All News articles – Page 485
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NewsOOC expands CTV fleet
Three more 36-passenger offshore CTVs will join Germany’s Opielok Offshore Carriers (OOC) in 2017 and 2018 as a result of the “outstanding” performance so far of the first boat in a new high-capability series.
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NewsVietnamese CTVs popular with Germans
The Hamburg-based offshore service concern OPUS Marine has praised the quality of its two newly delivered Vietnamese-built crew transfer catamarans ''Presto'' and ''Vivace''.
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News'Sauger 111' helps stem Hamburg silt
Hamburg Port Authority HPA has taken delivery of a new €7.5 million floating dredger in a bid to keep abreast of dredging needs and silt build-up in Germany’s biggest universal seaport.
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NewsNovel Seekuh heads for launch
Being launched in Germany in early September is the novel 12m long waste collection and research catamaran - ''Seekuh'' (Sea Cow) - designed to help cope with some of the millions of tons of plastic waste dumped in the world’s oceans every year.
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NewsSecond generation bridges from Alphatron Marine
JRC and Alphatron Marine will be exhibiting at SMM in Hamburg, Germany from the 6 September to 9 September.
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Water lubricated bearings
Netherland’s based Maprom Engineering will be at SMM this year to promote water lubricated bearings as a suitable alternative to oil lubricated ones.
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ETV reprieve
The UK government has taken the decision to provide a further five years of funding for the country’s remaining emergency towing vessel (ETV), based in Orkney.
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Windfarm contract for Jan De Nul
Jan De Nul Group has signed a contract with Dong Energy for the transport and installation of 36 monopiles and transition pieces for the offshore windfarm Borkum Riffgrund 2.
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NewsHovertravel’s £10M investment
The first commercial passenger carrying hovercraft to have been built in decades are about to go into service with Hovertravel’s Ryde-Southsea route across the UK’s Solent.
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NewsBurgess Marine and EAPL partnership
UK-based ship repairer Burgess Marine and European Active Projects Ltd (EAPL) have partnered up to jointly manage and operate Ramsgate Slipways.
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Wave Energy Convertor deployed
UK Falmouth-based wave energy developer, Seatricity Ltd, has redeployed its full scale prototype wave energy convertor to the Wave Hub test site in Cornwall for testing.
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New distribution agreement for Planet Ocean
Planet Ocean has become the UK and Ireland distributor for American-based SeaView Systems’ new low power wave height and direction sensor.
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Maersk training first
Maersk Training has become the first Global Wind Organisation certified training centre in the world to deliver the new Basic Maintenance Training (BMT).
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Scottish technology collaboration
Nine major energy companies and the Scottish Government have announced a £7.9 million collaboration on technology innovation to slash the cost of offshore wind, via the Carbon Trust''s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme.
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NewsMorecambe flood protection project
Work on the first phase of a multi-million pound project to replace Morecambe, UK’s wave reflection wall being carried out by VBA joint venture, is progressing well.
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NewsDiversification at Alicat Workboats
More often reported on in these pages for its windfarm support vessels, Great Yarmouth, UK-based Alicat Workboats has recently won a contract with Stewart Marine to build a 57 x 11FT Wide-beam Canal Barge.
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NewsMagnetic Sledge from Miko
Oslo-based Miko Marine has unveiled a magnetic sledge that is capable of retrieving small ferrous objects from underwater.
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European expertise for US offshore wind
Norway-headquarterd Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering, a provider of marine warranty, dynamic positioning and engineering services to the offshore sector, has signed a contract with leading offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind to provide marine warranty services for the Block Island Wind Farm, America’s first offshore wind farm.
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NewsNew Senior Associate at RCG
The UK-based Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has announced the addition of Julie Drew-Murphy as Senior Associate to the team, bringing valuable offshore wind development, compliance and due diligence skills.
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NewsJFC awarded
Irish navaids manufacturer, JFC, has been awarded the ‘Excellence in Marine Technology’ award.
