All News articles – Page 870
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NewsUK urged to invest in ports
RenewableUK, the country’s leading renewable energy trade association, launched a national campaign on Tuesday to highlight the importance of investing in improvements to the UK’s port facilities.
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NewsDutch launch new CSD for Panama Canal
A new custom built cutter suction dredger destined for the Panama Canal was launched at IHC Merwede’s Sliedrecht yard in the Netherlands last week.
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NewsDredger crew kidnapped in Cameroon
Two crew members of the trailing suction hopper dredger Amerigo Vespucci were kidnapped by an armed gang as the vessel worked in the Cameroon port of Douala on Sunday night.
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NewsShort notice seminar on new fuel regs
A seminar on The Introduction of Ultra-low Sulphur Biofuels to Estuarial and Inland Waterway Vessels will be held at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich UK on Wednesday 20 October.
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NewsRadar developments enhance wave climate data
Further to development work by UK based hydrpgraphic survey systems supplier Ohmex and earlier results from testing at the Franzius-Institut, Leibniz University of Hannover, VEGA has now produced updated versions of their ''K'' band range of radar level sensors.
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NewsDamen moves into offshore wind farm sector
The Netherlands’ Damen Shipyards Group has announced the sale of its first ever Twin Axe Catamaran, the Damen High Speed Support Vessel (HSSV) 2610, which is particularly suited for the offshore wind industry.
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NewsHistoric light vessel finds a home – ‘probably’
After many months of party political bickering a berth has been established for the UK’s last remaining manned light vessel at Harwich UK, the town renowned as the home port of these distinctive vessels.
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NewsNew terminal ups Kiel handling clout
Kiel has completed the new Schwedenkai Terminal, part of a five year investment programme costing more than €60m, which has vastly improved the German Baltic port’s passenger and cargo handling clout.
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NewsDNV confirm’s Seagen’s performance
Norway based Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has certified that the performance of the world’s largest tidal turbine, the 1.2MW SeaGen, has been correctly evaluated according to the Edinburgh Protocol.
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NewsGSS continues to grow with Aileen M
Scotland based GSS (Plant) Ltd, formerly known as Gareloch Support Services, has launched ‘Aileen M’, a Eurocarrier 2510 to help service its growing UK and international customer base.
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NewsInnovative small ferry for Cromarty Firth
Southampton Marine Services Ltd (SMS) has completed ‘Cromarty Queen’, a new small car and passenger ferry for Scotland’s Cromarty Ferry Company Ltd.
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NewsVessel Launch: Rapid Fisher catches speed, comfort and economy
Portchester UK based BWSeaCat Ltd has delivered Rapid Fisher to charter skipper Paul Smith, who operates out of nearby Poole.
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NewsVessel Launch: Hepworth complete Afon Las for use in the Caspian
On Saturday 7 August the shallow draft, twin screw tug Afon Las left the UK’s River Humber bound for the Caspian Sea, via St Petersburg and the Russian inland waterways.
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NewsBandwidth bonuses onboard MS Julia
Maritime satellite communications provider Marlink has secured a three year contract with Irish ferry operator Fastnet Line to deliver, install and operate its innovative Sealink VSAT solution onboard Fastnet’s flagship vessel MS Julia.
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NewsStena to launch second super ferry
Stena Line has announced the launch of the Stena Britannica, one of two of the largest superferries in the world, will take place in October 2010.
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NewsNew project to get freight off the roads
An ambitious new initiative to develop a sustainable matrix of transportation routes using waterways rather than roads has been launched by the UK not for profit organisation Freight by Water.
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NewsMAIB Annual Report 2009 released
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch’s Annual Report for 2009 reveals that 1,663 marine accidents and incidents were reported to the MAIB during the year.
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NewsShip designer goes with Neptune’s flow
IJmuiden based Offshore Ship Designer''s first project in the marine renewable energy field will shortly be commencing on site trials in the UK''s Humber estuary.
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NewsNew work boats pack a punch on the Weser
Bremerhaven’s Wasser und Schiffahrtsamt (WSA) has praised its new 24.2m long multi-purpose work boat Ruschsand, now in service on the Lower Weser, and says a second, similar vessel will be delivered next year.
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NewsHovercraft makes offshore wind farm viable
A hovercraft is making it possible for works to proceed on an offshore wind farm project in the Greater Wash off the UK’s east coast.
