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INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Ratification of Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) is “great news for the world’s more than 1.2m seafarers”, said Dr Rosalie Balkin of the IMO’s Legal Affairs and External Relations Division.

6th September 2012

Maritime Labour Convention ratified

6th September 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Jan de Nul reports that new projects with a total value of more than €500m have been added to its orderbook in the last month.

6th September 2012

More offshore contracts for Jan de Nul

6th September 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Royal Boskalis Westminster has acquired a contract with port operator Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) for deepening and widening the port and access channel of JNPT in Mumbai, India.

6th September 2012

Boskalis acquires port contract in India

6th September 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK based Merseyside shipyard and engineering business, Cammell Laird, is looking to grow its business across the marine, renewables and civil nuclear sectors in the second half of 2012, following a strong…

5th September 2012

Cammell Laird targets renewables

5th September 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The first-in-class Joint High Speed Vessel USNS ‘Spearhead’ (JHSV 1), under construction at Austal USA’s Alabama shipyard, has successfully completed Acceptance Trials (AT) – the last milestone before delivery.

5th September 2012

Austal vessel completes Acceptance Trials

5th September 2012

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Drydocks World – Dubai has joined hands with the Occupational Health and Environmental Respiratory Department of Imperial College London to conduct research which will focus on the respiratory health of Drydocks employees.

5th September 2012

Repair yard in respiratory health study

5th September 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Fighting a fire onboard any vessel is a challenging experience and it is essential that response units act fast, as the intricate spaces on most workboats can cause fire to spread very…

5th September 2012

Firefighting response for tight corners

5th September 2012

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

More needs to be done to bring industry and academia together as a matter of urgency, says Alf Baird of Edinburgh Napier University.

5th September 2012

Paper calls for research strategy agenda

5th September 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

HGO InfraSea Solutions, a joint venture between Germany’s Hochtief Solutions and GeoSea, a subsidiary of the Belgian DEME Group, has officially commissioned a powerful jack-up vessel for offshore work, the ‘Innovation’ this…

4th September 2012

Europeans jack-up offshore innovation

4th September 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK based satellite tracking and monitoring systems company, McMurdo Marine Systems, displayed its range of Aids to Navigation (AtoNs) at Hamburgs SMM 2012 this week.

4th September 2012

McMurdo showcases AtoNs at SMM

4th September 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Acta Marine vessels continue their extensive activities on the Dutch Wadden Sea.

4th September 2012

Cable work expansion in Dutch Wadden Sea

4th September 2012

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A huge car carrier which has dominated the skyline at Falmouth Docks during August left the port late last month to signal the end of another successful ship repair contract for A&P…

4th September 2012

Repeat business is key for A&P Falmouth

4th September 2012

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

With seven LNG carriers drydocked at the facility recently, Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) is one of the leading shipyards for LNG repairs, leveraging on Qatar’s position as top LNG exporter.

4th September 2012

Qatar yard keeps busy with LNG shiprepair

4th September 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK boatbuilder, Alnmaritec, recently delivered a hull number 149 new line handling vessel for operations at a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit off the coat of Ghana.

3rd September 2012

New Alnmaritec handling boat for Ghana

3rd September 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Australian satellite communications company Beam Communications Pty Ltd, will be showcasing its satellite piracy solutions for secure communication onboard a vessel at SMM 2012 taking place in Hamburg this week.

3rd September 2012

Anti-piracy beams into SMM

3rd September 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

While many companies and traditional industries have struggled, Scotland’s renewable electricity industry has delivered capital investment of some £2.8bn since the beginning of 2009, according to new figures from Scottish Renewables.

3rd September 2012

Investment soars in Scottish renewable energy

3rd September 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Siemens has produced the worlds longest rotor blades for wind turbines.

3rd September 2012

Record breaking wind turbine rotor blade

3rd September 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The Stemat Spirit completed work laying and burying the third export cable at London Array wind farm.

3rd September 2012

Cable burial nears completion at London Array

3rd September 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Titan Salvage has presented the detailed engineering and design plan for the removal of the ‘Costa Concordia’ wreck to the Osservatorio, the body responsible for overseeing the removal operations.

31st August 2012

Titan present Costa Concordia removal plan

31st August 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

WASSP of Auckland plans a first European showing of its new WASSP S multibeam sounder at the Hydro 12 international hydrographic symposium in Rotterdam this November.

31st August 2012

Hydro 12 debut for WASSP multibeam system

31st August 2012