All News articles – Page 836
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NewsFirst commercial wave power plant opens
The Basque seaport of Mutriku made energy generation history last week when utility company Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) officially started the Mutriku wave power plant, the first in commercial operation.
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NewsStena hopes for wind turbines pay-off
Retro-fitting two wind turbines on Stena Jutlandica has cost SEK 1m but the owners hope to recoup the unique investment in a year at most through significant savings in fuel consumption.
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NewsHistoric steam coaster returns to London
Londoners were able to witness history in the making yesterday as the world’s last remaining steam coaster made its return to the Royal Docks.
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NewsUK Energy White Paper boosts offshore wind
The British Government published its long awaited Electricity Market Reform White Paper on Tuesday, a document pledging to increase the target for offshore wind power from 13GW to 18GW by 2020.
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NewsScania launches new range at Seawork
Scania introduced a new range of marine propulsion units consisting of engine, transmission and type approved instrumentation at the Seawork exhibition in Southampton UK last month.
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NewsNational Wind Farm Training Centre
The UK’s National Wind Farm Training Centre (NWFTC) announced its partnership With two colleges on the UK’s east and west coasts, Lowestoft and Barrow-in-Furness, at Offshore Wind 2011.
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NewsNew IT system will support marine licensing process
IT company Fivium and the UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) have successfully delivered a fully centralised system to handle the processing of new marine licences.
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NewsMPSA forms for passive ship safety
Miko Marine AS of Oslo has signed on as one of the founder members of the Paris based Maritime Passive Safety Association (MPSA).
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NewsEnvironmentally sensitive dredging in Falmouth
Specialist marine and civils contractor Land and Water Services Ltd (LAWS) recently mobilised a bespoke dredging team to Premier’s Falmouth Marina in Cornwall to undertake a particularly awkward improvement project.
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NewsSalvage underway to clear North African port
Three large Hitachi Zaxis excavators have been selected to help clear one of the biggest ship graveyards in the world.
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NewsLong docking gives carrier Illustrious future
British Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious left Rosyth on time and within budget, and with improved capability, to commence sea trials following a successful 16 month docking period undertaken by Babcock.
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NewsBarging about on the River
The Barge Driving Race on the River Thames has been run annually since 1975 and this year’s event saw 11 lighters (or punts) being rowed with the flood tide from Greenwich to Westminster.
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NewsConsultants view green energy on doorstep
The UK consultancy and training services company Ferriby Group International is preparing for more work on its own doorstep as part of the UK’s marine renewable energy expansion.
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NewsHull protection is a best EU LIFE project
At a conference held recently at the European Parliament in Brussels, Hydrex was presented an award for the ECOTEC-STC project, which was named as one of the best LIFE projects completed in 2010.
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NewsDoubled up towing winches for ETV Nordic
The German headquartered marine equipment supplier HATLAPA has secured the €2.5m order for deck machinery, steering gear and compressors for the ETV Nordic.
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NewsVersatile crane for new survey catamaran
German deck equipment specialist MKG has just fitted out a new purpose-built coastal survey catamaran with a powerful 20 m/t radio controlled hydraulic knuckle boom crane.
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NewsAHC cranes for offshore construction vessel
Global cargo movers Cargotec have secured an order to supply two active heave compensated (AHC) cranes for Volstad Maritime''s large offshore construction vessel (OCV), on order at Bergen Group’s Fosen shipyard in Norway.
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NewsMilestone for Offshore Access System
Offshore Solutions BV (OSBV) has announced a significant achievement in the operation of its Offshore Access System (OAS).
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NewsUK’s largest lift crane commissioned
The largest lift capacity crane in Britain completed commissioning last week at Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard.
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NewsBreughel the newbuild has colourful launch
The naming and launch ceremony for the 11,650m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, Breughel, has taken place at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Krimpen aan den Ijssel in the Netherlands.
