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  • ESS is carrying out carry out pre-cut seabed trenching on the Wikinger windfarm project
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    Offshore windfarm project

    2016-08-01T14:00:00Z

    Subsea technology specialist, Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS), has extended a trenching scope on the Wikinger offshore windfarm in the Baltic Sea with the award of a seabed clearance project.

  • Fugro is leading the search for the missing MH370 plane
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    Fugro sets the record straight on MH370 search

    2016-07-28T17:45:00Z

    Dutch geo-intelligence and asset integrity expert Fugro, has defended its position after an article was published accusing it of searching in the wrong place for the missing MH370 plane.

  • Eddy Bruyninckx becomes a baron
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    Port of Antwerp CEO becomes a baron

    2016-07-28T14:45:00Z

    Eddy Bruyninckx has been raised to the rank of baron by H.M The King of Belgium after 25 years as CEO of the Port of Antwerp.

  • Rientjes gearbox of the new Down Angle series, WVSA 1540
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    New range from Reintjes

    2016-07-26T16:41:00Z

    Gearbox specialists Rientjes will showcase its new product range of Down Angle gearbox series, WVSA, at SMM.

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    MMT TenneT survey agreement

    2016-07-26T16:31:00Z

    Swedish hydrographic survey expert, MMT, has signed a four year framework agreement with the Dutch electricity company, TenneT.

  • The vessel 'DC Merwestone' before it became the subject of an infamous test case (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
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    Collateral lies

    2016-07-26T09:51:00Z

    Recently a marine test case at the UK’s Supreme Court (Versloot v HDI Gerling) ruled that so called ‘collateral lies’ were no longer grounds in themselves for a whole insurance claim to be thrown out.

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    Close Brothers turns 40

    2016-07-26T09:17:00Z

    UK-headquartered marine finance company Close Brothers Aviation and Marine recently announced its 40th birthday. The business was founded in 1976 by Victor Cannock, starting out as ‘Air and General Finance Limited’, before being acquired by Close Brothers in 1989.

  • AKD partner Haco van der Houven van Oordt
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    AKD on trans-border arrests

    2016-07-26T09:06:00Z

    Netherlands-based law firm AKD says suppliers of goods and services to the international shipping industry, such as bunker suppliers, can modify the jurisdiction clauses in their standard terms to explicitly include the Rotterdam Court, thereby making it possible to apply to the Rotterdam Court to issue trans-border arrest orders against ...

  • Crew on vessels sailing to offshore installations, for example, outside the 12 miles zone do not need UK work permits
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    Immigration and manning rules for workboats in UK and Europe

    2016-07-26T08:51:00Z

    A recent case, where a vessel was at risk of detention by Border Force UK, has thrown up some interesting questions concerning work permits, visas, immigration and manning rules, according to UK-headquartered marine solicitors Davies Johnson.

  • Motorenfabrik Hatz will be on stand A3.201 at this year’s SMM in Hamburg
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    Hatz off to SMM

    2016-07-25T12:35:00Z

    German engine manufacturer Motorenfabrik Hatz will introduce its new three-cylinder diesel 3H50TIC engine for the first time at SMM in Hamburg.

  • MTU Series 4000 with SCR
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    Rolls-Royce to showcase new MTU systems

    2016-07-22T15:38:00Z

    Rolls-Royce will present its new MTU brand propulsion systems at the SMM in Hamburg this year.

  • Bart van der Helst: “The way the water reacts around the hull is very similar to the way planes react in air”
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    Bart van der Helst: Esco Power

    2016-07-22T09:11:00Z

    It was, said Bart van der Helst of Belgian marine transmission specialist Esco Power “an easy transition” from aircraft to the marine industry, “the main difference being that I am usually in the cockpit”.

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    Communication and electronics partnership

    2016-07-21T17:06:00Z

    UK Communication and safety specialist, Ocean Signal and AMI Marine, leading manufacturer of marine electronic equipment, will launch a new partnership at this year’s SMM exhibition.

  • Marine Tech Expo will take place on 14 September
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    Marine Tech Expo 2016

    2016-07-21T16:56:00Z

    The first Mayflower 400 Marine Tech Expo will be held at Plymouth University Marine Station on Wednesday 14 September.

  • 3Si Constant Wear lifejacket
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    New safety products at SMM

    2016-07-20T16:35:00Z

    Safety and Survival Systems International (3Si) will, for the first time, present four of its group companies at SMM in Hamburg from 6 to 9 September.

  • The NautoScan NX Radar Transceiver has been installed on the container feeder ‘Vera Rambow’
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    Raytheon Anschütz radar success

    2016-07-20T12:54:00Z

    Raytheon Anschütz, the German system manufacturer, says that its new NautoScan NX (NSX) network radar transceiver has exceeded one hundred installations.

  • The SAR 60 (right) averaged 52.3 knots
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    Lifeboats setting speed records

    2016-07-20T10:08:00Z

    Two Search and Rescue boats built by FB Design in Italy have set new records for the for the voyage from Monte Carlo to Venice, the first time that such records have been set by production workboats.

  • To help visitors find what they are looking for, several theme-based routes covering specific vendors all over the fair have been designed
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    Three days in Hamburg

    2016-07-19T15:45:00Z

    SMM, which lays claim to being the leading international maritime trade fair, will take place at the Hamburg Messe exhibition centre from 06 to 09 September 2016. More than 2,000 exhibitors have registered, and over 50,000 industry visitors from roughly 100 nations are expected to attend. Similar to the last ...

  • Dr Gareth Stockman, co-founder and managing director of MPS
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    MPS contract with Hunger Hydraulic

    2016-07-19T14:57:00Z

    Swansea-based Marine Power Systems (MPS) has signed a new contract with Hunger Hydraulic UK for the supply of hydraulic cylinders and seals.

  • Navico developed the award-winning HALO Pulse Compression Radar technology
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    New owners for Navico

    2016-07-19T13:02:00Z

    Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and Altor Fund IV have partnered together and signed an agreement to acquire Navico from the Altor 2003 Fund.