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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

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Underwater system specialists CodaOctopus of Edinburgh have been awarded a contract for the supply of a further Echoscope 3D real-time imaging sonar.

12th January 2010

Dutch Contract for CodaOctopus – by David Goodfellow

12th January 2010

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Measurement Devices Ltd has upgraded the tracking and data handling capability of its widely used Fanbeam laser positioning system for hydrographic survey, offshore and dredging control applications.

12th January 2010

MDL upgrades Fanbeam positioning system – by David Goodfellow

12th January 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work to dredge a trench for the second Tyne Tunnel in the northeast of the UK has been completed. The dredger ‘Vesalius’ was used to create a channel in the riverbed between…

11th January 2010

Tyne tunnel dredging completed – by David Foxwell

11th January 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A new Nakdong Barrier, a barrier on the Nakdong River in South Korea, is to be built using a design developed by engineering consultancy DHV. The current barrier is 20 years old…

11th January 2010

Korea gets movable barrier designed by DHV- by David Foxwell

11th January 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

TTS Port Equipment has secured a raft of contracts for port gangways in recent weeks, and delivered and installed a number of linkspans.

11th January 2010

New gangway contracts for TTS Port Equipment – David Foxwell

11th January 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Netherlands based engineering consultancy DHV is going to improve the navigability on 250km of the Mekong River in Vietnam.

11th January 2010

Dutch consultants land €100m Mekong project

11th January 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The powerful South African salvage tug ‘Wolraad Woltemade’ has been sold for scrap in India.

11th January 2010

TOWLINES January 2010 – by Jack Gaston

11th January 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Spanish shipbuilder Union Naval Valencia (UNV) has delivered the high performance terminal and escort tug ‘VB Bravo’ to the company’s parent Boluda Group.

11th January 2010

‘VB Bravo’ is the first of a new class – by Jack Gaston

11th January 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The tug fleet of Iskes Towage & Salvage, based in IJmuiden in the Netherlands, is receiving a significant boost during the winter months with the delivery of two powerful shiphandling and terminal…

11th January 2010

Iskes fleet receives another significant boost – by Jack Gaston

11th January 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Major US towage and transportation company Crowley Maritime suffered an unfortunate and embarrassing incident at Christmas when the company’s tug ‘Pathfinder’ grounded in Alaska.

11th January 2010

Crowley tug aground in Alaska – by Jack Gaston

11th January 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The first of two powerful new tractor tugs for Shetland has been launched and is due for delivery in March. Named ‘Solan’, the tug is one of a pair ordered by the…

11th January 2010

First new tug for Shetland is launched – by Jack Gaston

11th January 2010