Latest News – Page 570
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NewsBlyth Workcats at Seawork
UK based Blyth Workboats will be showcasing its newest catamaran designs at this year’s Seawork International exhibition.
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NewsAccolade for the world’s cleanest ferry
‘Ampere’, the world’s first large fully electric vessel, has just received the Seatrade Clean Shipping award for 2015. Owned and operated by Norled and designed and constructed by Fjellstrand, the DNV GL classed car ferry is a fully battery driven catamaran made of aluminium.
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Torsion meter supply
UK-based Torsion Meter manufacturer, Datum Electronics Ltd. has been awarded a contract to supply Shaft Torsion and Power meters to Griffon Hoverwork for their two new 12000TD hovercraft. These vessels are being built for Hovertravel to take passengers from Southsea to the Isle of Wight.
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NewsManuplas range
Gloucester, UK-based Advanced Insulation – a specialist in the design, engineering and manufacture of polymer solutions for the marine and offshore sectors – will be using its stand at Seawork International to promote its Manuplas range of marine buoys and fender systems.
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NewsNew Seacrewsader
Survitec Group has launched a new SOLAS lifejacket aimed at the industrial and commercial marine market. Developed under its Crewsaver brand, the new Seacrewsader 290N 3D is designed to provide increased levels of protection in the toughest and most extreme working environments.
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NewsDiving into a niche
Like many good ideas, the DSV Curtis Marshall originally sprang from a chance conversation.
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NewsShake Dog wags new tail
A London-based multicat has been fitted with a new crane as part of major refit.
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NewsDredging Chelsea Harbour marina is no easy matter
It is thirteen years since the marina at Chelsea Harbour on London’s River Thames was last dredged. That was a fairly complex operation technically but this time around the rules have changed.
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NewsRed7 jackup at work in the Scilly Isles
Red7 Marine''s newest jackup goes to work in the Scilly Isles.
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NewsVan Oord cable-layer joins their windfarm fleet
Offshore contractor Van Oord has taken delivery of the first of class Damen Offshore Carrier Nexus, configured as a cable-laying vessel for installation of subsea cables at offshore windfarms.
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NewsRound 3 moves forwards – a little leaner
It is two years now since ''Maritime Journal'' took an in-depth look at the UK’s Round 3 offshore wind programme, two years on and with ups and downs with progress, time for another look.
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NewsRevolutionary radar range and resolution
Navico Commercial Marine Division recently announced the launch of its Simrad Halo Pulse Compression Radar, which the company claims is ‘the world’s most affordable solid-state, open-array radar system with pulse compression technology for non-SOLAS applications aboard commercial vessels’.
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NewsBusy start to the year for Tsavliris Salvage
Piraeus based Tsavliris Salvage have reported on a busy first three months to the year responding to incidents ranging from on-going assistance to a sunken dredger to providing rescue towage services.
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NewsASD tug development in Argentina
Buenos Aires based shipyard Astilleros Unidelta SA are currently building an ASD shiphandling tug with the potential to attract local interest from a market familiar with European products.
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NewsTwin-fin twins for Kotug
Rotterdam based towage service provider Kotug has been active in the business of fleet expansion recently and now have two new tractor tugs for operation within their European harbour towage division.
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Salvage giants agree to merge
Two of the world’s leading marine service companies have agreed to merge their salvage divisions forming a new company operating under the name “Ardent” with operations commencing immediately.
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NewsWreck removal convention comes into force
The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007 came into force recently placing strict liability on owners including provision of financial security and providing State Parties with extra rights.
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NewsCrowley crews’ courage recognised
The crew of two Crowley Maritime Corporation tugs have been honoured by the United States Coast Guard for their part in the emergency rescue tow of the drill barge ''Kulluk'' off Kodiak Island in December 2012.
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NewsA new design from Damen
Damen Shipyards has unveiled the first example of a new design with delivery of the ASD Tug 2913 tug ''Michel'' to German towage specialist Petersen & Alpers.
