Marine Construction News – Page 131
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NewsSeeadler joins Weser workboat fleet
Weser operator Bremenports has taken into service the €1.4 million eco-friendly sounding and survey boat Seeadler - the latest addition to a fleet of versatile workboats serving the River Weser and the German sister ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven.
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NewsMuseum ship gets €1 million revamp
One of Germany’s best-known veteran museum ships has undergone an extensive €1 million class renewal and overhaul in Bremerhaven and been given a clean new bill of health.
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NewsFerry work keeps Diedrich on top
The repair and maintenance of East Frisian island ferries for regular local customers has been high on the list of works keeping the small German shipyard Diedrich Schiffswerft busy into the spring.
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NewsPosition reference system
Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has expanded its established satellite position reference system portfolio with the introduction of a new system that integrates all available Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and all possible correction services.
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NewsDecking overhaul
River cruise operator, Viking Cruises, is taking full advantage of an annual deck maintenance programme offered by the Dutch company, Bolidt Synthetic Products & Systems.
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NewsMadera RIBs reborn
Dutch company New Madera RIBs B.V. is a family business that started by taking over Madera Ribs B.V. from Veka Group in December 2014. The company has started by offering a 13.5m inboard- powered yacht tender RIB, but the company says it can be easily extended to a 15m platform ...
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NewsFehmarnbelt tunnel preferred bidders appointed
On Friday, 4 March 2016, the Danish political parties behind the Fehmarnbelt link, a new 18km road and rail tunnel between Denmark and Germany, mandated Femern A/S to appoint the preferred bidders for the main tunnel contracts with the aim of entering conditional contracts no later than mid-May 2016.
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NewsLoch Ness monster discovered
Well, almost. Australian-headquartered vessel designer Incat Crowther has announced a contract to design a 20m catamaran passenger ferry to ply the waters of Loch Ness in Scotland, taking tourists in search of ‘Nessie’, the lake’s famous monster.
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NewsPump house power
Medium-scale Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, Norvento, has begun construction on a 200kW twin turbine site at Shoreham Port on the UK’s South Coast.
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NewsVibro Lifting Tool deployment
In February the CV-320 upending Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT-U) from Netherlands-headquartered Cape Holland was used for installation of 13 piles at Kanaaldok B3 in the port of Antwerp.
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NewsThames Tideway Tunnel update
Work has started on the construction of one the UK''s largest civil engineering projects, the Thames Tideway Tunnel (aka the ''Super Sewer'') a 25km tunnel running under the River Thames through west and central London, which is designed to channel and control between 39 and 50 million cubic metres of ...
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NewsVripack Slide Hull patent
Netherlands-headquartered naval architects’ studio, Vripack has announced its first patent for one of its hull designs; the Slide Hull.
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NewsUnique lock gate project for Bremerhaven
Work is on schedule in Bremerhaven for the completion in March of a unique repair and overhaul project involving a trio of giant gates from the German port city’s most important sea locks.
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NewsNew emergency response ships unveiled
The German Government has unveiled plans for two powerful new multi-purpose emergency response vessels of up to 85m for service in the North Sea from 2019.
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NewsGermans replace old patrol boats
The German Government is placing an order this year for three badly needed sea-going police patrol boats to replace obsolete vessels in Baltic Sea operation.
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NewsDockstavarvet Interceptor 20M
A pair of new 20 metre Police/Patrol/Combat Boat design was recently completed at Swedish boatbuilders Dockstavarvet. These first in class vessels have been configured as a search, rescue and service vessel for the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organization, NDLO.
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News‘Marsden Bay’
Designed by UK-based Macduff Ship Design and built by Boustead Langkawi Shipyard, the tug ‘Marsden Bay’ has now been delivered and has entered service for North Tugz at Northport in New Zealand.
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NewsNew SMA Survey Vessel
Newbuilding No. 580 from Sweden''s Dockstavarvet was delivered last year to SMA, the Swedish Maritime Administration, The ship is named ‘Gustaf Af Klint’ after a pioneer in Swedish hydrographic survey active about 1790 to 1840.
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NewsDeep water salvage vessel
Finish propulsion specialist Wärtsilä has signed a contract with Shanghai Bestway Marine Engineering Design Co Ltd to design a new type of deep water dive support vessel.
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NewsGeorgia plans new deep-water port
Georgia''s Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development has announced that the Anaklia Development Consortium has been awarded the contract to build and develop a new deep sea port close to the town of Anaklia on Georgia''s Black Sea coast.
