

ACTISENSE WINS DOUBLE BRITISH CHAMBER AWARD HONOURS
Actisense, the multi-award winning NMEA specialists, has won the regional Small Business and Export Business of the Year awards at the prestigious British Chamber Awards. Recognising the company’s enviable reputation as a specialist worldwide marine electronics exporter and rapidly growingly small business, Actisense in Poole has won two regional British Chamber Awards. Selected from hundreds of entries across nine business categories, Actisense has received both the Regional


HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING TRAINING COURSE IN CORNWALL A SUCCESS FOR SWATHE SERVICES
In September, Swathe Services ran a Multi-Beam Echo-Sounder (MBES) and mobile laser training course for Hydrographic surveyors from their HQ in Cornwall. Swathe Services is the only organisation in the UK that run hands-on practical training based around the latest HYPACK/ HYSWEEP software. People came from all over the UK to attend the bi-annual training event. With surveyors from ABP Humber & Southampton, Jersey Ports, Plymouth based ECOSPAN and Canal and River Trust among


POWER: BARILLEC MARINE WILL BE EQUIPPING THE LNG HYBRID DREDGER AT THE PORT OF BORDEAUX
The SOCARENAM shipyard has entrusted BARILLEC marine with the production of the LNG/ Diesel-electric propulsion system and the water injection dredging system of the new dredger ordered by the economic interest grouping Dragages Ports and Bordeaux port Atlantique. This innovative system will make the port of Bordeaux dredger, the first new dual-fuel construction in France (excluding LNG tankers). France’s first hybrid dual-fuel ship For BARILLEC marine, this contract is above


METHASHIP PROJECT: RENEWABLE METHANOL IS 'FUEL WITH A FUTURE'
Cross-industry research finds key advantages for use of methanol in medium speed marine engines for passenger shipping. The Methanol Institute has welcomed the findings of the MethaShip research project which has concluded that renewable Methanol offers a long term solution for the industry’s ambitious carbon emission reduction strategy. The MethaShip partners found that Methanol can offer a dramatic improvement in emissions reduction across multiple ship types once the IMO h


INTERNATIONAL DEFENCE PROJECTS FOR A&P
KVH’s innovative TracPhone® V7-HTS and TracVision® TV3 win awards at the annual NMEA conference. KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) is pleased to announce that the top marine electronics professionals in the country have honored two of KVH’s marine antenna systems for product excellence. KVH’s TracPhone V7-HTS received the National Marine Electronics Association’s (NMEA) 2018 Product of Excellence Award in the satellite communications antenna category, while the TracVision


SOLAR SOLVE WINS BIG ORDER FROM SOUTH KOREAN DISTRIBUTOR
South Shields UK based Solar Solve Marine recently received a significant order from Samgong Co. Ltd., their World Wide Distributor based in Busan, South Korea. The requirement is to supply various quantities of their brand leading, Type Approved SOLASAFE roller sunscreens for installation at the wheelhouse windows of 13 vessels currently under construction or scheduled for imminent construction in South Korean shipyards. Ten of the vessels are being built by Daewoo Shipbuild


A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR A GREAT LITTLE MULTI SKIMMER
It is a small price to pay for a great little multiskimmer. The Foilex Micro weir skimmer, that is a stock item in the Zwanny-Ltd range of products. This weir skimmer only needs a pump to operate that can also be supplied from (the Zwanny range of pumps) or can be used with just a vacuum truck. When in use the unique self-adjusting flow weir control will have the skimmer always parallel to the surface. Due to the skimmer design, the Micro weir skimmer will automatic compensat


LIVERPOOL WATERS' PRINCES DOCK DEEP CLEAN FROM WATER WITCH
The waterway maintenance company Water Witch has successfully reduced the level of pollution in the water spaces around Princes Dock, Liverpool Waters, following the completion of a five-month contract with Peel Land and Property. The high-profile site, which is an integral part of Liverpool’s waterfront, is currently undergoing a huge transformation as part of the £5 billion Liverpool Waters project, led by Peel Land and Property. The dock has also seen a rise in the number