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Cammell Laird clarity
The progress and growth of the separate companies Cammell Laird (Gibraltar) and Cammell Laird Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders Ltd in the UK brought an urgent need for clarification of the relationship between the two. Thus an agreement has been reached. With immediate effect, Cammell Laird (Gibraltar) changes its name to Gibdock. ...
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NewsDouble Dutch at Marintec China
IHC Merwede of the Netherlands chose this week’ s Marintec exhibition in Shanghai to launch its first ever Chinese made cutter suction dredger. The IHC 8527MP is a special design for the Chinese market.
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NewsDanish Vikings lay siege to Newcastle
Tyneside in the UK had to deal with a friendly invasion on Tuesday when residents of the remote Faroe Islands headed south for a shopping spree.
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NewsIADC Seminar a success in Singapore
More than 30 participants from around the world, including Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Namibia, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Tanzania, Turkey and the United Kingdom, came to Singapore for the recent 33rd IADC International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation.
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NewsSea Cadets launch Tall Ship Appeal
The Sea Cadets, Britain’ s oldest maritime youth charity, launched a national fundraising campaign last week for a new twin masted brig to help inspire the next generation of sailors.
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NewsCompetition moves offshore wind into deeper waters
Seven new design ideas for offshore wind turbine foundations have been shortlisted by the UK’ s Carbon Trust in a competition aimed at transforming the offshore wind industry.
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News€8m grant for 'Pulse Stream' tidal generator
The Isle of Wight UK based developer and manufacturer of composite materials and technologies, Gurit, secured an agreement last week with Sheffield based Pulse Tidal, the tidal stream power provider, to engineer, supply tooling and manufacture the blades for Pulse Tidal Pulse Stream 1MW demonstrator.
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New subsea company
With full support from EXS Subsea AS, a Norwegian oil and gas investment company, Graeme Kidd has led a successful management buyout of Oceanteam Subsea Services Ltd and launched the new company Specialist Subsea Services Ltd, of which he is managing director. An initial sum of some £ 10m has ...
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£50k for energy resource project
Marine South East in the UK has won a £ 50k bid to run a Knowledge Network exploring the exploitation and use of marine energy resources (MEREX). The commercial incentive to reduce diesel and bunker fuel use will drive major changes in the world fleet over the next generation. In ...
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Dredger builder acquired
On the eve of the 125th anniversary of its founding in 1885, a majority interest in America’ s portable dredger manufacturer Ellicott Dredge Enterprises LLC has been acquired by Markel Ventures, a subsidiary of Markel Corporation. Terms were not disclosed. Markel Ventures is based in Richmond, Virginia USA and is ...
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Marine training award
UK maritime training provider Clyde Marine Training won an award for Best Performing Business with 25 employees or less at the recent Glasgow Business award ceremony. The company’ s recent diversification contributed to its success. It now provides first aid training, fire safety training, portable appliance training, and uniform & ...
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Rostock ro-pax stop
Finnlines is opening a passenger ship line to Rostock on STAR class ro-pax vessels. The German stop of the current Travemü nde-Gdynia-Helsinki line will be moved to Rostock. The aim is to create a regular two ship line connecting the three ports three times a week. In Helsinki, the ships ...
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Wilhelmsen joins ILAMA
Maritime service network Wilhelmsen Ships Service has been accepted as a Member of the International Lifesaving Appliances Manufacturers Association (ILAMA). It joins other leading companies within the marine safety industry which form ILAMA to use their membership to voice opinion and provide input in the international standards arena. By presenting ...
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SES acquires Humber Telecom
UK based marine electronic service and dealerships, Ships Electronic Services Ltd (SES), has acquired the assets and goodwill of Humber Telecommunications Ltd (Humber Telecom), which will now continue trading as Ships Electronic Services - Humber. SES provides supply, installation and service of many brands in navigation, control and communication technology ...
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Affordable internet telephone
The Netherlands’ Alphatron Marine BV has introduced an affordable solution in maritime communications, aiming at the ever growing demand for internet solutions on board vessels. The Alphasatsea is a stand alone, self-tracking device that supports a bandwidth up to 2MB. Expanding the system with a VoIP modem turns the Alphasatsea ...
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Wave impact tool
The Bedfordshire UK based postgraduate institution, Cranfield University, has completed the development and demonstration of an analysis tool called Wave-X, capable of predicting the response of ships and offshore structures to extreme ocean waves. The techniques of Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) have been applied to produce a computational model of ...
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Inland AIS contracts
ACR Electronics Europe Gmbh has been awarded two contracts valued at € 1.25m to build, ship and install complete Inland - Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) in the pilot project ‘ Corridor 895’ . This project is part of the Netherlands Inland Waterway initiative for vessels active in the corridors which ...
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Italian - Greek shortsea
The Italian – Greek shipping line Adriatic Lines has launched the first ever freight only service between Italy and Greece, which will not carry tourist traffic. The route connects the Italian port of Ravenna with the Greek port of Corinth with four sailings per week and approximate crossing times of ...
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McMurdo sold to Oriola
The sale of the assets of UK emergency distress beacon manufacturer McMurdo was finalised on Friday 20 November when the transfer from Digital Angel Corporation to Orolia was completed. The purchase price was $9.6m as part of a cash free/debt free transaction with no transfer of Account Payables and Account ...
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NewsPD Ports goes to Canadian owners
The Middlesborough UK based ports and logistics business PD Ports confirmed last Friday that it is under new ownership, following the sale of 100% of its equity to Canadian based Brookfield Asset Management.
