Latest News – Page 1022
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NewsMarkey's Monster Gets a 'Response'
Markey Machinery Co Inc of Seattle in North America''s tug epicentre Pacific Northwest has created a monster constant tension hawser winch for Crowley Marine Services'' new oil tanker escort tug ''Response''.
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NewsSublift Shows Off on Seawork Quayside
Anytec Marine, manufacturers of the Sublift semi-submersible, self-propelled boat lift will be demonstrating a 12 ton model on the quayside (Q11) at Seawork this year.
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Winch Hydraulics Sprcialists at Seawork
Seawork exhibitor Rotec Hydraulics has just completed a high value contract to design and build an electronically controlled hydraulic system to power the winches, and ancillary items on the seismic survey ship ''Viking Posedion'', which is under build in Norway.
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NewsNew Test Facility Aids Terminal Automation
Port cargo handling equipment manufacturer Kalmar has designed and built a state of the art automation test facility to better aid the integration of its intelligent applications with its customers'' container handling equipment and terminal operating systems.
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NewsMarine Money Available at Seawork 2007
Bank of Scotland Marine Finance is a familiar name in the leisure marine market and an active player in the global shipping market for many years.
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NewsUK Budget Keeps Shipping on Even Keel
Recently presenting the UK Budget, Chancellor of the Exchequer (and soon to be Prime Minister) Gordon Brown said that his budget was fiscally neutral and was designed to meet three key objectives; ensuring long term investment and environmental sustainability, encouraging work and savings, and supporting families.
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NewsTime is Wright for Workboat Funding
Wright International Marine Finance Ltd (WIMF) and Merchant House Finance Ltd have signed a joint venture agreement.
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Win a Mini-B for Free at Seawork
Visitors to the Mini-B stand at Seawork International 2007 will not only see a unique rapid response scuba unit which can speed diver deployment but also have a chance to win one each day of the show.
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NewsMiko's MiCon Makes Seawork Debut
Close cooperation between the Norwegian tug and salvage company Busker og Berging AS and Seawork 2007 exhibitor Miko Marine AS has given birth to a new product.
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NewsEco-Cruiser Recovery Protects Special Environment
During the blizzard conditions on the weekend of 19th March 2007, the wildlife cruiser MV Alpha Beta sank at its moorings in the sheltered and picturesque Tobermory Bay on the Isle of Mull.
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NewsMotion Sensor Maximises Subsea Operations
Sonardyne International launched its new Lodestar marine Attitude Heading and Reference System (AHRS) at the recent Ocean Business exhibition in Southampton UK.
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NewsInternational Collaboration on 'Seaglider'
Having taken eight years to perfect, Seaglider is a buoyancy driven autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by scientists and engineers at the University of Washington''s School of Oceanography and Applied Physics Laboratory in the USA.
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NewsSeawork Launch for Italian Dredger Range
Italy''s leading dredger manufacturer, Italdraghe S.p.A., is making its first ever appearance at Seawork this year as it seeks to expand its presence in the European marketplace.
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NewsSpring Cleaning for Port of Felixstowe
Westminster Dredging, UK subsidiary of Dutch giant Royal Boskalis Westminster, has been undertaking a typical maintenance dredging contract to benefit the berths and approaches of Felixstowe and Harwich International Port.
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NewsRetrofit Degassing Lifts Dredger Efficiency
The presence of gas in dredged mixtures attacks the efficiency of the dredge pump and therefore the entire dredging process.
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NewsConnecting Offshore Wind to the National Grid
The development of the UK''s pioneering offshore wind energy sector continues apace as details were announced last month of the licensing regime for would be electricity transmission owners.
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NewsScotland SEAs Marine Renewables Future
One of the UK''s biggest studies into the environmental effects of marine renewable energy has been completed.
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NewsFirst Piles Driven for Burchardkai Expansion
Work is now well underway on a new container ship berth which is part of a ¢ 660m project by HHLA to double the capacity of Hamburg''s biggest box facility, the Burchardkai Container Terminal (BCT).
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NewsLimpet Dam Enables Lock Gate Repair
Nuttall group company John Martin has been using their limpet dam technology to enable repair work on the pintles of Gladstone Lock gates, the important lock system that gives access to the Port of Liverpool.
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NewsHarwich International Port Relocates Berthing Pontoon
In order to accommodate the recently extended Stena Line ro-pax ''Stena Britannica'' (MJ April) and near sister vessel ''Stena Hollandica'', which serve the Hook of Holland route twice daily, Harwich International Port has moved the berthing pontoon at their dedicated berth by 25m to the east of its previous location.
