All News articles – Page 867
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NewsDavid Parrot, founder of Titan Salvage, passes away – by Jack Gaston
David Gray Parrot, 65, founder and former chief of Titan Salvage, passed away on 15 February after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
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NewsWell known figure in towage & salvage steps down - By Jack Gaston
After a long and successful career with Klyne Tugs, and latterly JP Knight (Lowestoft) Ltd, Mr Carl Beare is to step down from day to day operational duties as from the beginning of September, with a view to retiring early in 2011.
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NewsTowlines September 2010 - By Jack Gaston
Following the recent influx of new tonnage, URS of Antwerp has sold the twin screw tug ''Holland'' to Russian operators.
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NewsViegers ‘Big’ Bever is hard at work - By Jack Gaston
In the marine construction and dredging industries the name ''Bever'' is a familiar one, associated with the Dutch family firm of Viegers & Son Tugboat Services.
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NewsCampbell Foss will become the next Foss ‘Hybrid’ - By Jack Gaston
Foss Maritime Company, the builder and operator of the world''s first true hybrid shiphandling tug, will soon add a second hybrid vessel to its Southern California fleet.
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NewsCrowley doubles the order for Ocean Class tugs - By Jack Gaston
An extensive vessel replacement and fleet expansion programme initiated by the Crowley Maritime Corporation, the largest towage and Maritime Services Group in the USA, is continuing unabated.
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NewsGet set for METS’ biggest show ever
METS, the world’s largest trade exhibition of equipment, materials and systems for the international marine leisure industry, returns to the Amsterdam RAI exhibition centre on 16 – 18 November.
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NewsGermany stages Hydro 2010
A global audience of well over 300 delegates is expected at Hydro 2010, the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 17th biennial European hydrographic conference at Warnemünde on the Baltic coast from 2-5 November.
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Pelydryn completes Irish surveys
Pelydryn, the Welsh airborne Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) company headed by former UK national hydrographer Dr Wyn Williams, has completed two major surveys for the Irish INFOMAR (Integrated Mapping for the Sustainable Development of Ireland’s Marine Resource) programme, involving mapping of the country’s entire offshore territory on behalf of ...
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New Norwegian and UK hydrographers
Evert Flier has been appointed director of the Norwegian Hydrographic Service in Stavanger, which is also responsible for administration of the international non-profit electronic nautical chart centre, Primar Stavanger.
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Valeport US venture
Instrumentation specialist Valeport of Devon UK has teamed with Oceanscience in California to develop an underway sound velocity (SV) profiling system enabling surveyors to secure fast, high quality profiles without ever having to stop a vessel and suspend operations.
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£1m Malaysian order for latest Sonardyne systems
Yateley UK based Sonardyne has supplied SapuraAcergy of Kuala Lumpur with ranges of its new 6G (sixth generation) acoustic positioning systems for use in projects throughout South East Asia under a contract worth £1m
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NewsBaltic: An impressive new ETV for the German coast
Baltic, a powerful new Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV), entered service on the Baltic coastline of Germany in July, shortly after being delivered by Astilleros Armon at Vigo in Spain.
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NewsWork begins on Europe’s biggest new maritime museum
Construction has begun on the new Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth UK, 28 years to the day after the historic vessel was raised from its watery grave in the Solent.
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Jan de Nul low bidder for lock on River Meuse
Belgian dredging and marine civils contractor Jan De Nul says it is the lowest bidder for the construction of a new lock in Ivoz-Ramet on the river Meuse, upstream from Liège.
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Research examines sediment flow and behaviour of rivers
Flood disasters in many parts of the world have brought into sharp focus new research spearheaded by the University of Leicester on the behaviour of rivers during periods of high flow. Using an innovative combination of techniques, the researchers aim to examine precisely how the flow of river water affects ...
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Mott MacDonald in ‘Room for the River’ project
Mott MacDonald in the UK has been appointed by the Rijkswaterstaat in The Netherlands to provide technical and spatial management for two ''Room for the River'' projects on the Rhine river basin.
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Antwerp Port invests €1.6bn
The board of directors of Antwerp Port Authority in Belgium has approved the long term financial plan (2011-2025), representing an amount of €1.6bn.
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Maasvlakte 2 Project Organisation cooperation agreement
The Maasvlakte 2 Project Organisation in The Netherlands and the Next Generation Infrastructures Foundation (NGInfra) have announced the recent signing of a cooperation agreement for a period of five years under the title: Next Generation Port Infrastructure, powered by Maasvlakte 2.
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Dunmore dredging made more costly by contamination
It has emerged that the cost of dredging and removing silt from the harbour at Dunmore East harbour at Waterford in Ireland will be some €6m, higher than originally hoped.
