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  • AI technology
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    Grant to advance AI in UK maritime sector

    2020-07-06T21:47:00Z

    A maritime technology company has been awarded an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) grant to advance machine learning in the maritime sector.

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    Kongsberg Digital acquires software firm

    2020-07-03T14:34:00Z

    Kongsberg Digital has acquired a company offering software solutions for vessel performance and monitoring.

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    Problems at BAM

    2020-07-03T12:24:00Z

    Dutch civil engineering giant Royal BAM Group NV expects significant H1 loss and has announced that it will wind down BAM International.

  • 'Bibby Athena'
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    Troubled company's assets to be auctioned

    2020-07-01T23:57:00Z

    The assets of a survey specialist that has gone into administration will be sold in an online auction.

  • AlphaFeverCamera
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    Body heat camera aids COVID-19 screening

    2020-07-01T16:54:00Z

    A new body heat camera has been launched to help ensure a safe and healthy work environment onboard and ashore during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • 'Hoverspeed Great Britain'
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    Shipbuilder behind 30-year Atlantic record

    2020-06-23T18:04:00Z

    Three ships built by an Australian shipbuilder have together clocked up a 30-year stake on a trophy for the fastest commercial passenger ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

  • MV 'Sixtine'
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    New port call boosts short sea efficiency

    2020-06-22T20:06:00Z

    A European short sea ro-ro operator has added a new port of call to its shipping schedule that will support reliable, cost-efficient and environmentally friendly short sea operations across the continent.

  • “I’d been worried the final calculations would show that you couldn’t apply the technology to this type of vessel…” but although novel, the figures showed it was doable
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    Ferhat Acuner: Navtek

    2020-06-15T11:25:00Z

    It may have helped “realise a revolution” Ferhat Acuner of Navtek told MJ, but the groundbreaking Zeetug project nearly didn’t happen.

  • FSG: fears for jobs amid yard merger talks.
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    Germans negotiate another shipyard merger

    2020-06-12T08:48:00Z

    It has been revealed that another merger of north German shipyards could be in the offing - just a month after the last one was agreed, writes Tom Todd.

  • Astaara chief executive officer Robert Dorey
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    Maritime cyber threat insurance

    2020-06-11T13:19:00Z

    A new insurance services business has been launched to protect maritime companies from cyber threats.

  • Walk to Work vessels
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    Walk to Work vessels switch projects

    2020-06-04T15:32:00Z

    Two Walk to Work vessels have switched projects in what is a first for their owner.

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    Team Humber Marine Alliance

    2020-06-03T10:06:00Z

    A UK maritime organisation is launching a Scarborough branch to represent the interests of North Yorkshire businesses

  • offshore wind farm
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    Push for offshore key worker recognition

    2020-05-29T14:07:00Z

    An industry group is gaining ground in its work lobbying global governments and maritime authorities to facilitate the movement of offshore energy sector personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Successful ship trials for UK ro-ro terminal

    2020-05-26T15:02:00Z

    The UK''s newest and largest unaccompanied freight ro-ro terminal has taken a step closer to opening with the successful completion of ship trials.

  • “Then I learned of a technique that could create large structures more cost effectively than steel... That triggered my interest”: Laurent Morel, InfraCore Company
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    Laurent Morel: InfraCore Company

    2020-05-26T12:41:00Z

    As Laurent Morel of composites specialist InfraCore Company can attest, when dealing with new technology things can change faster than you’d expect. In any direction.

  • This delivery was the first drone delivery ever made in the Netherlands to a vessel (Photo: dutchdronedelta.nl)
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    Dutch drone delivery sets national first

    2020-05-26T12:01:00Z

    The port of Rotterdam was able to celebrate a first recently: the aerial delivery by drone of a parts consignment to Allseas’ ‘Pioneering Spirit’, the biggest vessel in the world.

  • ferry services to resume
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    Easing of travel restrictions welcomed

    2020-05-20T14:31:00Z

    The European Commission’s guidance on the gradual relaxation of travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic and relaunching of transportation links before this summer’s travel and tourism season has been welcomed by a shipping association.

  • Ashley Nicholson
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    First female president for UK marine body

    2020-05-18T02:59:00Z

    A UK marine organisation has appointed its first female president to drive its growth.

  • CTV
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    New CTVs help meet offshore wind demand

    2020-05-11T16:59:00Z

    Two new crew transfer vessels (CTVs) have been launched to meet demand from offshore wind farm operators as the UK and European offshore wind power sector expands.

  • Marsol specialises in offshore single point mooring (SPM) buoy terminals
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    Kotug mooring acquisition

    2020-05-11T14:24:00Z

    Dutch tugs and towage specialist Kotug International B.V. has completed the 100% acquisition of Marsol International Ltd., a leading offshore and marine terminal service centre.