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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Switch, a Finnish specialist in advanced drive train technology, has seen a sharp jump in growth over last year. The company increased its net sales by 80% from EUR 40 million…

28th March 2017

Growth at The Switch

28th March 2017

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

28 Pi series pilot boats have now been built or ordered from Egyptian engineering company Mapso since the first of class hit the water in 2007- All of them featuring the famous…

27th March 2017

Mapso Pi series pilot boats for Egypt

27th March 2017

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Rolls-Royce and Tampere University of Technology, Finland, have announced a strategic partnership to develop and test the technology to support systems necessary for autonomous navigation, enabling the first generation of autonomous ships.

27th March 2017

Autonomous systems partnership

27th March 2017

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Norwegian maritime safety and lifting expert H Henriksen AS, known worldwide for its off-load release lifting hooks, has introduced a disc type towing hook for safer on-load release.

27th March 2017

Safer towing for smaller vessels

27th March 2017

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Seawork exhibitor Reygar has a new fleet monitoring system called BareFLEET, which has been designed using years of experience, hard won through robust monitoring systems in the marine renewables sector.

27th March 2017

From boat to boardroom

27th March 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Earlier this year, a collaborative research team based at the engineering consultancy BVG Associates and the University of the Highlands published a new economic impact methodology for the offshore wind industry.

27th March 2017

Economic impact methodology for offshore wind

27th March 2017

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Hydrographic Society UK, which has an extensive individual and corporate membership at home and abroad in nearly 45 countries, is to host the 59th non-profit Marine Measurement Forum covering key issues…

24th March 2017

MMF Forum

24th March 2017

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Reports from Beijing indicate that the Chinese government’s Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation is schedued to launch this July its upgraded BeiDou-3 satnav positioning system with progressive deployment of 6-8 geostationary satellites…

24th March 2017

Latest satnav developments

24th March 2017

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

DutchWorkboats in Amsterdam, specialist designers and constructors of all-purpose craft of between 5 and 15 metres, has developed a Series 10 joint dive-survey model for inshore and coastal operations which can also…

24th March 2017

New Dutch dive survey craft

24th March 2017

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Aberdeen, UK-based division of Norway’s Oslo-based iSurvey global survey and positioning organisation has been awarded a three-year contract for provision of hydrographic and rig positioning services to Shell UK, Shell NAM,…

24th March 2017

iSurvey offshore contracts

24th March 2017