All News articles – Page 431
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NewsAward-winning Spinlock responds to commercial sector demands
Spinlock, a UK-based designer and manufacturers of rope holding equipment and personal safety products for leisure and commercial water users, will once again be attending Seawork International. Spinlock will be launching two new products at the show - the Fluorescent Deckvest DURO and the Pro-Tech.
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NewsStormer Marine wins Dutch Police tender
After a long and intensive tender process, Netherlands-based boatbuilder Stormer Marine has won a 20 boat order for the Dutch Police in the IPC-category.
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NewsIntegrated CCTV system for port and ferry terminal security
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) provide efficient, cost-effective harbour and port infrastructure services for operators and communities in and around Scotland, UK. The company owns and manages 26 ports, harbours and slipways, as well as the infrastructure necessary for vital ferry services serving the West coast of Scotland and the ...
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NewsEngineering meets virtual reality
These days, deck equipment and lifting gear needs simulation testing before full development, Geir Roland of MacGregor told MJ. “Working on a scale model – even a detailed, 3D printed model - won’t copy the physics. You need try things out on a computer.”
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NewsChill test at sixty below
Reliability is a prerequisite for the type of rugged motors that lie at heart of marine winches – but while even normal support operations are demanding, icebreakers like the ones being built in Russia’s Vyborg yard add another layer of complexity.
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NewsAll about letting go
A repair vessel may have just deployed a bight of telecoms fibre optic cable or similar product - but it’s still attached to the crane. So, how does it retrieve what may be a 1,000m length of load-carrying rope? After all, leaving it there is environmentally unfriendly if not downright ...
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NewsHamburg firefighter is biggest ever
The keel has been laid in north Germany for what officials say will be “a ship of superlatives” and the biggest specialist fire-fighting vessel in the history of the Port of Hamburg.
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NewsNew launches join Hamburg tour fleet
A second new port passenger launch with advanced eco-friendly features was entering service on Hamburg’s more than 40 square kilometer port network in June.
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NewsBoxship LNG conversion is a first
Scheduled to last more than a month mid-year in Bremerhaven, Germany, was what is being billed as the world’s first conversion of a container ship to LNG dual fuel propulsion.
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NewsGetting to the core
A new subsea industry, mineral mining, is getting underway. But as a result, support functions are also under pressure to evolve.
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NewsCatching (and keeping) the wind
Offshore wind turbines have trebled in size over a decade and another jump upward looks likely to come soon enough: so, how are ports responding to the step up in scale?
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NewsDeep Trekker launches ROV 4k recording
Canadian-owned Deep Trekker has launched 4k recording technology in both its DTG2 and DTX2 ROV lines, which enables users to dive up to 150m and 305m respectively.
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NewsDownload the Seawork app
If you''re attending or exhibiting at Seawork International this year, make sure you don''t miss a beat by downloading the Seawork App.
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Rohr of approval for new sand dredger
Wisconsin, USA-based Rohr-Idreco has completed the installation of an RISD350-M, 350mm electric dredger for a North American sand and gravel winning operation.
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NewsBoskalis/JDN in €250m India joint venture
Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster and its Belgium based counterpart Jan De Nul have signed a joint venture contract valued at some €250m with the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in India.
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NewsAustralian newbuild from Damen China yard
The TSHD 650 trailing suction hopper dredger ordered by Gippsland Ports of Victoria in Australia has been launched at the Damen Yichang Shipyard in China.
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NewsStudies around dredger dual fuel retrofit
A project being led by Central Dredging Association (CEDA) member Dragages Ports (DP) will see the Spanish dredging contractor’s 8,500m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger ''Samuel de Champlain'' retrofitted from MGO to a dual source fuel system.
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NewsIHC soars with newbuild orders
In line with expectations, Netherlands based shipbuilder and equipment manufacturer IHC has boosted its order book for both vessels and dredging equipment as signs of recovery continue to be seen in its markets.
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NewsDEME wins contracts in Europe and Africa
Belgium’s DEME Group shows determination to maintain its 2016 turnover of nearly €2bn by winning a collection of new dredging contracts across Europe and Africa.
