Latest News – Page 524
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NewsVessel repair partnership
UK-based ship repairer Burgess Marine has partnered with Kent-based Mechanica Utilities to maximise the use of its Dover footprint and share the company’s workshop and fabrication facilities, nationally, across all nine of its UK locations.
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NewsBacking secured for shipping software
Sea Level Research, based in the UK, has received a £200,000 investment to help bring its new sea level predicting software to the market.
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NewsMass Sine Ultra inverter
Mastervolt, the Dutch electrical systems specialist, has introduced the Mass Sine Ultra 24/4000 sine wave inverter.
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News‘Living Stone’ keel laid
To further strengthen its position in the offshore renewable power generation and transportation market, Belgian dredging major DEME has started the construction of the multipurpose vessel ‘Living Stone’.
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PLA Chief Harbour Master
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has appointed Bob Baker as chief harbour master. Bob Baker will join the PLA from Forth Ports, where he has been chief harbour master since 2001.
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McMurdo & Kannad join Sartech stable
Sartech is now approved to service both the McMurdo and Kannad ranges of EPIRBs, PLBs, AIS MOB devices and SARTs, and now the UK- headquartered company claims to be the only specialist in the world to be an official partner for five major emergency beacon manufacturers.
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NewseLoran joint venture
The founders of Chronos in the UK and UrsaNav in the US have formed a new joint venture with the aim of establishing Loran on a commercial basis as a back-up system to provide position and timing information currently provided by satellite systems.
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NewsKOTUG and Boskalis establish joint venture
Dutch companies KOTUG International B.V and Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V have reached an agreement on the merger of their European harbour towage operations.
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Ocean Signal appoints Marinplus AS
UK based Ocean Signal has appointed Marinplus AB as its exclusive distributor in Sweden.
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NewsCatch 22 for cold weather kit
Resolving issues around the winches for the ‘Neil Armstrong’ research vessel proved quite a puzzle, Hitesh Patel of US based Allied Systems told MJ.
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NewsReducing tension headaches
It is quite simple says Ross Cowie, project engineer of ACE Winches’ design team: “Electrically powered lifting gear, with electronic interfaces, offer better control.” And this is exactly what some projects demand.
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NewsWorkhorse 'Voe Earl' excels in salvage debut
Dismantling of the ill-fated cruise ship Costa Concordia is now well underway at the Port of Pra Voltri, Genoa in Italy.
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WODCON XXI heads for Miami
WODCON, the biggest event on the international dredging community’s calendar, will take place this year on 13-17 June at the Hyatt regency Hotel in Miami USA.
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IADC in Moscow forum
René Kolman, secretary general of the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will be presenting a paper at the Third International Forum of Dredging Companies in Moscow on February 25, 2016.
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NewsDEME secures €150m in dredging contracts
The Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME has recently secured several international dredging contracts with a total contract value of €150m.
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NewsJim Wilson CBE
It is with regret that we report the death of Jim Wilson CBE who died in December after a short battle with Cancer. Jim was widely known and respected throughout the UK marine industry over the last 60 years, having commenced his career as a seagoing engineer before returning to ...
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Award for Maasvlakte 2
The construction of the Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 expansion has been recognised by the award of the Prof. dr. ir. J.F. Agema Prize, which is awarded every five years to an innovative marine engineering work that was designed or constructed by a Dutch party.
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NewsDiversity drives Italdraghe’s record year
Italy-based dredger and dredging equipment manufacturer Italdraghe has reported a busy and successful 2015, with activity reaching record setting dimensions.
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NewsAST Marine contract to supply CWind
UK based AST Maritime Sciences has won a contract to supply CWind with AST-Planned Maintenance System software on board its fleet of vessels.
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NewsDamen launches Russian trailer in Vietnam
The Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards Group has launched an ice class trailing suction hopper dredger for the Russian Port Agency, FSUE Rosmorport.
