Marine Construction News – Page 147
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NewsWorld-first propulsion for ‘Trearddur Bay’
“It’s completely different to anything already out there, it’s not a prop boat, it’s not a jet boat – and, given what we need, it drives better than either,” said Antony Robson, captain of the very new Turbine Transfers’ ‘Trearddur Bay’.
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NewsA solution for Venice?
Venice has had big issues; the fragility of its foundations has pitted the city’s protectionists and the cruise industry in a head-to-head battle that has gone on for years.
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NewsMaintenance monitored
UK-based Marine Software Ltd has recently delivered its MPMWin - Marine Planned Maintenance system to the Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) for their new flagship sail training vessel ‘TS Royalist’.
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NewsPolice boathouse
Netherlands-based Shipyard Hoebée B.V. (part of the Kooiman Group) has signed a contract for the design, construction and installation of a floating boathouse for the harbour police in Rotterdam.
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NewsNuuk terminal
Plans for a new container terminal at Nuuk harbour in Greenland are well advanced with the contract for the work awarded recently. An agreement has been signed between Sikuki Nuuk Harbour A/S and the Danish general infrastructure contractor Aarsleff for the first phase of the development of the proposed new ...
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NewsRIB for Spanish customs
UK–headquartered professional and rescue boat manufacturer Vanguard Marine has recently commissioned one of its TX-540 Deep V RIBs for the Spanish Customs Service in Palma De Mallorca. The 5.4 metre RIB will act as a support boat for their Surveillance Offshore Patrol Vessel ‘Gavilan IV‘.
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NewsA new approach to workboat building
A German company has developed a new approach to building workboats. Instead of doing the whole of the construction in a boat yard, Ophart Maritim builds a range of hulls in aluminium and supplies these to owners or other shipyards for completion and fitting out.
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NewsNippy duo for German police
Two fast and manoeuverable Finnish-built auxiliary patrol boats have joined the fleet operated by Hamburg’s Wasserschutzpolizei to monitor movements in Germany’s biggest and busiest universal seaport.
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NewsWeser Operator gets new ferry
Now in service on the Weser is the new 59m long river commuter ferry ''Stedingen'' - the latest in a series of unusual German small ferry developments at prominent Bremen operator FBS in recent years.
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NewsMaasvlakte 2 gets into full swing
The container terminals are ready, tankers are transferring oil between each other and the world’s biggest ship has arrived - Port of Rotterdam Authority’s flagship development Maasvlakte 2 is ready for service
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NewsPort of Tyne Riverside Quay developments
The UK''s Port of Tyne is stepping up the pace in the race to provide clean, green renewable fuels for the future with investment plans priced at £180 million for its south bank estate in South Tyneside. This follows several years of record growth in which the Port has focussed ...
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NewsSouth Boats 22m crew transfer vessel
South Boats IOW, a UK-based manufacturer of Wind Farm Service Vessels (WFSV), has launched its first of class South Cat 22m named ‘Iceni Venture’ for Iceni Marine Services Ltd.
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NewsGreen energy in Bremerhaven
German terminal operator Eurogate recently started up its second wind Turbine at Bremerhaven. The device at the Bremerhaven site is the second the company has put into operation after Hamburg. The ‘green electricity’ generated by the turbine will be used to cover the terminal’s own energy requirement.
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NewsMulti-purpose aluminium workboat
When a workboat builder from Finland decided to enter the leisure market with a new aluminium design they realised that the boat they had developed would also have potential in the workboat sector. So the new Modius 34 which will be introduced in the middle of 2015 will also be ...
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Irish upgrade
The Port of Cork has just announced that it will invest over €1.5 million in upgrading facilities at Cobh Cruise Terminal, Ireland’s only dedicated cruise berth, with the installation of a number of high load mooring bollards at the east and west end of the Cobh Cruise Berth which will ...
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NewsItaldraghe weed harvester for Kenya
Although best known as a dredger manufacturer, Italdraghe SpA, also has considerable experience in designing and building weed harvesters.
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NewsAsian airbag launching
In many parts of Asia, Rubber Airbag Ship Launching is the most used method for launching a vessel. ‘Maritime Journal’ spoke to Kevin Ang from www.shiplaunching.org to find out more information on this emerging technology that''s yet to have its big splash in European shipbuilding.
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NewsCEDA elects Laboyrie as new President
Polite Laboyrie of Witteveen and Bos in the Netherlands has been elected as the next Central Dredging Association CEDA President.
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NewsPort equipment orders
Global engineering group Cavotec has won orders for its equipment for ports in Australia, Indonesia, Oman, Portugal and Turkey, and for two major shipping lines, with a combined value of more than EUR 11.5 million.
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NewsTwo new trailers for Van Oord
Dutch dredging major Van Oord has ordered two trailing suction hopper dredgers, each with a hopper capacity of some 17,000 m3, for delivery in 2017.
