All News articles – Page 896
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NewsCopenhagen silence on marine pollution
The Copenhagen climate change summit failed to reach a legally binding agreement, and instead merely took a ‘decision to note’ a non-binding accord, reports UK law firm Clyde & Co LLP. The Accord has since been widely criticised, not least for failing to include even aspirational targets for greenhouse gas ...
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NewsCarousel innovation aids underwater power link
The recent laying of the first and only power interconnector between the UK and the Netherlands meant a 260km cable connection between the Maasvlakte in Holland and the Isle of Grain in Kent.
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NewsDirty diving brings merciful results
Divers volunteering on board the ''Africa Mercy'', the world’s largest charity hospital ship, plunge into murky, polluted water every week to prevent obstructions from blocking the ship’s seawater intake valves.
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NewsFirst of class fast pilot boat for French Navy
In early 2009 the Stockport UK headquartered Delta Power Group signed a contract with the French Ministry of Defence, the DGA (Direction Generale de l’Armement), for five pilot boats for operation in the French naval bases of Toulon, Brest and Cherbourg.
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NewsTraining launch for shallow water dive system
The launch of a new training programme from Microdive Ltd of Essex UK is set to transform the way people can learn to dive. A fully approved instruction syllabus has been developed that dramatically reduces the amount of time and cost needed for new divers to qualify.
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NewsDownsizing delivers adaptable deep diving ROV
Flexibility has always been an issue with ROVs, but a new deep swimming 3,000m rated unit has been developed to open up a greater range of applications.
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NewsOwners turn their attention to ‘Greener Tugs’
It’s just a year since the world’s first true ‘Hybrid’ tug entered service with Foss Maritime in the USA. This important milestone created considerable interest in the towage industry and occurred at a time when the industry was experiencing a period of almost frantic growth in the numbers of new ...
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NewsTowlines March 2010 - by Jack Gaston
‘Osayame’, the first tug of its type to be built in Cape Town by Damen Shipyards, finally sailed to its homeport in Nigeria in late January.
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NewsTugworld Review 2009 spots the trends - by Jack Gaston
The popular annual ‘Tugworld Review 2009’ has now been published by the ABR Company Ltd in association with International Tug & Salvage magazine.
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NewsSinbad Marine purchase 'Bison' - by Jack Gaston
The fleet of Sinbad Marine Services received a substantial boost in the New Year with the purchase of the former Norwegian tug ‘Bison’. Formerly owned by Bukser og Berging AS, the vessel is a 30m tractor tug equipped with twin fully azimuthing propulsion units.
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NewsEuropean Tugowners and Pilots discuss shared concerns
During 2009 representatives from the European Tugowners Association (ETA) and the European Maritime Pilots’ Association (EMPA) met to discuss operational problems that both pilots and tug operators increasingly experience when handling the ever larger types of ship arriving in European ports.
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News‘Osprey Boxer’ joins a growing fleet - by Jack Gaston
Osprey Shipping Ltd, based in Newcastle and Bristol UK, has taken delivery of the new tug ‘Osprey Boxer’ from Damen Shipyards.
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NewsScience and technology converge at Oceanology International
Over 500 suppliers of the latest technology and service developments covering every element of marine science and ocean technology will gather next month for Oceanology International 2010, being held at ExCeL in London''s Docklands from 9 to 11 March.
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Oceanology International returns to London
London’s ExCel is once more the venue for this year’s biennial Oceanology International event from 9-11 March.
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Admiralty E-Navigator introduced
Introduced in December, Admiralty E-Navigator is the UK Hydrographic Office’s new integrated digital catalogue, product viewer and passage planning aid for organising, updating and consolidating all paper and digital information needed for planning safe voyages while simplifying essential tasks.
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Cheetah catamarans for Dutch and UK customers
Now in its 20th year for construction of specialist power catamarans, Cheetah Marine of Ventnor on the UK’s Isle of Wight reports the commissioning of two new hydrographic survey vessels by Heuvelman Ibis in Delfzijl, Holland, and British Geological Survey (BGS) in Edinburgh.
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NewsNew Fugro survey vessel launched
Fugro Survey’s first new geophysical survey vessel since the early 1980s, ‘Fugro Searcher’, has been launched in readiness for sea trials before beginning service in March.
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NewsLottery funding for restoration of historic tug-tender
Britain''s last steam tug-tender, ‘Daniel Adamson’, has got the crucial go ahead to operate from Liverpool Cruise Liner Terminal.
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NewsCommunity sourced positioning project for Europe
Leisure and commercial boaters could soon benefit from more accurate depth information, thanks to a research and development project awarded to a European consortium.
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NewsOcean challenge prelude to possible marine careers
More than a hundred students from across Cornwall UK will celebrate their nautical achievements at a special awards ceremony today.
