Latest News – Page 601
-
NewsTOWLINES (January 2015)
UK based Osprey Shipping have selected Landfall Marine Contractors b.v. as exclusive agency representatives for their latest acquisition, the azimuth stern drive tug ''Osprey Fearless''.
-
NewsLast two of four for ARC Towage
Damen’s steady stream of new tug completions is continuing with delivery of the final two of an order of four Damen ASD 2810 azimuthing stern-drive tugs for ARC Towage in Trinidad and Tobago.
-
NewsThe Dead Sea’s fresh water
Engineers from German underwater specialist EvoLogics have recently supported the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research team’s field campaign in Israel, where the EvoLogics Sonobot USV successfully performed detailed hydrographic survey of underwater freshwater springs that flow into the Dead Sea.
-
NewsBarney is introduced to the water
Dordrecht based tug and workboat company Herman Sr BV are eagerly following progress with construction of their latest Damen Shoalbuster, to be named ''Barney'' with the completed hull recently launched in Poland.
-
NewsTwo new courses for 2015
At the start of the new year, EIVA in cooperation with Atlas Professionals will be launching two NaviSuite training software courses: a two-day Basic NaviPac Operation course and a one-day Basic NaviPac Configuration course.
-
NewsBig new police boat monitors German Bight
A new state-of-the-art German police patrol boat, capable of a wide range of coastal monitoring and control duties over a wide area of the German Bight, has come in for praise from authorities.
-
NewsA new tug on the Thames
London, UK-based marine services provider Livett’s Group have a new addition to their fleet of tugs and workboats in the form of the Delta Tug ''Gray Vixen''.
-
NewsEngines dominate research ship work
The identical multi-purpose ''Heincke'' and ''Alkor'' were among sophisticated research ships calling at German shipyards as the year turned for specialist engine work, overhaul or regular maintenance.
-
NewsMarineCo Multi Cat
MarineCo UK has contracted Netherlands-headquartered Damen Shipyards Group for a Multi Cat 2712. The vessel will be delivered in April 2015. Mr. Mike Conafray, Managing Director at MarineCo stated that, after a long evaluation, with alternative builders, Damen came through with the right vessel at the right cost.
-
NewsEasyTouch control system
The latest marine heating and demisting expertise from Eberspächer UK Ltd will be on display at the 2015 CWM FX London Boat Show (LBS) from 9 to 18 January, ExCel London, UK.
-
News
Hydro14 conference proceedings available
Proceedings of Hydro14, the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 22nd conference held in Aberdeen in November under the auspices of The Hydrographic Society UK, are now generally available in a fully-illustrated 220-page publication.
-
News
New vessel for German Waterways Board
''Stickers Gap'', a new purpose-designed survey vessel built by Dutch-based No Limit Ships of Groningen, has begun service with the Federal German Waterways & Shipping Board (WSA).
-
News
Anglo-German bathymetry agreement
UK-based MarineFind and EOMAP of Seefeld, Germany have established a partnership to provide easy access to coastal high-resolution and global bathymetry using new methods for distributing data for pre-processed areas while permitting production of cost-effective custom datasets. Advances in processing of satellite imagery, they say, means that low-cost, accurate, ...
-
NewsGEOxyz fleet expansion
GEOxyz, the Belgian survey organisation with subsidiary bases in France, Luxembourg, Netherlands and the UK, has expanded its fleet of vessels with the addition of Geo Ocean II, a specialist offshore support craft accommodating 23 personnel and crew.
-
News
New world ocean floor map
Using previously untapped data from European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA satellites, scientists have created a new map of the world’s seafloor to provide a detailed illustration of the structures that make up the deepest and least-explored parts of oceans. It is claimed to be twice as accurate as ...
-
News
Dudgeon Offshore SOV contract
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited has awarded a five year contract for the Service Operation Vessel to Esvagt AS. The contracted Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for Dudgeon wind farm is of the Havyard-832 design with a length of 83.7 metres and a beam of 17.6 metres.
-
NewsUnique crane launch
The new shipyard facility of Honghua Offshore Oil & Gas Equipment Company in Jiangsu, China, has launched its first ship, an IMT982 Platform Supply Vessel. The vessel was launched in a unique way, using the yard’s new gantry crane.
-
News
Canadian tidal power
Atlantis Resources Limited’s Canadian subsidiary has been awarded a Feed-in Tariff for up to 4.5MW of tidal generation to be deployed at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) in Nova Scotia, Canada.
-
NewsElectricity generator for wave energy
Wave energy technology company Aquamarine Power has teamed up with Bosch Rexroth to launch an industry-wide initiative that aims to solve the problem of converting captured wave energy into electricity by creating a ''standardised self-contained offshore electricity generator'' suitable for several different wave energy concepts.
-
News
Another Alicat CTV order
Dalby Offshore and Alicat Workboats have signed another contract for a seventh newbuild Alicat 23m Crew Transfer Vessel which will strengthen Dalby’s current windfarm fleet.
