All News articles – Page 756
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NewsAustal hat trick for Turbine Transfers
Australian boatbuilder, Austal, has secured to a new contract with the UK’s Turbine Transfers, to design and build three new wind farm support catamarans.
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NewsRNLI reveals new lifeboat design
The RNLI has revealed its new ‘Shannon’ class lifeboat design, the first modern all-weather lifeboat to be powered by water jets instead of propellers.
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NewsCarrier’s largest piece rolled out
Workers at BAE Systems moved the biggest section of HMS Queen Elizabeth out of the company’s shipbuilding hall at Govan for the first time this week.
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NewsNorthern Ireland leasing rounds announced
The Crown Estate (TCE) has announced details of the successful recipients of development rights for three offshore renewable energy sites in Northern Ireland’s coastal waters.
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NewsDaniel Adamson gets Lottery funding
The Daniel Adamson Preservation Society (DAPS) that is restoring the historic Mersey tug tender SS Daniel Adamson is jubilant having received initial support for a £3m Heritage Lottery Fund bid, including development funding of £37,300.
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NewsIncat Crowther ferry for Yankee Fleet
A 34m Incat Crowther catamaran ferry has been designed and built in partnership with Boston based excursions company, Yankee Fleet and Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding.
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NewsEEDI solution for ro-ro sector welcomed
The decision of the IMO Protection Committee (MEPC) to proceed with sector specific methodology for energy efficiency requirements for ro-ro cargo and ro-pax vessels has been welcomed by the industry.
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PLC information issued
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) are widely used in a variety of small and large pieces of equipment on marine construction vessels, including cranes, winches, handling systems, dive systems and power management systems.
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Climate chamber for testing wind turbines
The facilities for testing wind turbine components in the port of Antwerp are now ready. A large climate chamber where tests can be carried out at temperatures ranging from +60 to -60°C now stands in the Churchill dock.
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NewsOffshore simulator installed at PAEN
A Transas Offshore and Dynamic Positioning simulator was recently installed at Pan Arab E-Navigation’s (PAEN) dynamic positioning training centre in Alexandria, Egypt.
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NewsLatest newbuilds for Meercat
UK based boatbuilder, Meercat Workboats, has just launched its latest vessel, ‘Skua’ which is now working in Ireland for new owners, Strangford Moorings – a specialist moorings contractor.
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First of four 24m WFSVs for Seacat Services
Seacat Resolute is the first of four 24m DNV class multi-purpose windfarm support vessels being built for Seacat Services Ltd of Cowes, Isle of Wight, by South Boats Special Projects Ltd .
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NewsTrojan is purchased by Atlantic Towage
Atlantic Towage & Marine Ltd, a sister company of Blue Ocean Marine, based at Bere Island on the south west coast of Ireland, has purchased the twin screw tug/workboat Trojan, a small vessel with a considerable and interesting history.
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NewsSouth Boats calls in administrators
South Boats Special Projects Ltd, the market leader in the production of offshore wind farm support vessels, called in corporate restructuring specialists today after running into financial difficulty.
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NewsSvitzer to withdraw from deepsea towage
Svitzer Ocean Towage has announced its intention to withdraw from deepsea towage and offer the three oceangoing tugs London, Rotterdam and Singapore for sale.
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NewsNew Damen tugs serve the Australian Navy
Over the past few months, Damen’s Changde Shipyard in China has delivered the compact tug Tancred and tug/workboat Wattle to DMS Maritime Pty Ltd of Australia.
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NewsThree powerful RAmparts for Saudi Arabia
Zamil Offshore Services in Dammam have recently completed the construction of a series of three Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed RAmparts 3200-W tugs for use by the Saudi Ports Authority.
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NewsUK offshore wind celebrates Super September
RenewableUK, the trade body for the UK’s wind and marine renewables industries, is celebrating a number of milestones for offshore wind in what it calls ‘Super September’.
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NewsISU considers Bunker Removal Clause
Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU) held their 58th General Meeting in Istanbul late last month.
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NewsDiver training underway in the Netherlands
Maritime Propeller Repairs (MPR) BV in the Netherlands ran its first comprehensive training programme last week for divers from underwater marine maintenance specialists UMC.
