Industry News – Page 113

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    EIVA looks east

    2015-07-28T16:29:00Z

    Danish marine survey hardware and software specialist EIVA has opened a Singapore office as a result of increasing activities in the Asia-Pacific region, thereby offering customers and partners a local point of contact.

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    European navcomms acquisition

    2015-07-28T16:28:00Z

    Australia''s SpeedCast International Limited, global satellite telecommunications expert, has signed an agreement to acquire SAIT Communications, a fast-growing European maritime communications service provider.

  • 'Ibn Battuta' is one of seven Jan De Nul cutter suction dredgers working on the project
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    Jan De Nul progresses with Egypt dredging

    2015-07-27T16:46:00Z

    Jan De Nul is making progress with its dredging work on the New Suez Canal Project in Egypt, with a total of 200,000,000m³ of soil dredged so far.

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    Manuplas doubles manufacturing capacity

    2015-07-27T11:37:00Z

    Since the acquisition of Plymouth, UK-based Manuplas by Advanced Insulation in April 2014, the company claims it has seen significant growth in demand for its products and as a result has made the decision to purchase a neighbouring facility.

  • DeepOcean’s new chartered cable lay vessel will carry out the array cables installation work
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    DeepOcean nets Belgian offshore contract

    2015-07-23T12:12:00Z

    DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has won an inter array cable installation contract for the Blight Bank Phase II offshore windfarm in Belgium.

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    Shipping industry migrant guidelines

    2015-07-22T15:31:00Z

    The global shipping industry has updated its Guidelines on Large Scale Rescue Operations at Sea in response to the continuing crisis in the Mediterranean.

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    Euro Innovation Fund

    2015-07-22T13:14:00Z

    A new European Innovation Fund provided for in a reformed Emissions Trading Scheme must take into account the specific finance needs of the emerging technologies for which it was created, says Europe’s ocean energy industry.

  • Lothar Holder, Executive Managing Director of Akasol. (Image: Akasol)
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    Hybrid and electric partnership

    2015-07-21T17:07:00Z

    German headquartered MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of large diesel engines and complete propulsion systems has formed a close development partnership with Akasol GmbH.

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    Dredging expert appointment

    2015-07-21T13:51:00Z

    The UK’s MDL Marina Consultancy, a division of MDL Marinas, has appointed a new assistant project manager in charge of all matters relating to dredging, dredge licensing and general marine licensing.

  • The advantages of the X-BOW design were revealed late in 2004 and the start of 2005, when tested in a towing tank
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    A decade of X-BOW

    2015-07-20T16:11:00Z

    In 2005, Bourbon became the first offshore operator to adopt an inverted bow vessel, the ‘Bourbon Orca’.

  • Wärtsilä and CCCC signed a long term strategic cooperation agreement back in April 2014
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    Wärtsilä dredger contract

    2015-07-20T15:38:00Z

    Wärtsilä has signed a contract with the Tianjin Dredging Company, part of the China Communication Construction Company (CCCC), to supply engines and essential ancillaries for a new self-propelled cutter dredger.

  • Rankwitz is twice as fast
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    Finnish workboats stay popular with Germans

    2015-07-16T15:39:00Z

    A punchy new Finnish-built patrol and supervision launch which is twice as fast as its 20 year old predecessor has gone into service with fisheries authorities on the German Baltic.

  • Wind Force fleet gets third ship
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    Success prompts new CTV order

    2015-07-16T15:38:00Z

    Germany’s Frisia-Offshore has ordered a third multi-purpose catamaran CTV for its service fleet because, it says, the first two ships in the series have been so successful and technically reliable.

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    Rescuing migrants at sea

    2015-07-16T10:14:00Z

    UK-based charity, Human Rights at Sea (HRAS), is developing a new e-learning course addressing the rescuing of migrants at sea with maritime training provider, Marlins.

  • A Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of development options for the port have been carried out
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    ‘Green’ light for Poole development

    2015-07-15T16:54:00Z

    The UK’s Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC) is making progress on the Port of Poole Master Plan to modernise the commercial port infrastructure following environmental assessments.

  • Pictured at the launch of the Report on the Blue Economy by Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU) at NUIG, are (l-r) Michael Cuddy and Stephen Hynes, SEMRU and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney TD
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    Irish marine plans

    2015-07-15T15:11:00Z

    The Irish Government has outlined new economic research indicating its blueprint for the marine industry which could deliver more than 16,000 additional jobs and an additional €2.7bn in economic growth by 2020.

  • The ECDIS900 MK5 includes a standard Windows PC and separate 24 or 26-inch flat-panel monitor
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    Simrad Pro ECDIS additions

    2015-07-14T12:57:00Z

    The Simrad Professional Series has a new line-up of professional-grade Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) – the Simrad MARIS ECDIS900 MK5 and MK15.

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    New offshore renewable centre for Dalby

    2015-07-14T12:21:00Z

    UK-based architecture and design practice, Group Ginger, is to design Yorkshire’s premier offshore renewable centre for Dalby Offshore.

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    Engineering Excellence awards

    2015-07-09T12:56:00Z

    The UK’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has launched its inaugural Wessex Region Engineering Excellence Awards to celebrate the best of engineering talent from across the region.

  • Ocean Koper d.o.o. is expanding its fleet with a Damen Stan Pontoon 9127
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    Damen Stan pontoon on order

    2015-07-09T11:56:00Z

    Italy’s Ocean Koper d.o.o. is expanding its fleet with a second Damen Stan Pontoon barge, expected to be the largest pontoon in the region.