All News articles – Page 983
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Newsworld's first tug with a 'Dynamic Towing System' ready for trials
The towage industry awaits with great interest the introduction of the first ‘ dynamic towing system’ fitted to a purpose built full size tug.
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News'Riverdance' wreck will be dismantled on site
Work has started on the task of dismantling the wreck of the ferry ' Riverdance' , now lying on the beach at Blackpool on the north-west coast of England. After a lengthy evaluation process, the owner of Riverdance produced plans to dismantle the ship in situ on the grounds that ...
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Springtime deliveries for Holyhead Towing
The Holyhead Towing Company Ltd continues it ongoing newbuild programme with a rash of deliveries during the months of spring and early summer. During April the company took delivery of two new vessels, one of which was the multi-purpose work vessel Ak Tue.
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Legal Maritime Date
A date has been confirmed for the International Legal Maritime Conference taking place in the Italian port city of Ancona next month (see MJ February, page 17).
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NewsDelayed JadeWeser Port construction underway at last
Construction work is beginning this month on one of the most prestigious port civil engineering projects ever undertaken in Germany, the planned € 1bn JadeWeser deepwater container facility in Wilhelmshaven.
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NewsThe first 'Handysize' tug is completed
The first of the new series of ‘ Handysize’ tugs to be built for Great Lakes Shipyard in Cleveland, Ohio, USA was delivered last month.
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NewsUKHO launches new vector chart service
The UK Hydrographic Office has launched its new Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS) which, it says, will provide an integrated global set of electronic navigational charts designed for the 21st century mariner.
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NewsISU calls for new Lloyds Form
International Salvage Union (ISU) president Arnold Witte has called on all sectors of the shipping and insurance industries to approach the issue of salvage and spill prevention with ' fresh thinking and open minds' .
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NewsChichester Working Boats Festival a success
Twenty colourful working boats lined the jetty at Itchenor for the Harbour Working Boats Festival last month to give the public a valuable insight into life onboard working vessels in Chichester Harbour.
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News'Earthrace' away on biofuel record attempt
Earthrace, a 78' wave piercing trimaran powerboat that runs as a carbon neutral project exclusively on 100% biodiesel started an attempt to break the round the world speed record late last month.
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NewsCrowley to run Alaska's 'Ocean Rangers'
The family and employee owned Crowley Maritime Corporation is to implement and administer the State of Alaska' s new Ocean Ranger programme.
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Newsnew addition to the Regulus fleet
Regulus Ship Services has strengthened its presence in offshore field with the acquisition of the brand new 3,600bhp anchor handling tug.
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Sonardyne acquires Waterfront Systems
Subsea equipment specialists Sonardyne have acquired Wavefront Systems Ltd of Sherborne, Dorset, a design company similarly specialising in sonar and underwater technology on behalf of commercial and military clients.
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NewsITC fleet continue to expand in 35th Anniversary year
Dutch towage contractor ITC celebrates its 35th anniversary in 2008 and can now report substantial expansion in its fleet and business. A couple of years ago the company, which had previously concentrated almost exclusively on long distance towage and salvage, decided to move into the offshore sector.
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NewsMajor donation to National Maritime Museum
The UK' s National Maritime Museum (NMM) has received a donation of £ 20m towards the creation of a major new wing at the heart of its Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.
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News'Napoli' design defects identified by MAIB
Design defects which led to catastrophic hull failure of the containership ' MSC Napoli' when it encountered heavy seas in the English Channel last year have been identified in 12 other ships.
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NewsOban Trial Demonstrates Galileo Navigation
The Northern Lighthouse Board, the General Lighthouse Authority for Scotland and the Isle of Man, welcomed guests and members of the European MARUSE Consortium to its base in Oban last month to view a high tech demonstration aimed at developing an understanding of the maritime uses of Galileo for navigation.
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NewsCrane Ship Finally Delivers the Goods
The heavy lift crane carrier Zhen Hua 23, which broke away from its moorings at Felixstowe on 1 March, was finally moved to the Trinity Container Terminal number 7 berth some three weeks after the accident which destroyed two of the port’ s quayside container cranes.
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NewsDone Deal for Dredger Builder
Dutch builder of dredgers and other specialist vessels IHC Merwede acquired design, engineering and construction company The Engineering Business (EB) last month.
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NewsMeiderich Tackles Re-engine Projects
Germany’ s Meidericher Schiffswerft (MSW) in Duisburg, still going strong after 110 years in the business, has completed the latest in a series of complex small vessel re-engine projects.
