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METS marks progress on 20th Anniversary
04 Oct 2008
The Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year when it returns to Amsterdam's RAI exhibition centre on 18-20 November.
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Michigan modelling sends storm warning
01 Sep 2008
The theoretical link between storms and climate change has been bolstered with a new mathematical model from the University of Michigan that shows atmospheric phenomena like water spouts, tornadoes, hurricanes and cyclones develop from warmer and moister air.
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Dutch double offshore airport concepts
04 Oct 2008
Offshore airport proposals for overcrowded northern Europe are suddenly very much in the news. London Mayor Boris Johnson's proposal last month for an alternative to Heathrow on reclaimed land in the Thames Estuary has been matched by an even more striking concept from the Netherlands.
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Denmark moves on fixed link to Germany
05 Oct 2008
A company owned by the Danish Government is expected to be created soon to plan and construct the controversial EURO5.8bn Fehmarn Belt fixed link between Germany and Denmark, which has finally been agreed.
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Blonde ambition for 'Boris Island'
06 Oct 2008
London's unpredictable new Mayor, Boris Johnson, caused a stir last month by proposing Heathrow Airport be closed down and replaced by a new four runway facility operating 24 hours a day and built on 1,375 hectares of reclaimed land in the Thames Estuary.
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New fisheries boat for Germans
06 Oct 2008
Seefalke, the first of two identical new innovative fisheries research boats is being handed over this month by the Peene-Werft yard in Wolgast to Germany's Bonn based Federal Institute for Agriculture and Food (BLE).
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MAIB report on 'Sava Lake' deaths
06 Oct 2008
A report published jointly by the UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch and the Maritime Administration of Latvia has found that the deaths earlier this year of two seafarers on board a Latvian registered cargo vessel was almost certainly due to oxygen depletion in the compartment they had entered. A number of recommendations have been made and an industry flyer has been issued highlighting the lessons learned including the hazards of entry into Enclosed Spaces.
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First 55 pilot for Port of Sines
06 Oct 2008
Following an international tender last year, Ireland's Safehaven Marine, builders of the Interceptor range of pilot boats, was awarded the contract to supply an all weather pilot boat to the Port of Sines in Portugal.
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RNLI in RIB lease agreement
06 Oct 2008
Two inshore RIBs have joined Dorset Polices Marine Section fleet to patrol the coast and rivers of Dorset thanks to a new collaboration with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
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Piracy toll sparks international action
06 Oct 2008
With the number of vessels being held by pirates around Somalia reaching ten last month, the director of Beluga Shipping, owner of the hijacked BBC Trinidad, has requested a 'convoy arrangement' along a safety corridor from the German Navy.
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Felixstowe South digs in for expansion
06 Oct 2008
The UK Port of Felixstowe held a groundbreaking ceremony last month to mark the formal commencement of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration project.
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