargotec.

11th October 2012

European deck equipment boost from Asia

11th October 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

An upturn in commercial requirements and a growing demand for unsophisticated engines has led to a surge in demand for Doosan engines.

11th October 2012

Doosan doing it right for wind farm vessels

11th October 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The J P Knight Group, with headquarters in Rochester UK, have sold the anchorhandling tugs Anglian Princess and Anglian Sovereign to Smit Transport Belgium NV.

11th October 2012

Two former British ETVs join Smit

11th October 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK marine electrical engineering expert, SeaKing Electrical, has completed a major international contract delivering an electrical upgrade to part of the Bibby Renaissance ship.

10th October 2012

Seaking Electrical completes Bibby contract

10th October 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Experienced people sometimes still need reminding that maxims like ‘routine is the friendly killer’ still hold true where lifting operations are concerned, says IMCA’s technical director Jane Bugler.

10th October 2012

Lifting operations: Don’t close your eyes

10th October 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Gleistein Ropes launched its new XCover System at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg last month.

10th October 2012

XCover System for ropes uncovered at SMM

10th October 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Kleven Maritime is centred in Norway, with activities largely taking place in the company’s two yards, Kleven Verft AS and Myklebust Verft AS.

10th October 2012

Lifting capacity lifted by Kleven’s new dock

10th October 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Transportation service company, Metrans, subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA), has taken over the trimodal container terminal in the Port of Krems, Austria, after acquiring Mierka Donauhafen Krems GmbH & Co…

9th October 2012

Metrans takes over Krems trimodal terminal

9th October 2012

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

“I am a medical doctor by profession, but being an inventor is more of a condition, something you have to learn to live with if you can’t beat it”, says Johan Ullman…

9th October 2012

“Something you have to learn to live with”

9th October 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Australian boatbuilder Austal has appointed a new regional service manager for the Asia Pacific region – part of the company’s strategy to develop new business in the region and better serve one…

9th October 2012

Austal appoints new Asia service manager

9th October 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Ibercisa is manufacturing the deck machinery for 14 tugboats under construction at the Armón Shipyard in Spain.

9th October 2012

First winches for 14 tug order underway

9th October 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has been awarded a contract by Babcock to supply rescue boat davits for a new offshore patrol vessel for the Irish Naval Service (INS).

9th October 2012

Davits for new offshore patrol vessel

9th October 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The owner of a former UK Royal Navy ice breaker and Antarctic research vessel, GB Rieber, has turned Norways Vestdavit for help in extending the vessel’s handling capability in extreme Antarctic conditions.

8th October 2012

Vestdavit expands Antarctic survey capabilities

8th October 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The 16th Seawork International commercial marine industry exhibition and conference will take place at the ABP Port of Southampton, UK from 25 to 27 June 2013 and will include a celebration of…

8th October 2012

New features for Seawork 2013

8th October 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The operation to salvage the container ship MSC Flaminia in mid-Atlantic came to an end on 11 September when the ship was finally handed over to its owners by Smit Salvage. The…

8th October 2012

TOWLINES

8th October 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

IHC Hydrohammer, part of IHC Merwede, has been awarded a contract by Seaway Heavy Lifting to design and manufacture a S-2500 piling hammer, the largest ever built by the company.

8th October 2012

Seaway Heavy Lifting gets a big hammer

8th October 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Heila Cranes and Double D marine equipment BV have merged, with Heila focusing entirely on the production of marine and offshore cranes.

8th October 2012

Heila Cranes and Double D merge

8th October 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Denmark’s Peter Madsen Rederi A/S has been awarded a major contract by energy supplier E.ON Climate and Renewables GmbH.

8th October 2012

Scour protection innovation off Germany

8th October 2012