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Calls for ‘Joined-up Government’ to Aid Offshore Wind
01 Mar 2004
The UK’s offshore wind power industry, key to the Government achieving its target of generating 15% of the national electricity requirement from renewable sources by 2015, has been hit by opposition from the Government’s own Ministry of Defence (MoD) as<$>well as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), just as it reaches a critical point of lift off.
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A Chrous of Calls to Free 'Karachi Eight'
01 Mar 2004
Traditional cutting of the New Year's cake ceremonies held at the Piraeus offices of international salvage group Tsavliris were dominated by wishes for the safe return of salvage master Nikos Pappas , detained by authorities in Pakistan for pollution incidents related to the grounding of the tanker Tasman Spirit off Karachi.
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Port of London Terminal Boom
01 Mar 2004
In announcing that port terminals and facilities on London's River Thames handled over 51 million tonnes of cargo last year, the Port of London Authority also said it anticipates that over £1.3 billion will be invested in PLA terminals over the next decade. This is in addition to the estimated £650 million proposed investment by P&O in the London Gateway container and ro-ro terminal project. Plans include bringing some unused London wharves back into cargo handling use and improving facilities for passenger cruise ships. The recent publication of the Mayor's London Plan sets necessary planning policies in place.
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Revolutionary Year at Marseilles
01 Mar 2004
The fourth largest port in Europe at Marseilles handled its highest cargo volume for 15 years in 2003 and set an all-time passenger record of nearly two million. Cargo throughput of 95.6 million tonnes was up 3.6% on 2002 and marked a return to 1988 levels when oil traffic accounted for 74% of the port’s total volume. Oil now makes up only 66% of the port’s volume but a solid 2.7% overall rise in high value container traffic set a record at 831,000 teu. Passenger throughput was up 11.7%, boosted in particular by a spectacular 37% surge in the cruise sector.
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Study Underway Assessing Continental Transport
01 Mar 2004
The future use of transportation corridors between Scandinavian and central Continental countries is being assessed by BMT Transport Solutions GmbH on behalf of 12 European governmental and industry organisations. The study will take into account increased congestion in the region and the need to facilitate trade.
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Maritime Research Website
01 Mar 2004
The UK's National Maritime Museum has launched the Journal for Maritime Research (JMR), the first fully refereed electronic journal in the field of maritime studies. The JMR's purpose is to encourage research into the social, cultural and environmental contexts of maritime studies, both historical and contemporary.
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DRACULA Ahead By a Neck
01 Mar 2004
The shifting focus of the world's major dredging contractors from jumbo trailing suction hopper dredgers to equally large cutter suction dredgers can be seen in the latest order for IHC Holland from Belgium's DEME Group , which operates both Dredging International and the French subsidiary SDI .
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French Ministries Co-operate in Research Ship Venture
01 Mar 2004
Construction is now under way in France of a new 107.6m long, general-purpose ocean research ship which will serve both naval and civilian masters.
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Bespoke Survey Cat Hits the Road
01 Mar 2004
Kongsberg Maritime and Uniteam International have joined forces to showcase the recently developed ConCat Survey Catamaran with a<$>‘Road Show’ demonstration tour of the innovative turnkey survey platform, which kicked off at Oceanology International in London this month and will continue across the USA and Canada before returning to the UK to finish at Plymouth and Aberdeen in late July and<$>early August.
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Coastal AIS for Norway
01 Mar 2004
Kongsberg Seatex AS has been awarded a contract to develop AIS infrastructure covering the coast of Norway. The contract includes delivery, installation and implementation of AIS base station equipment for 35 shore based stations. Contract work began last month with completion scheduled for the end of this year.
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Danes Get Two More AHTS Ships From Germans
01 Mar 2004
The latest in a series of the world's most powerful anchor-handling/tug supply vessels was being named at east German shipyard Volkswerft in Stralsund March for Danish sister company Maersk Supply Service .
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Contract for First Azipull Coastal Tanker
01 Mar 2004
NVC-Design , part of Rolls Royce , has won its first contract for a coastal product tanker which combines a bespoke hull design with a diesel mechanical propulsion system based on twin Ulstein Aquamaster Azipull aximuth thrusters with pulling propellers.
