Industry News – Page 105

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    Wärtsilä launches innovation competition

    2015-11-02T09:13:00Z

    Finnish marine equipment manufacturing company, Wärtsilä, in connection with start-up event Slush, has launched an innovation contest, aimed at start-up companies and entrepreneurs.

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    ESCGS warns of black market weapons

    2015-11-02T09:13:00Z

    ESC Global Security (ESCGS) has welcomed the decision by the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia to reduce the size of the Indian Ocean’s high risk area.

  • Cavotec Specimas SpA has won the Busch Vacuum Innovation Award 2015
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    Cavotec wins Vacuum Innovation Award

    2015-10-29T16:54:00Z

    Cavotec Specimas SpA has won the Busch Vacuum Innovation Award 2015 for its mooring technology, MoorMaster.

  • ABB has opened a new laboratory in Helsinki dedicated to R&D
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    New ABB R&D lab

    2015-10-29T16:52:00Z

    Switzerland-based ABB has opened a new laboratory in Helsinki dedicated to research and development in the marine sector.

  • "She is robust, fast, with the required speed to intercept in critical situations"
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    FCS for Nigerian patrol duties

    2015-10-29T16:10:00Z

    Netherlands-headquartered shipbuilder Damen has delivered its second Fast Crew Supplier 3307 Patrol to Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Limited (HIOSL) of Nigeria just 18 months after a sister vessel entered service.

  • Symetrica's solution effectiveness has been demonstrated at the Port of Antwerp
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    Port radiation detection

    2015-10-28T16:46:00Z

    UK security specialist Symetrica has launched a new radiation detection and identification technique at the World Customs Organization Technology & Innovation Forum in Rotterdam. The company claims the technique will reduce the incidence of nuisance alarms from radiation portal monitors (RPMs) used to screen vehicles and cargo at ports and ...

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    Lifejackets due for servicing

    2015-10-28T15:58:00Z

    Ocean Safety is reminding English and Welsh commercial fisherman that nearly 7000 lifejackets are due for a service in the next few months.

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    SMM Istanbul

    2015-10-28T15:57:00Z

    The International Maritime Conference and Exhibition in Istanbul will take place on 24 and 25 February 2016 at the Bosporus metropolis.

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    Share sale

    2015-10-28T11:58:00Z

    Swedish based marine energy company, Minesto, has raised another 145 MSEK and gained another 2,500 new shareholders after offering its shares out on the wider market.

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    Imtech acquisition finalised

    2015-10-28T11:58:00Z

    The acquisition of Rotterdam based Imtech Marine by Pon Holdings and Parcom Capital has been finalised after being approved by the European Commission.

  • Pieter Kroezen of InandAut: “West German technology and engineering companies had assumed they’d have a ready-made market in the east of the country”
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    Pieter Kroezen: InandAut

    2015-10-27T16:46:00Z

    “Back in the mid-90s, after the wall came down, West German companies were trying to sell into the former East Germany,” said Pieter Kroezen of Netherlands-based InandAut, but sometimes without as much success as they’d hoped.

  • The bid deadline for Piraeus Port has been put back until December
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    Piraeus deadline pushed back

    2015-10-27T15:52:00Z

    The bid deadline for the privatisation of Piraeus Port has been pushed back until December with an early election being blamed for the delay.

  • A photo showing the true scale of the bridge section which fell with both cranes crushing six buildings in Alphen aan der Rijn. Photo: AadR Council
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    Painstaking recovery from crane drama

    2015-10-27T11:44:00Z

    It must have been the kind of moment every contractor dreads: the smaller of two cranes started to tip sideways during a tandem lift, the pontoon underneath began to list dangerously and within moments the 187 tonne load and both cranes lay in the rubble of six buildings.

  • Conference speaker Hans Gatezeimer will focus on the theme of mobile offshore accommodation
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    German offshore wind energy conference

    2015-10-26T14:43:00Z

    The German Wind Energy Association, Bundesverband WindEnergie e.V., will hold a conference on offshore wind energy operation focusing on strategies and experiences.

  • Adler & Adler conducted a case study on the cleanup of the Kahu yacht sinking (as covered in more detail in MJ Jan 14)
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    Pollution contingency planning

    2015-10-26T10:58:00Z

    In this article, Glyn Humphries, head of Adler and Allan’s marine response division, discusses the key measures to avoid the most common pitfalls in contingency planning for pollution incidents.

  • Oil and wind have joined forces in DNV GL-led Win Win JIP
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    Oil and wind join forces for Win Win JIP

    2015-10-23T14:47:00Z

    Norwegian-based company DNV GL is leading a joint industry project (JIP), Win Win, to bring the concept of using wind power for offshore oil and gas applications a step closer to reality.

  • The first Seawork Asia took place in 2014
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    State visit could boost commercial marine cooperation

    2015-10-23T12:10:00Z

    The Asian commercial marine industry’s foremost exhibition, Seawork Asia is set for success in light of David Cameron’s talks in October with the Chinese President, Xi Jinping. Following the Chinese premier’s State Visit, Cameron has hailed greater cooperation along with trade deals, which will help aid British maritime organisations in ...

  • : Icom’s IC-F3202DEX ATEX digital radio aims to help keep workers safe in dangerous environments
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    New safety first digital radio

    2015-10-22T17:25:00Z

    Icom UK has revealed the new IC-F3202DEX ATEX Digital Series to keep workers safe in potentially explosive and dangerous environments.

  • The new lock will ensure Amsterdam port area remains accessible for the new generation of medium-sized vessels
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    Ijmuiden sea lock PPP reaches financial close

    2015-10-22T11:11:00Z

    The €500 million sea lock public-private partnership (PPP) project in Ijmuiden, the Netherlands, as reported in more detail in August’s ‘MJ’ has successfully achieved financial close. Global development consultancy Mott MacDonald is lenders’ technical advisor1 to the OpenIJ consortium2 on the project.

  • Night Navigator 3000 can incorporate three detection systems
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    Night Navigator

    2015-10-21T16:38:00Z

    Radar is the primary means of detection for boats and ships when the visibility does not allow visual detection. However radar has its limitations in detecting small craft and other targets and cannot be guaranteed to detect everything on the water.