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Briggs Marine signs landmark £182m contract with UK Ministry of Defence

An artist’s rendering of the newbuild installation vessel under previous Beluga Hochtief markings. OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

New partnership keeps WTIV plans on track

Singapore has been the scene of major land reclamation works over the last 20 years. KEY DEALS

IADC Dredging and Reclamation Seminar

An artist’s impression of the wind turbine drive train test rig , which is expected to be available for commercial testing from June 2013. OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

£25m for wind turbine drive train test rig

UK Round 3 wind farm locations will provide challenges different to those encountered closer to shore. OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Consultant considers Round 3 challenges

A propeller coated with Propshield Industrial is seen after being in commercial service for 18 months. POWER & PROPULSION

A clean propeller cuts costs

Operator control is via fingertip joysticks connected to an intelligent LCD panel offering real-time system information. POWER & PROPULSION

Smooth thruster control at Seawork

The Beta 43 hp engine with parallel hybrid addition from Hybrid Marine. POWER & PROPULSION

To be or not to be hybrid

Bibby Tethra is designed to fill the gap between smaller inshore and coastal vessels and larger, more costly offshore vessels. SHIPYARD NEWS

Bibby Tethra fills the hydro survey gaps

As all satellite navigation systems are vulnerable to disruption of service, the GLAs insist on terrestrial back-up. KEY DEALS

GLAs launch strategy ‘2025 and Beyond’

Fire on the bulker Yeoman Bontrup, one accident investigated by the MAIB in 2010. KEY DEALS

Marine accident reports published

Congo River was dredging a new shipping channel for the Thames Gateway terminal when a 2,000 pound mine became caught in its draghead. KEY DEALS

Close call on mega-dredger’s first job

Microbiological contamination (MCB) in the bottom of a fuel tank. Photo courtesy of Eurotank Limited KEY DEALS

Diesel fuel guidance from IMarEST

Students from the already established Maritime Workshop restoring the ‘Medusa’, a WWII Harbour Defence Motor Launch. KEY DEALS

Maritime Skills Centre open for ideas

A suspected pirate mother ship is searched by a US Navy patrol. KEY DEALS

Piracy related torture is on the rise

The former ETV Anglian Prince has been sold to Swedish operators. (Photo courtesy of H Hoffmann) TUGS & SALVAGE

Anglian Prince is sold

The twin ‘pronged’ hull of the wave peircing cat on the Seawork quayside last month. POWER & PROPULSION

New hull, new system sells at Seawork

Tristan K and sister Hercules bring the number of Z-Techs in the Bay–Houston fleet to eight. TUGS & SALVAGE

Bay-Houston gets its eighth Z-Tech

UK Climate Change Minister Greg Baker with Pelamis Wave Power CTO Richard Yemm on the quayside at Leith Docks. OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

UK renewables support ‘only a drop in the ocean’

Brianne Cohen (left) receives the IADC Award for the Best Paper by a Young Author from IADC PR & Project Manager Jurgen Dhollander at the WEDA 31/TAMU 42 Conference in Nashville, Tennessee last month (Photo courtesy of IDR). DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dredging Efficiency paper wins IADC Award