All News articles – Page 935
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NewsVeripos anniversary move
Veripos, now claiming to be the world’ s second largest supplier of satellite based positioning services to the world offshore industry in a market estimated to be worth at least € 2bn, has marked its 20th anniversary with a move to new premises in Westhill, Aberdeen. Its new headquarters include ...
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NewsGuidelines agreed for marine energy development
Benchmarks for best practice have been drawn up for the fast emerging marine energy industry to stimulate the development of wave and tidal power systems.
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NewsFast rescue craft keeps weight advantage
A different kind of fast-rescue boat is hitting the water. ' It may look like similar boats, but it' s not’ , said Knut Erik Håheim of Norwegian company Brude Safety AS.
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NewsAarsleff goes on the defence
Ceredigion County Council in the UK is carrying out extensive repairs to some of the sea defences at Aberaeron on the west Wales coast of Cardigan Bay.
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NewsNew consortium for Round 3 wind farms
Fluor Limited, the UK operating arm of Fluor Corporation, formed Seagreen Wind Energy Limited with Airtricity, the renewable energy division of Scottish and Southern Energy last month.
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NewsTowlines - May 2009
The Panama Canal Authority has introduced a further five new Z-Tech tugs to its fleet of dedicated tugs used to assist ships transiting the waterway.
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NewsSilence is golden at Seawork 2009
Marine exhaust silencing and engine noise reduction solutions provider Halyard Marine Ltd returns as an exhibitor to Seawork International 2009, where the range of their provision as both designer and manufacturer can be seen on Stand 160.
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NewsPortsmouth plans to say Hooray Henry!
The annual ten day Portsmouth Arts Festival in the UK will this year culminate in a Tudor extravaganza called ‘ Ghost Ship: A Pageant for Portsmouth’ , to mark the anniversary of Henry VIII’ s accession to the throne and when work started on his flagship, the Mary Rose.
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NewsMJ goes all a Twitter!
Readers can now keep up to date with the latest news from Maritime Journal in the social networking site Twitter!
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NewsMJ goes all a Twitter!
Readers can now keep up to date with the latest news from Maritime Journal in the social networking site Twitter!
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NewsAll-Energy is mega-watts on in Aberdeen
The All-Energy exhibition and conference is the UK’ s largest event devoted to renewable energy. The ninth in the annual series will be held in Aberdeen on 20 and 21 May 2009.
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NewsBelgian stone dumper hijacked off Somalia
There has been no contact with the Belgian side stone dumping vessel Pompei since it was captured by pirates on Saturday off the coast of Somalia.
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NewsNo strain as Andromeda visits Southampton
DP World Southampton, the UK’ s second largest container terminal, set a record for the largest container ship it has ever handled when the CMA CGM Andromeda arrived at the weekend as part of its inaugural deployment between Asia and Europe.
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News'Tenacious' helicopter makes tall ship rescue
Falmouth Coastguard in the UK scrambled an RAF helicopter, based at RNAS Culdrose, to rescue a tall ship crew member at the vessel’ s location some 100 miles from Lands End last weekend.
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News'Explorer' sinking investigation prompts safety review
A decision by the master of the cruise ship Explorer to enter an ice field in Antarctic waters led to the vessel being lost, according to the conclusions of an investigation conducted by the Liberian Registry in cooperation with the Chilean Navy.
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NewsNew pilot boat raises Milford Haven service provision
Milford Haven Port Authority has welcomed delivery of its new £ 1.3m pilot boat, as shipping levels at the port are set to reach record breaking levels this year.
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NewsBorn again trawler heads to Antarctica
Now in service with the Brazilian Navy as a polar research vessel after a second major conversion is the American built former offshore supply ship Almirante Maximiano.
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NewsHMS Endurance in for repairs
HMS Endurance, the damaged British Royal Navy ice patrol ship, has finally been transported home from the Falklands to undergo extensive repairs following its flooding incident last December.
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NewsUK beaches a load of old rubbish?
The latest survey by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has found that litter on the UK’ s beaches has reached its highest ever level, up by 110% to 2,195 pieces per kilometre.
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News'Iron Lady' gets another five year makeover
What is claimed to be the world’ s biggest coal fired, steam icebreaker still afloat, the Stettin, has undergone its regular five year check at Hamburg’ s Blohm + Voss Repair Shipyard and been declared fit for further service.
