All News articles – Page 843
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NewsSee the sounds of silence at Seawork
As 2011 Seawork International 2011 approached, UK based marine exhaust specialist, Halyard announced yet another commercial success story with boat builder South Boat Special Projects.
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NewsPlan your engine servicing at Seawork
Marine engine service provider Finning Power Systems will showcase its range of maintenance and service packages available to work boat operators at this year’s Seawork exhibition.
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UKHO award for French hydrographer
Gilles Bessero, the outgoing French Hydrographer, is the recipient of the UK Hydrographic Office’s fifth Alexander Dalrymple Award, presented at a recent ceremony at the British High Commissioner’s residence in Singapore attended by the UK National Hydrographer, Rear-Admiral Ian Moncrieff.
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NewsThe Dutch answer to expensive fuel
DSM Shipbrokers of Meppel in the Netherlands can now offer a new and extremely economic vessel, specifically developed for very flexible coastal sea/river trading and built by the Dutch Shipyard De Kaap in the Netherlands.
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Wideband sonar UK debut
Claimed to be the world’s first true wideband high resolution shallow water multibeam sounder, US company R2Sonic’s Sonic 2024 is set for demonstrations to UK hire customers for the first time by Swathe Services of Saltash.
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Marine Measurement Forum
Environmental system specialists Planet Ocean in Surrey are to host the 47th Marine Measurement Forum at the Village Hotel, Farnborough on Thursday 18 November.
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UTEC Survey wins Port Hedland contact - by David Foxwell
Port Hedland Port Authority in Australia awarded UTEC Survey Australia Pty Ltd of Perth a contract to provide bathymetric survey services to the Port Authority''s channel and harbour capital dredging campaign. The survey work is being carried out offshore Port Hedland in North West Australia.
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Fathoms finds siltation rates
Fathoms, the Somerset and Caithness UK based survey company has successfully completed four interesting and challenging bathymetric surveys in Kenya for the implementation of the Natural Resource Management (NRM) Project.
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Dublin Port Company renews attempt to obtain permission to reclaim land
Dublin Port Company has renewed its attempt to reclaim land from Dublin Bay to cope with a projected doubling of trade by 2040.
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NewsWarnings as Elbe deepening plans firm up
Freight forwarders in Germany’s biggest port, Hamburg, have joined a long line of maritime interests warning that if long planned deepening of the Elbe does not come soon, big container ships will move to rival ports.
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NewsSee the first of class on Seawork pontoon
The first of class Lochin 366 Pilot Workboat will be available for viewing and demonstration on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2011.
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NewsBelfast marks centenary of Titanic launch
Belfast marked the 100th anniversary of the launch of one of the city''s most famous creations, RMS Titanic, on 31st May 2011.
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NewsImpressive RheinFantasie enters service
Big demand for special functions on the Rhine motivated the building of the €10m multi-function event ship RheinFantasie, whose owners have this time plumped for a monohull newbuild instead of a second catamaran.
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NewsSeaweed may become a marine industry
Seaweeds and micro-algae have been receiving increasing interest and investment over recent years, and may at some point become one of the UK’s established marine industries.
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World Hydrography Day
The Hydrographic Offices and agencies of France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK are among leading European organisations expected to mark the UN sponsored World Hydrography Day on 21 June with a series of commemorative functions.
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FoundOcean wins contract for Walney wind farm
FoundOcean has been awarded an offshore grouting contract for the Walney offshore windfarm (OWF) phase 2 substation installation. The installation is being undertaken by Volker Staal en Funderingen BV.
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NewsFirst of class workboat on Seawork pontoon
The first of class workboat Erica, built by Newhaven UK based Newbury Engineering Boatbuilders Ltd to its own account, will make its debut on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2011.
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ABPmer provides consultancy to Alderney Commission
ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has been commissioned by the Alderney Commission for Renewable Energy (ACRE) to provide independent advice on the Environmental Statement relating to a current marine renewable energy development proposal in Alderney waters.
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Europeans win Gladstone Ports Corporation contract
Subsidiaries of Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord and Dredging International in Belgium have been awarded a second contract for the Western Basin Main Works Dredging at the Port of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
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ABP to expand docks at Hull
Associated British Ports is reported to be planning a major expansion of facilities around Hull’s Alexandra Dock in anticipation of becoming a major hub for the offshore windfarm industry.
