All Workboats articles
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NewsAhead of the spark: Fire safety for workboats and offshore fleets
Fire risk during maintenance and refit is under renewed scrutiny across the maritime sector, writes Morgan Davis, Business Development manager at Ramtech North America, exclusively for Maritime Journal.
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NewsMachine vision: A critical layer in autonomy
Autonomy in the maritime sector is often talked about as an end-state: vessels operating with minimal or no crew, navigating complex waterways without human intervention, writes SEA.AI CEO Marcus Warrelmann.
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NewsGNSS isn’t enough to protect workboats from jamming and spoofing
GNSS was never engineered to be robust against deliberate radio frequency interference, and as a result, they are vulnerable to jamming and spoofing. Alastair MacLeod, CEO, Ground Control, a PNT resilience provider, sheds light on how workboats can be protected.
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NewsCornish marine contractor expands its operations
Mylor Mooring Services, has now expanded its operations to include pontoon installation and logistics
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NewsIs the maritime industry ready for the hydrogen era?
With carbon penalities looming, there’s a lot of work going on to find alternatives to diesel, which still has no real competitor when it comes to cost, availability or performance. One of the frontrunners is hydrogen, and Paul Whitaker, chief engineer at propulsion system engineering firm Drive System Design, explains how it can work.
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NewsDamen launches aquaculture vessel shipyard joint venture
Damen Shipyards and Folla Maritime have launched a joint venture shipyard, Damen Folla, that aims to deliver vessels for the aquaculture sector.
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NewsMulti-role vessels: Shift in requirements for marine agency craft
Across Europe’s maritime sector, operational agencies are rethinking the way they specify and deploy high-performance rigid inflatable boats (RIBs).
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NewsFalmouth rolls out HVO for workboat fleet
The UK’s Falmouth Harbour in the southwest of England has created an HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) re-fuelling facility for its workboat fleet.
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NewsLloyd's Type Approval for hydrogen fuel cell system
PowerCell’s Marine System 225 has received Type Approval from Lloyd’s Register, helping advance the use of hydrogen for vessel propulsion
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NewsA milestone in hydrogen fuel power cell development
The Proteus 75 is especially designed for harbour craft, offshore support vessels and inland waterway boats
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NewsA winning partnership in marine civils
Teignmouth Maritime Services (TMS Ltd) and Ocean Crest Marine (OCM) have a great working relationship
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PodcastPODCAST: Get Set for Workboat 2050 in Rotterdam
Delegates were treated to a Rotterdam conference against the backdrop of the beautiful Wereld Museum as part of the series of Seawork Get Set for Workboat 2050 conferences last week. During the breaks, Maritime Journal editor Debbie Mason asked some of speakers for their views of the sector in today’s world.
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NewsComposite workboats: Fact, fiction and form
Composites have a lot to offer the commercial maritime world, but haven’t there been issues with strength, size, weight and above all, cost? Stevie Knight has found some straightforward answers alongside some interesting, slightly trickier ones.
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NewsTwo Macduff designs delivered to Canada
Macduff Ship Design has announced delivery of two vessels to its design to SAAM Towage Canada.
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NewsWorkboat builder wins contract with £2m finance
Norfolk, England-based boat builder Alicat Workboats has won a contract to build two vessels for a Turkish offshore wind project.
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NewsA digital solution to streamline fleet management
Nautiworx is a digital workboat finder tool to enable workboat charter within an 800 nm radius
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NewsCutting corners on davit checks risks lives
Lives at are risk if operators try to ‘cut corners’ on davit inspection, says the boss of Vestdavit
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NewsOffshore wind demand sees davit sales soar
High demand from the offshore wind and oil & gas sectors is helping sales of davits soar
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PodcastPODCAST: 100% electric workboat debuts on Thames
Artemis Technologies’ 100% electric foiling workboat Pioneer of Belfast made its debut in the UK capital during London International Shipping Week (LISW), and Maritime Journal editor Debbie Mason was given a quick spin down the Thames, courtesy of Stephen Milne.
