Latest News – Page 1214
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NewsWalcon Rides High on Marina Mania
Hampshire UK- based Walcon Marine enters 2002 with a healthy order book of marina construction projects maintaining the momentum of a successful 2001.
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Trinity Set for Inquiry Quartet
The precarious nature of obtaining planning consent for UK container terminals has been highlighted at Felixstowe, where the objections of a single individual look set to precipitate a public inquiry.
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NewsMultidisciplinary Site Investigation Close to Shipping Lanes
A multidisciplinary investigation has been completed by Foundation and Exploration Services Ltd (FES) at Harwich UK, where both land and marine drilling were required.
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NewsVersatile Plastic Pilings Are On The Up Down Under
Plastic Pilings Inc, the American manufacturer of marine piles and timber made of recycled plastic, has had a significant entry to the UK market via the Portsmouth Naval Base, where fender piles, wales and vertical fender planking have been selected by the Royal Navy to replace damaged hardwood fenders.
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NewsHigh-Point in Complex Port Design
Consulting engineers HighPoint Rendel are providing verification of difficult designs for a £ 250 million deepwater port with a container terminal and free trade zone to be built in the Dominican Republic.
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NewsABP Acquires Ailsa-Troon Shipyard
Associated British Ports (ABP) has acquired the former Ailsa-Troon shipyard at ABP' s Port of Troon under a 50-year lease. The 5.5ha site - which contains two dry docks, a pier, two warehouses and 14,600sqm of land available for development - has not been used since December 2000.
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NewsUK-based Fender Manufacturer in Parallel Motion
Fentek, the UK-based manufacturer of fenders for ports and harbours, says the popularity of its Parallel Motion fender system continues to grow. Recent installations and orders have put the total number of Parallel Motion Fenders commissioned or under construction to over 160 systems since the first units were installed in ...
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News'RPA 12' - A New Patrol Vessel for Rotterdam Port Authority
The Netherlands based Damen Shipyards have handed over the first of five sophisticated ''Patrol and Response Vessels'' to the Rotterdam Port Authority following a series of successful trials.
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NewsDamen Offer New ASD Tug Designs
Damen Shipyards, based at Gorinchem in Holland, have added two further Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tugs to their already successful range of powerful ship-handling vessels.
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Humber Shipping
This volume mostly illustrates the ships associated with the city of Hull, which has dominated the Humber region since the 14th century.
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Guiding Lights: The Design & Development of the British Lightvessel from 1732
From time immemorial the coasts of Britain have caused many a shipwreck, but it was to be the 16th century before attempts began to be made to arrest the needless loss of both ships and men by the construction of the first lighthouses.
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Short Sea Shipping 2001/2002
Ships in Focus Publications have now taken over the publication of this popular guide for coaster enthusiasts. Gilbert Mayes'' latest edition includes details of all short sea cargo vessels whose owner, operator, charterer or agent is based in the UK or Ireland or vessels which fly these flags.
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NewsEnvironmental Court Approves Goteborg Fairway Works
The Swedish environmental court has approved plans for the Port of Goteborg to deepen, widen and straighten its fairways in works valued at $140m.
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NewsScots Prepare Taiwan for Oil Spill
A delegation of high-ranking officials from the Government of Taiwan has spent two weeks in Scotland learning about the latest oil spill response and prevention techniques. The 28 senior personnel, including representatives of the Taiwanese coast guard service, the national parks agency and water suppliers, attended intensive training sessions hosted ...
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NewsNew Fully Enclosed Lifeboat in Europe
A newly developed, fully enclosed lifeboat with a capacity of 102 persons and a new fast rescue craft in three different versions, all produced by Jiangyin Xinjiang of China, have been introduced to the European market by sole regional distributor Norwegian Maritime Equipment AS.
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NewsMBE for Giro Engineering's Paull Williams
Paull Williams learned to his astonishment that his MBE was on the cards while participating as an exhibitor at Europort 2001 with Giro Engineering Ltd, the company he co-founded in 1980.
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SASMEX Goes Dutch
The Safety at Sea and Marine Electronic Conference and Exhibition (SASMEX) moves to the port city of Amsterdam for the first time this year, taking place at the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam (PTA Centre) on 16-18th April.
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The Princess Royal to Present Seatrade Awards
The 14th Seatrade Awards Ceremony Dinner, to be held in the City of London on 22 April, will be graced by HRH The Princess Royal as the Guest on Honour.
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NewsNew Fairway Service Vessel Design for Finland
Finland has thousands of kilometres of fairways, marked by some 17,000 spar buoys and other buoys. There are many lamps to replace, plus many buoys are moved by winter storms and ice and need restoration to correct position in order to maintain navigational safety.
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NewsSafety First With High Speed Radar
Kelvin Hughes has won a contract to provide shipping company Sea Containers Irish Sea Operations with a high speed version of its new Nucleus3 Radar.
