All News articles – Page 1161
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NewsRevolutionary 'Carrousel' Towing System Makes Good Progress
It is a little over a year ago that the new Carrousel Towing System was first introduced to the towage industry at the ITS 2002 Tug & Salvage Convention in Bilbao.
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Versatile Buoy Tender Gets NavComms Package
A new buoy tender under build at the Schelde Naval Shipbuilding yard in the Netherlands for the Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) will feature a complete suite of bridge electronics supplied by Sperry Marine.
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VOSTA LMG and Damen to Build Vietnam Dredger
Vosta LMG ''s Amsterdam office will act as main contractors for a 1,500m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger to be built at Damen Shipyards Cargo Vessels in Hoogezand. The vessel, for Waterway Dredging and Construction Company 1 of Vietnam, will be delivered in the first quarter of next year.
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Eason Marine Brings the Buoys to seawork
Eason Marine, whose towering EM3000 Navigation Buoy was a guiding landmark at seawork2002, return for seawork2003 with not onebut two other models from their well-proven range. Visitors to Eason Marine''s Stand 71 will see an intermediate 2m diameter EM2000 redport navigation buoy and a 1.25m diameter green model commonly found ...
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NewsMarine Traffic Surveys Bring Safety to seawork
Southampton based marine risk management specialists MARICO Marine will be bringing their survey vessel MORVEN to the floating exhibition at seawork2003 and the company''s John Riding will address the UK Harbours Masters Association on the subject of marine traffic surveys and their implications for ports.
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NewsNorwegian Innovators Bring 'Magnetic Plasters' to seawork
The UK''s Maritime and Coastguard Agency has recently purchased a significant quantity of magnetic plasters from new seawork exhibitor Miko Marine AS . The Norwegian company has developed, patented and marketed a heavy duty magnetic tarpaulin called Miko Plaster , which provides a temporary watertight seal over hull openings such ...
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NewsGas Pipeline Provides Challenging Job for Boskalis Offshore
Boskalis Offshore is making good progress with a challenging project that will see Singapore connected to the Indonesian island of Pulau Pemping by a new 26km gas pipeline known as the Pulau Pemping-Pulau Sakra gas line, which will transport gas from onshore fields on the island of Sumatra to Singapore.
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Dutch Treat Delivers Caterpillar Power Boost
Caterpillar has launched four new commercial power ratings for its 3516B engine in both HD (High Displacement) and standard configuration. The move provides some 8% more power from an existing engine footprint and weight format.
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Patrol Boat Re-Think for Canadian Coast Guard
The Canadian Coast Guard has adopted a new operational concept for its fisheries inspection patrol boats, switching from a mix of larger vessels supplemented by smaller boats near shore, to new smaller craft with a higher speed capability which allows them to cover a larger area by themselves.
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BHD Land Reclamation in Dubai
Undeterred by war in the region, the Netherlands'' Ballast Ham Dredging has begun work on a contract in Dubai undertaking land reclamation works at Port Rashid. Total vale of the contract for client Dubai Palm Developers is ¢ 40 million.
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NewsConstruction of New Dover Berths Underway
The first phase of a 30 year development plan for the busy UK Port of Dover , devised by consultants Halcrow and covered in MJ last month, is moving forward, with Edmund Nuttall installing piles for the construction of two ro-ro berths at the Eastern Docks.
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NewsEasy Berth With New Mooring System
Load measurement and stress analysis specialists Strainstall have recently completed a major contract to supply integrated jetty mooring systems for the new VLCC Oil Import Terminal at Jurong in Singapore. The primary functions of the system are to accurately monitor a vessel''s speed and angle of approach and then, once ...
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Pollution Penalties Becoming Stiffer
Last month the Crown Court reduced a fine imposed earlier this year by the Southampton Magistrates Court on the owners of a container ship.
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NewsMachinable Composite Delivers Shaft Bearing Solution
When the failure rate of the shaft line rope guards protecting external shaft bearings on British Royal Navy vessels was running at an unacceptably high rate, BMT Defence Services Ltd was asked to find a solution.
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Bear Goes to Sea (and seawork ) With Proven Propulsion
Co-operation between Twin Disc and their UK distributor, seawork2003 exhibitor Marine & Industrial Transmissions Ltd has resulted in the provision of a substantial sponsorship package to Bear Grylls for his Arctic Challenge 2003 .
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NewsTake Care, Bear - Bon Voyage from seawork
seawork2003 will provide the final UK opportunity for supporters to wish skipper Bear Grylls and his hearty crew ''Bon Voyage'' before they embark on a daring effort to become the first to complete a crossing of the North Atlantic via the Arctic Circle in an open RIB.
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New Harsh Environment Beacons
New from E2S, European Safety Systems, are the MB005 five joule and MB010 ten joule xenon strobe beacons.
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NewsLimehouse Basin Dredging Goes With the Flow
Ballast Ham Dredging recently completed the dredging of Limehouse Basin within the East London Docks, employing their patented Water Injection Dredging (WID) technology.
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NewsExtended 'WD Fairway' Goes Back to Work
Boskalis '' jumbo trailing suction hopper dredger WDFairway has been restored to its former eminence as the world''s largest dredger following the completion of lengthening and other works at the Sembawang Shipyard in Singapore.
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Azipull Thrusters Head for Offshore Service
The first Ulstein Aquamaster Azipull thrusters to enter service will be four AZP085 units propelling the new Fjellstrand FerryCat double-ended catamaran ferry which is due to commence operations in Norway this summer. Rolls-Royce has orders for another two shipsets (eight units) for two more Ferrycats destined for use in Turkish ...
