Industry News – Page 231
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NewsBird survey launches Round 3 activity
Gardline Marine Sciences Ltd of Great Yarmouth in the UK is one of the first companies to benefit from the Round 3 offshore wind farm site allocation announced this month.
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NewsOffshore wind opportunities at Humber Gateway
Local marine and renewable energy businesses are to hear first hand about the supply chain opportunities that will be available if the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm gets planning consent later this year.
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Bristol Channel service
UK ferry operator Severn Link, which recently announced plans to launch the first regular modern ferry service across the Bristol Channel, connecting Swansea and Ilfracombe, has taken delivery of the first ferry in its fleet.
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Mega-ferry underway
Construction of the second in a pair of new ships for P&O Ferries has started at the yard of STX Europe in Rauma, Finland.
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Wind farm cables
Global cable industry player Nexans has won a contract worth some €100m to design, manufacture and supply the high voltage subsea power export cables that will connect the London Array wind farm to the UK grid.
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Multibeam training in Malmö
The 53rd UNB-OMB/UNH-CCOM Multibeam Sonar Training Course, co-hosted by the Swedish Maritime Administration, will be held 15-20 March 2010, at the Malmö Börshus, Skeppsbron 2, SE-211 20 Malmö, Sweden.
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McMurdo adds Kannad
Following Orolia’s acquisition of Kannad in September 2009 and of McMurdo in November (forming Orolia’s new Positioning Division), a new strategy has been implemented for both companies.
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MAN to MAN
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge transfered part of its business involving high speed engines to the group’s sister company, MAN Diesel, effective from the first of this month.
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IMMA’s London launch
A new trade association armed with a broad mandate to represent and promote the health and medical interests of the world’s seafarers, port workers and cruise passengers as well as improve shipboard hygiene was launched in London this month.
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New IADC head
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has announced that Mr. René Kolman assumed the position of Secretary General from the first of this month.
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Hydro 2010 in Germany
Warnemunde in northern Germany is the venue for Hydro 2010, the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 18th biennial European hydrographic conference, which will be held from 2 to 5 November.
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Firm foxes pirates
Fox Delta Limited has launched as a specialist provider of land and maritime security risk management, training and related services.
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Georgia silences Germany
The Georgia USA based manufacturer of fibreglass marine wet exhaust mufflers and systems, Centek Industries, has appointed the German importer and distributor of technical boat equipment, Bukh Bremen GmbH, to distribute Centek’s products in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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Hydraulics foundation course
The British Fluid Power Association (BFPA), has launched a new one day Foundation Course in Working Safely with Hydraulic Hose and Connectors, so that people can work more safely with hydraulics.
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‘Human Element’ Bulletin
Those who make all the rules and regulations that govern the design and operation of ships need to be sensitive to human element implications in all that they do according to the International Human Element Bulletin Alert!
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Turkish lighthouse links
Turkish communications and technology company Turkcell will collaborate with Turkey’s Directorate General of Coastal Safety for its pioneering ‘Remote Management of Lighthouses’ project, which will bring the latest technology to lighthouses and also reinforce existing infrastructure.
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NewsWärtsilä sheds European jobs as market slows
Finnish marine engines and propulsion systems manufacturer Wärtsilä announced on Tuesday that in response to fundamental changes in the market it will reduce its manufacturing capacity in Europe.
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NewsCEDA Dredging Days focus on technological innovation
Under the theme ‘Dredging Tools for the Future’, the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) put on its popular Dredging Days alongside the recent Europort exhibition in Rotterdam. The event focused on the role of technological innovation in responding to the challenges the industry is facing.
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NewsDonation gets piracy guidance to front line
Too many ships today, are still unprepared for transit through pirates waters, came the worrying verdict from the IQPC Counter-Piracy and Ship Security conference held in Dubai last month.
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NewsThe future is brites for Balcas
Balcas, the timber products company which recently opened a £24m Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and pellet manufacturing plant in Easter Ross UK, has shipped its first load of pellets (brites) to Denmark.
