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UK based company Marine Software LTD recently delivered the Marine Project Manager Software (MPJ) to P&O Maritime Services.

8th August 2012

P&O receives Marine Software

8th August 2012

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A man has died after falling overboard from a Scottish ferry 30 miles off Fraserburgh in Scotland.

8th August 2012

Ferry death

8th August 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Savannah, Georgia’s newest passenger ferry will be equipped with Washington USA based Wesmar’s model V2 18 inch all stainless steel dual prop, counter rotating bow thruster for docking and positioning.

8th August 2012

Powerful thruster for Savannah River ‘Belle’

8th August 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The wide range of operational equipment both on board a vessel and dockside can make the job of a surveyor, and indeed anyone responsible for examining equipment, challenging and fraught with pitfalls.

8th August 2012

Lifting operations survey training course

8th August 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Artemis is a self propelled cutter suction dredger, but a lot has gone into making it as self contained as possible. Above all, is the ability to just keep churning as…

8th August 2012

Air sprung ease for the Artemis

8th August 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Situated in the ancient port of Rye UK, Rastrum Ltd has been a major force in the re-development of Rye wharf, with the company now occupying almost 24,000 m2 of storage and…

8th August 2012

Big Blue lifts output at ancient Rye

8th August 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

It started when the US Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation asked the National Academies what were the most important factors in research vessel design.

8th August 2012

The answer to ‘expanding environmental windows’

8th August 2012

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ContiTech Vibration Control has developed an innovative generator bearing and an enhanced gearbox bearing for modern wind power stations.

7th August 2012

Answering the stress of wind

7th August 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Geoscience survey company Fugro has commenced a major geotechnical and geophysical survey operation for America’s first offshore wind farm, Cape Wind.

7th August 2012

European expertise for first US windfarm

7th August 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Offshore power transmission operator Transmission Capital Partners has contracted with subsea power cable installation provider Global Marine Systems Energy Ltd to provide cable repair and maintenance services for the transmission link at…

7th August 2012

Cable maintenance agreement for Ormonde

7th August 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Offshore wind farms constantly require ongoing maintenance, for routine and non-routine purposes, such as, equipment failures.

7th August 2012

Safe transfer solutions for offshore wind farms

7th August 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Netherlands based international dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has started the construction of the Teesside Offshore Wind Farm, located off the coast Redcar UK.

7th August 2012

Dredging giant diversifies with offshore wind

7th August 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Steyr Motors UK distributor, Mitchell Powersystems, had a well receivedopportunity to showcase the Austrian manufacturer’s new 6 cylinder marine diesel engines at the recent Seawork exhibition in Southampton.

6th August 2012

New Steyr series is launched at Seawork

6th August 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Ultra Dynamics (UltraJet) has introduced the New UltraJet JetMaster 2 DNV Class approved electronic control system for Wind Farm Support Vessels (WFSV).

6th August 2012

DNV certified control system for WFSVs

6th August 2012

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Australian boatbuilder Incat Crowther has just delivered a new 34m Catamaran passenger ferry to Rhode Island in the US.

2nd August 2012

New Incat ferry for Rhode Island

2nd August 2012

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Pump out equipment supplier LeeSan has just installed and commissioned a new pump out facility in Weymouth Harbour ready for the influx of boats visiting the town for the Olympic sailing events.

2nd August 2012

New pump out facility ready for Olympics

2nd August 2012

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Unfortunately, bilge waters are an ideal broth for growing micro-organsims and, while tug boat operators have put some measures in place, other workboats can still find dramatic, microbially influenced corrosion underfoot.

2nd August 2012

Eating your boat from under your feet

2nd August 2012

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

International classification society RINA has updated its GREEN PLUS notation to include new potential sources of pollution involving seagoing ships and ships operating at fixed locations.

2nd August 2012

More pollution sources covered by GREEN PLUS

2nd August 2012

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Netherlands based Recaro Maritime is riding high on the success of the launch of the newly designed and tested range of Sun Marine passenger seats at Seawork 2012.

1st August 2012

Recaro Sun Marine seats riding high

1st August 2012

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Netherlands based Post Workboats has developed a unique Tornado RIB with water jet propulsion especially for the offshore and wind farm industry and patrol duties.

1st August 2012

New innovative water propelled RIB

1st August 2012