Author: Importer

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Since 2005 an arrangement involving the UK' s Royal National Lifeboat Institution providing a package of ex-RNLI lifeboats, together with specialist crew training, to the fledgling lifeboat service in China has resulted…

30th July 2008

Chinese take away RNLI boats and expertise

30th July 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Boaters around the world are following the record setting effort of Peter Bethune aboard his futuristic Earthrace powerboat as his team attempts to break the world circumnavigation record of 75 days in…

30th July 2008

Biodiesel Attempt at Circumnavigation Record

30th July 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Finnish ship power system integrator Wä rtsilä has been awarded two large orders this year from the Amsterdam headquartered Spliethoff Group.

30th July 2008

Wärtsilä gets BigLift with propulsion package order

30th July 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Offshore cable laying for the UK end of the BritNed electricity link is the latest stage of the € 600m project. It involves the first ever power supply connection between Great Britain…

30th July 2008

BritNed cable project moves forward

30th July 2008

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

German couplings and dampers for marine diesels manufacturer Geislinger celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with the launch of a new Power Monitoring System at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg.

29th July 2008

Anniversary launch for Power Monitoring System

29th July 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A landmark agreement has been reached between the UK Government and industry which aims to remove aviation and radar barriers to the major expansion of wind energy that has been outlined by…

29th July 2008

Progress on objections to offshore wind

29th July 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The challenge of generating increasing amounts of clean and sustainable energy is leading energy producers to investigate building bigger offshore wind farms in deeper waters. A major technical challenge is installing the…

29th July 2008

Deeper water wind farms under development

29th July 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

French power group EDF is planning build three to six turbines along the northern coast of Brittany to produce electricity from the energy in tidal currents.

29th July 2008

The tide turns for nuclear giant

29th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Three companies are reportedly bidding to win a £ 32 million contract for a large scale upgrade of the Port of Peterhead.

29th July 2008

Port of Peterhead plans large scale expansion

29th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The state owned Port of Tallinn and KMG Inseneriehituse have signed a contract for the extension of the Muuga Container Terminal in Estonia.

29th July 2008

Expansion planned at Estonias Muuga terminal

29th July 2008