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  • Orro has held various roles in the metallurgical industries in northern Galicia
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    Ibercisa management changes

    2015-02-16T09:33:00Z

    Spanish deck equipment company Ibercisa, has appointed Roberto Rodriguez Orro as General Manager. The incumbent, Ramón Carrera, has been promoted to the Board of Directors and is now responsible for international expansion and business development.

  • S@iLink brings super-fast internet (100 Mb/s) to maritime users from ship to shore with a 20 nautical mile radius
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    New commercial vessel 4G offering

    2015-02-12T16:41:00Z

    Responding to the marine industry’s demand to deliver robust and cost effective super-fast internet to users at sea, the France based Microwave Vision (MVG) Group has launched an innovative 4G offering, called S@iLink.

  • Duro Wipers are now specified on the RNLI's new Shannon Class Lifeboat
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    Duro Wipers visit

    2015-02-12T15:16:00Z

    UK marine window wiper specialist, Duro Wipers Ltd was recently pleased to welcome a visit from Michael Fallon, the UK’s Secretary of State for Defence.

  • More than 4,000 passengers and crew were on board 'Costa Concordia' when it hit a rock near the island of Giglio in 2012
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    ‘Costa Concordia’ Captain receives sentence

    2015-02-12T11:50:00Z

    The former Captain of the ‘Costa Concordia’ cruise ship that capsized back in January 2012 has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison – 10 years less than expected.

  • The console is said to contribute to the safety of the vessel and offer improved ergonomics for the operators
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    New generation tugboat consoles delivered

    2015-02-10T15:37:00Z

    JRC and Alphatron Marine have delivered new tugboat consoles – said to be the first of their kind – for the new generator of Rotortugs.

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    ‘Pieter Schelte’ name change

    2015-02-10T12:56:00Z

    Allseas Group, vessel operator of the ‘Pieter Schelte’ has confirmed to Maritime Journal it will be renaming the vessel following widespread protest.

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    Free IsatPhone 2 emergency response service

    2015-02-10T12:51:00Z

    Inmarsat, global mobile satellite communications service expert, is offering all post-pay IsatPhone 2 customers free-of-charge access to GEOS’ Worldwide Emergency Response Coordination service.

  • The ship is intended to reduce the cost of installing tidal energy farms
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    Renewables construction vessel

    2015-02-10T11:20:00Z

    Paramarine, QinetiQ’s ship and submersible design software, has been used by Mojo Maritime to design an offshore construction vessel for the marine renewables sector. The Hi Flo 4 (HF4) is a state-of-the-art, high-performance, dynamic positioning vessel capable of operating in extreme coastal and continental shelf environments, designed with the support ...

  • The team's aim is to encourage maritime innovation, research and higher skills in the Atlantic region
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    Atlantic team effort supports innovation

    2015-02-09T15:00:00Z

    The UK’s Liverpool John Moores University has joined forces with Mersey Maritime and Norway’s Vestfold University to encourage maritime innovation, research and higher skills in the Atlantic region.

  • Jos van Woerkum, managing director at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld and Gert Jan van Wijngaarden, general manager at Van Wijngaarden Marine Services
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    Wijngaarden Shoalbuster

    2015-02-09T11:12:00Z

    Van Wijngaarden Marine Services has ordered a Shoalbuster 3512 from Damen Shipyards Group. The completely new design includes a larger bridge, an extensive working deck of 134m² and accommodation for up to 11 personnel.

  • waterjet propulsion and this means that the vessel can reach a speed of 29 knots
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    New composite Fast Crew Supplier

    2015-02-06T15:17:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Group will launch a composite Fast Crew Supplier 1605 to the market in February. Built at Damen Shipyards Antalya in Turkey, the Group’s specialist composite yard, the Fast Crew Supplier 1605 FRP (Fibre Reinforced Polymer) is an addition to Damen’s highly successful aluminium 1605 range, 70 of which ...

  • Mobimar's Finnsweep oil boom arm was delivered, along with Vikoma HI Sprint booms
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    Oil spill boom for Finland

    2015-02-06T12:04:00Z

    The Finnish Coastguard’s latest vessel is now well equipped for oil spill response operations after taking delivery of new equipment from UK-based Vikoma International Limited.

  • The Vindskip concept uses the hull itself as a sail (Photo: Lade AS)
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    Innovative software brings fair winds to hybrid vessel

    2015-02-06T11:10:00Z

    A team of scientists at the Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services (CML) has developed a new weather routing module for an ambitious proposed hybrid merchant vessel for ''sustainable sea transport'' which is powered by wind and LNG.

  • The Bobcat T40180 telehandler will be maintaining the rock armouring used in Jersey’s sea walls
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    Strengthening Jersey’s sea defences

    2015-02-05T14:25:00Z

    A new Bobcat T40180 18m telescopic handler has been supplied by Jersey based equipment rental company, 4hire Limited, for use in crucial sea defence work on the island.

  • The SROV, as a survey platform, is stable and multibeam data has less than 0.4% noise
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    Surveyor Interceptor success

    2015-02-05T12:28:00Z

    Sweden-based high resolution subsea survey provider, MMT, and Reach Subsea, have finalised successful offshore tests on the new Surveyor Interceptor ROV (SROV).

  • Ron van den Oetelaar (Bosch Rexroth), Bas Buchner (MARIN) and those involved at the MARIN Offshore Basin wave generator
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    Making waves

    2015-02-05T11:13:00Z

    Netherlands marine research institute MARIN has signed the contract for a new wave generator for its new Concept Basin. Part of this contract is a complete new wave generation control system for the wave generators in the Offshore Basin and Seakeeping and Manoeuvring Basin, commissioned in 2000.

  • The vessel will be named 'Acta Orion' and is scheduled for delivery in September 2015
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    Stay at sea support vessel

    2015-02-04T17:11:00Z

    Netherlands-based Acta Marine has contracted CIG Shipbuilding for the design and construction of a large wind farm support vessel. The DP-2 fitted vessel measures 108 by 16 metres and offers comfortable accommodation and workspace for 75.

  • The AIS MOB device is said to be the world’s smallest
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    Ocean Signal gains EU certification

    2015-02-04T16:43:00Z

    UK-based Ocean Signal has gained European certification for its rescueME MOB1, enabling it to be sold throughout Europe.

  • The ProZero 12m DC has just finished sea trials off the coast of Faaborg
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    Tuco Marine pilot boat delivery

    2015-02-04T15:28:00Z

    Denmark’s Tuco Marine has delivered a first of its kind pilot boat to Sea Charter A/S to be used in a charter agreement with the Danish National Pilot Service Company, DanPilot.

  • A screen grab from Crowley Maritime's flipbook 'Raising the Costa Concordia'
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    Costa Concordia flipbook

    2015-02-03T18:56:00Z

    Crowley Maritime has published a comprehensive and interactive flipbook about the ''Costa Concordia'' salvage project.