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NewsFuture fuels: are you ready for Marpol?
The Marpol Annex VI regulations centre round ensuring vessels limit pollution in the Baltic and North Sea Emission Control Area (ECA), and time is running out for shipowners to comply.
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NewsIbercisa penetrates Brazil
Spanish towing machinery supplier Ibercisa has announced its attendance at the 2014 edition of Navalshore to be held in Rio de Janeiro from the 12th - 14th August. This reflects the importance the Brazilian market now represents for this company.
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NewsComposite workboats for oil and gas
Marine Oil Transportation Consultants Inc (MarinOIL) and Tuco Group of Denmark have concluded a co-operation agreement that will see the marine projects consultancy market the Tuco-designed and built ProZero composite workboat range to the global offshore oil and gas sector.
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Celtic Array shelved
The 4.2GW Celtic Array wind farm has been cancelled by the development partnership of Centrica and DONG, representing a “real blow” to the economy on the west coast of the UK, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, according to not-for-profit industry body Regen SW.
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NewsMoD contract for Silvers Marine
In the UK, Argyll and Bute firm Silvers Marine has won a new five-year contract with Babcock International entailing Silvers Boatyard servicing and maintaining a fleet of vessels for the Ministry of Defence.
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Moteurs Baudouin extends product range
France-based Moteurs Baudouin is expanding its product range with the introduction of the M26.3 pure marine high speed diesel engine series.
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NewsIntegrated bridge systems at SMM
Dutch marine electronics provider, Alphatron Marine, will be unveiling three new state of the art JRC fully integrated bridge systems at September''s SMM exhibition in Hamburg.
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NewsHybrid Schottel solutions
German propulsion specialist, Schottel, is to present its new solutions for offshore applications and hybrid concepts at this year’s SMM exhibition.
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NewsMartin Jackson: An individual approach
"My ''eureka'' moments are always 2.00 in the morning," says Martin Jackson of Marine and Industrial Transmissions. "I get the ideas down with the help of a notepad and pen - and a very understanding wife..."
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NewsKongsberg helps enhance sea border protection
Kongsberg Norcontrol IT has played its part in helping to enhance sea border protection in the EU through automatic identification and tracking of vessels suspected of involvement illegal activity.
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Offshore Energy 2015
Next year’s Offshore Energy exhibition will be held on 13 and 14 October 2015 at Amsterdam RAI.
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NewsUnique gets strategic energy investment
The UAE based Unique Maritime Group (UMG), a leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, has obtained a pivotal strategic equity investment from UK based Blue Water Energy.
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NewsCollecting data the SMART way
BMT SMART, a subsidiary of BMT Group, is set to showcase its performance monitoring portfolio at SMM in Hamburg this September.
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PC Maritime upgrades ECDIS
UK-based PC Maritime has upgraded its ECDIS to ensure it meets the requirements of the new VDR Performance Standard.
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ChartWorld extends product portfolio
Leading German chart agent specialising in digital maritime data, ChartWorld, has added the innovative OceanWise Marine Themes dataset to its portfolio.
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NewsFuruno and ENL join forces
Japan’s Furuno Electric Co has acquired an initial 10% shareholding stake in New Zealand marine electronics company, Electronic Navigation Ltd (ENL), and its wholly-owned subsidiary WASSP Ltd.
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More comprehensive response to UK flooding needed
The UK’s Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has welcomed the latest ‘Managing climate risks to well-being and the economy’ report published by the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change, particularly the need for better flood resilience.
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NewsMTU engines for Seacat WFSVs
MTU is to provide six of its 12V 2000 M72 engines for three new windfarm support vessels (WFSVs) being built for UK-based Seacat Services.
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NewsConcordia en route to be scrapped
The work of the Conquest Offshore ‘Dutch Conquest’ MB1 crane ship is almost done now the sunken ‘Costa Concordia’ has been refloated in one of the world’s largest salvage operations.
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NewsNew paddleboat for longest fjord
An unusual new stern paddle-boat has gone into operation on Germany’s longest fjord, the Schlei, continuing a local shipping tradition and replacing a popular event and excursion predecessor.
