All News articles – Page 1076
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NewsDelayed Research Ship Heads for Handover
Due for handover this month, nine months later than scheduled, is the new German polar research ship Maria S Merian , being described as the most modern ship of her type in Europe.
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NewsSMIT Deals with Fire and Groundings
SMIT Salvage BV began the second half of the year with two major Lloyd''s Form salvage operations, involving the container vessel Norasia and the NATO research vessel Alliance .
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NewsRingProp Deal
RingProp PLC has selected E P Barrus Ltd to distribute the company''s innovative ringed propeller line in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Barrus will employ its substantial technical experience to complement RingProp''s own testing programme and help to create a selection guide for boat users in the UK. Barrus ...
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Multi-jurisdictional Law Lands Shortsea Shipping Deal
Law firm Eversheds hasadvised Icelandic shipping company Samskip on its acquisition of short sea shipping operator Seawheel.
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Seafarer Criminalisation Threat to Safe Manning of Ships
The London P& I Club has warned that there is a danger that recent moves, particularly in Europe, to criminalise seafarers whose errors have led to accidents could have an adverse effect on safety in shipping.
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NewsCrane Gain for NME
Norwegian Maritime Equipment (NME) has won a ? 500,000 order to supply ten marine cranes for five new Norwegian coast guard vessels, the first of which is scheduled for launch by the end of this year. The order was received from the Sczecin Ship Repair Yard Gryfia SA in Poland, ...
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NewsWork Starts on Turner Contemporary
James Mallord William Turner was on board a Margate steamer to sketch the passage of HMSTemeraire as it was towed upriver by a smoke belching ''modern'' steam tug on 6 September 1838. The ''ship that saved Victory'' at the Battle of Trafalgar was on a last voyage to Beatson''s ship ...
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European Shortsea Consolidation Underway
Icelandic shipping to logistics company Samskip is set to acquire established shortsea operator Seawheel . The two companies have announced that due diligence procedures have been completed and they await final approval from regulatory authorities.
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NewsNew Pollution Ship Heads for Completion
The former Eckelmann cleaning and oil disposal tanker Marcus is now in Bremerhaven for final fitting out and completion as Germany''s latest oil pollution combat ship Luneplate after conversion in Brake.
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NewsNew Modular Combi Unit Makes Debut
The Simrad 33 Series has been rejuvenated with the new CX33 combination unit as part of the Simrad CX range.
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NewsWind of Change Sweeps Highlands Port
The Cromarty Firth is becoming a key staging post for the delivery of components to wind farm developments in the Highlands and the north east of Scotland. Danish logistics company Deugro Danmark A/S has begun a series of 15 shipments through the Port of Invergordon of components for wind farm ...
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Sandbanks Causing Problems for Newly Opened Marina
Shifting sands are causing problems for recreational sailors at a recently completed £ 3.5m West Wales marina where several small craft have run aground this summer.
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Cardiff Education Seminar
Reconciling academic and professional standards with the needs of the commercial hydrographic industry now facing a shortage of skilled personnel as a result of declining numbers of students and courses with hydrographic content is to be the subject of a one day seminar organised by the Hydrographic Society UK at ...
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Swell Compensator System Lifts Crane Capacity
Hytop BV has designed, produced, delivered, tested and operated two swell compensator systems which will enable Genius Vos to handle heavy loads on the open sea. Key to the system is ensuring that a crane which can take a 280 ton static lift load but is not equipped to respond ...
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NewsCall for UK Maritime Lobby
The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Michael Savory, believes that the UK''s diverse maritime industry needs to create a UK-wide council to ensure that the sector is taken seriously by Government.
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TTS Buys Kocks Deck Machinery
In a continuing policy of acquiring companies which complement its current portfolio, Norway''s TTSMarine ASA has signed a final sale and purchase agreement to acquire Germany''s Kocks GmbH of Bremen.
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NewsTsavliris Salvage Keeps Busy
After a busy start to 2005, the Tsavliris Salvage Group hascontinued to be highly active in recent months with a series of further significant LOF salvage operations. The most recent salvage contracts have spanned the world, underlining Tsavliris'' readiness to handle all types of marine casualties.
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NewsBuoyant Sales for Sonardyne
Sonardyne reports continuing volume sales with news that Ashtead Technology Rentals in Aberdeen is to increase its commitment to the Yateley based company''s acoustic wideband systems with further acquisition of equipment, the total value of which now exceeds US $9m. It presently maintains over 200 wideband-enabled Compatt 5 subsea transponders ...
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NewsDubai Drydocks Builds Its Own Crane
Visitors to ShipRepair & Conversion Dubai may find time to make a side excursion to Dubai Drydocks, which has built a 2,000 ton floating crane to its own account.
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NewsK Damen Complete the First of Three Bugsier Tugs
Dutch builders Shipyard K Damen Europe BV has delivered the first of three virtually identical tractor tugs to Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs-Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG of Hamburg.
