All News articles – Page 878
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NewsPrecision dredging clears Brunel’s basin.
Jenkins Marine has been chosen to help undertake the historic restoration of the Millbay Inner Basin at Plymouth.
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NewsSCR technology for Volvo Penta engines
Volvo Penta, together with specialist company STT Emtec, is introducing an effective solution to reduce NOx emissions from high speed marine diesel engines.
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NewsCummins repowers the Lord Nelson
Cummins UK continues to build upon its successful ten year relationship with the Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST), a registered charity that owns and operates the only two tall ships in the world designed to enable people of all physical abilities to sail side by side as equals in a demanding ...
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NewsITF helps break language barrier for seafarers
The ITF website www.itfseafarers.org, launched two years ago as an ‘online lifeline’ for everyone working at sea, has just been launched in three new languages. Originally available in English, it is now reaching out to seafarers in Chinese (Simplified Mandarin), Russian and Spanish.
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NewsThe Nautical Institute launches shipping vodcasts
The Nautical Institute has launched new ‘vodcasts’ (video podcasts/shareable video clips) for students and lecturers to use to share knowledge of some of the key human element issues that affect shipping ,including fatigue, communication, health and safety.
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NewsNew automatic escape slide from Zodiac
Zodiac SOLAS has introduced a small automatic escape slide that it has been developed specifically for passenger vessels with limited crew.
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NewsOcean Safety takes on Kannad distributorship
British based marine safety equipment specialist Ocean Safety is taking on distributorship for Kannad marine safety and emergency location beacon products.
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NewsBelgians convert police boat into survey vessel
GEMS International NV in Bruges is taking a former 28.5m LOA German police boat into service after its conversion into a geophysical and hydrographic survey vessel at Belgium’s IDP Shipyard in Ostende.
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NewsA game of two halves for European wind
This week saw a mixed picture in Europe’s offshore renewables sector. Four offshore wind demonstrator units are being put together through a partnership between two Norwegian energy companies and GE Energy.
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NewsAll-round Victory for Sedna
Defying the downturn, Sedna Towage & Offshore has just purchased a new anchor handling tug. The ''Victory’ is the third tug to be managed by subsidiary, AnDoFe, joining ‘Independence’ and ‘Scapino’.
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NewsSeafarers disenfranchised by accident treatment
A pledge to provide direct input from seafarers to debates at the International Maritime Organisation was delivered by the Nautical Institute’s new president.
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NewsBusiness thrives at Seawork 2010
The commercial marine business was confirmed to be in robust health at Seawork 2010, with footfall up on 2009 and an increasing proportion of visitors electing to come for more than one day.
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NewsRugged wind farm slings a success story
The first very large diameter synthetic rope sling certified by Lloyd’s for offshore installations is in use by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) on the largest wind farm currently under construction.
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NewsTaking the pressure off hose failures
Hydraulic cranes, winches, steering systems and stern drives all have one thing in common, and it’s often overlooked (despite being underfoot). Hydraulic hoses, which have to cope with millions of cycles of pressurisation and flexing are also vulnerable to heat, cold, sunlight and time.
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NewsOld pilot boat gets a new turn of speed
A number of companies collaborated to get the best out of an old Falmouth pilot boat with a lot of history. A recent refit included a complete renovation of the engine room, electrics, exhaust and steering systems.
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NewsSafe deliveries to the seabed
A subsea system capable of delivering large (and expensive) modules to depths of 3,000m without bouncing them on the bottom has been developed by Cargotec for the benefit of medium sized support craft.
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NewsA long view for Thames Barrier cranes
Seven new purpose designed cranes for the Thames Barrier are to be built with a reach ‘about the same as four London Buses’ according to Doug Palmer of contract winners Pellegrini UK.
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NewsPropeller partnership pursues improved propulsion
A long term partnership between a propeller manufacturer and a leading university is bringing science to bear on the interaction between hull design, propellers and other hull appendages.
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NewsMore Seawork signings for South Boats
South Boats Special Projects had another impressively good Seawork last week, signing a contract for a further two boats on the last day of the show.
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NewsEchopilot’s forward looking innovation wins Seawork award
British sonar specialist Echopilot Marine Electronics Ltd won the overall Spirit of Innovation Award at Seawork 2010.
