Marine Construction News – Page 109
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NewsDredging and reclamation at Genoa
Embracing responsibility in urban planning, infrastructure upgrade and marine environmental protection – An Italian case study with Genoa Port Authority.
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NewsHull cleaning service now available in ports worldwide
An eco-friendly hull cleaning system which aims to give vessel operators a smooth, streamlined hull to optimise fuel efficiency is now available for use in ports worldwide.
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NewsGB£1.35bn Queensferry Crossing open
The GB£1.35bn Queensferry Crossing has been opened by the Scottish Government to replace the Forth Road Bridge as the main road route between Edinburgh and Fife.
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NewsVeteran cargo ship sails again after refit
The two-masted schooner ''Avontuur'' - nearly 100 years old and once regarded as one of the last true cargo sailing ships of the last century - is back at sea again.
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NewsNobiskrug tackles specialist work
It’s proving a busy time in the boat repair and maintenance sector for Nobiskrug Shipyard and its sister yards in North Germany.
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NewsEco engine swap is first of several
The 24.5m Hamburg excursion boat ''Serrahn Star'' is back in service after swapping its old engines for a more eco-friendly and economical propulsion system and owner Heiko Buhr says similar conversions will follow on other boats in his fleet.
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NewsReliable lubrication for vertical lifting bridge
According to lubrication specialist Klüber, high-performance lubricants played a major role in Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas vertical-lift bridge project in Bordeaux, France.
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NewsNovorossiysk service hub
Damen Shipyards Group has announced plans to establish a Service Hub in the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk in a Letter of Intent signed with the Delo Group of companies.
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NewsNew ship repair facility in Portsmouth
Burgess Marine announced in September that in partnership with Portsmouth City Council it has opened a new ship repair facility within Portsmouth Commercial Port.
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Scottish corrosion project
Scottish Enterprise and partners have recently been promoting the new flagship NeSSIE project at two major Scottish energy events.
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NewsLinkspans for Calais
MacGregor has signed a contract with Bouygues Travaux Publics, one of the world''s largest civil engineering construction companies, to design, build and install three ferry linkspan facilities in France.
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NewsScheepswerf Kooiman Hoebee appoints Bastiaan Rigter as MD
Scheepswerf Kooiman Hoebee has appointed Bastiaan Rigter as managing director to build the company’s market position.
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NewsDutch Sand Engine solution comes to the UK
Bacton Gas Terminal and residents of the surrounding Norfolk villages will benefit from Dutch experience as Royal HaskoningDHV completes the detailed design for an innovative coastal protection project.
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NewsUK producer of concrete breakwaters
Gael Force Engineering’s first floating concrete breakwater has recently been launched and is considered to be an enormous achievement for the UK-based pontoon manufacturer.
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NewsAustralian boat design founder passes away
The founder of an Australian boat designer influential to many of the vessel designs on the market today has passed away.
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Norco workboat build contract
Norco Holdings, a Poole, UK-based manufacturer of lightweight composite structures and GRP mouldings, has been selected by Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK) to build the fleet of replacement Workboats ordered recently by the UK MoD and due to be delivered over the next six years.
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NewsNDT challenge
In a corrosion monitoring project that could also provide findings of use to the renewables and marine civils industries, a consortium of Oil & Gas industry organisations has set out to tackle one of the most enduring challenges in the North Sea: the non-destructive testing (NDT) of corroded pipes under ...
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NewsHi-Traq trenching vehicle
Royal IHC has entered in to a Memorandum Of Understanding with Canyon Offshore, a U.K. subsidiary of USA-based Helix Energy Solutions Group, to work towards an exclusive arrangement to jointly bring the Hi-Traq trenching vehicle to the market.
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NewsFrench pilot boat for West Africa
The French shipyard Alumarine builds a wide variety of work and patrol boats and it noted for its innovative designs that range from passenger vessels to lifeboats to harbour workboats.
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NewsBritish yards welcome new national shipbuilding strategy
UK Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has unveiled an ambitious new National Shipbuilding Strategy which meets the challenge set by Sir John Parker last November and sets out plans for the first batch of Type 31e frigates.
