All News articles – Page 414
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NewsOrder and delivery round-up
Last month ‘MJ’ took a break from reporting tug orders and deliveries; if just one month is an indication of the health of the industry, business appears good with three orders and 12 deliveries to mention.
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NewsTowing - all about the preparation
HR Wallingford and its Australia Ship Simulation Centre in Fremantle have shed interesting light on the degree of planning involved in the towing and positioning of the largest offshore floating facility ever built.
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NewsSvitzer expands into Bangladesh
Svitzer has announced the signing of a fifteen-year deal to provide marine support services at Bangladesh’s first LNG import terminal.
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NewsGPS Marine reactivates its Shoalbuster
The Netherlands-based Van Grevenstein’s Scheepswerf BV has completed the reactivation of a British-owned Shoalbuster following a period of lay-up.
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News'Englishman', a name with history
Earlier this year SMS Towage took delivery of the 2014-built ‘Ulupinar’ class tug ‘Englishman’. The Hull-based company has now provided interesting background to the history of this particular vessel name.
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NewsLegal questions around unmanned workboats
According to Charles Hattersley, Partner and Head of Marine at Ashfords, a Law practice in Exeter, UK, unmanned workboats are quickly appearing over the horizon, but the legal framework may end up playing catch-up with the rapid technological progress.
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NewsCombat boats updated and replaced
The Muskö and Docksta boatyards of the Swedish Docksta Group have just finalized a LTF (Life-Time-Extension) program for 27 combat boats for the Swedish Amphibious Corps.
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NewsCompact, efficient vessel design for smaller windfarms
Norway’s Havyard Group claims it has confirmed its position within the offshore wind power industry by delivering one of the world’s first purpose-built vessels for offshore windfarms; the fifth windfarm service vessel for ESVAGT.
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UKHO award for New Zealand hydrographer
Adam Greenland, National Hydrographer of the governmental Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) organisation in Wellington, is this year’s recipient of the UK Hydrographic Office’s annual Alexander Dalrymple Award for outstanding contributions to world hydrography.
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Teesport commissions multibeam assembly
PD Ports Teesport, the UK’s third largest port and among the ten biggest in Western Europe catering annually for 5,000 vessels and over 56 million tonnes of domestic and international cargo, has commissioned a Teledyne Odom MB2 multibeam system for operations aboard its survey vessel, ‘Tees Sentinel’.
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NewsSubmersible GPS receiver
Modulus Technology of Great Yarmouth, UK, a division of AAE Technologies Group, has developed a purpose-designed submersible GPS receiver with integrated L1 and L2 antenna facilities, MiniPod 101G.
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NewsGavia AUV for Saudi Aramco
Teledyne Gavia of Iceland has completed delivery of a purpose-designed Gavia AUV to Saudi Aramco in Dhahran.
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NewsVessel monitoring technology partnership makes tracking more accurate
Accurate vessel monitoring is now easier with a technology offering that combines monitoring with a transponder.
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NewsA strong first half for The Swedish Club
An international marine insurer has returned a solid performance for the first six months of the year in line with its strategy for growth.
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NewsSecond Red Jet build for Wight Shipyard
Southampton, UK-based ferry operator Red Funnel has placed an order with Wight Shipyard Ltd for a second 41 metre high-speed catamaran which will inject £7m into the Isle of Wight economy and secure 85 highly skilled jobs.
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NewsFirst operational STM ship systems installed
The first Sea Traffic Management (STM) compatible bridge systems, connecting ships with shore based services and actors have been installed.
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NewsDeltamarin signs machinery design contract with Rauma for Finnish naval vessels
Deltamarin Ltd has signed contracts with Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) for the basic design of deck outfitting and machinery for vessels to be built in the Finnish Navy’s billion Euro Squadron 2020 fleet modernisation project.
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NewsActisense goes for IoT
NMEA specialist Actisense has recently cooperated with Austrian Tech company t-matix solutions to make information gathered by its products accessible online in real-time, so stepping into the word of the so called Internet of Things.
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NewsIndustry expert to head up assurance division
A Scottish marine consultant and surveyor has appointed an industry expert to achieve growth for its new assurance division.
