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Hong Kong - Patrol marine vessels
A government department requires 12 marine vessels for patrol purposes. Description: The main duties and functions are: - maritime law enforcement within Hong Kong waters- command and control- operational incident responses- maritime security- counter terrorism- search and rescue- disaster...
Fugro’s ROV survey and monitoring services help install world’s longest subsea interconnector
Fugro has completed a contract for Nexans to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV) survey and monitoring support services to lay the North Sea Link cable through a mountain and along a lakebed in Norway. National Grid NSN Link Ltd and Statnett SF are building an electricity interconnector...
The National Training Institute announces new CEO
The National Training Institute, Oman is delighted to announce the appointment of Turkiya Al Hasni as CEO, succeeding Lawrence Alva, who is retiring. Owned by the Babcock International Group, the National Training Institute delivers high-quality technical and HSE training solutions to the...
Fugro performs first fully remote platform inspection on UK continental shelf
Fugro has delivered the first fully remote inspection of an oil and gas platform in UK waters, 250 km east of Scotland, using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and Fugro’s state-of-the art remote operations centre (ROC) in Aberdeen. In a first for the UK sector, the...
Solar Solve screens to be installed on Ukrainian Rover Tanker
In mid-July, South Shields based Solar Solve Marine, dispatched a consignment of SOLAROLA sunscreens to a UK based customer for installation at the navigation bridge windows of UBC AMOSOV, a revolutionary new Ukrainian registered and owned inland river tanker. Her length overall (LOA) is...
Fugro provides positioning for WindFloat Atlantic semi-submersible floating wind farm
Fugro has completed a positioning support contract for Bourbon Subsea Services (Bourbon) to help install the three units of the WindFloat Atlantic semi-submersible floating wind farm. Located 20 km from Viana do Castelo on the west coast of Portugal, and in water depths of 100 m...
Cammell Laird Set to Welcome More Apprentices Than Ever in 2020
Cammell Laird has announced an increase to its apprenticeship intake for 2020, enabling 25 people to forge a successful career at the celebrated shipyard and marine engineering services company. In spite of the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Cammell Laird remains committed to growing...
Maritime UK launches Mental Health benchmarking survey
Maritime UK, the umbrella body for the £46bn maritime sector, is partnering with Safer Highways to launch its first survey into how employers support good mental health in the maritime sector. The benchmarking survey is an early initiative from the recently-launched Mental Health in...
BMT announces new Managing Director Appointment for Rotterdam and Europe Regions
We are very pleased to announce that Dennis de Bruin is appointed Managing Director for BMT’s Commercial Shipping Europe business, with immediate effect. Dennis joined BMT in 2004 and has over 20 years of experience in the maritime industry, of which the last 7 years he served as...
Babcock Team 31 completes whole ship preliminary design review
Team 31 has successfully completed its Whole Ship Preliminary Design Review (WSPDR) marking the end of the Engineering functional design phase. The review provides a key indicator of the compliance, maturity and engineering risk in proceeding into Detailed Design and maturing the 3D CAD...
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