News

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

“In the early years things might have been easier, but there was no importance attached to innovation,” says Paolo Moretti, RINA’s marine general manager.

23rd January 2014

Paolo Moretti: the search for solutions

23rd January 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Navaids supplier Hydrosphere has been chosen to supply lights and buoys for the new Humber Offshore Windfarm.

23rd January 2014

Navaids chosen for Humber windfarm

23rd January 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A renewable energy device which will harvest energy from the motion of the sea is about to be tested at A&P Falmouth.

23rd January 2014

Testing of new marine energy device begins

23rd January 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Seawork 2014 exhibitor Mojo Maritime and Germanys Hammonia Reederei GmbH & Co are to finance and build a completely new class of vessels set to “revolutionise” the offshore construction sector.

22nd January 2014

Offshore construction revolution at Seawork

22nd January 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Broads Authority (UK) has begun the dredging of Heigham Sound signalling final stages of the innovative reed bed creation at Duck Broad, also increasing water depths for small boat owners.

22nd January 2014

New Broads reed bed nears completion

22nd January 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

It is with great sadness that we report the death of Capt Geoff Yell who passed away on 13 December after a long and debilitating illness. Geoff was well known in the…

22nd January 2014

TOWLINES

22nd January 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The push towards diesel-electric power generation is beginning to gather momentum as bigger cranes and powerful onboard equipment results in workboats, construction and lifting vessels facing a very variable power draw.

22nd January 2014

Issues for diesel-electric development

22nd January 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Following a presentation on Port Centricity at Seawork 2013, stakeholders from the English and French coastlines have met to discuss how collaboration and cooperation could ensure a sustainable future for the Channel.

21st January 2014

English Channel collaboration project

21st January 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Yanmar presented its newly launched engines with advanced technical features at the recent Boot Dusseldorf exhibition in Germany.

21st January 2014

Yanmar unveils new engines

21st January 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Plans to improve facilities at the Port of Ramsgate have received a boost with the awarding of funding for a feasibility study into expansion that will build on the recent success of…

21st January 2014

Funding assistance for Ramsgate expansion

21st January 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Svitzer Australia has announced that it will provide tugs and a pilot boat at the Chevron operated Wheatstone LNG Terminal under a marine services contract valued at approximately $650m.

21st January 2014

Svitzer awarded Australian Wheatstone contract

21st January 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Award winning USA based technology company LEHR is continuing its expansion into the European market with the appointment of Hypro Marine as its UK and Eire sole distributor for the latest innovation,…

21st January 2014

Hypro Marine to distribute propane outboards

21st January 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Unlikely as it seems, the commercial workboat business owes a lot to the Abramovichs and Mansours of this world, explains Tom Loasby of Dorset UK based marine deck equipment suppliers Seaway Powell.

21st January 2014

The rich winch market pull

21st January 2014

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The world’s first LNG powered escort tugboat, Borgøy, built by Turkey’s Sanmar shipyard, has transferred to operation in Norway following successful sea trails.

20th January 2014

LNG tug goes into operation

20th January 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Femern A/S has revealed details of the effects, and how they will deal with the environmental impact of dredging the channel for the immersed sections of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel.

20th January 2014

Fehmarnbelt tunnel sediment spill plan

20th January 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

As offshore oil exploration moves into progressively deeper and more hazardous waters the vessels required to serve that very specialised offshore sector have also grown in size, sophistication and power.

20th January 2014

Anchorhandlers – an example of the next generation

20th January 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Aberdeen UK based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has acquired two Sonardyne Sprint inertial navigation systems to support ROV operations carried out by its new offshore survey division, Bibby Remote Intervention (BRIL).

20th January 2014

Sonardyne INS for Bibby Offshore

20th January 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Proceedings of the Digital Hydrography on the Maritime Web conference in Southampton last October organised by The Hydrographic Society UK in association with the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the International Federation…

20th January 2014

Digital Hydrography on Maritime Web proceedings available

20th January 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Bruntons Propellers has bought the worldwide manufacturing and marketing rights to the SigmaDrive – a deal completed at the London Boat Show last week.

17th January 2014

Bruntons acquires the SigmaDrive

17th January 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A combined report into two separate collisions on the same day has lifted the lid on important aspects surrounding operation of the burgeoning fleet of offshore windfarm support vessels.

17th January 2014

Investigations follow windfarm vessel collisions

17th January 2014