All News articles – Page 1081
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NewsExperienced Shows that Boys Will Buy Buoys at Seawork
Eason Marine took the occasion of Seawork 2005 to launch their new 3m rotationally moulded navigation buoy. The EM3000 ispacked with new features aimed at making maintenance and deployment of the buoy much safer and simpler.
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NewsDockstavarvet Celebrates a Successful Century of Boat Building
Sweden''s Dockstavarvet is celebrating 100 years of operation this month with the east coast shipyard busily building another two pilot boats for the Danish Pilots . The sister craft will be the 22nd and 23rd pilot boats built by Dockstavarvet for the Danish Pilots and continue a lineage of pilot ...
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NewsKeel Goes Down for CAD Pilot Boat
A radical new design of pilot boat being built using some of the most advanced computer aided design and manufacturing techniques available has reached the keel laying stage on target.
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NewsNewNavComms for Tsunami Relief Boat
Marine electronics equipment manufacturer Raymarine is supporting the ongoing tsunami relief work being carried out by the crew on board Vega , ahistoric 115 year old sailing vessel. The company answered a plea from Shane Granger, the captain of Vega , to replace equipment damaged while delivering aid in Malaysia.
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Participate in Shaping the Marine Bill
Industry, conservation groups and the public are being invited to give their views on a major piece of legislation which is intended to improve the management of Britain''s seas. The Government is committed to introducing a Marine Bill that will establish an integrated system for the streamlined planning, management and ...
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NewsNew Atlas Sounder
Atlas Hydrographic in Bremen has extended its DESO range of survey echosounders with the introduction of a new advanced three channel system featuring a networked Windows interface with associated software.
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NewsSpanish SDMs - a New European Art Form?
Named after the famous Spanish artists, Ramon Casa and Salvador Dali are the first two US designed Ship Docking Modules (SDMs) to have entered service in Barcelona with Spanish towage company Remolques y Servicios Maritimos (REYSER).
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NewsType Approval for Next Generation ECDIS
The Navmaster ECDIS developed by PC Maritime has been awarded type approval by DNV , certifying that it complies with IMO A817(19) and the latest edition of all associated specifications.
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NewsLiverpool Lodges Application for Post-Panamax Box Terminal
The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company has lodged an application for a Harbour Revision Order to allow construction of a new post-Panamax container terminal at the Port of Liverpool, the UK''s third largest container port and the country''s major gateway for container trade with North America.
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Anti-Corrosion Benefit for Commercial Vessel Operators
MICAD Marine , which provides real-time data collection and presentation systems for commercial vessel operators, has announced the inclusion of Vessel Corrosion Monitoring asstandard equipment on all of its MICAD Marine Systems .
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Alphatron Marine Bridges Technology Gap for Jamaican Coastguard
Alphatron Marine of Rotterdam has delivered the first Alphabridge INS bridge to the Jamaican Coastguard vessel Cornwall , which is currently under build at Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands.
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EC Shipbuilding Aid Approved
The European Commission has approved a 27m scheme in Germany to provide innovation aid to shipbuilding. The scheme is the first of its kind to be approved after the entry into force on 1 January 2004 of the Commission’ s framework on state aid to shipbuilding, which introduced revised rules ...
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NewsLydney's Historic Docks Reopened After Renovation
July saw the re-opening of the historic docks at Lydney, near Gloucester in the UK after a two year project to restore and enhance the historic landmark on behalf of the Environment Agency (EA).
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Marine Mapping Advances
SeaZone Solutions , the Metoc and Admiralty Holdings joint venture company, is set to launch SeaZone Hydrospatial , which it claims will be the most detailed and comprehensive maps of UK territorial waters containing information never before featured in nautical charts.
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ITC Acquire 'Tempest' and 'Typhoon'
International Towage Contractors (ITC) of the Netherlands has successfully completed negotiations leading to the purchase of the identical ocean going anchor handling tugs Smitwijs Typhoon and Smitwijs Tempest .
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NewsAcoustic Underwater Trials in Falmouth
Falmouth UK based BayMarine has successfully carried out acoustic sea trials on behalf of a major British defence contractor. The trials were carried out in 60m deep water in Falmouth Bay from Bay Marine''s multi-talented workboat Redeemer .
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NewsEnhanced Access to Brunel's Kingdom
The installation of new inner lock gates for the Bristol Port Company in the UK, following the earlier installation of similar outer lock gates, has given the port enhanced flexibility with equipment which is operational through its considerable full tidal range. The innovative gates were designed, constructed, installed, tested and ...
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Sea Scan in Aberdeen
America''s Marine Sonic Technology Limited (MSTL) has appointed RUCO Limited of Aberdeen as exclusive UK and Ireland sales representative for its Sea Scan PC sidescan sonar system. When connected to a GPS, the Sea Scan PC''s integrated navigation plotter records the area searched and the location of any objects of ...
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Subsea 7 Sells Survey Vessel
Global subsea contractor Subsea 7 of Aberdeen has sold its survey/ROV support vessel, DSND Surveyor , to Berkon Shipping NV in the Dutch Antilles for a reported US$3.5m.
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Boats, Boffins and Bowlines
Most salty dogs and even the general public know about modern sailing heroes such as Sir Francis Chichester, Clare Francis, Dame Ellen MacArthur, and Ben Ainslie MBE who wrote the forward to this book.
