All News articles – Page 923

  • JULY_DELG_Fendering.JPG
    News

    Effective fendering for longer life pilot boats

    2009-07-10T12:36:00Z

    Trelleborg has had a hand in extending the life of new pilot boats for the UK Port of Harwich well before the pair is due to hit the water. The vessels, being built by Holyhead Marine, are due to be launched in February next year.

  • News

    Cardiff Bay project for Coastline Surveys

    2009-07-10T12:36:00Z

    Falmouth UK based Coastline Surveys announced at last month’ s Seawork Exhibition that it has been awarded a second two year contract by Cardiff Harbour Authority for surveys of Europe’ s largest waterfront development, housing what was once the world’ s biggest coal exporting port.

  • JULY_DELG_Windfarm_Cranes.JPG
    News

    WSV cranes cannot be an afterthought

    2009-07-10T12:36:00Z

    Self sufficiency is becoming more and more important for wind farm support vessels - especially as wind farm sites are getting ever more distant, with soon to be allocated UK Round 3 sites on the far horizon or beyond.

  • News

    Fugro to acquire Tenix LADS

    2009-07-10T12:36:00Z

    Tenix LADS, the Australian global supplier of airborne hydrographic services using laser technology to measure water depths, is to be acquired by the Dutch survey combine, Fugro, in a deal expected to be completed this autumn. It will be renamed Fugro LADS and will be part of Fugro’ s Offshore ...

  • JULY_P_and_P_Cat.JPG
    News

    55 years running from the same engine

    2009-07-10T12:36:00Z

    During this year' s Pentecost weekend the MS Stadt Kiel e.V. Society celebrated the 75th anniversary of its famous ferry boat with a big ‘ open ship’ event at Kiel' s jetty Seegartenbrü cke.

  • News

    Clarification

    2009-07-09T12:36:00Z

    The story on page 59 of the June issue made reference to German media reports that an Irish company went bankrupt before taking delivery of the tug eventually named ‘ Jade-Service 1’ . MJ would like to make clear that company is not Island Shipping. Island Shipping is in very ...

  • MJ_Newsletter_9-7-09_Greenpeace_Tom.JPG
    News

    German yard to build Greenpeace flagship

    2009-07-09T12:36:00Z

    Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has signed a € 23m contract with Germany’ s Fassmer Shipyard to build the 57.9m Rainbow Warrior 111, the group’ s most advanced ship to date and its first newbuilding.

  • News

    Gold Bowl for Williams

    2009-07-09T12:36:00Z

    The top prize Gold Roman Bowl in the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island race last month went to Williams Shipping director Philip Williams in the 25 foot Nordic Folkboat ‘ Tattarat’ . Some 1,566 boats completed the race around the Isle of Wight, raising £ 74,907 (and counting) for ...

  • July_Dredging_Westminster.JPG
    News

    Beneficial re-use brings rainbow to Hayling Island

    2009-07-09T12:36:00Z

    Westminster Dredging' s trailing suction hopper dredger Sospan Dau is currently back in operation at Hayling Island UK for Phase 2 of the five year beach nourishment programme.

  • Tugnology_1.jpg
    News

    Tugnology 09 - An intense and fruitful two days!!

    2009-07-09T12:36:00Z

    Tugnology 09, held in Amsterdam on 19 -21 May, has been proclaimed a great success by the delegates, exhibitors and organisers alike. This was only the second conference of its kind, devoted exclusively to the towage industry.

  • July_Repair_Gillingham.JPG
    News

    Royal barge refitted at Gillingham

    2009-07-08T12:36:00Z

    Gillingham Marina Workshops are now into their fourth year and are celebrating the success of their refit involving the official Royal Barge on the River Thames, the Royal Nore, which is owned by the Port of London Authority.

  • July_Repair_Merseyside.JPG
    News

    Responsible recycling on Merseyside

    2009-07-07T12:36:00Z

    One of the latest ships to be dismantled under a new UK Government disposal and recycling scheme is HMS Intrepid, which had previously been docked at Portsmouth for a number of years awaiting suitable disposal.

  • July_Repair_MMS.JPG
    News

    MMS lengthen Scottish fishing trawler

    2009-07-07T12:36:00Z

    MMS Ship Repair & Dry Dock Co.Ltd in Kingston-upon Hull UK have just completed a major conversion to the Scottish fishing trawler Solstice.

  • JULY_Dredging_IADC.jpg
    News

    Dredging's future learns the ropes

    2009-07-07T12:36:00Z

    A gathering of young professionals from Albania, Bahrain, Cameroon, China, Denmark, Gambia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, U.A.E. and Vietnam spent a week in the Netherlands last month learning about the intricacies and challenges of dredging and marine construction.

  • JULY_Dredging_IHC.jpg
    News

    Dredging partnership picks up good vibrations

    2009-07-07T12:36:00Z

    Dutch dredger builders IHC Merwede and the Belgian company Pruftechnik signed a partnership agreement last month for vibration measurements with the aim of safeguarding uninterrupted dredging operations.

  • JULY_Dredging_SeaZone.jpg
    News

    Software supports dredge monitoring at UK port project

    2009-07-07T12:36:00Z

    Software from SeaZone is being used to monitor the impact of dredging activities taking place as part of a major new port development project in the UK.

  • July_Repair_Ecospeed.JPG
    News

    Ecospeed coating goes on and on

    2009-07-07T12:36:00Z

    During the recent drydocking of the oil spill response vessel owned by the Port Authority of Rotterdam, an inspection revealed that the Ecospeed coating on its underwater hull was in excellent condition.

  • JULY_Dredging_CEDA.jpg
    News

    CEDA Dredging Days finds 'tools for the future'

    2009-07-07T12:36:00Z

    The CEDA Dredging Days 2009 conference and exhibition will be held alongside Europort Maritime in the Conference Centre of the Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands on 5 and 6 November. Its theme will be ‘ Dredging tools for the future’ .

  • JULY_Dredging_Saskia.JPG
    News

    CSDs in demand in Azerbeidzjan

    2009-07-07T12:36:00Z

    Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered two cutter suction dredgers to Caspian Marine Services (CMS), which chose a CSD450 as it was available for immediate shipping and a CSD500 because the side pontoons could be made locally.

  • JULY_P_and_P_Cauldwell.jpg
    News

    Propulsion world could turn on Axis Drive

    2009-07-07T12:36:00Z

    It was in 1959 that American Jim Wynne designed the first commercially viable stern drive system and up until that time, other than water jet, it was only possible to have direct shaft drive or an outboard motor. Curious that exactly 50 years after Wynne’ s collaboration with Volvo, another ...