Marine Construction News – Page 137
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NewsLong-term service
Netherlands system integrator Alewijnse Marine Systems and dredging and marine contractor Van Oord have signed a long-term service level agreement covering the Van Oord cable-laying vessels ‘Nexus’ and ‘HAM601’. The contract was started on 1 September 2015 and will run for three years.
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NewsSupersized Sealegs
New Zealand-based amphibious RIB manufacturer Sealegs International has released its newest and largest amphibious rigid inflatable boat (RIB) to date - the Sealegs Interceptor 9000. Targeted at commercial and military applications it is powered by a 300hp Yamaha four-stroke outboard motor and is capable of 44 knots with its full ...
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NewsModelling coastal discharge
Hawaii, USA-headquartered Makai Ocean Engineering is expanding its environmental and coastal modelling services for clients who discharge into, or withdraw from, the world’s oceans, lakes, and reservoirs.
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NewsPredicting port congestion
A new system known as BlipTrack, developed by Denmark-based BLIP Systems, is helping controllers at Europe’s busiest ferry port to reduce bottlenecks and improve vehicle movements by predicting potential traffic congestion on Dover’s (UK) coast bound A20.
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NewsSeptentrio launch
Belgian-headquartered GNSS positioning heavyweight Septentrio has announced the AsteRx-U, an all-in-one receiver with UHF radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth cellular modem together with a L-band receiver and spectrum analyzer.
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News50 years a boatbuilder
With over 50 years behind him in ship & boatbuilding and civil engineering, Alastair Brown, Commercial Manager of Alnmaritec boatbuilders in Blyth, Northumberland, UK has announced his retirement at the end of a long, varied and successful career.
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NewsVictaulic at Europort
Victaulic, the US-headquartered manufacturer of mechanical pipe-joining systems, will be demonstrating a selection of time- and cost-saving piping solutions at Europort, Rotterdam, 3 – 6 November.
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NewsWorldwide green ports partnership
Global marine terminal operators DP World, Hutchison Port Holdings Limited (HPH), APM Terminals, PSA International and Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) – five of the world’s largest port operators, and joined by the Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA), have launched the first ever joint industry initiative of this magnitude to ...
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Vessel demand report
The France-headquartered OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) has published a new report on shipbuilding and the offshore energy industry.
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NewsNew coastal ferry design
Finnish headquartered Deltamarin launched its new DeltaLinx ferry design during the BaltExpo 2015 exhibition in the beginning in September in Gdansk, Poland.
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Hempaguard milestone
Just two years after its launch marine coatings manufacturer Hempel has announced that its Hempaguard producct has now been applied as a full coating to more than 350 vessels.
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NewsNew amphibious dredge from Dragflow
Italian dredging specialist Dragflow has introduced a dredge that they claim can easily work in every kind of conditions, even when the water level is minimum.
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NewsVibrocorer for Belgium
OSIL (Ocean Scientific International Ltd) has supplied the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) with a high-powered Vibrocorer system.
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NewsProgress on Venice flood barriers
The challenge of protecting the ancient city of Venice from the sea has been a long saga. Increasing high tide levels within the sensitive Venice lagoon have seen many sections of the city flooded.
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NewsHeading for 400 turbine installations
Netherlands-headquartered Doedijns, a specialist in engineered hydraulic and pneumatic solutions has recently supplied the complete hydraulic system for a pile gripper frame to Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems.
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NewsWeight not the issue for ‘Rhodina’
Despite media speculation, it seems weight gain wasn’t actually the cause of the plight of the Dutch workboat ''Rhodina'' which sank as it went about its duties around the Dutch city of Groningen.
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Jotun welcomes ISO 19030
In anticipation of final approval of the ISO 19030 (Marine Environment Protection Sub-committee) standard expected next year, Norwegian hull coatings specialist Jotun will update its Performance Guarantees offered as a part of its Hull Performance Solutions package so that they are fully compliant with the standard.
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CSP antifouling
US-based PPG Protective and Marine Coatings has announced Sigma Sailadvance, a new range of high performance commercial vessel antifoulings suitable for a variety of operating conditions.
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NewsDanish ports approve HullWiper
Authorities at the Danish ports of Copenhagen, Kalundborg and Fredricia have recently granted permission for GAC EnvironHull’s diver-free, underwater HullWiper solution to be used within their ports and outside of holding areas.
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NewsNew vessel, new yard, new technology
“To start with we went to our commercial marine boatbuilders and asked them to forget what they were doing today, but rather what they wanted to achieve,” said Martin Jackson of Marine Industrial Transmissions (MIT).
