All News articles – Page 532
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NewsSanmar continues to deliver
Rarely a month passes without news from Sanmar Shipyards and in this edition we report on an ASD tug for UK’s SMS Towage, two ASDs for a new container terminal in Turkey and details of Jordan’s latest line-handling tug.
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NewsDamen’s Russian and Baltic connections
Recent items of news from Damen Shipyards Group and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping highlight the former’s involvement with products destined for Russia and the northern Baltic states.
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NewsUnmanned tugs – the ultimate crew protection?
Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd have unveiled a revolutionary concept with their vision of an autonomous unmanned tug, named RAmora and the flagship of their TOWBoT (Tele-operated Workboat or Tug) series.
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NewsJetty removal at Portsmouth
A specialist heavy lifting barge has begun removing large sections of a redundant 110-year-old jetty from Portsmouth International Port, UK.
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NewsCavotec wins Vacuum Innovation Award
Cavotec Specimas SpA has won the Busch Vacuum Innovation Award 2015 for its mooring technology, MoorMaster.
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NewsNew ABB R&D lab
Switzerland-based ABB has opened a new laboratory in Helsinki dedicated to research and development in the marine sector.
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NewsRescue boat transport
Two high-speed boats from Sweden have been sent by the not-for-profit NGO, the Swedish Sea Rescue Society (SSRS), to join the sea rescue effort in the Eastern Aegean. The SSRS approached GAC Sweden to coordinate the transportation of the two 12-metre boats each weighing 12 tonnes to Greece, as a ...
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NewsFCS for Nigerian patrol duties
Netherlands-headquartered shipbuilder Damen has delivered its second Fast Crew Supplier 3307 Patrol to Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Limited (HIOSL) of Nigeria just 18 months after a sister vessel entered service.
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NewsSubmarine lift becomes repair yard
Shipbuilder De Haas Maassluis and the Rotterdam linesmen association KRVE are starting a new repair yard for tugs, yachts and work boats in the heart of Rotterdam. The companies are teaming up to re-open the ship lift of the former Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, which in its glory days was used ...
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NewsKotug and Becker Marine develop LNG Hybrid Barge for Rotterdam
Kotug and Becker Marine Systems are developing a LNG Hybrid Barge for the port of Rotterdam. The barge acts as a power station driven by gas and is to supply relatively clean power to moored cruise ships, industrial users and even the city of Rotterdam itself.
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NewsPort radiation detection
UK security specialist Symetrica has launched a new radiation detection and identification technique at the World Customs Organization Technology & Innovation Forum in Rotterdam. The company claims the technique will reduce the incidence of nuisance alarms from radiation portal monitors (RPMs) used to screen vehicles and cargo at ports and ...
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NewsSonardyne positioning for MBARI expedition
ROV tracking technology supplied by Sonardyne Inc. in Houston, USA to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has been successfully used during an expedition to study recently discovered deep sea hydrothermal vents in the Gulf of California.
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EIVA’s Mediterranean push
Danish offshore specialist EIVA has signed a representative agreement making Italian Marine ONE the second company in October to include EIVA hardware and software solutions for offshore construction and subsea surveying operations in its product portfolio.
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Lifejackets due for servicing
Ocean Safety is reminding English and Welsh commercial fisherman that nearly 7000 lifejackets are due for a service in the next few months.
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SMM Istanbul
The International Maritime Conference and Exhibition in Istanbul will take place on 24 and 25 February 2016 at the Bosporus metropolis.
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Share sale
Swedish based marine energy company, Minesto, has raised another 145 MSEK and gained another 2,500 new shareholders after offering its shares out on the wider market.
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Imtech acquisition finalised
The acquisition of Rotterdam based Imtech Marine by Pon Holdings and Parcom Capital has been finalised after being approved by the European Commission.
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News‘Ariane’ answers new call of the deep
Ifremer’s hybrid, remotely operated vehicle (HROV) ‘Ariane’ has come about from pressure. Not the kind exerted by tonnes of seawater, but the need to map and record the oceans and keep track of our impact on them.
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NewsPieter Kroezen: InandAut
“Back in the mid-90s, after the wall came down, West German companies were trying to sell into the former East Germany,” said Pieter Kroezen of Netherlands-based InandAut, but sometimes without as much success as they’d hoped.
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NewsPiraeus deadline pushed back
The bid deadline for the privatisation of Piraeus Port has been pushed back until December with an early election being blamed for the delay.
