All News articles – Page 814
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NewsETV contract in Scotland extended to March
The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded a new short term contract with J P Knight (Lowestoft) Ltd to enable the Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) Anglian Sovereign and Anglian Monarch to remain in service in Scottish waters until the end of March 2012.
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NewsDamen to build two ‘Green’ tugs for Iskes
Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld has signed a contract with Iskes Towage & Salvage of Ijmuiden and Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) to construct two ‘Green’ tugs.
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NewsA new RAmparts 3300 for Ningbo Port
News regarding the use and construction of new Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed tugs of the ‘RAmparts’ class and its various derivatives is coming in thick and fast.
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NewsUK’s first marine energy park
The UK has is creating its first Marine Energy Park (MEP) in line with the government’s low carbon agenda and with the aim of helping to make wind and tidal power more commercially viable.
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NewsTurbine foundation production for Newcastle
A Tyneside UK shipyard is expanding to accommodate a wind turbine foundation production line facility.
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NewsA flipping good idea for floating turbines
A Norwegian technology company has proposed a wind turbine transportation vessel design, specifically for completely assembled floating turbines which addresses the draught restrictions of transporting floating turbines vertically.
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NewsGreenforce ball joint diverts dredge flow
Amsterdam based Vosta LMG launched a new, patented ball joint design at the recent Europort exhibition in Rotterdam.
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NewsNew tug delivered for Waterways Ireland
Waterways Ireland has taken delivery of its third vessel from Mooney Boats Ltd of Killybegs, also in Ireland.
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NewsSuccessful salvage of grounded bulker
Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Alpine has successfully assisted in the refloating of the grounded MV Ikan Sepat just offshore Puerto Cortés, Honduras. The salvage operation was directed by T&T Bisso Salvage.
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NewsSunken boxship in shipping lane resolved
Following an agreement between St.Lucia Air & Seaports Authority and Resolve Salvage & Fire, Resolve has refloated the sunken container vessel Angeln then scuttled the vessel at a deep water reefing site.
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NewsPressure for Falmouth Docks development
Liberal Democrat MEP for Cornwall Sir Graham Watson has called on common sense to prevail surrounding the delays to the Falmouth Docks regeneration project.
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NewsHRW brings DRL Software in-house
HR Wallingford, the international hydraulic and environmental engineering consultancy, has acquired UK based DRL Software.
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NewsWork starts on second Antwerp lock
The authorities in Flanders and the Port of Antwerp have provided an update on the construction of the new lock that will serve the port.
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Abu Dhabi does CEDA-IADC dredging training
The training course Environmental Aspects of Dredging, jointly developed and presented by the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), was held last month in Abu Dhabi.
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NewsPort of Grimsby gears up for £25m expansion
Associated British Ports says the development of a new terminal, the Grimsby River Terminal (GRT) “will herald the largest ever capital investment in the Port of Grimsby.”
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NewsLightweight underlay keeps RFA ship trim
Southampton based marine outfitters Trimline was contracted recently to carry out some refurbishment on RFA Black Rover, a fleet tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
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NewsEco Xblocs provide good marine habitat
The results of the final year of monitoring of the ‘Rich Dike’ project at IJmuiden in the Netherlands have been published and seem to show that the specially designed Xblocs used at the port encourage marine life.
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NewsSS Shieldhall still defying the odds
Visitors to the Seawork exhibition will not be strangers to SS Shieldhall, the largest surviving 1950’s seagoing steamship operated by volunteers in the UK, or their efforts to keep the vessel alive.
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NewsTTS completes Loch Ryan Port infrastructure
TTS has completed work on the infrastructure for Stena Line’s purpose built port, located 10km north of its previous location in Stranraer, Scotland.
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NewsCustom refit of a boat for the Pope
When the Pope visited Venice earlier this year no exceptions were made to the rule that no vehicles are allowed in Venice, which ruled out the Popemobile for transport.
