Marine Construction News – Page 133
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News‘Red Jet 6’ on schedule
‘Red Jet 6’, UK ferry company Red Funnel’s largest ever Hi-Speed passenger ferry is currently under construction at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The £6m aluminium catamaran is the first fast ferry to be built on the Island for 15 years and is due for delivery in June ...
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NewsOcean research and hydrographic survey catamaran
Boatbuilder Safehaven Marine of Cork, Ireland has introduced its new Wildcat 60; a multi-purpose survey catamaran.
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NewsThird Nelson for La Coruna
The Port of La Coruna on Spain’s exposed North Atlantic coast, has recently invested in its third Seaward-built Nelson 40 pilot boat, following earlier purchases of a Nelson 40 in 1996 and a Nelson 35 in 2002.
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NewsVersatile jack-up walks over water
‘WaveWalker 1’, the award-winning ‘walking jack-up barge’ (JUB), especially made to operate in rough seas and surf zones, on beaches and other intertidal locations, has been proving its worth on a range of contracts. Since delivery in October 2012, different projects have seen it deployed in four different countries and ...
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NewsVessel repair partnership
UK-based ship repairer Burgess Marine has partnered with Kent-based Mechanica Utilities to maximise the use of its Dover footprint and share the company’s workshop and fabrication facilities, nationally, across all nine of its UK locations.
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WODCON XXI heads for Miami
WODCON, the biggest event on the international dredging community’s calendar, will take place this year on 13-17 June at the Hyatt regency Hotel in Miami USA.
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IADC in Moscow forum
René Kolman, secretary general of the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will be presenting a paper at the Third International Forum of Dredging Companies in Moscow on February 25, 2016.
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NewsDEME secures €150m in dredging contracts
The Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME has recently secured several international dredging contracts with a total contract value of €150m.
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NewsDiversity drives Italdraghe’s record year
Italy-based dredger and dredging equipment manufacturer Italdraghe has reported a busy and successful 2015, with activity reaching record setting dimensions.
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NewsDamen launches Russian trailer in Vietnam
The Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards Group has launched an ice class trailing suction hopper dredger for the Russian Port Agency, FSUE Rosmorport.
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NewsMTG gets its teeth into Europort
Barcelona, Spain-based MTG Systems used the occasion of the recent Europort exhibition to introduce DMET, a hammerless system for replacing cutter suction dredger teeth which promises to maximise productivity.
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NewsDredging solutions abundant in Rotterdam
Nearly 250 members of the dredging community gathered in Rotterdam last November for CEDA Dredging Days, which ran concurrently with the Europort exhibition.
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Septentrio introduces next generation GNSS reference receiver
Belgium-headquartered Septentrio, a provider of GNSS receivers has announced the launch of its next generation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver for precise scientific and geodetic applications – the PolaRx5.
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News10th Special Survey
Netherlands-based Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion has said farewell to Marco Polo, the 800 passenger cruise ship owned by Global Maritime and operated by Cruise & Maritime Voyages.
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NewsBergen's new fire and rescue boat
The Municipality and the Fire Department in Bergen, Norway have been strongly focused on the creation of a modern Fire Department, and it was with great joy that the city''s newest Fire and Rescue boat - the ‘Sjøbrand’ - was christened by its godmother Britt Brattetveit.
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NewsBig ‘Titan’ shoulders the contradictions
The Port of London Authority had a conundrum: they needed a vessel with a big pull yet shallow depth, packing heavy lift equipment while subject to air draft restrictions, capable of meeting fast running tides but still efficient enough for general use.
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NewsContainer dock developments at Naples
The design and development of a new container terminal in the port of Naples in Italy has posed considerable challenges because it has been heavily polluted in the past.
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NewsRondo class patrol
The St. Petersburg based shipyard Sredne-Nevsky which is part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation has delivered the R1650 which is the first of the Rondo class fast patrol boats built to a design developed by the shipyard.
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NewsThree Saints for Milford Haven
The Port of Milford Haven’s three new pilot boats will be named ‘St Brides’, ‘St Govans’ and ‘St Davids’ following a public competition which attracted almost one hundred entries.
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NewsPipelayer purchase
International marine construction specialist Bisso Marine, headquartered in Mississippi, USA has announced its acquisition of the offshore pipelay industry''s stalwart derrick/pipelay barge ‘Global Iroquois’. The 400 foot x 100 foot x 30 foot laybarge has performed pipelay operations worldwide and will be renamed ‘Bisso Iroquois’.
