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

The linkspan will facilitate the Borholmstrafikken ferry company’s catamaran traffic between Ystad and Rønne on the island of Bornholm. PORTS & HARBOURS

New linkspan for catamaran traffic

PORTS & HARBOURS

Birse Civils recognised for flood defence works

Although Europe has been the centre of offshore wind farm activity to date, Douglas-Westwood expects China to become the new world leader. Photo by Peter Barker OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Europe leading the way in offshore wind

Edinburgh based Pelamis Wave Power (formerly Ocean Power Delivery) had three of its wave energy converters feeding power into the Portuguese national grid until earlier this year. KEY DEALS

UK renewable progress ‘unacceptably slow’

The Dockmaster pre-cast concrete pontoon system supports operators installing offshore renewable energy technologies. PORTS & HARBOURS

Green Energy award for wind farm support pontoon

The cruise ship Norröna, brought 1,000 people from the Faroe Islands on a Christmas shopping trip to the region on Tuesday. KEY DEALS

Snow news is good news on Tyne

DFDS has lost more than €30m on its Irish routes in the last two years. SHORTSEA & FERRY

DFDS sells Irish Sea routes to Stena

An impressive image of the Curtin Artificial Reef in Moreton Bay, Australia. The reef is made up of numerous barges, ships, concrete pipes, bouys and tires etc. HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

New kit cuts a Swathe in survey provision

A spare 1,000m towline is stowed in the hold. SHIPYARD NEWS

Svitzer Pembroke is in a different league

One of the 9m long, five ton manned model ships is seen in transit from Marchwood toTimsbury last month. ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Model ship handling centre on the move

When completed, the Boubyan Island port will have a proposed 60 berths constructed in four stages. PORTS & HARBOURS

URS/Scott Wilson in Kuwait seaport project

By integrating CCTV cameras and other electro-optical sensors such as thermal imagers into the Sea Cobra platform, the system can be tailored for a range of uses on fixed and floating platforms. SECURITY

Sea Cobra takes a Quantum leap

The new Mobilarm lightweight locator beacon for divers will be based on the defence submarine escape and abandonment emergency locator beacon, the Mobilarm V200. SUBSEA SERVICES

New diver locator beacon from Mobilarm

The IMCA say that close to 4,000 diving personnel were employed offshore globally in 2009. SUBSEA SERVICES

IMCA publishes offshore diving stats for 2009

The cavitating water plume from Cleghorn’s 2,000psi unit does not damage the material being cleaned or coatings such as anti-fouling paints. SUBSEA SERVICES

Divers have a blast with cavitation cleaning

Last week the European Commission proposed a blueprint for an integrated European energy network which will now be considered by the Member States and the European Parliament. KEY DEALS

European energy leaders call for urgent grid investment