Latest News – Page 691
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NewsJob opportunities for windfarm trainees
Local unemployed people are benefiting from free places on a newly developed qualification offered by Maersk Training in Newcastle UK designed to help them take advantage of job opportunities in the thriving offshore wind energy sector.
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NewsGIB invests £56.8m in London Array
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is investing £58.6m in the world’s largest offshore windfarm, London Array.
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NewsFairmount Sherpa delivers accommodation barge
Rotterdam based ocean towage contractor Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Sherpa has delivered the accommodation barge Ayang 2 to offshore Angola.
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NewsThe importance of pyrotechnics
When an emergency occurs at sea, it is of paramount importance to raise the alarm as quickly and safely as possible.
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NewsNon-slip solutions for airport pontoon
DeckSafe Solutions has supplied a range of anti-slip gratings for a floating modular pontoon system that accommodates three safety/rescue boats and a 60 person life raft at London City Airport.
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NewsWindfarm opportunity is fisherman’s friend
New business venture Knights Offshore Support (KOS) has taken delivery of its first CTruk 20T MPC offshore wind support vessel, Coastal Knight, which will soon join offshore wind industry service provider CWind’s growing charter fleet.
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NewsESS success on Baltic windfarm trenching
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has completed a £4.7m boulder clearing and pre-lay trenching project which it claims has been one of the most successful ever conducted for the wind energy sector.
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NewsFrisian islanders complete new storm barriers
Officials on the German North Sea island of Borkum in the Ems Estuary have inaugurated new storm protection barriers after two and a half years of complex building.
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NewsDockwise to transport Costa Concordia
Dockwise, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV, has been awarded the contract to load and transport the Costa Concordia wreck from Isola del Giglio onboard the Dockwise Vanguard.
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Wind development
The Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) and WindMade are to develop a new overarching renewable energy consumer label.
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NewsNew UK marine framework for UXO disposal
Malta headquartered Maritime Asset Security and Training (MAST) Ltd is helping CIRIA (the Construction Industry Research and Information Association) to develop a Risk Management Framework for dealing with Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in the nearshore and offshore environment, in support of maritime construction projects.
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NewsRemote vessel surveillance and monitoring system
Vasari Technology Ltd of Somerset UK has launched a complete remote vessel surveillance and monitoring system
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NewsA Ferri good package for RRS Discovery
The UK''s leading environmental research organisation commissioned a state of the art scientific research ship in 2010 to replace the RRS Discovery, which was built in 1962 and was coming to the end of its scientifically useful working life.
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News‘Second generation’ towing pins popular
WK Hydraulics BV of the Netherlands drew upon more than 37 years of experience in the field of hydraulic steering gear systems and hydraulic applications when designing its new ‘second generation’ towing pins.
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NewsSeawork 2014 set for growth
Following its strongest performance to date in its 16 year history, next year’s Seawork International exhibition and conference will see more stands, facilities and opportunities than ever before.
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NewsSheringham Shoal buoy rental contract renewed
SCIRA, the developer of Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm off the UK’s North Norfolk coast, has extended its rental of eight JET 9000 Q HV navigation buoys that are being used to mark the site.
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New port entry light from Sealite
Australia based navaids manufacturer Sealite has introduced its Port Entry Light, a low powered, high intensity precision sector light for day or night use.
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NewsGlobal Intelligence System for growing ports
With the constant evolution of geo-political risk, and the continued need for international business to find growth in increasingly extreme environments, there is an increasing demand for more advanced security solution tools, writes David Fairnie, director global ports solutions at security firm G4S.
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NewsPatch prevents sinking of PSV
A 38 year old, mothballed platform supply vessel awaiting disposal in a Saudi Arabian port was saved just hours from sinking in late August by the speedy application of Miko magnetic patches after it sprang a leak in its engine room.
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Denmark tenders
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) is to tender six offshore wind sites for 450MW wind power turbines.
