Marine Construction News – Page 121
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NewsStena Line maintenance contract renewal
Swedish ferry operator Stena Line has renewed its planned maintenance agreement with MacGregor, part of Cargotec.
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NewsRoyal Navy Minehunter upgrade
The UK Royal Navy minehunters ''HMS Quorn'' and ''HMS Atherstone'' have been transferred into the new Minor War Vessels Centre of Specialisation at Portsmouth Naval Base ahead of their major upgrades by BAE Systems.
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NewsQuick turnaround for trawler refit
MAN Diesel and Turbo has recently completed a turbocharger refit within five weeks from the first enquiry to turbocharger commissioning.
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NewsAcoustic emission technology for crack and corrosion detection
ABS, a US-based classification society and provider of technical services to the marine and offshore industries, has recently published the ABS Guidance Notes on Structural Monitoring Using Acoustic Emissions.
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NewsWind turbine transport conversions
The second of two ships that have been specially designed to transport offshore wind farm components is nearing completion at a Dutch shipyard. Like its sister ship, the ‘Rotra Vente’ which was launched earlier this Year the ‘Rotra Mare’ has been converted from a container vessel into a heavy lift ...
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NewsWindfarm monopile oscillation analysis
Longitude Engineering, a specialist marine engineering subsidiary of the LOC Group, has developed an innovative analysis and modelling process to understand why large windfarm monopiles oscillate in smaller wave heights.
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NewsGdansk inner port improvements
The EU has awarded grants to the Port of Gdansk in Poland totalling more than €140 million for three major projects at the port. Two of these projects are to improve road and rail transport links but the third will be a major upgrading of the Inner Port including deepening ...
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NewsGravity base turbine developments
Gravity bases used to support wind turbines are not new and there have been a number of installations using these systems. In the main these are based on massive concrete structures that are floated out and then ballasted down onto a prepared sea bed using either sand or concrete as ...
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NewsCoda Octopus breakwater package
UK-headquartered underwater technology company Coda Octopus says its new subsea Marine Breakwater Package is enhancing productivity, safety and quality control aspects of breakwater construction while increasing operations to 24/7.
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NewsIemants and Jan de Nul to construct gravity bases
Belgium based Jan de Nul Group has joined forces with Iemants, another Belgian company to construct, install, ballast and protect the gravity based foundations (GFBs) and deck structures for the Krieger Flaks offshore wind farm substations.
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NewsPile upending tool recognised
The UK’s Employee Ownership Association Award for Innovation celebrates the year’s most compelling examples of innovation within UK employee owned organisations. UK civil engineering company Houlder’s ingenious new tools for the offshore wind energy market have been highly commended by judges this year for delivering clear benefits both technically and ...
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NewsTitanic offshore wind contract for Harland and Wolff
Ship builder Harland and Wolff in Belfast has won a major contract to supply steel foundations to an innovative offshore wind farm off the Suffolk coast.
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NewsVoe Vanguard: Expanding the vision
Two years ago Delta Marine started to investigate a DP1, 200 tonne boat; what they’ve got is a sophisticated, very new 500 tonne DP2 class vessel. Asked whether this is inspired or a case of ‘mission creep’ operations manager Dave McNaughtan said: “This is more a case of thinking about ...
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NewsTuco to deliver boats for Norwegian fish farming
Two adapted ProZero 15m composite workboats from Danish boatbuilder Tuco have been sold as high pressure net cleaning boats to Norwegian AKVA Group demonstrating the wide potential of this adaptable design.
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NewsInnovation award for monopile installer
The Integrated Monopile Installer, developed by Royal IHC’s subsidiary IHC IQIP, has won the Maritime Innovation award at the 11th Maritime Awards Gala.
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NewsNew Watermaster dredger launched
Finland-based Aquamec has launched a new amphibious multipurpose Watermaster dredger which has 50% more suction dredging capacity than its previous model.
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Newbuild tour for Young CEDA members
October was another busy month for Young CEDA, with CEDA board members joining 25 students and young professionals at an event specially organised by vessel builder Royal IHC designed to give them insight into dredging and marine construction.
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NewsMacArtney markets new turbidity monitor
Danish marine engineering solutions provider MacArtney Underwater Technology’s German subsidiary, MBT GmbH, has manufactured a turbidity monitoring buoy intended for deployment for accompanying environmental monitoring during dredging.
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Floating plant enables dredging success
UK based Land & Water Plant Hire has enabled continued sand and gravel dredging at a quarry near Manchester by placing a 20m long-reach excavator on one of their own floating pontoons.
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NewsThree day delivery for Damen CSD450
Damen Dredging Equipment in the Netherlands made an impressive newbuild delivery in September, providing a client with a cutter suction dredger only three days after the sales contract was signed.
