Industry News – Page 149
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News‘Bibby Athena’ makes progress
Osiris Projects, part of Bibby Marine Survey Services, is making progress with the construction of ‘Bibby Athena’.
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NewsMiko patch repair kits order
The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) has received a significant high value delivery of 15 emergency marine repair patch kits from Norway’s Miko Marine.
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NewsDanish facility for ABB
Swiss turbocharger specialist ABB Turbocharging have announced it will open a new service facility in Fredericia, Denmark on 12th June 2014. This will also mark the completion of the amalgamation of its activities in Norway, Denmark and Sweden into a single local business unit (LBU).
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NewsEducating the industry about marine insurance
The Swedish Club has seen the successful conclusion of its latest Marine Insurance Course held in Gothenburg, with a packed programme of discussions, seminars and speeches from industry experts in marine insurance.
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NewsJack Gaston: 20 years with Maritime Journal
Time goes quickly in the Tugs & Towing business and Maritime Journal''s illustrious correspondent Jack Gaston has now been documenting the industry''s progress for MJ for 20 years.
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NewsASV C-Worker completes trials
UK-based Autonomous Surface Vehicles’ (ASV) C-Worker 6 has successfully completed deep-sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico.
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News'Kitty Petra' sets sail
‘Kitty Petra’, Tidal Transit''s fourth Personnel Transport Vessel [PTV], has set sail from the Spanish port of Alicante to make her debut in Southampton (UK) on Berth V34 at Seawork International 2014.
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Sheringham Shoal recruits
Eight additional personnel have been added to the existing team working on the 317MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm (SSOWF).
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NewsAnother Damen dredger for Nigeria
Damen Shipyards has delivered another CSD500 cutter suction dredger to Nigeria which will perform maintenance duties in and around the harbours of Port Harcourt.
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NewsNew editor for Maritime Journal
Mercator Media Ltd has recently appointed Jake Frith to the role of editor at Maritime Journal following Larz Bourne’s retirement after 13 years at the helm of this essential read for Europe’s commercial marine sector.
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NewsComms contract for NLB
Imtech Marine has been awarded a three-year contract by Northern Lighthouse Board to provide VSAT systems with connectivity and value added services. The contract also includes maintenance services for the five vessels operated by Northern Lighthouse Board and Trinity House in the UK.
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NewsAdvanced navigation for windfarm service vessels
German navigation expert, Raytheon Anschütz, has been awarded a contract to supply integrated navigation systems (INS) for two new state of the art windfarm service vessels.
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NewsFitter crews and fewer claims
The UK P&I Club’s Pre-Employment Medical Examination Programme, a leading scheme for assessing the fitness of prospective seafarers, has just completed its 300,000th examination.
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WINDFORCE 2014 takes shape
WINDFORCE 2014, an offshore wind industry event, is set to take place in Bremen in June, and is already proving popular.
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Expansion into the shipping market
Leading employment law specialist Brahams Dutt Badrick French LLP (BDBF) has appointed a senior employment lawyer with expertise in the insurance and shipping industries in order to expand its portfolio of clients in the sector.
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Maritime industry law conference
City University London in the UK is hosting a conference about the future of law and policy in the maritime industry.
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Seaglaze to toughen in-house
Seaglaze, the UK-based marine window and door manufacturer is currently setting up an in-house glass toughening plant. This will enable customers to reduce vessel build times because Seaglaze’s manufacturing process will no longer rely on an often unreliable supply chain.
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NewsSevenCs software for Portsmouth pilots
Following a series of trials with a range of Portable Pilot Units (PPU), UK-based Portsmouth International Port has chosen ORCA Pilot G2 as the navigation tool for its pilot boats.
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NewsWills Ridley launch isolated dimming system
The latest dimming system from UK-based Wills Ridley is designed to overcome those problems encountered on marine control panels where indicators from a variety of ship’s systems need to be dimmed from a single control, while keeping each electrical system independent and isolated.
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NewsGRP giant takes shape
Work has started on what its builders claim to be the largest GRP fishing boat on the market today. The SH50 is a 48.5ft 15m multi-purpose work boat, created to be used for many applications.
