Industry News – Page 199
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NewsMarine Energy Park for Scotland
It was announced recently by the Department for Energy and Climate Change in the UK that Scotland’s Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters have been designated as Scotland’s first Marine Energy Park.
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NewsNew wave device creates ‘lift’
Tests are taking place at Texas A&M University on a wave power prototype which takes advantage of blades that, like modern aircraft or wind turbines, create lift rather than drag.
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News25th SMM expands with Offshore Dialogue
The 25th Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology International Trade Fair Hamburg, better known as SMM, takes place at the Hamburg Fair site from 4 to 7 September.
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NewsCall for material tech papers
A conference on recent and future material technologies used in the marine and offshore industry is being organised by RINA.
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NewsP&O receives Marine Software
UK based company Marine Software LTD recently delivered the Marine Project Manager Software (MPJ) to P&O Maritime Services.
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NewsFerry death
A man has died after falling overboard from a Scottish ferry 30 miles off Fraserburgh in Scotland.
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NewsAnswering the stress of wind
ContiTech Vibration Control has developed an innovative generator bearing and an enhanced gearbox bearing for modern wind power stations.
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NewsNew Incat ferry for Rhode Island
Australian boatbuilder Incat Crowther has just delivered a new 34m Catamaran passenger ferry to Rhode Island in the US.
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NewsRecaro Sun Marine seats riding high
Netherlands based Recaro Maritime is riding high on the success of the launch of the newly designed and tested range of Sun Marine passenger seats at Seawork 2012.
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NewsNew innovative water propelled RIB
Netherlands based Post Workboats has developed a unique Tornado RIB with water jet propulsion especially for the offshore and wind farm industry and patrol duties.
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NewsOMC helps to make Pacific transit safer
Global safety expert, OMC International, has developed a new safety product, a ship motion measurement instrument called the iHeave, in response to challenging weather conditions faced during a study at the Columbia River Bar entrance to the Pacific.
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NewsOlympic kudos for Redbay RIBs
The Port of London Authority’s (PLA) Redbay built Stormforce 850 RIB is performing gatekeeper duties on the Thames for the duration of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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Maldives marine reserve
The whole of the Maldives will become the first country in the world to become a marine reserve in a move scheduled to happen by 2017.
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APEC’s 35th anniversary
APEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. Former trainees from all over the world came to Antwerp recently to attend the celebration.
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NUTEP steps up
NUTEP, one of the leading container terminal operators in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, is to expand the capacity of its terminal there to accommodate on-going double-digit growth in the number of containers it is handling.
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Fenders for Asia
Following the success of the recently launched floating foam and pneumatic fender rental service in Europe, Trelleborg Marine Systems is now extending the service to the Asia Pacific, Australia and China (APAC) region.
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NewsBringing different worlds together
“Regulation is a difficult issue,” says Len Roueche, CEO of Interferry, adding that it’s not made any easier by the fact that the regulators and businesses sometimes “seem to live in two different worlds”.
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NewsJoining forces on ladder safety
The International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have joined forces to reiterate the need to ensure that ladders used for pilot transfers are safe and always rigged correctly.
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NewsRoyal visit for Norfolk offshore industry
The Duke of York has been in Norfolk, UK, this week to visit Scira Offshore Energy and meet staff from the Gardline Group, the marine sciences company based in Great Yarmouth.
