All News articles – Page 757
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NewsDoosan doing it right for wind farm vessels
An upturn in commercial requirements and a growing demand for unsophisticated engines has led to a surge in demand for Doosan engines.
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NewsTwo former British ETVs join Smit
The J P Knight Group, with headquarters in Rochester UK, have sold the anchorhandling tugs Anglian Princess and Anglian Sovereign to Smit Transport Belgium NV.
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European deck equipment boost from Asia
Recent contracts to deliver MacGregor anchor handling, mooring and towing solutions for 15 offshore support vessels (OSV) for Asian customers is a result of returning market confidence, says Cargotec.
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NewsSeaking Electrical completes Bibby contract
UK marine electrical engineering expert, SeaKing Electrical, has completed a major international contract delivering an electrical upgrade to part of the ''Bibby Renaissance'' ship.
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NewsLifting operations: Don’t close your eyes
Experienced people sometimes still need reminding that maxims like ‘routine is the friendly killer’ still hold true where lifting operations are concerned, says IMCA’s technical director Jane Bugler.
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XCover System for ropes uncovered at SMM
Gleistein Ropes launched its new XCover System at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg last month.
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Lifting capacity lifted by Kleven’s new dock
Kleven Maritime is centred in Norway, with activities largely taking place in the company’s two yards, Kleven Verft AS and Myklebust Verft AS.
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NewsMetrans takes over Krems trimodal terminal
Transportation service company, Metrans, subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA), has taken over the trimodal container terminal in the Port of Krems, Austria, after acquiring Mierka Donauhafen Krems GmbH & Co KG.
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News“Something you have to learn to live with”
“I am a medical doctor by profession, but being an inventor is more of a condition, something you have to learn to live with if you can’t beat it”, says Johan Ullman of Ullman Dynamics.
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NewsAustal appoints new Asia service manager
Australian boatbuilder Austal has appointed a new regional service manager for the Asia Pacific region – part of the company’s strategy to develop new business in the region and better serve one of its major clients, the US Navy.
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NewsDavits for new offshore patrol vessel
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has been awarded a contract by Babcock to supply rescue boat davits for a new offshore patrol vessel for the Irish Naval Service (INS).
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NewsFirst winches for 14 tug order underway
Ibercisa is manufacturing the deck machinery for 14 tugboats under construction at the Armón Shipyard in Spain.
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NewsVestdavit expands Antarctic survey capabilities
The owner of a former UK Royal Navy ice breaker and Antarctic research vessel, GB Rieber, has turned Norway''s Vestdavit for help in extending the vessel’s handling capability in extreme Antarctic conditions.
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NewsNew features for Seawork 2013
The 16th Seawork International commercial marine industry exhibition and conference will take place at the ABP Port of Southampton, UK from 25 to 27 June 2013 and will include a celebration of 50 years of the RIB.
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NewsTOWLINES
The operation to salvage the container ship MSC Flaminia in mid-Atlantic came to an end on 11 September when the ship was finally handed over to its owners by Smit Salvage. The oceangoing tug Fairmount Expedition, accompanied by tugs Anglian Sovereign and Carlo Magno safely delivered the ship to the ...
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NewsScour protection innovation off Germany
Denmark’s Peter Madsen Rederi A/S has been awarded a major contract by energy supplier E.ON Climate and Renewables GmbH.
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Heila Cranes and Double D merge
Heila Cranes and Double D marine equipment BV have merged, with Heila focusing entirely on the production of marine and offshore cranes.
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NewsSeaway Heavy Lifting gets a big hammer
IHC Hydrohammer, part of IHC Merwede, has been awarded a contract by Seaway Heavy Lifting to design and manufacture a S-2500 piling hammer, the largest ever built by the company.
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NewsAlstom UK invests in tidal turbines
Alstom UK has signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce to acquire Tidal Generation Limited (TGL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Plc based in Bristol, which designs and manufacturers tidal stream turbines.
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NewsLivett gives Rings a truly Olympian lift
The set of Olympic rings might not have seemed truly huge when hanging from the upper central section of London’s Tower Bridge, but in fact they measured 25m long by 11m high.
