All News articles – Page 1126
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NewsUrban Rock Climbs Into Vessel Maintenance
An innovative new approach to vessel repair and maintenance has made a lateral arrival from mountaineering, with Northampton UK based rope access company Urban Rock Abseiling providing services to those operating in marine and other harsh environments.
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Wartsila Power for an Extremely Cold Climate
Wartsila Corporation has received and order for four engines for installation on the first Sakhalin icebreaker to be built by the Kvaerner Masa-Yards Shipyard inFinland. The vessel will be equipped with three 8 cylinder Wartsila 38 main engines in diesel electric drive and an additional 6 cylinder Wartsila 20 engine ...
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NewsTyne River Clean-Up Project
An ambitious scheme to clean up the River Tyne has been given approval. The River Clean-Up Project , led by the Port of tyne and managed by Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council , has received £ 272,000 from SITA Environmental Trust and £ 20,000 from the UK Environment Agency to add ...
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Chart Training Package
Meridian Chartware of Norwich, a subsidiary of Norcom Technology, is developing an electronic chart training package and a low cost entry electronic chart plotter in a project also involving the UK Hydrographic Office and the Royal Yachting Association .
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Van Oord Deepens Entry Channel in South Korea
Van Oord in the Netherlands has been awarded contracts for the deepening of the entry channel to the Pusan New Port and for the delivery of sand for a nearby land reclamation project.
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NewsMET Meets Challenge
British tanker operators RixShipping of Hull has turned to the expertise of Sheffield''s MET Marine for a lightweight hydraulic marine crane to meet requirements on board the tanker Rix Condor .
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NewsCat Provides Lifting Fit For A Queen
Finning (UK) has secured a deal to provide a Cat TH560B Telehandler to Cruise and Passenger Services Ltd forhandling work with the new luxury liner Queen Mary 2 .
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NewsInnovative Buoy System Holds Down Maintenance Costs
Eason Marine, part of Whitwell UK based XJF Plastics, has developed innovative new service exchange tower (SET) and daymark systems with the aim of reducing maintenance costs and prolonging the working lives of buoys which are often in arduous environments.
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NewsNew Light Buoy Shines for Pharos
Middlesex UK based Pharos Marine has added the new PM-1800 rotationally moulded polyethylene buoy to its comprehensive IALA compliant range. The new buoy is designed to provide a cost effective and lightweight buoy marker for a wide range of applications and conditions.
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NewsPolish Yard Bulges with Prestige Lengthening Work
Ship lengthening projects are coming in thick and fast at Poland''s Stocznia Nauta Shiprepair Yard , which has just finished the last of three Norwegian jobs and taken two more for Norway and Sweden.
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News'Broadband at Sea' for Trinity House
Inventor of the radio and Nobel Prize winner Guglielemo Marconi would be pleased that the current incarnation of the company he founded in 1900 has been selected by the UK''s Trinity House lighthouse service to supply, install and maintain the first SeaTel 4003 ''Broadband at Sea'' system to be ordered ...
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Rapid Growth at Bristol Port
A new study commissioned in the UK by the South West Regional Development Agency has assessed the potential for economic growth at Bristol Port over the next 25 years.
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News'Terra Marique' Brings Load Work to seawork
Terra Marique the pioneering and innovative barge built by Damen Shipyards of the Netherlands for UK waterborne freight specialist Robert Wynn & Sons , will be perhaps the most unusual vessel amongst a fleet of some 63 working craft expected to participate in the floating exhibition at seawork2004 .
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Cautious Optimism at Boskalis
At its shareholder AGM in the Netherlands last month, dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster reported that incoming orders and turnover thus far in 2004 were lagging behind last year but were not out of line with expectations.
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NewsFugro Has a Boring Time in Poole
The proposed second crossing for Poole Harbour will span a 19m stretch of the Backwater Channel between Poole and Hamworthy. Designed to become a memorable landmark, the new bridge will feature two triangular bascules which, as vessels pass through, will rotate into the vertical position forming a visually dramatic twin ...
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NewsThe Williams Fleet Gets a Major Boost
The arrival of a brand new tug in May represents an important milestone in the continuing development of the fleet of Williams Shipping Marine Ltd .A series of recent purchases, charters and refurbishment projects demonstrates an uncompromising intention to move forward by the Southampton based company.
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New Terminal Tractors Will Boost Thamesport
To further enhance operations, London''s Thamesport received four new YT220 Terminal Tractors from manufacturer Terburg DTS .
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Newsseawork Exhibitor's Booms Don't Bust
Following an EU Tender, seawork2004 exhibitor Vikoma International has won an order to supply 600m of Hd Boom on reels to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency ''s anti-pollution stockpile. The Southampton based firm''s oil containment booms have earned a worldwide reputation for effectiveness and durability, and their latest Hd Boom ...
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NewsClean Power for China Tourist Boats
Environmental features were decisive in the minds of Chinese authorities who chose Volvo Penta marine diesel engines to power newbuild tourist boats which will be deployed on the Thousand Island Lake, part of the country''s extensive inland lake system. Located some 500 km southwest of Shanghai, it is an area ...
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BMT Inputs Boxport Design
British Maritime Technology ''sSingapore based subsidiary BMT Asia Pacific Pte Ltd hasrecently advised on the design of a major new deep water container terminal at Sepangar Bay in eastern Malaysia. The study considered where the terminal needed to be located to minimise dredging and enable ships to manoeuvre safely in ...
