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Dutch double offshore airport concepts
02 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
02 Oct 2008
A company owned by the Danish Government is expected to be created soon to plan and construct the controversial EUR 5.8bn Fehmarn Belt fixed link between Germany and Denmark, which has finally been agreed.
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MAIB report on 'Sava Lake' deaths
02 Oct 2008
A report published jointly by the UKs 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.
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Van Oord's €1bn build programme continues
02 Oct 2008
Dutch dredging major Van Oord has commissioned a new self-propelled cutter suction dredger which will be one of the largest of its type in the world.
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Port maniac does '230mph in 30mph zone'
25 Sep 2008
A man was fined almost £2,500 last week for riding his jet ski at nine times the speed limit on Southampton Water, the marine equivalent of driving 230mph in a 30mph zone.
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'Green' ship recycling underway on the Mersey
25 Sep 2008
The first Ministry of Defence warship to be recycled in the UK for more than a decade has been towed into the Port of Liverpool.
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Blonde ambition for 'Boris Island'
25 Sep 2008
London's unpredictable new Mayor, Boris Johnson, caused a stir at the weekend 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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Divers discover legendary Scillies shipwreck
25 Sep 2008
A tragic mystery involving a ship, a child star singer, her lovers, an illegitimate baby and a lot of money returned to the headlines last week after a gap of more than two centuries.
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Salvors to produce Casualty Management Guidelines
25 Sep 2008
Marine salvage companies meeting in Malta this week decided unanimously to progress a project to produce best practice guidelines for Marine Casualty Management.
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Waterways transport turns Hamburg green
19 Sep 2008
The Port of Hamburg is heralding how the transport of goods provided by inland waterway vessels in service there has made a significant contribution to climate protection in the first half of 2008.
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RNLI in RIB lease agreement
18 Sep 2008
Two inshore RIBs have joined Dorset Police’s Marine Section fleet this week to patrol the coast and rivers of Dorset thanks to a new collaboration with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
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Humpback whale spotted on weekend crossing
18 Sep 2008
Passengers, researchers and crew on board P&O's cross channel ferry Pride of Bilbao enjoyed a rare treat at the weekend when a humpback whale was sited within the busy shipping lanes between England and France.
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Wind farm winds up shipping interests
11 Sep 2008
It has been a mixed week for offshore wind farm developments, with the UK's Chamber of Shipping expressing disappointment that the government's Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) has given consent to the development of the West of Duddon Sands Wind Farm site in Morecambe Bay.
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Modified Elbe dredging plans out to consultation
11 Sep 2008
The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) and the Hamburg Water and Navigation Office (WSD), the two project developers involved, have applied to the planning authorities for a reconsideration of their revised plans for the deepening of the Elbe channel.
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Piracy toll sparks international action
11 Sep 2008
With the number of vessels being held by pirates around Somalia reaching ten this week, 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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Hybrid energy consent in East Irish Sea
11 Sep 2008
Low-carbon energy company Eclipse Energy UK has been granted government consent to enlarge its previously consented Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm and to generate and export electricity from the adjacent Ormonde Gas Fields development.
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Timely opening for Bremerhaven's €500m terminal
05 Sep 2008
The last container terminal extension on deep water in Bremerhaven, the CT 1V, was inaugurated the 12th of this month, a year earlier than planned and just in time to take the overspill from continuing dynamic container growth.
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Felixstowe South digs in this week
04 Sep 2008
The UK Port of Felixstowe held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday to mark the formal commencement of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration project.
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NAV08 and ILA 37 do navigation double act
04 Sep 2008
This year the Royal Institute of Navigation’s NAV 08 is being run in tandem with the International Loran Association’s ILA 37 conference in London and will take place from 28 to 30 October 2008 at Church House, Westminster, London.
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Last chance to comment on South East Plan
04 Sep 2008
The UK Secretary of State published the Proposed Changes to the draft regional plan for 2006-2026, the South East Plan, on 17 July this year and a consultation on the changes is underway until 24 October 2008.
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Online mapping of Hurricane Gustav
04 Sep 2008
Real-time flooding and storm surge information was available as Hurricane Gustav approached New Orleans this week by visiting the interactive US Geological Survey (USGS) Water Hazards Map.
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Arctic research ship skates on thin ice
01 Sep 2008
The 'Ice Chaser' survey team on board the James Clark Ross icebreaker returned last month from their exploration of the Arctic's sea ice with news on the environment, a hot topic since some forecasts have predicted an ice-free Arctic summer within the next ten years.
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Can the green ring prevent 'sewerage-cide'?
01 Sep 2008
A tell-tale dye system that shows if a boat discharges it's toilet or holding tank in the wrong place could well catch on in Europe.
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Short sea offered 'a break with tradition'
01 Sep 2008
An 'invitation to break with maritime tradition' is being offered in the form of a pilot study by Dutch firms Wagenborg Shipping, Flinter Management and Amasus Shipping.
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Global popularity of underwater inspection system
01 Sep 2008
AC-CESS Co UK has been extremely successful of late selling their AC-ROV underwater inspection system to clients around the world.
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