Marine Construction News – Page 105
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NewsNobiskrug and German Naval Yards Kiel implement CostFact
In order to further advance the cost estimation and cost planning of complex and challenging projects, German shipyards Nobiskrug and German Naval Yards Kiel have implemented the cost management system "CostFact".
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NewsHarbour crane investment at Emden
The German port handling company EPAS recently received two new Liebherr mobile harbour cranes type LHM 420. Both cranes together can handle up to 248 tonnes in tandem lift operation. The two devices will further improve the logistic process at the Nordkai terminal in Emden, Germany.
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NewsDigital Knowledge Management in shipbuilding
How does Norwegian shipbuilder and designer Ulstein go about successful and suitable ship design? Bart Daman, Ko Stroo and Dolf Manschot, project manager/naval architects at Ulstein Design & Solutions BV, face this challenge on a daily basis.
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NewsUK shipbuilding partnership bidding for Royal Navy frigates
UK defence contractor Babcock has announced it will lead a bespoke team of industry partners in a bid for the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) new £1.25 billion Type 31e general purpose light frigate programme, building on the success of its role within the Aircraft Carrier Alliance.
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NewsEmilsen Fisk purchases ProZero workboat
Tuco Marine’s subsidiary ProZero Norge has sold a custom ProZero workboat to Norwegian fishfarming company Emilsen Fisk.
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NewsPremier Marinas chooses solar for energy needs
Premier Marinas in the UK has turned to the potential benefits of solar power to support its immediate and future energy needs.
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NewsNew Europe office for APT Global
APT Global has launched and new and improved line of in-house designed dredge ball joints named Maximus, which will become part of the group’s product portfolio.
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NewsNew dredging contract awards for Boskalis
Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a five year contract by the Buenos Aires based Comision Administradora del Rio de la Plata for the capital and maintenance dredging of the Martin Garcia channel.
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NewsDamen delivers first CSD to Scandinavia
Damen Shipyards has delivered its first cutter suction dredger to be deployed in the Scandinavian market with a CSD450 going to Finland’s Vesirakennus Ojanen Oy.
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NewsRoyal IHC launches Arzana for NMDC
Royal IHC has launched the 6,000m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger Arzana from its Kinderdijk yard in the Netherlands for the Abu Dhabi based National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC).
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NewsLa Benna Dragante debuts at Flood Expo
A new dredging tool which combines cutting with suction to tackle stubborn materials from land or water based excavators has been launched by Norfolk UK based boat builder Goodchild Marine.
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NewsClean green dredging machines for DEME
Belgium’s DEME Group has welcomed the new year with a keel laying ceremony for Spartacus, to be the most powerful cutter suction dredger in the world, at the Royal IHC shipyard in Krimpen aan den Ijssel in the Netherlands.
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NewsGermans build first LNG research ship
Building is under way at the specialist Fassmer shipyard in north Germany on what officials say is the world’s first ocean-going, public service vessel of its type with LNG propulsion.
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NewsGerman yard group shows repair versatility
Three north German shipyards – once independent facilities but now all partners in the German Naval Yards Kiel (GNYK) group - have gone into the New Year with a variety of successfully completed commercial and naval ship repair and technical inspection jobs behind them.
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NewsMV Werften restores veteran cargo ship
The veteran general cargo ship ‘Likedeeler’ is back at its permanent berth on the Warnow River in Rostock following completion of unusual restoration work at Germany’s newest shipyard group.
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NewsCruise ships dominate repair at big German yards
Cruise ships have dominated recent action at Germany’s two biggest repair and refurbishment facilities.
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NewsRush of contracts for Kewatec
The Kewatec shipyard in Finland is busy with a rush of contracts that are spreading its list of clients into Europe. An important contract has come from the German fishery authorities for a patrol boat and this complements contracts from Scandinavian countries.
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NewsMajor refit for ‘Aranda’
The Finnish research ship ‘Aranda’ is undergoing a major refit that will see the vessel both lengthened and fitted with an upgraded propulsion system.
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NewsDockstavarvet pilot boats for the Elbe
‘P/V Dithmarschen’, the first of two 28-metre Pilot Boats for the German Generaldirektion fuer Wasserstrassen und Schifffahrt was delivered before Christmas by commercial marine boatbuilders Dockstavarvet of Sweden.
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NewsAcquisition takes Wärtsilä underwater
Wärtsilä has acquired Trident Group to become what it believes is the first global operator in the underwater services market.
