All News articles – Page 851
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NewsCougar set loose to prowl seabed jungle
A Saab Seaeye Cougar XT ROV is to be a vital investigative tool in the Caspian Sea, sorting through the hazardous jungle of old pipes and cables on the seabed before new pipelines can be laid.
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NewsCleanHull on the move
Norway based CleanHull is planning to open a new station for its environmentally friendly CleanHull hull cleaning system in Rotterdam.
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NewsApplied Acoustics keeps on tracking at Seawork
The very latest subsea tracking system from Applied Acoustics made a last minute entry onto the Applied Acoustics’ stand at Seawork this year.
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NewsConsultation for Kentish Flats extension
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has revealed details of its plans to extend the Kentish Flats offshore wind farm as it consults the local community and prepares the Statement of Community Consultation document.
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NewsNew research boat for university
The University of Rostock will soon take delivery of a €150,000 multi-purpose research boat, which will join a refurbished research cutter in biological research and training duties in the Baltic.
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NewsJoint project tug on show at Seawork
At last year''s Seawork, Red7 Marine bought a tug off the shelf from Damen. This year the East Anglia based marine construction and subsea group are displaying their own tug, under the banner of Taska Marine.
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NewsAnother Rhine ferry for Warnow River
Hansestadt Rostock, the fourth and biggest passenger ferry in service with Rostock excursion operator Dieter Schütt, has gone into operation on the Warnow River in eastern Germany.
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NewsGetting rid of the paper log jams
In the past, marine licenses were often delayed by the necessity for the physical receipt and passing on of a number of pieces of paper, which often created log-jams in a complex system.
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NewsLack of skills may be increasing risk
A well known training company has said that the need for product specific ECDIS training is becoming clearer as unskilled operators may even be increasing the possibility of incidents.
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NewsNavigation buoys for Abu Dhabi’s channel
In only 90 days, Tideland Signal Limited has manufactured and supplied a total of 84 polyethylene buoys to guide navigation in a newly dredged 63.5km channel.
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NewsVisitors flock to shipping careers day
South Tyneside College in the UK held its annual Shipping Careers Open Day recently at the Marine Safety Training Centre in South Shields.
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NewsAn emergency management tool FLAGSHIP
FLAGSHIP, a part EU funded maritime transport project, has successfully delivered the first advanced emergency situation management tool for fire and flooding with integrated ship to shore real time reporting.
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NewsThe human touch for maritime simulators
Kongsberg Maritime''s simulation division and Norway’s Vestfold University College have signed a framework agreement to further explore projects of joint interest for research and development of maritime simulators.
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NewsCall for consensus on lifeboat hooks
Lifeboat manufacturer and service provider Schat-Harding has said that IMO and some parts of the shipping industry need to move more quickly towards a consensus on vital lifeboat safety issues.
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NewsSafety first for A&P benefits charity
Workers at the A&P Group in the UK have secured the impressive sum of £9,000 for charity, simply by working safely on site.
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PD ports starts work on Teesport facilities
PD Ports has commenced the ground works at its Teesport container handling facilities on the North East coast, as part of a multi-million pound expansion project.
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NewsSoft sea defence take shape at Maasvlakte 2
The Port of Rotterdam Authority in the Netherlands says around 190m cu/m of sand has now been put in place for the project to form new land which will be protected on its western side by some 6km of dunes.
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ABPmer develops too for marine planners
ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has developed a free tool for those marine conservation planners that are running Marxan software in parallel with ESRI ArcGIS 10, the latest upgrade of the popular GIS software suite.
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Kirkcaldy Harbour to re-open
Forth Ports Plc has confirmed that Kirkcaldy Harbour in the UK is to reopen to cargo vessels after more than two decades out of use.
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Maintenance dredging enhances marina
Maintenance dredging of the visitor berths at Sparkes Marina on the south coast of the UK got under way early in March.
