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22 May 2019

Tyne Port Attracts Offshore Wind Players

The Port of Tyne, which comprises the commercial docks in and around the River Tyne in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England, is increasing their offer to potential offshore wind manufacturers.Offshore wind could provide 30% of Britain's electricity generation by 2030, and the Port of Tyne is perfectly placed to support this growing renewable sector.Announcing that the ‘Tyne is right’ to utilise its location, within 100 nautical miles of Dogger Bank, Hornsea, Seagreen and Sofia, the Port of Tyne is increasing their offer to potential offshore wind manufacturers.The Port of Tyne is nearing the final phase of a major investment programme to infill Tyne Dock and increase its commercial property portfolio.Matt Beeton…

15 Apr 2015

Chinese Acquire UK Maritime Firm

UK subsea equipment manufacturer Specialist Machine Developments (SMD) has been acquired by Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co, a subsidiary of Chinese company CSR Corporation. The two companies have signed a sale and purchase agreement for the entire share capital of the SMD group. SMD will remain independent in its business operations, and day-to-day functions will still be controlled by its original management team. SMD is organized across a number of business streams, including Work Class ROVs, Subsea Trenching, Submerged Mining and Marine Renewables. SMD's product portfolio includes the world’s largest range of subsea remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) such as work-class and specialist trenching vehicles…

10 Apr 2012

SMD & SeeByte Deliver on Partnership Agreement

Edinburgh, Scotland -  SeeByte and SMD plan to integrate a smart software tool for dynamic positioning and real-time monitoring of ROVs, based on integrating SeeByte’s CoPilot technology into SMD’s DVECSII control platform. This will be available on SMD’s latest generation ROV systems, the first of which is the Atom. SeeTrack CoPilot offers station-keeping, cruise-control, survey-control, multibeam imaging, sonar track and mid-water DP. “Our customers in the drill support, survey and construction sectors are facing increasingly challenging conditions and ever growing demand…