All News articles – Page 987
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NewsDutch Cable Lay Project Awarded to Van Oord
Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract to lay a 150kV cable between Ellewoutsdijk and Terneuzen in its home country.
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UKHO Launches AVCS
The UK Hydrographic Office launched its new Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS) at events in Singapore and London earlier this month.
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NewsFairmount's Armada Spanning the Globe
With their fleet of Fairmount class tugs at full strength for some time, the order book of Rotterdam based Fairmount Marine BV is bulging. All five of the company' s long distance anchor handling salvage tugs are equipped with four engines, producing a total of 16,320bhp for a bollard pull ...
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NewsSWATH Windpark Tender Contract for A&R
Leading German SWATH ship builder Abeking & Rasmussen has booked a 26m tender for offshore wind farm maintenance and supply. The 13m wide tender is for delivery in 2010 to the BARD Group for operation at a new wind farm off the north German coast near Borkum.
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NewsEPA Announces Final Marine Engine Rule
In America, the Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) responded to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’ s (EPA) announcement last month that the agency has finalised new emission standards for marine engines and locomotives by indicating that engine manufacturers are ready to tackle the challenges ahead.
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NewsLargest Xbloc Project to Date in the Americas
Delta Marine Consultants has granted Brazilian Contractor Norberto Odebrecht SA a licence for the application of Xbloc armour units for the construction of the shore protection scheme at the Cinta Costera boulevard in Panama City, Panama.
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NewsNew Vessels for Crowley in Alaska
Crowley Maritime Corporation has taken delivery of the Vigilant, a new stern drive tug on charter from BayDelta Maritime, for use in their ship assist and escort business in Alaska.
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News'Terra Marique' Assists RNLI Again
Following last month' s high profile recovery of the Portrush lifeboat, the Katie Hannan, Eccleshall UK based shipping company Robert Wynn & Sons have been called in again to help the RNLI.
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Spreader Advancing in Marine Markets
Modulift Design & Consulting, the company behind the Modulift spreader system, has delivered its fourth direct order to Clipper Elite Carriers for permanent lifting duties onboard CEC Caledonia.
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Eighteen die on the Neftegaz 67
The Ukrainian anchor handling tug Neftegaz 67 capsized and sank on 23 March after colliding with after colliding with the panamax bulk carrier, Yao Hai, in Hong Kong waters.
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NewsGreen Theme to RORO 2008 Conference
' Engineering Greener Logistics' is the topical title for the ro-ro sector’ s biggest three day conference and trade show which takes place in Gothenburg 20-22 May.
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NewsCoasters 2007
This selection of the world' s coasters not only gives the gross tonnage, present flag and a bit of history, but, just like a group of rather homely pin-ups, it also shows them in some unusual locations.
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NewsEuropean Maritime Education & Training Conference
The European Maritime Education & Training conference is being held in the historic port city of Kirkwall, capital of the Orkney Isles, on Friday 30 May, 2008.
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NewsMaritime Training Addresses Skills Shortage
Nautical – the Next Step, a maritime training initiative including a Deck Cadet training course offered by Banff and Buchan College in Scotland, has been launched to tackle industry skills shortages.
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News42nd Marine Measurement Forum
The 42nd Marine Measurement Forum will be hosted by Sonardyne International Ltd on Tuesday 15 April 2008 at the DeVere Warbrook House and Grange in Eversley, Hook, Hampshire UK.
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NewsPharos Marine Riding the Wind
Middlesex UK based Pharos Marine report further orders for the marking of offshore wind generators.
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NewsCZ Buoyed by Trinity House Order
Cookson & Zinn (CZ), the specialist tank and vessel manufacturers, have supplied 24 new buoys for a range of locations around the English and Welsh coast for Trinity House.
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NewsBuoy Mounted AIS for Barcelona
Tideland Signal Ltd has won the public tender to supply its Informer V03 AIS to Barcelona Port Authority for installation on four of the port' s most important buoys in order to improve identification by mariners and to make it easier to service the equipment.
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NewsTowlines
The latest Damen Shoalbuster 3009, 'Sea Alfa', achieved a maximum bollard pull of 51 tons.The design is winning orders worldwide from navies, coastguards and public agencies who are increasingly concerned about their ability to monitor, patrol and protect their waters and also carry out pollution control, salvage and fire fighting ...
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Online Tracker Sold
Lloyd’ s Register-Fairplay (LRF) have purchased the 50% share in AIS Live Ltd (AISLive.com) previously owned by HITT NV of the Netherlands, giving it full ownership of the online vessel tracking system.
