All News articles – Page 327
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NewsIntelligent control block prevents dangerous windlass failure
Hauling an anchor in sudden, heavy seas can wreak havoc on windlass motors writes Stevie Knight.
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News‘Reliability and efficiency’ leads auto-gangway innovation
‘Autonomy’ and ‘energy-saving’ are the buzzwords of the moment, but with good reason, writes Stevie Knight.
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NewsSofia Fürstenberg Stott: Nor-Shipping
The maritime industry “needs to unlock opportunities a little outside its current remit” Sofia Fürstenberg Stott, Nor-Shipping’s development director told ''MJ''. And she’s determined to hand it a key.
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NewsGB£500,000 boosts Thames logistics centre
Land & Water has invested in a GB£500,000 dredging campaign to increase the capacity of its Thames-side marine logistics centre in Essex, UK.
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NewsNorfolk coast sandscaping
A scheme in the UK to build a ‘sand engine’ to protect the Bacton Gas Terminal and two Norfolk villages from coastal flooding has started writes Dag Pike.
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Ørsted building wind farm base in Vlissingen
The new base will be located in the Buitenhaven section of the Dutch port of Vlissingen which has 24 hour access irrespective of the tidal conditions.
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NewsOffshore kite energy could use turbine foundations
The Airborne Wind Energy System developed by Ampryx Power is working on a new tether that will enable units to generate up to 2MW writes Dag Pike
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NewsQOS Energy to monitor Sabella tidal installation
The first tidal energy plant to be installed in French waters is now being monitored by a sophisticated monitoring system developed by QOS Energy writes Dag Pike.
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NewsProject tests methanol emissions
A project to evaluate methanol as a marine fuel in Asia will involve the installation of a methanol-powered engine in a vessel to test its fuel efficiency and low emission viability at the Port of Singapore.
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NewsJan De Nul to dredge Ecuador port access
Belgium’s Jan De Nul Group has signed a 25 year concession agreement with the Ecuadorian Municipality of Guayaquil for deepening and maintenance of the 95 km long access channel to the port of Guayaquil.
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NewsDutch Queen christens Vox Amalia
Dutch dredging giant Van Oord closed out celebrations marking its 150th anniversary year with the christening last month of the trailing suction hopper dredger ''Vox Amalia'' in Rotterdam.
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NewsVFD technology aids vessel efficiency
An organisation which tackles marine contamination along the coast of British Columbia, Canada has made three of its new vessels more efficient using Invertek Drives variable frequency drive (VFD) technology.
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ProtoAtlantic opens call for applications
A project aiming to develop and validate a model for the prototyping and exploitation of innovative ideas in the maritime sector within the Atlantic area has called for entrepreneurs to apply for free testing of their technologies at multiple test facilities.
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NewsWODCON XXII set for Shanghai
WODCON XXII, the 22nd World Dredging Congress, will take place in Shanghai, China on 22-26 April 2019.
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NewsFSG readies biggest LNG cruise ferry
German shipyard FSG is readying what is described as Europe’s largest LNG cruise ferry after finally delivering its most complex RoRo passenger ship to date, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsStrong winds lead Ampelmann business
Ampelmann won 10 new offshore wind industry contracts in 2018 beginning with a Vroon Offshore Services contract which involved the A400 gangway system being deployed on a wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.
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NewsLead for autonomous eco ships project
Samskip has been named lead partner in a project seeking to bring to market emissions-free, autonomous container ships that also operate at a profit.
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NewsUS Navy contract for Smit and Donjon
Smit Salvage and Donjon Marine Co. have been awarded a contract that will see them providing salvage services for the US Navy throughout much of the western hemisphere.
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NewsSmit Lamnalco secures two towage contracts
Smit Lamnalco has reported the signing of two major port towage contracts that will provide work for fifteen tugs in Bahrain and Australia.
