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NewsScrabster’s plan includes a Stan
Scrabster Harbour Trust (UK) has taken delivery of a new harbour tug / workboat, a Netherlands-built Damen Stan Tug 1606. The vessel, named ‘Highlanders’, will replace their current workboat which was built in 1976. The new tug will undertake pilotage, towing, general harbour and maintenance duties.
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NewsSupacat acquires BUKH Diesel UK
Supacat Group has acquired BUKH Diesel UK and has signed a new distribution agreement with BUKH A/S Denmark to offer a “comprehensive customer support service”.
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NewsPearl Harbor survey
US based Deep Ocean Engineering has announced its recent participation in the first comprehensive multibeam survey of the remains of ‘USS Arizona’ and ‘USS Utah’ in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Team members from Deep Ocean Engineering, Inc, R2Sonic, Autodesk, and eTrac traveled to Oahu to conduct these historic surveys as ...
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NewsWorld’s most expensive workboat?
The recently completed ‘Pieter Schelte’ is probably the most sophisticated workboat ever built. Designed primarily for the removal of offshore oil structures this complex vessel has been under development for the past 25 years by Swiss company Allseas.
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Marine investors get into the zone
Ireland’s Clare County Council says the zoning of more than 345 hectares of land along the Shannon Estuary will anyone looking at large-scale marine development “greater investor confidence”.
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NewsExpanding mariculture?
UK-headquartered ABPmer, supported by the Institute of Aquaculture, at the University of Stirling, has been appointed to carry out a ground-breaking study to evaluate whether mariculture expansion provides a means of decreasing the impact of terrestrial food and energy production.
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NewsKNRM self-righter
The Royal Netherlands Lifeboat Organisation (KNRM), has taken a new self-righting lifeboat into service. The vessel, named ‘Cornelis’, a Dito type Fast Rescue Craft 903 - Twin was delivered to the KNRM station at Texel.
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Renewable demand
The marine renewable energy sector could is set to boom in 2015 as the demand for renewable and reliable energy continues to grow, says Anders Jansson, co-founder and CEO of energy technology company, Minesto.
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NewsNick Warren: Burgess Marine Group
When Nick Warren left the University of Southampton with a degree in Business Management and Finance, he had few thoughts of a career in shiprepair. But, after a short spell with yacht brokers Ancasta and encouraged by some more than gentle persuasion from his father, he decided it was time ...
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Maritime Innovation Award
Nominations for the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA)-Qinetiq Maritime Innovation Award, which seeks to encourage innovation in all sectors of the maritime industry, are now invited.
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NewsFinancing wind vessels
It has been announced that Active Communications International’s ‘Operating Specialist Wind Vessels Summit 2015’ will include three specific modules covering finance & contract options for offshore wind vessels.
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NewsFirst MTU engines for Sanmar tugs
MTU is to supply four 16-cylinder Series 4000 M63L engines, each with an output of 2,240kW, and an MTU BlueVision automation system, for two Sanmar-built tugboats.
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NewsThe mystery of the African tar mounds
More than two thousand mounds of asphalt sheltering a range of deep-water creatures have been found up to 2km deep, off the coast of Angola.
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NewsSuzuki/ Datatag partnership
UK outboard motor distributor Suzuki GB has announced the launch of a security-marking product in an exclusive partnership with specialist company Datatag. The unique product is an electronic security identification system that has been developed specifically for outboard motors.
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Confidentiality agreement warning
UK-based marine insurer ITIC has advised shipbrokers, consultants and other advisers not to sign confidentiality agreements which restrict their ability to do business.
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NewsUS Navy to go all diesel
The US Navy has announced that it has made a commitment to using diesel power for all its extensive fleet of small craft in the future. This commitment is likely to speed up the development of diesel outboards and this in turn is likely to lead to the wider use ...
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NewsFerry sustainable
The importance of innovation in maintaining a competitive, sustainable ferry industry in the North Sea Region (NSR) has been highlighted by the Scottish Transport Minister Keith Brown at a European conference in Edinburgh, UK in November.
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NewsWindfarm maintenance breakthrough?
GEV Wind Power, a division of the GEV Group, is to introduce its turbine maintenance habitat structure at this year’s RenewableUK show, following a £50,000 grant.
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NewsMaritime training boost for UK
Three key maritime training companies are seeing success in North Tyneside, UK, attracting trainees from across the globe.
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NewsCavotec MoorMaster supports Jan de Nul work
Cavotec’s MoorMaster automated mooring system is proving useful in Australia, supporting Jan De Nul’s 350 hectares dredging work for the New Parallel Runway Project for Brisbane Airport.
