All News articles – Page 872
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NewsGerman police patrol boat quartet completed
German police have taken delivery of the last in a series of four powerful new patrol boats adding a new dimension to supervision of extended coastal waters in an increasingly busy sector of the Baltic.
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NewsNew offshore wind demo sites announced
The Crown Estate has awarded four companies with leases and exclusivity agreements in England and Scotland respectively to test new wind turbine technology in the marine environment.
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NewsTwo million kWh milestone for tidal turbine
Marine Current Turbines’ SeaGen in Northern Ireland, the world’s first and only commercial scale tidal stream energy turbine, has delivered its two millionth unit of electricity into the UK electricity grid.
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NewsDredging training goes Moroccan
Dutch based organisations, the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), will be presenting their jointly developed training course in Africa in November.
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NewsSvitzer order their first ECO tugs - by Jack Gaston
Virtually every tug owner worldwide recognises the need to meet future demands for more environmentally acceptable vessels.
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NewsNorwegian Coastguard vessels go ‘Green’ - by Jack Gaston
‘KV Bergen’, along with its sister vessels ‘KV Barentshav’ and ‘KV Sortland’, are claimed to be the world’s most energy efficient and environmentally friendly Coast Guard vessels due to the use of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) as the primary fuel source.
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NewsIrving delivers Stevns Breaker - by Jack Gaston
‘Stevns Breaker’, the third tug of a new quartet for Danish owners Stevns, has been delivered by Irving Shipbuilding Inc of Halifax, Canada.
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NewsWaterchief gives Kristiansund owner a boost - by Jack Gaston
‘Waterchief’, delivered on 21 July by Bogazici Denizcilik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (Bogazici Shipping), is destined to give owners Kristiansund Taubaat Service AS of Norway a considerable boost in power and ability.
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NewsNorthwind joins AVRA Towage - by Jack Gaston
With the July delivery of the new ‘Northwind’, Rotterdam based Avra Towage BV now operates a fleet of six tugs with a seventh under construction.
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NewsTOWLINES August 2010 - by Jack Gaston
The Dutch Coast Guard has now taken the offshore tug supply vessel ‘Ievoli Black’ on contract as the full time replacement for the emergency towing vessel ‘Waker’.
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NewsDamen sell the first Stan Tug 1205 at Seawork - by Jack Gaston
Within a day or two of its arrival at the Seawork exhibition in Southampton, Damen Shipyards had sold the first example of the new Stan Tug 1205.
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NewsDiver shortage concern for offshore wind
More than 2,200 commercial divers will be needed to help build and develop Europe’s offshore wind sector as it rapidly expands over the next six years, according to leading industry analysts.
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NewsDutch Biopark seeks hot companies
Stichting Biopark Terneuzen, a Dutch organisation that focuses on the development of sustainable connections between local businesses, is developing a cluster of bio-energy power plants on the Axelse Vlakte.
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NewsSuccessful full size trial of ShipArrestor
Miko Marine AS of Oslo has successfully completed the first full scale test of its pioneering ShipArrestor system.
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NewsUpgraded Multigauge demonstrated at Seawork
The new Tritex Multigauge 3000 diver handheld Underwater Thickness Gauge was on display at Seawork 2010.
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NewsPilots stay on course at Seawork
Seawork veteran Saab Seaeye has introduced a new up-front flight display overlay for the video monitor of its top selling Falcon ROV, which was on display at the company’s stand at Seawork this year.
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NewsBumper Seawork for KPM-Marine
‘We have had three books of orders from the show’, said Jules Morgan, Technical & Design Director at British based KPM-Marine, who are specialists in the design and manufacture of innovative products and solutions to the marine industry.
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NewsNew exhibitor glows in the dark at Seawork
UK safety specialist Kayospruce launched its new commercial luminous safety tread and new glowfast safety labels as a first time exhibitor at Seawork in June.
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NewsNew academy to train offshore renewable s technicians
The significant gap in the skills market for the offshore wind industry has prompted marine solutions company Offshore Marine Management (OMM) to launch a new offshore training academy in the autumn aimed at training ambitious young people to work offshore in the energy and telecommunications markets.
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NewsMRT score highly in safety at Seawork
Marine Rescue Technologies, manufacturers of the Sea Marshall brand, had a successful Seawork with the release of the AU9 100mW and 500mW long range High Power Alert Unit and an upgraded Sarfinder 1003 MK11 Locator Base Unit.
