All News articles – Page 491
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NewsSeawork Innovations Showcase 2016
The Spirit of Innovations Showcase at Seawork 2016 will display the latest projects, products and vessels that are forging ahead in the industry to provide new solutions.
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NewsFRC enhancements
Over the last few months Dutch Special Marine Group’s designer P. Meuzelaar has developed a new range of Fast Rescue Craft, the FRC 602, FRC 702 and FRC 803. The company describes it as ‘a small series of standardised craft to keep the costs low and require less spare-parts’.
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NewsOrkney’s EU funding
The European Commission has recently awarded just over €3.9 million (£3.1 m) to support tidal energy testing and demonstration in Orkney waters, offshore Scotland, UK.
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NewsAmphibious weed harvester
German mowing machine manufacturer Berky also develops and manufactures special vehicles and attachments for water maintenance, and has recently launched an amphibious weed harvester that can move on water as well as land.
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NewsKML purchases Falmouth Wharves
Keynvor MorLift (KML), a Falmouth, UK-based industrial marine contractor, has announced its purchase of Falmouth Wharves. The acquisition plays an important role in KML’s expansion plans which will see up to 39 new jobs created.
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NewsDNV GL to provide installation engineering
Germany-headquartered classification society and marine engineering specialist DNV GL has been awarded a contract by COSCO Shipping Company Limited (COSCO SHIPPING) of China for the installation engineering services for the BorWin gamma high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platform.
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NewsCavitation tunnel re-opened
UK defence and research company QinetiQ has announced the reopening of its newly upgraded cavitation tunnel to both military and commercial customers.
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NewsRetrofit air intake system
Veotec ltd, a UK-based air intake specialist, has supplied the UK’s Royal Navy with specially designed filtration equipment for its fleet of 20m GRP Archer Class P2000 patrol vessels.
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NewsNew Damen MRAV range
Netherlands-headquartered Damen Shipyards Group has announced the introduction of a new range of Multi-Role Auxiliary Vessels (MRAV), during the recent Oceanographic Survey Vessel Conference in London
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NewsDoen distribution
CJR Propulsion has announced the signing of an exclusive distributor agreement with Sea-Tek of Norway, establishing CJR as the sole distributor of Australian-manufactured Doen Waterjets in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
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NewsNew RENK multifunctional test facility
In the beginning of 2016 one of the largest and most modern test facilities in Europe for gear units was put into operation at the RENK AG headquarters in Augsburg, Germany.
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Fuel management training
Veritas Petroleum Services (VPS) and Norway’s Seagull Maritime AS have announced that they have signed a collaborative agreement that will capitalise on their complementary strengths to bring state-of-the-art fuel management training to the maritime industry.
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KleinPilot for USA
Swedish defence and security company Saab has been awarded separate contracts from the Canadian Great Lakes Pilotage Authority and the Great Lakes Pilotage Division of the United States Coast Guard to upgrade their Great Lakes Pilot Management System to the latest version of Saab’s KleinPilot.
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NewsEstonian multifunction patrol vessel
Baltic Workboats of Estonia has been awarded a 16 million Euro contract to design and build an advanced new multifunction patrol vessel to protect Estonia’s maritime environment, which the company believes will also significantly enhance the company’s future export potential.
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NewsMeercat order
Meercat Workboats, based in Portchester, UK has announced the sale of a custom built monohull workboat to Scotland’s Briggs Marine.
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NewsRIB auto inflation system
Dutch boat builder No Limits Ships which builds a range of large wheelhouse RIBs that are used for survey and personal transport operations has introduced an automatic inflation system that keeps the tubes at the correct pressure.
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NewsNew inspection features for PropCad Premium
The latest addition to US-headquartered Hydrocomp’s PropCad propeller optimisation software features new functionality allowing users to create customised layout templates for measuring blade coordinates, blade thickness, and local pitch.
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Tunnel contracts signed
Femern A/S has on the 30th of May 2016 signed four major construction contracts worth almost DKK 30 billion with the international contractor consortia that will be responsible for the construction of the 18 km Fehmarnbelt tunnel between Rødbyhavn (Denmark) and Puttgarden (Germany).
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NewsPLAT-O on display for Jutland commemorations
While German and British dignitaries, including The Princess Royal, Prime Minister David Cameron and German President Joachim Gauck, commemorated the Battle of Jutland in Orkney at the end of May, visitors to ‘HMS Bulwark’ at nearby Hatston Pier, in Kirkwall, would have seen a great symbol of how much things ...
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NewsWind farm concept benefits from Oil & Gas heritage
Mike Simpson, Director of UK- headquartered offshore engineering company Houlder’s Marine Design Consultancy business has launched a windfarm support base concept design.
