All News articles – Page 991
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NewsLots to Doosan at Seawork 2008
Seawork regular exhibitor WaterMota Ltd has been going from strength to strength in its role as UK distributor for the extremely popular Doosan marine engines and generators, Dong-I reversing gearboxes, PTOs and steering systems, Westerbeke engines and gensets as well as JMP flexible impeller pumps.
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Laing O'Rourke wins London Gateway project
Laing O' Rourke has beaten two rival bidders to win the first package of work for the £ 1.5bn London Gateway for client DP World. The job will involve building a deepsea port in the Thames Estuary for DP World.
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UK gets Europe's first artificial surf reef
Construction of an artificial ‘ surf reef’ off the south coast of the UK got under way early last month.
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NewsFairplay Towage acquires Polish towage company
On 1 July Hamburg based Fairplay Towage formally purchased all of the shares in the Polish tug company Port-Hol SA of Swinoujscie. Port-Hol S.A. was formed after a reorganisation of the maritime activities of the Port of Swinoujscie in February 2001.
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NewsParticipation in MPA planning invited
Finding Sanctuary, a pioneering project that is designing a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the seas around South West England, is calling for key representatives of marine livelihoods and leisure activities to join its Steering Group to help plan where the MPAs should go.
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NewsSpecialist Transporter Recovers 'Katie Hannan'
Staffordshire based specialist shipping firm Robert Wynn & Sons responded quickly last month when they were asked to assist with the recovery of the RNLI' s Portrush Lifeboat, the ' Katie Hannan' .
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NewsFirst CEDA Dredging Conference in the Gulf
The first Central Dredging Association (CEDA) international conference on dredging and land reclamation in the Arabian Gulf, titled ' Dredging and Sustainability: How Wide is the Gulf?' , takes place on 6 - 7 May 2008 in conjunction with the Ship & Port + Europort Maritime Exhibition at the Qatar ...
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NewsAnniversary Record Breaking at Milford Haven
Milford Haven Port Authority sailed into its 50th anniversary year with an announcement that it handled the largest amount of shipping ever in its history during 2007.
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NewsTeesport Gateway Gets Go Ahead
PD Ports (PDP) has received formal planning approval for its Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport in the North East of England.
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Echosounder bonanza at Seawork
HMS Severn is 79.75loa and utilises a double chine hull form which will provide an improved seakeeping performance compared with the curent Island Class ships as well as superior accommodation. The flexible and efficient design is providing VT with export opportunities, including New Zealand where the design has been short ...
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NewsUnderwater Thruster Removal Speeds Repair
To avoid the drydocking of a 126m LPG tanker, Hydrex was recently hired to remove the vessel’ s thruster and bring it to the manufacturer for repairs while it was berthed at Moerdijk in the Netherlands.
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NewsSafety Through Software Set to Save Lives
The UK' s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has taken a significant step to reduce risks in a current software development programme that has implications on shipping and coastguard activity and the safety of those at sea throughout Europe by employing Hampshire based software assurance firm TestIT.
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NewsSeaGen Installation Set for Strangford Lough
New plans to install the word’ s first commercial scale tidal energy system in Northern Ireland’ s Strangford Lough were published earlier this month by tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines Ltd.
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NewsMaltese Project Gets Go-Ahead
Malta' s House of Representatives has unanimously approved a motion to allow an extension of Malta Freeport through land reclamation. The motion also makes possible an extension of the lease of the facility to French group CMA CGM by 35 years to 65 years.
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NewsLasers Light the Future of Lines Lifting
Early last month Marine Design International (MDI) and Deri Jones & Associates / GeoSpatial Survey Solutions (DJA/GSS) undertook a lines lifting and modelling job at Stormcats on Islay off the West coast of Scotland.
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NewsSteady Progress on Thames Estuary Wind Farms
With no fewer than six offshore windfarm projects underway, the Thames Estuary is seeing a steady increase in activity as progress towards the construction phases gathers pace.
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NewsEnvironmental Innovation 'Oracelle Fund' Launched
Global vehicle logistical services provider Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has announced the establishment of the Orcelle Fund, through which the company will provide an initial $100,000 of capital for environmental marine research and development projects. Other contributors are welcome to participate.
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NewsHungry SludgeHammer Eats Marine Waste
The Liverpool based Bibby Line, which owns and operates ships, offshore units and floating accommodation barges, recently deployed a vessel of the latter type, ' Bibby Progress' , to Nigeria, where it was to house some 700 workers for a number of months.
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NewsDutch Dredging Upgrades Survey System
Dutch Dredging, based at Sliedrecht in the Netherlands, has awarded Reson Rotterdam a contract to upgrade their existing Guidance and Monitoring Systems (GMS) on board the trailing suction hopper dredger Amazone) to that of PDS2000 Hopper.
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NewsHutchison to Develop Plan for Irish Port
Bremore Ireland Port Ltd, the joint venture between Drogheda Port Company and Castle Market Holdings Ltd, has announced that it plans to develop a Port Master Plan with Hutchison Westports Ltd for the new € 300m deepwater port at Bremore in north County Dublin.
