Marine Construction News – Page 149
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NewsMore than just boats
Over 120 new jobs could be created in Brightlingsea, UK, if boatbuilder CTruk’s Advanced Composite Technology Centre project receives grant funding support.
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NewsBridges for Hamburg
Spanish port boarding solutions provider Adelte has announced that it will design, manufacture and install two state-of-the-art HYDRA-model Seaport Passenger Boarding Bridges (SPBBs) for the new Hamburg cruise terminal.
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NewsGrimsby pontoon
Commercial pontoon specialist Marine Designs Ltd, part of the A&P Group, has completed its 11th offshore wind related project with the installation of crew transfer pontoons in Grimsby Fish Docks for the EON Humber Gateway Windfarm Project.
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NewsBlack Sea invasion
After the successful delivery of five marine survey catamarans to Ukraine, Cheetah Marine has now completed a Cheetah 7.9m Survey vessel for Georgia. Powered by 100hp Honda four stroke outboard engines, the boat follows the Isle of Wight, UK company’s standard survey package specification.
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NewsFirst Sprinter leaves blocks
The official sea trials have been held of the first CoCo Yachts designed and Afai Southern Shipyard built Urban Sprinter 2000 fast ferry, named ‘Pão de Açúcar’. This is the first vessel out of a series of seven Urban Sprinters which will sail on Guanabara Bay between Rio de Janeiro ...
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NewsFocus on The Port of Cork
Cork Harbour, on the south coast of Ireland, reputed to be the second largest harbour in the world, sees a great variety of shipping, with some 4,500 vessel movements per annum. The Port of Cork is one of only two Irish ports that handle Lift-on Lift-off, Ro-Ro, Liquid Bulk, Dry ...
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News‘Atco Noura’
The 45m offshore patrol vessel ‘Atco Noura’, designed by Macduff Ship Design of the UK and built by Tor Marine of Turkey, has completed a rigorous trials schedule. This included reaching its contracted speed of 32 knots.
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NewsExpansion contract awarded
Lerwick Port Authority has awarded a construction contract for the latest expansion of the harbour’s facilities in a project costing a total of £16.5 million and which will benefit the fishing and oil sectors.
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NewsDutch to deliver new survey boat
North Germany’s waterways and shipping office (WSA) in Cuxhaven is taking delivery of a new Dutch-built Type 1640 hydrographic survey boat in November for service on the Lower Elbe.
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News'Reiherstieg' is last from SSB for Hadag
Hamburg’s newest Type 2000 port excursion and ferry boat ''Reiherstieg'', the 14th to enter service with Hadag, will probably be the last from small local yard SSB, which has built all but one of them.
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NewsTuco’s new baby
Denmark’s Tuco Marine Group has launched the newest vessel in its ProZero series of fast rescue boats, daughter crafts and workboats; the ProZero 11m Wind Farm Service Boat.
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NewsThe science of silencing
According to UK-based marine noise and vibration specialist, Halyard, commercial boats of all sizes can produce overbearing noise from their engines, generators and exhaust systems. This, Halyard says, can make for an extremely unpleasant and unproductive environment to work in, with prolonged exposure to high levels of engine and mechanical ...
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NewsDry dock for Burgess Marine
Britain’s largest independent ship repairer Burgess Marine has partnered with Shoreham Port, to revitalise ship repair in the commercially thriving Sussex, UK Port. Shoreham offers one of the few remaining dry dock facilities on the South Coast of England.
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NewsSpanish-built cats for Angola
A pair of 30m catamaran passenger ferries named ‘Macôco’ and ‘Panguila’ have been delivered to Instituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola. The vessels were built by Astilleros Armon in Spain to the design of Incat Crowther of Australia and will be operated by subsidiary TMA Express.
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NewsChamber delivery
Irish civil engineering contractor L&M Keating Ltd have successfully towed and installed the contractor designed 1000t reinforced concrete lock chamber for a new storm gate on Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, Ireland. The chamber was moved from its casting basin in Verolme Dry Dock in Cork Harbour to the island, ...
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NewsHeavy hoist for Suffolk
Suffolk Yacht Harbour claim that its new 75 Tonne Wise hoist at Levington, UK is the biggest between Bridlington and the Solent, and it could prove handy for commercial liftouts as well as for leisure yachts.
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NewsHamburg’s new barge
Hamburg has invested in an environmentally friendly alternative for supplying power to cruise ships lying at port. The LNG Hybrid Barge, Becker Marine Systems’ floating liquefied gas power plant christened at Hafencity, is a world premiere.
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Antwerp opportunity
An investment location of 96 hectares has become available in the port of Antwerp, the second largest port in Europe. The port claims that the site, in the heart of the European Union, is particularly suitable for industrial development.
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News‘Baia de Setubal’
As featured in brief in October’s MJ, Safehaven Marine based in Ireland have just launched a new pilot boat destined for the Port of Setubal in Portugal. ‘Bai de Setubal’ is one of Safehaven’s Interceptor 38 pilot vessels.
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Marine Supply Chain Conference
Taking place at ‘Action Stations’, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, UK on Wednesday 26 November 2014, the British Marine Federation’s Supply Chain Conference is intended for builders of small commercial and leisure vessels, their equipment manufacturers and suppliers.
