All News articles – Page 748
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NewsBelgian funding for Vietnamese dredging project
The Soai Rap River dredging project officially started in Vietnam this week – it aims to bring customers faster to market, lower costs and provide easier transportation.
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NewsBoskalis seeks majority stake in Dockwise
Dutch marine contractor, Royal Boskalis Westminster NV, has proposed a cash offer for all issued and outstanding shares of Dutch maritime solutions provider, Dockwise Ltd, to accelerate its growth in the offshore energy market.
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NewsHull’s virtual reality offshore wind turbine
A 3D virtual reality ''cave'' will be created at the UK’s University of Hull to provide the offshore renewable energy sector with an innovative training facility.
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NewsC H Horn gets a new lease of life
Built in 1968 and owned by Poole Harbour Commissioners in the UK, the C H Horn has kept the waterways of Poole Harbour clear for over 40 years.
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NewsCable ship readied for Belgian wind farm
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems, has been awarded a contract to supply Belgian dredging and marine engineering giant Jan de Nul NV with a 5,400Te capacity cable turntable for the MPV Willem De Vlamingh.
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Wreck removal website
Costa Cruises, in partnership with Titan/Micoperi, has launched a website that provides a wealth of information and images relating to the Costa Concordia wreck removal project at www.theparbucklingproject.com.
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No Limit crewtender for Jan de Nul
Belgium''s Jan de Nul Dredging has opted for a Netherland''s No Limit Shipyards 1640 crewtender for various projects in European waters - it will be constructed in such a way that it can easily be converted into a survey vessel in future.
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NewsDamen opens new Norwegian office
Damen Shipyards recently opened a new office in Stavanger, Norway – an advanced base for its new sales manager, Remko Hottentot.
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Port opportunities
UK based ports sector companies are invited to attend a Trade Mission to Brazil from 10-14 December 2012, organised by UK Trade & Investment in collaboration with Port Finance International.
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NewsMaking room for the river
A nine year €2.3 billion project in the Netherlands aims to reduce the risk of major flood damage from changing environmental conditions, including rivers having to process increasing levels of rainfall, snow and ice.
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NewsFlexibility facilitates Dutch dredger repairs
Shipdock Harlingen in the Netherlands has been awarded a contract by Sliedrecht based dredging company De Boer for dry dock work on the trailing suction hopper dredger Amazone.
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Shaftline conversion for Fraser Titan
The triple screw Canadian dredger Fraser Titan has been converted to Thordon RiverTough water lubricated propeller shaft bearings from an oil lubricated system.
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NewsSea cadets supported in training ship repair
US headquartered mechanical pipe-joining systems specialist Victualic is supporting sea cadets in Hellevoetsluis, the Netherlands, as they repair and refit the Zeefakkel, which suffered serious fire damage in an arson attack in October 2011.
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NewsHistoric dry dock reopens for business
A historic dry dock in North Devon UK has accepted its first vessels for more than 60 years.
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Busy agenda for IMO MSC
The IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) faces a busy agenda this month with discussions including passenger ship safety, SOLAS amendments and piracy and armed robbery against ships, while continuing work on goal based standards.
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NewsNOV 2012 Front Cover Story
Irish boatbuilder, Safehaven Marine’s new Interceptor 38 Pilot/S.A.R. vessel is pictured taking on a huge sea when winds reached force 9 with 10m waves off the coast of Ireland during seakeeping trials.
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NewsExpensive equipment not the solution
It’s a controversial stance, but Nigel Adams of the UK based Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) points out that lifeboat accidents have caused a “significant” number of deaths “with not enough balancing payoff in lives saved by these systems.”
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NewsMaintain security despite piracy drop
Following the report from the International Maritime Bureau announcing a drop in global piracy during the first half of 2012 there have been calls for shipping operators to avoid any temptation to relax their vigilance against the threat.
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NewsLegal settlement of patrol craft dispute
The win of the Trinidad & Tobago administration over a BAE Systems contract for three patrol craft shows the world that the country is no “banana republic”, said attorney general Anand Ramlogan.
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Record breaking order book for Boskalis
A high workload and good profits are anticipated on a number of dredging projects by Netherlands based specialist Royal Boskalis Westminster.
