Latest News – Page 343
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NewsBriggs Marine’s response to Kea Trader stranding
UK-based Briggs Marine & Environmental Services has provided ‘MJ’ with details of its emergency environmental response work following stranding of the container ship ‘Kea Trader’.
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NewsSalvage issues debated at ITS 2018
During the conference sessions at ITS 2018 organised by The ABR Company Ltd in Marseille (see ‘MJ’ August 2018) five high-quality papers were presented on salvage – your correspondent sat in and briefly describes three of them.
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NewsSalvage incidents round-up
It may be major ship casualties that grab mainstream media headlines, but other salvage jobs can also be newsworthy, we take a look at three representative salvage operations from recent weeks.
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NewsISU Annual Review examines the pressure on the salvage industry
Charo Col, International Salvage Union president describes the salvage industry as “under financial pressure” despite gross revenues from all sources recovering slightly in 2017 from 2016 but still weak compared with the period 2013 to 2016.
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NewsOffshore tests for subsea cable shells
The third round of offshore tests for a new type of subsea electrical cable ballast have been undertaken at a depth of 30 metres on the Centrale Nantes SEM-REV offshore test site.
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NewsAre ships’ deck fittings up to the task of towing?
With the increasing use of escort towing involving ever more powerful tugs, has the old design principle of the towline being the ‘weak-link’ been replaced by the ‘Achilles-heel’ of adequate ships’ deck fittings?
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NewsDamen’s new RSD Tug 2513 is put to the test
Following a European tour including Southampton where it was presented to ‘MJ’ and other industry media, Damen’s new Reversed Stern Drive Tug 2513 ‘Innovation’ has been put to the test in a series of trials at Felixstowe.
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NewsFoss yard closure and its planned Damen order
With reports that Foss Maritime was closing its Rainier shipyard and concern surrounding the future of Damen’s plans to build a series of ASD tugs at the shipyard, the Netherlands-based shipbuilder has indicated to ‘MJ’ that cooperation with Foss is far from over.
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NewsDelivery and order round-up
The holiday season usually brings with it a hiatus in news, not so in the world of tug construction within Europe with eight vessels to mention along with an order for a Damen ASD tug from Cyprus.
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NewsSecond Damen fast crew supplier for HST
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with High Speed Transfers (HST) for a second Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 during WindEnergy Hamburg.
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NewsDeck equipment supply for offshore wind vessel
Fabrication and engineering specialist Francis Brown Limited has delivered deck equipment to a subsea equipment operator which is working on offshore windfarms in the North Sea.
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NewsArctic role
Northern Ireland based Redbay Boats has received another order to supply a passenger RIB for operation in Svalbard in the High Arctic reports Dag Pike.
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NewsStability monitoring system on trial
For boats that work at sea loading and discharging cargoes or equipment, the changing weights on board can affect the stability of the vessel and hence introduce the risk of a capsize notes Dag Pike.
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NewsBigLift crane capacity upgrade
BigLift Shipping’s ‘Happy Star’s two heavy lift mast cranes have been upgraded to 1,100mt lifting capacity each at the Huisman Service & Assembly location in Schiedam, the Netherlands.
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NewsWikinger substation crane installation
Jan De Nul Group has successfully completed the installation of a new 83 tonne crane on top of the offshore substation of the 350MW Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm in Germany.
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NewsGraphene coating additive shows promising results
Earlier in 2018 Applied Graphene Materials (AGM) launched its latest dispersion range – the Genable 3000 series.
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NewsCreating hydrogen commercially from seawater
An American hydrogen technology company is entering into a license agreement for the first commercial application of technology which turns seawater into hydrogen.
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NewsFirst Goodchild pilot boat export for Dublin
Leading UK boat builder Goodchild Marine Services Limited has secured a contract with Dublin Port Company to construct a new 17m pilot boat.
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NewsOceanLED to light up REV Ocean research ship
OceanLED will supply specialised underwater lights for the REV Ocean a DNV GL polar class research vessel which when completed will be the largest privately-owned ship of its kind.
