All News articles – Page 813
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NewsFunding finds a home for SS Robin
The UK’s Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) awarded a confirmed grant of just under £1m to the SS Robin Trust on Tuesday, enabling the world’s oldest complete steamship to re-open to the public.
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NewsRemote monitoring boosts VSAT uptime
As vessels become more like a floating office, there’s an increasing trend towards remote monitoring and maintenance, especially since it can lead to significant cost savings for ship owners.
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NewsBox cooler anti-fouling system for tugs
Warm coastal areas can cause all sorts of problems with the efficient running of water cooled engines, but box coolers can create another layer of problems.
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NewsWorld diving personnel statistics published
Figures published by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) reveal that globally there was a reduction in offshore diving work in 2010, compared with 2009, possibly due to the economic environment.
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NewsVersatile Voe Earl sails into service from Hardinxveld
Based at Lerwick, Shetland, Delta Marine Ltd operates tugs and workboats, chartering vessels to the dredging and marine civil engineering industries.
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NewsNew lifeboat hook design guidance
In recent years there have been a number of accidents caused by the failure of on-load release hooks during lifeboat drills, which have resulted in seafarers being seriously injured and even killed.
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NewsAirbus wings meet air draught challenge
Although the Eurozone may be facing its difficulties, the cross-Europe marine ‘conveyorbelt’ of components for the A380 Airbus is still going strong despite a clash between the ancient and modern worlds at its inception.
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NewsHeave compensation adds to crane’s capability
Wind farms and drilling platforms are becoming more widespread, with construction costs playing an integral role in their development. In previous years, the lack of convincing crane technology has proven to be a big problem.
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NewsSuperior Aces Arctic-proof mooring system
A new mooring package especially manufactured for the severest of conditions is about to be fitted to a barge working in Arctic waters.
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NewsTOWLINES
Ocean Wave, the first of four ‘Ocean Class’ deepsea tugs for the Crowley Maritime Corporation was launched at the yard of Bollinger Marine Fabricators, LLC in Louisiana USA on 5 December (MJ – Sept 2011). This first vessel will be delivered during the next three months and be followed by ...
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NewsKite propulsion powers French fishermen
The French company Omega Sails has introduced a kite system for boat propulsion that is claimed to give considerable savings in fuel.
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NewsJensen is busy with new designs
Jensen Maritime Consultants, a Crowley Maritime Corp subsidiary, has been busy of late with in-house work on the new ‘Ocean’ class for its parent company plus tug designs for Moran, and Caribbean TugZ .
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NewsSmit acquires its first ‘Rotor Tugs’
Smit International has purchased two 28m ‘Rotor Tugs’ for use in Zeebrugge to join the fleet of tugs serving the new towage contract in the port (MJ –Towlines December 2011).
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NewsMJJAN12 Front Cover Story
Ezzat is the first member of the Mapso Aquarius series, based on the Sekkina wave piercing catamaran hull form.
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NewsMotorways of the Sea gain momentum
The MOS4MOS action continues to gain momentum, as the Activity 2 of the Action came to a close during the Information Days in Livorno, Italy last week.
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NewsCosta Concordia oil removal works underway
SMIT Salvage divers have begun preparations to remove some 2,400 tons of fuel from the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia.
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NewsCollege launches GRP wet lay-up courses
The UK’s Brockenhurst College, in partnership with nearby Composite Mouldings (CML) will be launching a series of five day beginner’s courses in GRP wet lay-up using hand laminating techniques.
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NewsSailship work points up German know how
Repair and maintenance work on two of the best known sail training ships afloat is once again calling upon hard to beat traditional know how in an otherwise struggling German shipbuilding industry.
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NewsA new patrol vessel/tug for Iceland
After a long and anxious wait, the Icelandic ‘Landhelgisgaeslan’ (Coastal Guard) (LHG) has taken delivery of its new multipurpose offshore patrol vessel Thor.
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NewsTaikoo is first of a new quartet for Hong Kong
In October of last year Cheoy Lee Shipyards handed over the first of a series of four powerful terminal support tugs to Hong Kong United Dockyards.
