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SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

British ferry operator Severn Link has announced the first modern ferry serviceconnecting South Wales and South West England will commence operation early this year.

14th January 2010

New Severn Link ferry across Bristol Channel

14th January 2010

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

It is nice to have a few positive signs amongst the economic gloom, and so the news that at least one company on Scotland’s east coast is doing rather nicely is welcome.…

14th January 2010

Dales’ docks filling up

14th January 2010

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

With the upcoming delivery of the ‘Bourbon Bison’ for Bourbon Supply Investissements, Caterpillar Marine Power Systems will have powered four ASD escort tugs with the MaK 9 M 25 marine engines.

14th January 2010

MaK makes most of engines order

14th January 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Geoff Holt completed his ‘Personal Atlantic’ challenge this month, becoming the first quadriplegic sailor to complete an unaided transatlantic crossing.

14th January 2010

Geoff Holt conquers ‘Personal Atlantic’

14th January 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A new chapter looks set to unfold in one of North East Englands former thriving shipyards as the first of a new generation of tide driven energy generators was completed just before…

14th January 2010

Green generator turns tide for former shipyards

14th January 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has taken the new state of the art €700,000 sounding boat Deepenschriewer 1V into service for hydrographic sounding and measurement work within the Elbe River seaport.

14th January 2010

New Hamburg sounding boat boosts port safety

14th January 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The future of offshore wind energy development in the UK is set to take a significant step forward following the announcement this week by The Crown Estate of the successful bidders for…

14th January 2010

Round 3 heralds major offshore wind farm expansion

14th January 2010

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

A new emissions monitoring system being developed by a systems engineering firm in Virginia USA will allow vessels worldwide to continuously monitor pollutants and readily report findings to regulatory agencies and inspectors.

12th January 2010

Emissions monitoring breakthrough ahead of MARPOL

12th January 2010

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

‘RV Actinia’, a new research vessel for Scotland’s University Marine Biological Station, Millport (UMBSM) has been completed by Seaway Marine of Macduff.

12th January 2010

Vessel Launch: Versatile new research vessel delivered to UMBSM

12th January 2010

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Ireland’s Safehaven Marine has just launched ‘Izurdia’, an Interceptor 42 pilot boat for the Port of Bayonne in France.

12th January 2010

Vessel launch: ‘Izurdia’ extends Safehaven’s success in Europe

12th January 2010