All News articles – Page 967
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NewsHarley Goes Green with 'Lela Joy'
As of January this year all newbuilds for service in US waters are required to be powered with engines that meet the US Environmental Protection Agency''s Tier 2 emission standards.
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Galileo Problems
The Galileo project, Europe''s proposed answer to the US Global Positioning System (GPS), is in disarray following the failure of an eight member group of companies to meet a European Commission deadline to transform itself into a legal entity with a chief executive, headquarters and a strategy.
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NewsNew Lifejacket Moves Safety Standards Forward
A new lifejacket has been launched by International Safety Products Ltd (ISP) of Merseyside UK to meet the needs of the Spanish fishing industry. Developed in conjunction with Aeromarine, the distributor of ISP products in Spain, the lifejacket has been designed to comply with new regulations requiring Spanish fishing crew ...
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FleetBroadband Launches
Global satcomms provider Inmarsat has launched FleetBroadband, its new commercial service delivering voice and high speed data services for maritime users.
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NewsFerryGreen Way to Save the Planet
The first ferry ticket agency in the UK to address the environmental issues associated with travel by sea has launched a website at which customers have the opportunity to offset carbon emissions during the booking process.
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NewsNew Seatruck Ferry Sets Sail
Seatruck Ferries, freight only specialists on the Irish Sea route, are about to introduce a major increase in capacity for the link between Heysham and Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. Seatruck is part of the major shipping consortium Clipper Group.
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NewsImportant Wind Farm Hurdle Overcome
A potential threat to what is described as the world''s largest wind farm off the north Kent Coast has been lifted following a Government ruling on the siting of the onshore substation. London Array Ltd, a company comprising Shell WindEnergy, E.ON and DONG Energy, is proposing to install up to ...
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NewsX-Ray Specs Enhance Port Security
The requirement for rapidly deployable and portable x-ray systems that can be used in public places such ports, airports, railways and underground stations has grown substantially in the last year.
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Marine Firefighting for Turkey and Egypt
A new marine fire fighting system designed by Anglesey based company Marinex, has won a five figure deal to supply high speed military patrol boats in Turkey.
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ECDIS Upgrade for Red Funnel
UK based Red Funnel was the ''original Isle of Wight ferry operator'', transporting passengers between Southampton and Cowes since 1861.
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Ports Policy Due
Following the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) conference in Spain recently, the UK''s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called on the EU to focus its ports policy on the key issues for shippers of port congestion and transportation links.
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NewsSensor Packages for Seven New Dredgers
The Dutch specialist manufacturer of underwater equipment, Seatools, has signed a contract with Belgium''s Jan De Nul Group to supply the underwater sensors for monitoring the dredging process on board four hopper dredgers and three cutter suction dredgers currently under construction. The order is worth ¢ 500,000.
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Diving and Handling
The Professional Diving Academy has incorporated the RYA Level 2 Powerboat handling course into their complete commercial air diving courses.
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NewsMore Orders for KST and a New Rotor Tug Design
Anyone in the towage industry who doubted the likely success of the unique triple unit ‘ Rotor Tug’ design when it was first introduced by Ton Kooren of Kotug in 1999, must surely be having second thoughts.
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NewsExtensive Design Study Prefaces Wind Farm
A metocean design has been completed for the proposed ''Round 2'' Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, planned for the southern North Sea off the UK''s North Norfolk coast, just inside the 12 mile territorial limit. Environmental design and risk management specialists Metoc plc did the work for operator Scira Offshore ...
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NewsDredging Restores Depth at Island Harbour
Jenkins Marine Ltd and Land & challenging project to dredge the Island Harbour Marina in the Isle of Wight. The works, which started in April, are due for completion by the end of this month, by which time some 23,000m3 of dredged material will have been removed and disposed of.
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NewsLifeboats Delivery Surge in Norway
Norwegian marine equipment manufacturer Noreq AS has built and delivered 19 lifeboats to Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) for use on their semi-submersible crane vessels ''Thialf'' and ''Hermod''.
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NewsWashburn & Doughty Delivers 'Eleanor F. Moran'
Another shiphandling tug, typical of the new generation of vessels being produced in the USA to support oil and LNG terminal operations is the ‘ Eleanor F. Moran’ , delivered earlier in the year to Moran Towing of New Canaan, Connecticut. Currently working in the port of Norfolk, Virginia, the ...
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NewsDredger Delivers Vroom with a View
Italian dredger builder Italdraghe SpA delivered and launched a new, small SGT150C model cutter suction dredger for the beautiful coastal town of Casal Velino in Southern Italy in July. Casal Velino is within the protected Cilento National Park.
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News'Plug & play' deck workshops at Seawork
' Mobile workshops can be almost used on a plug and play basis on workboat decks said Simon Coote, general manager of Seawork exhibitor Richards Drydock & Engineering Ltd, which was showing some of the customised boxes on the Seawork quayside last month.
