All News articles – Page 923
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NewsEffective fendering for longer life pilot boats
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.
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Cardiff Bay project for Coastline Surveys
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.
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NewsWSV cranes cannot be an afterthought
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.
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Fugro to acquire Tenix LADS
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 ...
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News55 years running from the same engine
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.
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Clarification
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 ...
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NewsGerman yard to build Greenpeace flagship
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.
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Gold Bowl for Williams
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 ...
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NewsBeneficial re-use brings rainbow to Hayling Island
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.
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NewsTugnology 09 - An intense and fruitful two days!!
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.
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NewsRoyal barge refitted at Gillingham
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.
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NewsResponsible recycling on Merseyside
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.
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NewsMMS lengthen Scottish fishing trawler
MMS Ship Repair & Dry Dock Co.Ltd in Kingston-upon Hull UK have just completed a major conversion to the Scottish fishing trawler Solstice.
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NewsDredging's future learns the ropes
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.
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NewsDredging partnership picks up good vibrations
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.
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NewsSoftware supports dredge monitoring at UK port project
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.
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NewsEcospeed coating goes on and on
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.
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NewsCEDA Dredging Days finds 'tools for the future'
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’ .
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NewsCSDs in demand in Azerbeidzjan
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.
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NewsPropulsion world could turn on Axis Drive
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 ...
