All News articles – Page 904
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NewsWärtsilä scrubber knocks SOx off emissions
Wä rtsilä ' s sulphur oxides (SOx) scrubber has been granted the Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA) Compliance Certificate by the classification societies Det Norske Veritas and Germanisher Lloyd following successful testing.
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NewsNew anti-fouling system for box coolers
A new oil combat vessel which is being built at the STX Europe yard in Finland will be the first ship to be installed with a new box cooler anti-fouling system which has been jointly developed by Cathelco and Blokland Non Ferro.
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NewsAkzoNobel signs climate change Communiqué
AkzoNobel chief Eexecutive Hans Wijers recently threw his weight behind ‘ The Copenhagen Communiqué on Climate Change’ by adding his name to those of hundreds of other global business leaders who are calling on world leaders to close a deal on climate change when they meet in Copenhagen this month.
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NewsNew wave energy device has world as its 'Oyster'
Queen’ s University Belfast has launched the world’ s largest working hydro-electric wave energy device in conjunction with Aquamarine Power.
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NewsCornwall champions sustainable energy
Captain Richard Parkinson, managing director of Mojo Maritime Limited of Cornwall UK has received a top honour at the 2009 South West Green Energy Awards ceremony, which took place in Bath earlier this month.
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NewsGifford wind turbine design shortlisted by Carbon Trust
A design for a new generation of deep water wind turbine foundations, developed by a British consortium led by independent engineering and environmental consultant Gifford, has been selected in a competition organised by the Carbon Trust.
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NewsCanada launch 'world's first' offshore wind assessment buoy
Canada' s AXYS Technologies Inc has deployed an offshore wind resource assessment buoy, the WindSentinel, off of Race Rocks Island in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada.
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NewsIADC Seminar a success in Singapore
More than 30 participants from around the world, including Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Egypt, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Namibia, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Tanzania, Turkey and the United Kingdom, came to Singapore for the recent 33rd IADC International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation.
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NewsDanish Vikings lay siege to Newcastle
Tyneside in the UK had to deal with a friendly invasion on Tuesday when residents of the remote Faroe Islands headed south for a shopping spree.
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NewsCompetition moves offshore wind into deeper waters
Seven new design ideas for offshore wind turbine foundations have been shortlisted by the UK’ s Carbon Trust in a competition aimed at transforming the offshore wind industry.
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NewsDouble Dutch at Marintec China
IHC Merwede of the Netherlands chose this week’ s Marintec exhibition in Shanghai to launch its first ever Chinese made cutter suction dredger. The IHC 8527MP is a special design for the Chinese market.
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NewsSea Cadets launch Tall Ship Appeal
The Sea Cadets, Britain’ s oldest maritime youth charity, launched a national fundraising campaign last week for a new twin masted brig to help inspire the next generation of sailors.
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News€8m grant for 'Pulse Stream' tidal generator
The Isle of Wight UK based developer and manufacturer of composite materials and technologies, Gurit, secured an agreement last week with Sheffield based Pulse Tidal, the tidal stream power provider, to engineer, supply tooling and manufacture the blades for Pulse Tidal Pulse Stream 1MW demonstrator.
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New subsea company
With full support from EXS Subsea AS, a Norwegian oil and gas investment company, Graeme Kidd has led a successful management buyout of Oceanteam Subsea Services Ltd and launched the new company Specialist Subsea Services Ltd, of which he is managing director. An initial sum of some £ 10m has ...
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Dredger builder acquired
On the eve of the 125th anniversary of its founding in 1885, a majority interest in America’ s portable dredger manufacturer Ellicott Dredge Enterprises LLC has been acquired by Markel Ventures, a subsidiary of Markel Corporation. Terms were not disclosed. Markel Ventures is based in Richmond, Virginia USA and is ...
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£50k for energy resource project
Marine South East in the UK has won a £ 50k bid to run a Knowledge Network exploring the exploitation and use of marine energy resources (MEREX). The commercial incentive to reduce diesel and bunker fuel use will drive major changes in the world fleet over the next generation. In ...
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Rostock ro-pax stop
Finnlines is opening a passenger ship line to Rostock on STAR class ro-pax vessels. The German stop of the current Travemü nde-Gdynia-Helsinki line will be moved to Rostock. The aim is to create a regular two ship line connecting the three ports three times a week. In Helsinki, the ships ...
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Wave impact tool
The Bedfordshire UK based postgraduate institution, Cranfield University, has completed the development and demonstration of an analysis tool called Wave-X, capable of predicting the response of ships and offshore structures to extreme ocean waves. The techniques of Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) have been applied to produce a computational model of ...
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Wilhelmsen joins ILAMA
Maritime service network Wilhelmsen Ships Service has been accepted as a Member of the International Lifesaving Appliances Manufacturers Association (ILAMA). It joins other leading companies within the marine safety industry which form ILAMA to use their membership to voice opinion and provide input in the international standards arena. By presenting ...
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Italian - Greek shortsea
The Italian – Greek shipping line Adriatic Lines has launched the first ever freight only service between Italy and Greece, which will not carry tourist traffic. The route connects the Italian port of Ravenna with the Greek port of Corinth with four sailings per week and approximate crossing times of ...
