All News articles – Page 821
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NewsDP1 holding for Sea Axe FCS fleet
Navis dynamic positioning (DP1) systems are going to be put aboard the innovative ‘Sea Axe Fast Crew Suppliers craft, currently under construction at Damen Shipyards in Gorinchem.
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NewsClear signals benefit lives at risk
“Systems need to be configured to meet the existing operational procedures of the coast station and not the other way around”, Peter Batt of ICS Electronics told Maritime Journal.
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NewsScandinavian archipelagos go paperless
A Norwegian high speed ferry operator is bringing onboard electronic updating of charts and navigation hardware, but the special demands of the ferries’ crew have also had to be met.
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NewsFerry industry ‘needs special treatment’
“Regulators are very willing to listen but they need facts and figures, not sentiment, which is something our industry needs to work harder on,” said Johan Roos, Interferry’s executive director of EU and IMO affairs.
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NewsSupport boat operating costs set to rise
Vessel operating costs across the board are expected to rise by 3.8% in 2011 and by 3.7% in 2012, with lube expenditure and crew costs identified as the categories most likely to produce the highest increases.
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NewsFrench ports for wind manufacturing
Engineering giant Alstom has revealed further details of its ambitions for offshore wind turbine manufacturing in France.
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News‘World’s largest lock’ underway in Antwerp
Construction officially began on Monday in the Port of Antwerp for construction of the €340m Deurganck lock, the second lock on the left bank.
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NewsWärtsilä acquire Hamworthy plc
Wärtsilä announced on Tuesday that an agreement for the acquisition of UK engineering firm Hamworthy plc has been reached.
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NewsKiel Port expands with new cruise berth
The German Baltic port of Kiel, which has invested over €60m in new passenger and freight facilities over the past five years, is now planning more investment to boost cargo and cope with bigger cruise ships.
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NewsNew Damen MultiCat for Delta Marine
Dutch shipbuilder Damen has delivered a MultiCat 2611 workboat, Whalsa Lass, to Shetland based Research Fishing Ltd, to be operated by Delta Marine Ltd.
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NewsProject Solutions group for Crowley
Crowley Maritime Corporation has established a new Project Solutions group that ties together the company’s experience and assets from across the group, including Jensen Maritime and Titan Salvage.
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NewsFairmount Marine keeping busy
Rotterdam based towage and salvage company Fairmount Marine BV, part of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Company, has reported the recent completion of two contracts.
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Vessel owner guilty of overloading
The owner of a UK merchant vessel has pleaded guilty to overloading passengers on voyages between the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland.
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NewsSalvors succeed in pumping oil from Rena
Despite bad weather and large sea swells intermittently stopping reclamation work onboard the stricken container vessel Rena off New Zealand, the ship is, at time of writing, still being worked on by salvors.
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NewsTwo ETVs gain temporary reprieve
Just days after the quartet of British Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) left their established stations around the UK coastline, two have been given an eleventh hour reprieve under a new temporary 90 day contract.
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NewsFrench yard sends tugs to Algeria
Chantiers Piriou, the shipbuilding branch of Piriou at Concarneau in France, has delivered two 72 ton bollard pull harbour tugs to port authorities in both Arzew and Skikda, Algeria.
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NewsUK Coastguard modernisation plans
Long awaited plans to modernise the UK''s HM Coastguard have been announced by Shipping Minister Mike Penning.
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NewsIMO piracy and emission focus
IMO secretary general, Efthimios E.Mitropoulos told delegates at the 27th IMO assembly this week that piracy and ships emissions have been central themes of the organisation’s work this year.
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NewsImportant warning to our clients and readers
It has come to the notice of Mercator Media, publisher of ‘Maritime Journal’, that bogus organisations are continuing to contact subscribers, advertisers and exhibitors, supposedly on behalf of Mercator Media.
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NewsSupport the Mary Rose Trust
The commercial and leisure marine sectors are being asked to help support the UK based Mary Rose Trust in a big Christmas raffle to raise £10K for the charity.
