News

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

E-Loran, the electronic positioning system that is being promoted as a back up to GPS has moved one stage further with government approval to expand the coverage in some British port areas.

3rd September 2013

Differential E-Loran gets a green light

3rd September 2013

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Nine Sealite Trident-2600 Ocean buoys with SLC600 lanterns have been installed at one of the main gateway ports in Europe.

3rd September 2013

Sealite introduces Europe manufactured buoy

3rd September 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A delegation of Humber UK companies working in the offshore wind supply chain visited Denmark this month on a fact finding, networking trade mission.

2nd September 2013

Humber delegation visits Denmark

2nd September 2013

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Scour monitoring is taken to a new level with the recently launched EIVA NaviSuite Edulis total solution.

2nd September 2013

Automatic scour monitoring solution

2nd September 2013

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

The British Government’s Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) reached an impressive milestone recently, acquiring more than 1m hours (2m records) of wave data.

2nd September 2013

Monitoring the marine environment

2nd September 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Wärtsilä is to fit a German car and passenger ferry with dual fuel engines as part of a retrofitting contract awarded by German shipyard, Brenn-und Verformungstechnik Bremen GmbH (BVT).

30th August 2013

Wärtsilä retrofits German ferry

30th August 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The 3,500 tonne, 65m high offshore substation for the Borkum Riffgrund offshore windfarm has sailed from the Danish town of Aalborg.

30th August 2013

Titanic transit

30th August 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Hydrographic and oceanographic instrumentation specialist Valeport of Totnes in Devon UK has developed a new radar pulsed k-band radar level sensor designed to operate seamlessly with its TideMaster tidal logger, the VRS-20.

30th August 2013

New Valeport sensor

30th August 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Class Instrumentation Ltd, sponsor of the Seawork Innovation Showcase this year launched the PLI Digital, an extension of its PLI liquid level indicator range at the event.

30th August 2013

Digital liquid level gauge launched at Seawork

30th August 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Lithuanian Coastal Research & Planning Institute (CORPI) reports successful completion of the first ever total coverage survey of Klaipeda Harbour, one of the few ice-free ports in northernmost Europe.

30th August 2013

Klaipeda Harbour seabed mapped

30th August 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Independent marine safety equipment supplier Ocean Safety signed a number of significant contracts during Seawork 2013.

30th August 2013

Major contracts for Ocean Safety at Seawork

30th August 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Three five year contracts for work under its UK Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP) have been awarded by the Martitime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) to EGS, Gardline Geosurvey and MMT UK.

30th August 2013

MCA five year contract awards

30th August 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

HM Government has published its document Offshore Wind Strategy – Business and Government Action, aimed at bringing together government and industry to develop the sector.

30th August 2013

UK’s Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy published

30th August 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Estimated annual savings of around €150,000 due to more effective maintenance dredging surveys at Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port and the world’s tenth biggest container terminal, are partly attributable to use of upgraded…

30th August 2013

Multibeam cuts survey costs at Rotterdam

30th August 2013

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

The Shipowners’ P&I Club, a mutual marine liability insurer providing Protection & Indemnity insurance and associated covers to smaller and specialist vessels, has added two new booklets to its range of loss…

30th August 2013

Publications for small vessel operators

30th August 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Piriou Shipyards is expanding its fast passenger supply vessel (FPSV) range with a new 41m vessel, following the delivery of the 53m ‘Bourbon Norte’.

30th August 2013

Piriou expands range

30th August 2013

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Steve Gordon, Associate Director – Marine at Henderson Insurance Brokers Ltd, discusses the implications of Maritime Labour Convention, which went into force on 20 August 2013 for ratifying countries.

30th August 2013

Insurance implications of MLC

30th August 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Damen Shipyards Galati has handed over the second platform supply vessel (PSV) in a six series order heralding a new era in offshore construction for Damen Shipyards Group.

29th August 2013

Second Damen PSV for WWS

29th August 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

European ports have entered the age of the mega-containership, with the first of 20 EEE-Class 18,000 TEU capacity vessels delivering cargo to APM Terminals Rotterdam.

29th August 2013

First mega-containership arrives in Europe

29th August 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

One of Scotland’s oldest shipbuilding businesses has been placed into administration with three newbuilds and two refits still under construction, affecting both operators and suppliers.

29th August 2013

Five vessels caught up in Buckie administration

29th August 2013