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    ClassNK issues SoC to two additional ship recycling facilities in India

    2016-01-15T12:35:00Z

    Japan-headquartered classification society ClassNK has issued Statements of Compliance (SoC) to two ship recycling facilities in Gujarat, India.

  • Adidas and Parley for the Oceans introduce ocean plastic shoe midsole
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    Ocean plastic for new Adidas midsole

    2016-01-14T16:39:00Z

    Parley for the Oceans and Adidas have showcased a new 3D-printed ocean plastic shoe midsole at the Parley Talks about COP21.

  • News

    SMM Istanbul cancelled

    2016-01-13T11:35:00Z

    Announced in the wake of the recent terror attack in Istanbul, the SMM Istanbul conference and exhibition, previously mentioned in ‘MJ’ News will now not be held in 2016.

  • News

    Baker Consultants wins marine noise monitoring contract

    2016-01-13T11:05:00Z

    Bilbao-based Iberdrola has awarded Baker Consultants a contract to provide an underwater noise and marine mammal activity monitoring service.

  • HaskoningDHV deploys expertise in FRP for the ‘largest FRP lock gates in the world’
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    Royal HaskoningDHV FRP lock gates

    2016-01-12T16:07:00Z

    Royal HaskoningDHV has been working on new fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) lock gates at the Wilhelmina canal in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

  • News

    Visedo acquires Electric Power Conversion B.V.

    2016-01-11T15:43:00Z

    The Finnish electric drive train specialist Visedo says it has continued to increase its system expertise in marine solutions by acquiring Electric Power Conversion B.V. (EPC) from the Netherlands.

  • Sea Level Research has received a £200,000 investment from The North West Fund for Venture Capital
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    Backing secured for shipping software

    2016-01-08T09:53:00Z

    Sea Level Research, based in the UK, has received a £200,000 investment to help bring its new sea level predicting software to the market.

  • The ‘Living Stone’ will join the fleet of fall-pipe vessels of DEME's offshore division
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    ‘Living Stone’ keel laid

    2016-01-07T15:39:00Z

    To further strengthen its position in the offshore renewable power generation and transportation market, Belgian dredging major DEME has started the construction of the multipurpose vessel ‘Living Stone’.

  • News

    PLA Chief Harbour Master

    2016-01-07T12:01:00Z

    The Port of London Authority (PLA) has appointed Bob Baker as chief harbour master. Bob Baker will join the PLA from Forth Ports, where he has been chief harbour master since 2001.

  • News

    McMurdo & Kannad join Sartech stable

    2016-01-07T11:54:00Z

    Sartech is now approved to service both the McMurdo and Kannad ranges of EPIRBs, PLBs, AIS MOB devices and SARTs, and now the UK- headquartered company claims to be the only specialist in the world to be an official partner for five major emergency beacon manufacturers.

  • The Loran system relied upon very tall land-based masts
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    eLoran joint venture

    2016-01-07T11:39:00Z

    The founders of Chronos in the UK and UrsaNav in the US have formed a new joint venture with the aim of establishing Loran on a commercial basis as a back-up system to provide position and timing information currently provided by satellite systems.

  • KOTUG and Boskalis European harbour towage joint venture
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    KOTUG and Boskalis establish joint venture

    2016-01-07T11:37:00Z

    Dutch companies KOTUG International B.V and Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V have reached an agreement on the merger of their European harbour towage operations.

  • News

    Ocean Signal appoints Marinplus AS

    2016-01-06T14:15:00Z

    UK based Ocean Signal has appointed Marinplus AB as its exclusive distributor in Sweden.

  • Jim Wilson CBE
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    Jim Wilson CBE

    2016-01-05T15:24:00Z

    It is with regret that we report the death of Jim Wilson CBE who died in December after a short battle with Cancer. Jim was widely known and respected throughout the UK marine industry over the last 60 years, having commenced his career as a seagoing engineer before returning to ...

  • News

    Award for Maasvlakte 2

    2016-01-05T15:24:00Z

    The construction of the Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 expansion has been recognised by the award of the Prof. dr. ir. J.F. Agema Prize, which is awarded every five years to an innovative marine engineering work that was designed or constructed by a Dutch party.

  • AST wins contract to supply systems to CWind
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    AST Marine contract to supply CWind

    2016-01-05T15:20:00Z

    UK based AST Maritime Sciences has won a contract to supply CWind with AST-Planned Maintenance System software on board its fleet of vessels.

  • The national workshop in Batumi, Georgia took place on 15-17 December
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    GloMEEP project gets underway

    2016-01-04T14:49:00Z

    The first national workshop under the Global Maritime Energy Efficiency Partnerships (GloMEEP) project has been held in Georgia.

  • The restoration of ‘Rotary Service’ has been completed by the Thames Class Lifeboat Trust, with a little help from industry partners
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    Lifeboat refurbishment project

    2015-12-31T11:08:00Z

    The Thames Class Lifeboat Trust is a new charity set up to refurbish an ex-RNLI lifeboat which was built in Lowestoft, for use as a community resource and youth training vessel.

  • ABP’s £5m solar array at the Port of Barry
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    ABP achieves energy management standard

    2015-12-30T15:05:00Z

    The UK''s Associated British Ports (ABP) has achieved the international standard for energy management, ISO 5000:2011.

  • News

    Rhine LNG Masterplan

    2015-12-30T15:01:00Z

    The LNG Masterplan for Rhine/Meuse-Main-Danube has been successfully completed, the culmination of which should result in better implementation of LNG infrastructure in the inland water transport sector.