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20 Feb 2012

German Maritime, Offshore Industries Strengthens

The futuristic “E-Ship I”, driven by four Flettner-Rotors for emission reduction reasons, build by Lindenau Shipyard, Kiel and Cassens Shipyard, Emden.

“We continue to be successful in world markets and have also found new customers in attractive niches in 2011. At the same time, our regular customers are now again ordering not only in the newbuilding segment but precisely also in the retrofit area,” said Dr. Alexander Nürnberg, Chairman of VDMA Marine and Offshore Equipment Industries, at a late 2011 press conference held in Hamburg. The German maritime economy is an essential industrial sector, which — particularly in the rather…

06 Feb 2012

Norwegians Target Cost-Effective Wind

Norwegian-led consortium targets the development of cost-effective pre-installed seabed foundations for offshore wind. NorWind Installer AS, together with partners OWEC Tower AS, Vestavind Offshore AS, MENCK GmbH, BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH, Strathclyde University, Glasgow and the Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research (CIPR) at UNI Research, have been awarded support from the Norwegian Research Council for an innovation project for renewable energy. “The project will develop new and improved solutions for the location, design and installation of pre-installed seabed foundations for offshore wind turbines”, says Ivan Østvik at NorWind Installer who has been the R&D project developer.

23 Jun 2011

VDMA: German Industry Records Upsurge

The VDMA (German Engineering Federation) has noted an upsurge in orders for German marine equipment and offshore suppliers, despite a six percent drop in sales in 2010. “We continue to be successful in world markets and have also found new customers in attractive niches in 2011. At the same time, our regular customers are now...ordering not only in the newbuilding segment, but...in the retrofit area,” stated Dr. Alexander Nürnberg, Chairman of VDMA Marine and Offshore Equipment Industries, at the association press conference held in Hamburg on Wednesday. “2010 was a difficult year for marine equipment suppliers in production, as there were few new orders from shipbuilding in 2009. Nevertheless, we have retained our staff.