All News articles – Page 898
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NewsShips services contract for Maasvlakte 2 dredging
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has secured a contract to provide ships agency services to dredging contractor Van Oord at Maasvlakte 2, the major port expansion project in Rotterdam.
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NewsBird survey launches Round 3 activity
Gardline Marine Sciences Ltd of Great Yarmouth in the UK is one of the first companies to benefit from the Round 3 offshore wind farm site allocation announced this month.
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NewsOffshore wind opportunities at Humber Gateway
Local marine and renewable energy businesses are to hear first hand about the supply chain opportunities that will be available if the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm gets planning consent later this year.
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NewsMove for base quayside crane safety spec
In a concerted effort to reduce injuries and equipment damage in port operations, the TT Club, PEMA and ICHCA International have announced a joint initiative to establish minimum safety standards for quay container cranes.
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Bristol Channel service
UK ferry operator Severn Link, which recently announced plans to launch the first regular modern ferry service across the Bristol Channel, connecting Swansea and Ilfracombe, has taken delivery of the first ferry in its fleet.
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Mega-ferry underway
Construction of the second in a pair of new ships for P&O Ferries has started at the yard of STX Europe in Rauma, Finland.
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Wind farm cables
Global cable industry player Nexans has won a contract worth some €100m to design, manufacture and supply the high voltage subsea power export cables that will connect the London Array wind farm to the UK grid.
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Multibeam training in Malmö
The 53rd UNB-OMB/UNH-CCOM Multibeam Sonar Training Course, co-hosted by the Swedish Maritime Administration, will be held 15-20 March 2010, at the Malmö Börshus, Skeppsbron 2, SE-211 20 Malmö, Sweden.
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McMurdo adds Kannad
Following Orolia’s acquisition of Kannad in September 2009 and of McMurdo in November (forming Orolia’s new Positioning Division), a new strategy has been implemented for both companies.
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MAN to MAN
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge transfered part of its business involving high speed engines to the group’s sister company, MAN Diesel, effective from the first of this month.
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IMMA’s London launch
A new trade association armed with a broad mandate to represent and promote the health and medical interests of the world’s seafarers, port workers and cruise passengers as well as improve shipboard hygiene was launched in London this month.
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New IADC head
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has announced that Mr. René Kolman assumed the position of Secretary General from the first of this month.
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Hydro 2010 in Germany
Warnemunde in northern Germany is the venue for Hydro 2010, the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 18th biennial European hydrographic conference, which will be held from 2 to 5 November.
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Firm foxes pirates
Fox Delta Limited has launched as a specialist provider of land and maritime security risk management, training and related services.
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Georgia silences Germany
The Georgia USA based manufacturer of fibreglass marine wet exhaust mufflers and systems, Centek Industries, has appointed the German importer and distributor of technical boat equipment, Bukh Bremen GmbH, to distribute Centek’s products in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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Hydraulics foundation course
The British Fluid Power Association (BFPA), has launched a new one day Foundation Course in Working Safely with Hydraulic Hose and Connectors, so that people can work more safely with hydraulics.
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‘Human Element’ Bulletin
Those who make all the rules and regulations that govern the design and operation of ships need to be sensitive to human element implications in all that they do according to the International Human Element Bulletin Alert!
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Turkish lighthouse links
Turkish communications and technology company Turkcell will collaborate with Turkey’s Directorate General of Coastal Safety for its pioneering ‘Remote Management of Lighthouses’ project, which will bring the latest technology to lighthouses and also reinforce existing infrastructure.
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NewsNew company solves wiper problems
Newly formed UK company Wiper Solve Marine, which manufactures window wipers and controllers for the marine industry, has newly designed products reaching the end of first phase development and test stages.
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NewsNew evacuation systems for Mexican ferry
DBC Marine Safety Systems Ltd, part of the Zodiac SOLAS group, is to supply two marine evacuation systems for installation aboard the ''MV Chihuahua Star'' operated by Baja Ferries in Mexico. The ferry sails between Mazatlan and La Paz on the Baja Peninsula.
