Industry News – Page 82

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    Oil dumping fine for Princess Cruises

    2016-12-08T09:47:00Z

    Princess Cruise Lines has pleaded guilty to dumping oily waste at sea and is set to be fined $40m, the largest penalty of its kind.

  • A scaled version of the floating wind turbine was demonstrated for delegates in the wave tank of the Lir National Ocean Test Facility
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    Floating wind turbine testing

    2016-12-07T17:45:00Z

    A floating wind turbine has undergone extreme testing at Ireland’s national ocean test facility as part of a two-day offshore wind energy conference hosted by the MaREI Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy in County Cork.

  • Team members at Fugro GeoServices Ltd celebrate recent RoSPA Gold Medal Award
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    Award for Fugro GeoServices

    2016-12-07T16:43:00Z

    Fugro GeoServices has been awarded Gold Metal status in the 2016 UK Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) awards.

  • Poole Quay will provide a focal point for the Harbour Festival in May 2017
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    European Maritime Day 2017- sponsorship packages still available

    2016-12-07T16:20:00Z

    European Maritime Day is the annual meeting point for Europe’s maritime community to network, discuss and forge joint action. The EMD 2017 conference and exhibition will be held on 18-19 May 2017 in Poole, UK.

  • As well as providing Buoyancy the Life Cell also stores safety essentials
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    Life Cell achieves SOLAS certification

    2016-12-07T10:57:00Z

    Australia- headquartered Life Cell Marine Safety has announced that its buoyancy device, Life Cell, has achieved SOLAS certification. The certificate of Type Approval as a Novel Life-Saving Appliance was granted by Lloyds Register under the IMO resolution A.580 (13) and the LSA code regulation I/1.2.

  • Deal struck between DeepOcean and DONG for Hornsea Project One
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    DeepOcean win contract for DONG project

    2016-12-06T12:37:00Z

    DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd., a subsidiary of the Dutch DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has won a contract for cable installation and trenching work for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

  • Seawork Asia Workboat Forum 2016
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    Resounding success at Seawork Asia 2016

    2016-12-06T11:50:00Z

    The second edition of Mercator Media Limited’s Seawork Asia Exhibition opened its doors on 29th November at the World EXPO Exhibition & Convention Centre Shanghai.

  • Rob Voskuil
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    Rob Voskuil: Dutch Workboats

    2016-12-05T16:10:00Z

    While modern technology can help you make some “very clever decisions”, said Dutch Work Boats MD and founder Rob Voskuil, it is definitely a mixed blessing.

  • Meercat Workboats has moved to new premises in Southampton
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    Meercat moves into new premises

    2016-12-05T16:08:00Z

    Meercat Workboats has moved to new purpose built premises in Hythe Marine Park, Southampton

  • An aerial view of Alexandra Dock
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    Offshore wind milestone for ABP

    2016-12-05T15:37:00Z

    Siemens’ new wind power factory at ABP’s Port of Hull has manufactured its first turbine blade.

  • News

    UXO project for 6 Alpha Associates

    2016-12-02T12:34:00Z

    6 Alpha Associates is currently managing a comprehensive Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) risk for Beatrice Offshore Wind Limited (BOWL), a project located in the Moray Firth.

  • News

    Lift expert opens new facility

    2016-12-01T16:38:00Z

    Lifting and marine product specialist Rigmarine has opened its fourth global facility in the rural village of Insch, 30 miles to the northwest of Aberdeen, Scotland.

  • The MacGregor G110 davit is especially designed for the offshore wind market and will be used for launch and recovery of a daughter craft
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    MacGregor davits for offshore wind market

    2016-12-01T15:36:00Z

    MacGregor has won davit orders for two low-emission 81m service operation vessels (SOVs) designed to act as ''mother-ships'' for wind turbine technicians.

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    CWind wins offshore wind farm contract

    2016-11-30T16:17:00Z

    Geosea has appointed CWind to undertake required secondary works at the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm.

  • Duke of Kent viewing new 995ED
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    Duke of Kent visits Griffon Hoverwork

    2016-11-29T16:30:00Z

    His Royal Highness The Duke Of Kent was welcomed to Griffon Hoverwork accompanies by the HM’s Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire.

  • Each vessel will be equipped with two Palfinger Marine knuckle boom cranes, one A-frame fast rescue boat davit and one fast rescue boat
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    Joining forces reaps rewards

    2016-11-29T15:10:00Z

    Palfinger Marine and Harding Safety are beginning to reap the rewards of joining forces and have secured a new contract to provide lifesaving equipment and cranes for two fishing vessels being built at Tersan Shipyard in Turkey.

  • Operation Ocean Shield officially ends on 15th December 2016
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    NATO ends Indian Ocean counter piracy mission

    2016-11-29T11:38:00Z

    NATO has formally ended its counter-piracy mission off Somalia after a fall in attacks and in order to move its resources to pay closer attention to Russia in the Black Sea and people smugglers in the Mediterranean.

  • 'Adler 1' – veteran Kiel Canal service
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    “Shoe box” ferry marks 30 years service

    2016-11-25T11:38:00Z

    One of Germany’s busiest and smallest, passenger ferries has marked thirty years of non-stop commuter service navigating the busy, big-ship Kiel Canal – the busiest man-made waterway in the world.

  • Damen Shoalbuster 2609 owned and operated by GSS Marine Services
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    SMS Shoalbuster completes round trip

    2016-11-25T10:07:00Z

    A 26m Damen Shoalbuster 2609 has completed a 14,572nm round trip that included two transatlantic crossings.

  • Contract for parts of the Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm Project
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    Siem win contract for offshore wind farm

    2016-11-23T14:15:00Z

    A wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore has been awarded a contract for work at the Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm Project One (HOW01) by DONG Energy Wind Power A/S.