Industry News – Page 98
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NewsOlympic gangway
Norway -headquartered international marine technology company Kongsberg has announced that its motion compensated, integrated Walk-to-Work gangway system will be installed on Olympic Shipping’s windfarm Multipurpose Offshore Vessel ‘Olympic Orion’.
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NewsCuxhaven Maritime Safety and Security Centre
On February 9, 2017, the official opening of Germany’s Cuxhaven Maritime Safety and Security Centre took place in the presence of Federal Minister Alexander Dobrindt, MdB, Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.
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NewsKooiman to convert dry cargo vessel into a trailing suction hopper dredger
Kooiman Marine Group in Zwijndrecht, Netherlands has received an order for the conversion of dry cargo vessel ‘DC Eems’ into a trailing suction hopper dredger for operating client Group De Cloedt.
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NewsRoyal recognition for Multraship
The newly renovated De Ruyter Maritime and Logistics College in Vlissingen and Multraship have received the royal seal of approval from His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands.
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NewsSOC completes cable works at Veja Mate
Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) has completed its cable installation work off the Veja Mate Offshore Windfarm.
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NewsNew UK investments for Aderco
Aderco has opened a new operational base in the UK to serve the marine markets in the UK, US and Caribbean.
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Cimco gets new Head of Sales and Marketing
Cimco Marine, the Swedish manufacturer of the OXE diesel outboard has announced that Vladimir Jigarov has returned to Cimco and the OXE Diesel project, to serve as new Head of Sales and Marketing.
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Seakeeper posts impressive numbers
Seakeeper Inc, the US-headquartered marine stabilization specialist, has announced that the company sold more than 1,000 gyros for the first time in company history, continuing its trend of doubling total shipments every two years. Sales of Seakeepers for boats under 50 feet were up 95 percent last year.
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Port of London trade highest this decade
Trade in the Port of London in 2016 reached the highest this decade, rising 10% to top 50 million tonnes for the first time since 2008.
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NewsPoole party
Preparations for the UK’s Poole Maritime Festival and European Maritime Day, Poole 2017 are nearing completion.
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NewsCut and paste davits
Norwegian boat lifting specialist Vestdavit’s digital library of 2D and 3D davit drawings has now been made available to naval architects and shipyards via the web, allowing them to download davit CAD files to include in their vessel conceptualisation files on a ‘cut and paste’ basis.
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NewsEU co-funded LNG dredger trial
S/F SamueLNG Project, lead by France’s Dragages Ports started in mid December, in the Port of Gijon, Spain and is the first phase of the Global Project ‘Towards a Blue Atlantic Arch by 2025’.
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NewsIreland to lead MaRINET2
An investment of €10.5 million in EU funding for marine renewable test facilities was recently announced in Dublin by University College Cork.
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Ukrainian seaports increase cargo turnover
According to the online data of the Ukrainian Seaports Authority, in January 2017 the volume of cargo handling in Ukrainian seaports reached over 10 million tons, which is 14.6% more than in the similar period of 2016.
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Anders Invest acquires Lagersmit
Netherlands shaft seal specialist Lagersmit Sealing Solutions B.V. has become fully owned by Anders Invest Co-Invest Fund 1, a fund which bundles the investment power of Anders Invest, De Hoge Dennen and 11 other coinvestors.
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NewsThe Switch sets its sights on the marine market
Finland-headquartered permanent magnet power generation specialist The Switch is targeting growth of 200% within the marine segment in the next five years.
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News‘MPI Adventure’ ahead of schedule on Sandbank turbines
Netherlands-owned MPI Offshore’s jack-up ‘MPI Adventure’ has installed its 72 SWT-4.0-130 turbines on the Sandbank offshore wind farm three months ahead of schedule, as the vessel has erected six complete offshore wind turbines per cycle.
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News‘Seajacks Scylla’ mooring system upgrade
The world’s largest jack-up vessel ‘Seajacks Scylla’, recently visited the Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) terminal in the Waalhaven, after her first successful assignment on phase 1 of the Veja Mate Offshore Windpark project.
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Euromaritime 2017 exhibition
The Euromaritime event will take place from 31 January to 2 February 2017 at the Paris Porte de Versailles.
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NewsOffshore windfarm cable contract
DeepOcean 1 UK has been awarded a contract by Nexans for the cable installation at ScottishPower Renewable’s East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm in the North Sea.
