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OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Twelve wind turbine foundations have successfully departed the Port of Zeebrugge.

29th August 2012

Turbine foundations built on pontoons

29th August 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Offshore Energy 2012, claiming to be the fastest growing offshore oil & gas and energy event in Europe, returns to Amsterdam’s RAI exhibition centre on 23 and 24 October.

29th August 2012

Renewables feature at Offshore Energy 2012

29th August 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Germany is moving towards a nuclear free future, but pessimism regarding the cost and reliability of renewable energy resources implies that smart grid technologies will be vital in order to keep the…

29th August 2012

Smart grids key to German energy future

29th August 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Damen Shipyards has revealed its latest multifunctional design, the Damen Offshore Carrier (DOC) 7500, providing a new concept to the shipping industry.

28th August 2012

New multifunctional carrier from Damen

28th August 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The navigation and communications division of Dutch innovator Alphatron Marine has introduced Alphaconnect Hybrid, a type approved on board telephone system (PABX) with integrated IP facilities.

28th August 2012

Alphaconnect Hybrid launched at SMM

28th August 2012

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

South Wales based Corilla Marine, which has been producing rotationally moulded parts for over 35 years, has become an Industrial Member of IALA.

28th August 2012

IALA membership for Welsh buoy manufacturer

28th August 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Offshore wind service and solutions company CWind has begun generator management work with Siemens at Lincs wind farm with a package containing a vessel, skilled personnel and an offshore wind farm solution.

28th August 2012

Generator management at Lincs wind farm

28th August 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Royal HaskoningDHV has maintained its offshore consent track record when supporting the UK offshore wind farm sector, with the go-ahead granted earlier for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm (Dudgeon) project.

28th August 2012

Green light given for Dudgeon wind farm

28th August 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

English football legend David Beckham helped the Olympic flame make a spectacular appearance on the River Thames shortly before the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games.

27th August 2012

Safe passage for Olympic flame to the Games

27th August 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Bournemouth UK based FRC International has developed a unique training course and qualification for the professional maritime sector.

27th August 2012

Test Coxswain course for High Speed Craft

27th August 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Kannad Marine has helped save the lives of seven French sailors, who were successfully rescued after their catamaran capsized just off of the west coast of Scotland last month.

27th August 2012

Automatic EPIRB activation saves sailors

27th August 2012

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

With the need for more repair work on underwater structures, the UK’s underwater vehicle specialist, Saab Seaeye, has designed four new underwater vehicle solutions.

24th August 2012

Saab vehicles make a splash at Seawork

24th August 2012

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Shipdock has reached an agreement with Spliethoff, the Amsterdam based ship owning company, for the largest exhaust gas scrubber unit installed so far on board a commercial vessel.

24th August 2012

Shipdock and Spliethoff combine forces

24th August 2012

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Scheldepoort Repair & Conversion Yard has been awarded a contract to convert the jack-up drill rig Shelf Explorer into offshore hotel accommodation, which will then be known as Atlantic Amsterdam.

24th August 2012

Scheldepoort wins second jack-up conversion

24th August 2012

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Established in 1988 in the historic Gloucester Docks UK, T Nielsen & Company has grown to become a leading specialist in repairing, restoring and building traditional ships and rigging.

24th August 2012

Blast of the past in historic restoration

24th August 2012

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The rudder and the ice belt of the harbor icebreaker tug Jääsalo were recently coated with Ecospeed in Naantali, Finland.

24th August 2012

Coating protects rudder of icebreaker tug

24th August 2012

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

In Germany, an influx of small ship conversion and overhaul has kept front-running Schiffswerft Diedrich busy and revived spirits at troubled former tanker newbuilder Lindenau Schiffswerft.

23rd August 2012

German yards benefit from small ship work

23rd August 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Just a week after Seajack’s newbuilding Seajacks Zaratan arrived in Europe from its builder Lamprell in Dubai, the two companies announced an order for another GustoMSC designed jack-up.

23rd August 2012

Fourth vessel order for Seajacks

23rd August 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has set a new freefall lifeboat record with its new generation FF1200 boat.

23rd August 2012

New world record for freefall lifeboat

23rd August 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Furuno Shanghai Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Chinese engineering support company, Furuno Electric, is now providing Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) training to the Chinese market.

23rd August 2012

Furuno training for China

23rd August 2012