Interviews

Hamburg based shipbuilder JJ Sietas has filed for insolvency, with hopes that its current construction programme, including a windfarm installation vessel for Van Oord, will remain on track.

RenewableUK, the renewable energy trade association, has welcomed a series of Government announcements giving strong support to the renewables sector.

A position paper on ‘Underwater Sound in Relation to Dredging’, to which ABPmer in the UK contributed, has been published by the Central Dredging Association (CEDA).

The excitement and investment in the marine renewables market is great news for the UK marine industries, guaranteeing high numbers of UK jobs and a profitable export market.

“Systems need to be configured to meet the existing operational procedures of the coast station and not the other way around”, Peter Batt of ICS Electronics told Maritime Journal.

The age-old sight of clipper rig cargo ships might make a return to coastal, short sea and possibly even ferry routes.

The 2015 sulphur Emission Control Area (ECA) regulations may increase bunker fuel costs by 87%, forcing as much as half of the present freight that transits through these areas onto the roads.

Meeting carbon emissions targets requires concerted and unprecedented action from Government, the construction industry and the civil engineering profession.

The 32nd International WorkBoat Show, North America’s largest commercial marine trade show and conference, will be held at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center from 30 November through 2 December 2011.