Industry News – Page 164

  • SLR will help prepare the support planning statement for the project in Swansea Bay, UK
    News

    Planning for tidal lagoon power station

    2013-10-17T15:09:00Z

    SLR Consulting is to provide strategic planning advice for the world’s first tidal lagoon power station, to be built in Swansea Bay, UK.

  • Seawork Asia 2014 is the first dedicated commercial marine exhibition to be held in mainland China.
    News

    Seawork Asia 2014

    2013-10-17T09:43:00Z

    Maritime Journal publisher Mercator Media is finalizing plans to hold the first Seawork Asia on Tuesday 4 to Thursday 6 November 2014 in China.

  • The Open Loop Scrubber system is designed to remove SOx and particulate emissions from the ship's exhaust
    News

    Wärtsilä systems for Color Line ferries

    2013-10-16T12:55:00Z

    Wärtsilä is to retrofit its exhaust gas cleaning Open Loop Scrubber systems on three of Color Line’s vessels.

  • The modern dredging industry is in high demand
    News

    Dredging and its drivers

    2013-10-15T14:14:00Z

    The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has released its annual statistical review, which highlights the drivers of the highly demanded modern dredging industry.

  • Forewind’s survey of the Dogger Bank site has included fish ecology surveys
    News

    Dogger Bank offshore survey

    2013-10-14T17:39:00Z

    The final survey needed by offshore wind energy developer Forewind to complete its applications for the development of the Dogger Bank Farm start this week.

  • London Array is expected to save 8.5m tonnes of CO2 emissions over its lifetime. Photo: London Array Ltd
    News

    GIB invests £56.8m in London Array

    2013-10-11T12:15:00Z

    The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is investing £58.6m in the world’s largest offshore windfarm, London Array.

  • An artist’s impression of the Costa Concordia onboard the Dockwise Vanguard
    News

    Dockwise to transport Costa Concordia

    2013-10-10T17:22:00Z

    Dockwise, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV, has been awarded the contract to load and transport the Costa Concordia wreck from Isola del Giglio onboard the Dockwise Vanguard.

  • News

    Wind development

    2013-10-10T15:04:00Z

    The Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) and WindMade are to develop a new overarching renewable energy consumer label.

  • There is currently no guidance for the nearshore community when dealing with explosive remnants of war
    News

    New UK marine framework for UXO disposal

    2013-10-10T07:30:00Z

    Malta headquartered Maritime Asset Security and Training (MAST) Ltd is helping CIRIA (the Construction Industry Research and Information Association) to develop a Risk Management Framework for dealing with Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in the nearshore and offshore environment, in support of maritime construction projects.

  • In the event of abnormal activity, the i-Sea system is programmed to send a SMS message or email to an address set by the user
    News

    Remote vessel surveillance and monitoring system

    2013-10-10T07:30:00Z

    Vasari Technology Ltd of Somerset UK has launched a complete remote vessel surveillance and monitoring system

  • Seawork 2014 will feature two registration areas
    News

    Seawork 2014 set for growth

    2013-10-09T16:47:00Z

    Following its strongest performance to date in its 16 year history, next year’s Seawork International exhibition and conference will see more stands, facilities and opportunities than ever before.

  • GIS has been deployed with considerable success in Hong Kong and other major ports
    News

    Global Intelligence System for growing ports

    2013-10-09T07:30:00Z

    With the constant evolution of geo-political risk, and the continued need for international business to find growth in increasingly extreme environments, there is an increasing demand for more advanced security solution tools, writes David Fairnie, director global ports solutions at security firm G4S.

  • News

    Denmark tenders

    2013-10-08T17:01:00Z

    The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) is to tender six offshore wind sites for 450MW wind power turbines.

  • Raymond Siliakus: The matchmaker of Europort
    News

    Raymond Siliakus: The matchmaker of Europort

    2013-10-08T07:30:00Z

    “It’s not about selling space. In fact, sometimes it can be a little like being a marriage broker, says Europort exhibition manager Raymond Siliakus.

  • News

    BEEMS project

    2013-10-08T07:30:00Z

    The BEEMS (Building European Environmental and Maritime Skills) project is a cross-border partnership project funded by the EU Interreg IVA France (Channel) – England Programme.

  • The new cable-laying vessel is the first of the Damen Offshore Carrier 7500 design
    News

    New Damen carrier for Van Oord

    2013-10-07T17:18:00Z

    Damen is to build the first of its newly designed Offshore Carrier 7500 for Van Oord at its Galati shipyard in Romania.

  • The Borgøy is undergoing sea trials before entering into service for Statoil
    News

    First LNG powered tug launched

    2013-10-07T16:21:00Z

    The world’s first LNG powered tug has been launched in Turkey. Borgøy, will enter service next month following sea trials to be operated by Norwegian state oil company Statoil at the Kårstø gas terminal.

  • The main vessel involved in the salvage was Atlantic Towage's 33m Voith tractor tug 'Ocean Bank'
    News

    Atlantic Towage salvages Dutch tall ship

    2013-10-03T13:08:00Z

    Atlantic Towage and Marine Ltd has completed its largest salvage to date after raising the Dutch tall ship Astrid, which ran aground off Ireland’s Cork coast.

  • e-Compliance aims to improve the efficiency of the current complex maritime regulations
    News

    New EU research project

    2013-10-03T12:56:00Z

    A new three year EU research project has been launched to help improve the efficiency of maritime regulations.

  • News

    Screw anchoring

    2013-10-02T16:03:00Z

    Marine South East in the UK is leading a new project investigation screw anchoring for marine energy devices (SAMED).