All News articles – Page 832

  • Borehole drilling works underway on the River Thames outside the Houses of Parliament.
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    Planning underway for London ‘supersewer’

    2011-09-07T09:00:00Z

    BMT Isis has entered into the latest phase of its work with Thames Water, helping to develop the overall tunnel drive strategy for the proposed Thames Tunnel.

  • Bradwell Marina now has a 24 hour security system which monitors, records and alerts both the marina and the boat owners of problems.
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    Bullet cameras seal security at Bradwell

    2011-09-06T09:00:00Z

    Bradwell Marina is one of the largest boating sites in Essex UK, holding millions of pounds worth of boating equipment.

  • A range of activities and assets potentially at risk from seabed mobility include structures, cables and pipelines which are affected by scour, abrasion, liquefaction and spanning.
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    A SMART approach to shifting seabeds

    2011-09-05T11:00:00Z

    ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has developed an integrated approach to manage sediment mobility risk and has now made it available.

  • PSA puts users on board a Rotterdam Port Authority Patrol vessel during a routine patrol through the Port of Rotterdam.
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    Security software soothes suspicious minds

    2011-09-02T09:00:00Z

    Netherlands based virtual training and simulation developer VSTEP was proud to have its Port Security Awareness (PSA) software shortlisted in the Security category for the recent Safety at Sea International Awards 2011 in London.

  • Houlder’s Turbine Access System (TAS) increases the significant wave height window for safe personnel transfers, allowing them to take place on a higher proportion of working days.
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    First order for Turbine Access System

    2011-09-01T12:41:00Z

    UK marine engineering company Houlder has made the first sale of its award winning Turbine Access System (TAS).

  • Cranes are an essential element in the upkeep, maintenance and servicing of offshore wind turbines.
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    Major order for wind turbine cranes

    2011-09-01T12:40:00Z

    German wind turbine producer REpower Systems SE has placed an order with Palfinger Wind for 48 PSM 400 platform cranes, furthering a successful cooperation which dates to 2003.

  • From left to right: John Fitzgerald, ABP port director Grimsby & Immingham; Lord Henley; Ian Schofield, ABP engineering director; Tom Jeynes, ABP sustainable development manager Humber; and Andrew Firman, ABP pilotage operations manager, aboard ...
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    Humber ports address climate change

    2011-09-01T12:39:00Z

    Lord Henley, the British Government’s Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, visited the ABP Humber ports of Hull and Immingham last week.

  • The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society home at Weston Acres in Banstead, Surrey provides dedicated accommodation and care to former seafarers and their dependants.
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    Merchant Navy Day to lift career awareness

    2011-09-01T12:36:00Z

    A group of veteran seafarers encouraged youngsters to consider what has become an important but ‘forgotten profession’ as the UK prepared to celebrate Merchant Navy Day earlier this month.

  • The scope of work will cover more than 1,900 km2 of seabed utilising  multibeam echosounding equipment and other geophysical sensors.
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    Major MCA survey contract goes to EMU

    2011-09-01T09:00:00Z

    The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded marine survey specialists EMU Limited (EMU) a multi-million pound hydrographic contract as part of its programme to systematically survey the waters around the UK.

  • Fifty Z-Tech tuggs have been built since the Indee entered service in Australia in 2004.
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    TOWLINES

    2011-08-31T14:00:00Z

    It was announced early in August, with immediate effect, that the managing director of Svitzer UK, Mark Malone, is to take up a similar role with the Svitzer Group in Australasia, based in Sydney. Mark took up the post in the UK in 2009 and, in addition to his work ...

  • Foxtrot is designed to operate in both pilotage and offshore crew/light cargo transfer roles.
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    Malta Pilots receive a second Interceptor

    2011-08-31T11:30:00Z

    The Malta Maritime Pilots have taken delivery of a second Interceptor pilot vessel two years after taking delivery of Echo 1, their first Interceptor 42 pilot boat built by Ireland’s Safehaven Marine.

  • A view from the bridge of the heavy lift ship Fjell shows 16 tugs on the cargo deck.
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    Fairstar transport a whole fleet of tugs to Venezuela

    2011-08-30T12:15:00Z

    Fairstar Heavy Transport, with headquarters in Rotterdam, is in the final stages of transporting a massive flotilla of 42 tugs from Singapore to Maricaibo in Venezuala.

  • The latest RAstar delivery is the Alaryam for IRSHAD.
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    The latest RAstar goes to IRSHAD

    2011-08-29T09:00:00Z

    IRSHAD, a joint venture between ADNOC and Lamnalco, has taken delivery of its latest high performance terminal support/escort tug from Astilleros Balenciaga SA, of Zumaia in Spain.

  • Legacy has left Ancortes to pick up Crowley barge 750-1 before starting work in the Mexican Gulf.
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    Crowley’s ATB Legacy is ready for work

    2011-08-26T09:00:00Z

    The oversized Articulated Tug & Barge (ATB) tug Legacy has left the yard of its builder, Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington USA for Gulfport in Mississippi.

  • En Avant 5, seen here in the Thames, capsized and sank at Dordrecht.
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    TOWLINES

    2011-08-25T11:34:00Z

    On 6 June 2011 the twin screw tug En Avant 5 of the T Muller Shipping Company capsized and sank in the Old Maas at Dordrecht whilst towing two barges, along with the tug En Avant 7 from the same fleet. The crew were rescued unhurt by a local water ...

  • Sea Eagle is one of two terminal tugs sold by Bogazici to the the UAE.
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    Two Turkish built tugs sold to the UAE

    2011-08-25T11:34:00Z

    Turkish shipbuilders Bogazici Denizcilik has sold two 65 tons bollard pull terminal tugs to Sea Eagles Offshore services of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, in a deal brokered by Marcon International Inc of the USA.

  • An artist’s impression of the latest wind turbine installation design proposal from W3GM-IHC Merwede.
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    New turbine installation vessel concept

    2011-08-25T11:01:00Z

    A collaboration agreement between two well established marine companies has revealed the latest concept in the fast developing wind turbine installation vessel market.

  • A controlled explosion initiated from a safe distance left an underwater crater 20m wide by 4m deep.
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    Controlled explosion clears wind farm site

    2011-08-25T11:00:00Z

    The explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialist Ramora UK has safely disposed of an unexploded World War II mine at one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms.

  • The JB-117 was launched in July.
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    Jack-Up Barge deploys newbuild to Germany

    2011-08-25T10:57:00Z

    Dutch barge supplier Jack-Up Barge has signed a multi-year charter agreement with the German BARD Group for Jack-Up Barge''s self elevating platforms JB-115 and JB-117 in a contract valued at over €100m.

  • Work underway on the Twin Sails Bridge at Poole UK.
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    Twin Sails Bridge nearing completion

    2011-08-25T10:51:00Z

    Work on the much needed second harbour crossing at Poole UK is gathering pace with the new Twin Sails Bridge set to open to the public early next year.