Marine Construction News – Page 113
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NewsBriggs Marine expands at Liverpool port
UK-owned marine contractor Briggs Marine has commissioned new waterside facilities in the Port of Liverpool.
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NewsGreen light for Gdansk
The pivotal role played by the Port of Gdansk Authority (PGA) has been recognised as essential by the Polish Government and it has received the green light to start design work on the new deepwater facilities called Central Port.
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Marine antifouling alternative
UK based Silicon Products (SP) Marine has launched a new and innovative means of keeping a boat clean which it says provides a completely new alternative to anti-fouling paint.
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NewsFassmer repairs biggest police boat
The biggest patrol boat serving river and coastal waters police in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein has undergone extensive regular maintenance and small repairs.
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NewsGerman yards demonstrate big ship versatility
Germany’s leading repair and conversion yards have demonstrated their versatility again with a flurry of big ship repair and refurbishment projects at a time when the future of the sector is far from certain.
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NewsGerman passenger ship revamped after fire
The 38.9m former excursion ship ''Adler Princess'', rendered largely useless by extensive smoke damage in a fire in Hamburg last year, has now been completely renovated and given a new lease of life.
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NewsDredger in time for Elbe deepening
Being built at home for Germany’s Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV) is its biggest trailing suction hopper dredger to support future operations on the busy River Elbe.
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News‘Spirit of Rathlin’
Arklow Marine Services, Arklow, Ireland has recently delivered the new 27m ‘Spirit of Rathlin’ ferry which has been designed to replace the existing ‘Canna’ and is set to operate between Ballycastle and Rathlin Island off the Co Antrim Coast.
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NewsMaritime Partner delivers workboat to The Norwegian Coastal Administration
The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) and Norwegian boatbuilder Maritime Partner have celebrated the delivery of the last of two all-round workboats ordered by the NCA last September.
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NewsStormer Marine wins Dutch Police tender
After a long and intensive tender process, Netherlands-based boatbuilder Stormer Marine has won a 20 boat order for the Dutch Police in the IPC-category.
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NewsHamburg firefighter is biggest ever
The keel has been laid in north Germany for what officials say will be “a ship of superlatives” and the biggest specialist fire-fighting vessel in the history of the Port of Hamburg.
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NewsNew launches join Hamburg tour fleet
A second new port passenger launch with advanced eco-friendly features was entering service on Hamburg’s more than 40 square kilometer port network in June.
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NewsBoxship LNG conversion is a first
Scheduled to last more than a month mid-year in Bremerhaven, Germany, was what is being billed as the world’s first conversion of a container ship to LNG dual fuel propulsion.
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NewsCatching (and keeping) the wind
Offshore wind turbines have trebled in size over a decade and another jump upward looks likely to come soon enough: so, how are ports responding to the step up in scale?
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Rohr of approval for new sand dredger
Wisconsin, USA-based Rohr-Idreco has completed the installation of an RISD350-M, 350mm electric dredger for a North American sand and gravel winning operation.
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NewsBoskalis/JDN in €250m India joint venture
Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster and its Belgium based counterpart Jan De Nul have signed a joint venture contract valued at some €250m with the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in India.
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NewsAustralian newbuild from Damen China yard
The TSHD 650 trailing suction hopper dredger ordered by Gippsland Ports of Victoria in Australia has been launched at the Damen Yichang Shipyard in China.
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NewsStudies around dredger dual fuel retrofit
A project being led by Central Dredging Association (CEDA) member Dragages Ports (DP) will see the Spanish dredging contractor’s 8,500m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger ''Samuel de Champlain'' retrofitted from MGO to a dual source fuel system.
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NewsIHC soars with newbuild orders
In line with expectations, Netherlands based shipbuilder and equipment manufacturer IHC has boosted its order book for both vessels and dredging equipment as signs of recovery continue to be seen in its markets.
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NewsDEME wins contracts in Europe and Africa
Belgium’s DEME Group shows determination to maintain its 2016 turnover of nearly €2bn by winning a collection of new dredging contracts across Europe and Africa.
