All News articles – Page 890
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NewsRecord sales for davit manufacturer
The market would appear to be very enthusiastic about Noreq AS’s newly developed davit products if the resulting record sales are anything to go by.
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News1,000 transfer milestone from REM Mermaid
Offshore Solutions B.V. (OSBV), which invents, develops, manufactures and ensures the safe operation of advanced marine access systems, is celebrating another significant achievement in the operation of its Offshore Access System (OAS).
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NewsMultiple orders for knuckle jib cranes
Finland headquartered Cargotec will deliver two large offshore cranes to Singapore based Ezra Marine Service Pte Ltd in 2010 and beginning of 2011 respectively. The cranes will be fitted to a deepwater anchor handling towing/supply vessel (AHTS) and to a self propelled accommodation barge.
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NewsBig lift for small firm in hard times
The Steiner Shipyard in Alabama USA has acquired one of Marine Travelift’s 400C mobile boat hoists, thanks in part to a Small Shipyard Grant from the U.S. Maritime Administration. The Small Shipyard Grants program is administered by the Office of Shipyards and Marine Engineering in Washington D.C.
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NewsDesign award for OSV aft bridge workstation
K-Master, Kongsberg Maritime''s integrated aft bridge workstation has received an Award for Design Excellence from the Norwegian Design Council (NDC), presented last month during the NDC''s annual Design Day event.
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NewsWind farm cabling gets a lift
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has arranged a 2,000 tons cable shipment for the Belwind Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea off Zeebrugge. The company’s Project Logistics team at Lysaker in Norway has just completed two shipments of heavy duty electrical cable to Belgium.
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NewsRemanufactured engine gives new life to pushboat
Another 20 to 30 years of life and a fuel saving of some 7% are claimed for the German pushboat Rhenus-Schub 1 now that it boasts a remanufactured Wärtsilä main engine.
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NewsIndustry answers to energy blowing in the wind
When The Crown Estate in the UK announced in January the successful bidders for nine Zone Development Agreements to develop offshore wind farms under the Round 3 licensing arrangements, it represented a major expansion of an already fast growing maritime industry.
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NewsMore ship repair action at Oranjewerf
After a busy 2009, Dutch ship repairer Oranjewerf Scheepsreparatie B.V. is gearing up for another busy year in 2010 and is hoping that the busy trend of the last few months is set to continue.
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NewsFerguson award contract for accommodation support vessel
Ferguson Modular, a major supplier and manufacturer of offshore accommodation solutions for the energy industry around the world, has awarded a £3.2m contract for refit and refurbishment work on its new accommodation support vessel to Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd in Scotland.
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NewsCathelco protect the US Coast Guard
A series of fast response cutters being built for the US Coast Guard will be protected against hull corrosion and marine pipework bio-fouling with a system manufactured by UK based Cathelco Ltd.
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NewsDales turns over new Leith in Scotland
Aberdeen based ship repair and maintenance specialist, Dales Marine Services, has expanded its operations on Scotland’s east coast with the lease of a dry dock at the Port of Leith and a workshop at Montrose.
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NewsGE to invest €340m in European offshore wind
GE announced plans last week to invest €110 million to develop offshore wind turbine manufacturing facilities and locate design, application and service engineering resources in the United Kingdom.
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NewsEMSA prepares for another busy year
As staff settle into their new riverside headquarters in Lisbon the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has announced its 2010 work programme, including plans to develop new projects, improve existing activities and illustrate the value of the agency to EU Member States and the European public in general.
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NewsRe-tendering for tidal energy project in Scotland
The Crown Estate, which manages a £6bn property portfolio across the UK, announced yesterday that it is inviting expressions of interest for a tidal energy project in the Inner Sound, which lies between Caithness on the Scottish mainland and the island of Stroma.
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NewsRates error behind Goole terminal closure
A recent casualty of the UK Government’s retrospective rates bills levied on port businesses, port and stevedoring agency Scotline Terminal Goole (STG), was caused by government incompetence, as it has emerged that the £701,000 bill that forced them into liquidation was a mistake.
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NewsLifejackets on workboats at Seawork
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency will be coordinating a demonstration in the water at Seawork 2010, along with the RNLI, each day of the show at around 1:30pm.
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NewsUK Budget promises £60m for ports
UK chancellor Alistair Darling announced Government funding of up to £60m for the development of port sites to meet the needs of offshore wind turbine manufacturers looking to locate new facilities in the UK.
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NewsInterferry lobbies MEPC on Baltic issues
Using its consultative status at the IMO, trade association Interferry is lobbying the Marine Environment Protection Committee’s 60th session in London this week on two controversial issues.
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NewsUK launches Marine Energy Action Plan
Harnessing the full potential of marine energy could provide enough power for up to 15m homes and save up to 70m tons of C02 by 2050 according to the UK Government’s Marine Energy Action Plan (MEAP), which was released last week.
