All News articles – Page 1009
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News'Personal Everest' Sailing South
Geoff Holt, the quadriplegic sailor undertaking his ‘ Personal Everest’ challenge to sail around Great Britain solo in a small trimaran, is nearing the point at which he can turn south and head towards home in a voyage much delayed by the UK’ s worst ever summer weather.
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NewsSCOPIC Rates Increase for Salvors
Marine salvors have welcomed the introduction of increased tariff rates under the SCOPIC (Special Compensation P& I Club) Clause system of remuneration for salvage services.
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NewsIce-Breaking Workboat Nears Completion in Germany
A new workboat with novel ice-breaking capability is due for completion this year for north German canal and waterway authorities.
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NewsUK Maintains Market-Led Ports Policy
The UK ports industry has broadly welcomed the Government’ s Interim Ports Policy Review paper, which commits to a market-led ‘ light touch approach’ rather than the adoption of a national ports strategy which many had feared.
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Trim Tab Takeoff at Seawork
One of the products shown by Poole UK based Marine Components International at Seawork 2007 was the new SST System by Bennett Marine. Bennett has been producing a trim tab system for smaller vessels for some 45 years, but the new SST extends that range from 16m up to 46m ...
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News'Sunk' Traffic Separation Scheme Reorganised
The biggest reorganisation of aids to navigation in UK waters for 30 years came into effect last month with the introduction of a new maritime Traffic Separation Scheme at the Sunk.
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NewsSeawork Success Secures Second Production Line
One of the significant boatbuild transactions taking place at Seawork 2007 saw South Boats Special Projects Limited sign a £ 2.2m contract with MPI Offshore Ltd for two new designs of wind farm service vessels which will enter service next year. Both new designs will be tank tested prior to ...
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NewsSilence Prevails for 'Spirit of Innovation'
The pop song premise that silence is golden proved more than appropriate for Halyard Marine, which carried off the coveted ‘ Spirit of Innovation Award’ for the most outstanding new product in the Innovations Showcase at Seawork 2007.
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Ohmsett Hosts Oil Spill Training
Ohmsett, The National Oil Spill Response Test Facility in the USA, will host a one week Oil Spill Training Course from 17 to 21 September 2007.
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NewsNavaids Light the Way to South Hook LNG
UK based aids to navigation specialist Tideland Signal has supplied a variety of LED lanterns to help ensure the safety of the new ships serving the South Hook LNG Terminal under construction near Milford Haven in Wales.
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NewsSmit Invest Heavily in Liverpool
On 29 March of this year Smit International NV announced the purchase of Adsteam’ s Liverpool towage operation. The sale was a condition imposed by the UK Competition Commission prior to the finalisation of the takeover of Adsteam by SvitzerWijsmuller.
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NewsNew Funding for Tidal Turbines
The ethical savings and investment bank Triodos is making its first ever investment in marine renewable energy as a contributor towards £ 7.5m of new funding for Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT), the developer of the world’ s first commercial scale sub-sea turbine.
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Odom Enters Multibeam Market
The fiercely competitive multibeam system market now has another contestant, Odom Hydrographic Systems of Baton Rouge in the USA.
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NewsEMSA Exercises Oil Spill Muscle
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) recently sent a clear signal to polluters that thanks to modern technology and the commitment of EU Member States to tackle head on any threat to the environment, ships that think they can get away with illegal discharges while no one is looking could ...
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DP World to Upgrade Terminal in Fujairah
Port operator DP World reportedly plans to invest in the Port of Fujairah to make it suitable for larger container ships.
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EU Waterways Directive Sparks Dutch Debate
A legislative proposal before the Lower House of Parliament in the Netherlands would revise the national Shipping Act to bring legislation into line with the EU Inland Waterways Directive (2005/44/EC).
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NewsRapid Replacement Saves the Day
Earlier this month the cruise ship ‘ Thomson Spirit’ collided with another cruise ship, ‘ Ocean Majesty’ , on the Geirangerfjord in Norway, damaging a lifeboat and the davit for a tender vessel.
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NewsPedal Powered 'SeaBomb' Crosses the Ocean
Inspired by penguins' swimming technique, University of Bath students have created a submarine called the ' SeaBomb' , powered by a ' pilot' who pedals on a machine similar to an exercise bike.
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NewsJoint Venture Wins Transnet Contract
South African construction company Group Five has won 1.8bn Rand contract from Transnet to widen Durban’ s existing harnour by 100m and to increase the depth by 6m.
