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NewsGuardian back in-house to fight pirates
The Guardian brand of anti-piracy barriers has been restructured under a new company name and is now provided by Guardian Maritime Limited.
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NewsInsurers join Places of Refuge alliance
Shipowners, salvors and insurers - through their respective trade associations - have jointly called for the prompt and proper implementation of international measures to provide a Place of Refuge for stricken vessels.
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NewsSeabirds put paid to London Array Phase 2
The consortium behind London Array announced this week that it will not proceed with the development of Phase 2 of the offshore windfarm because of the technical challenges associated with migrating seabirds.
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NewsZeebrugge completes ‘first’ bunkering operation
The Port of Zeebrugge has completed a ‘truck to ship’ LNG bunkering operation – the first to be performed in the Flemish coastal port.
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LEANWIND reduction
A new EU 7th Framework Programme project, ‘Logistic Efficiencies and Naval architecture for Wind Installations with Novel Developments’ (LEANWIND),aims to reduce costs across the offshore windfarm lifecycle and supply chain.
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Indo-Dutch renewables MoU
The marine industry is seeing plenty of activity surrounding joint country collaborations in the renewable energy sector.
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NewsJose Gonzales: from screwdriver to laptop
“In all sectors, those who had vision, those who saw that the environmental issues being brought to the table wouldn’t just fade away, these manufacturers now have a clear lead,” says Jose Gonzalis of Lloyd’s Register.
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Boost for Aberdeen expansion
Scotland’s Aberdeen Harbour Board’s plans to create additional berthing facilities at Nigg Bay have been recognised as being of national importance that could benefit the local and national economies by around £1bn per annum.
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Spanish agent
BigLift Shipping has appointed MIT SUD as exclusive agent for BigLift Shipping in Spain.
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NewsSeawork Asia focus for burgeoning workboat market
Seawork Asia will take place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center (SWEECC) from November 4 to 6 2014 produced by Mercator’s joint venture in China, Seawork Asia Company Limited.
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Harnessing smart energy solutions
An international conference has examined how North Sea harbours can effectively harness smart energy solutions.
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New group director marine for Transas
The Transas Group is streamlining its structure by appointing a new group director, Andrey Belentiev of its marine business unit.
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NewsDeepocean enters offshore market
Netherlands based Deepocean Group Holdings has entered into the market for offshore geotechnical services by by entering into a strategic alliance with Geoquip Marine for the provision of services in the North Sea and worldwide.
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Eurogate growth
For the first time since 2008, the Eurogate Group last year surpassed the 14m TEU mark, with 14.2m standard containers handled Europe-wide.
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Targeting unmanned shipping
Germany’s Fraunhofer CML is looking at the problem of unmanned shipping – one of the main topics up for discussion at the e-Navigation Underway 2014 conference.
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Surge prediction
UK-based engineering and environmental hydraulics organisation, HR Wallingford, has developed a state-of-the-art tool to predict storm surges in UK waters.
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NewsOcean Safety receives first Odeo Flare batch
The UK''s Ocean Safety has taken delivery of its first batch of Mk3 LED Odeo Flares, the red distress flare which uses powerful light instead of pyrotechnics.
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Salvage contract
SMIT Salvage, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV, is to remove a damaged jack-up platform from the seabed offshore Angola.
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NewsWest Duddon Sands is powered up
Electricity has been generated for the first time from the West of Duddon Sands offshore windfarm, a major renewable energy project developed by ScottishPower Renewables and DONG Energy.
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NewsMcMurdo: the global SAR company
A new company has been launched to be the "global leader" in end-to-end search and rescue (SAR) and maritime domain awareness (MDA) solutions.
