News

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Scottish Renewables, the voice of the renewables industry in Scotland, has revealed that more than £ 30bn of investment is set to flow from offshore wind power development in Scottish waters.

10th December 2009

Scotland set for massive investment in offshore wind power

10th December 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Instrumentation specialists Valeport of Totnes, Devon UK have launched TideMaster, a new versatile tide gauge designed for both short and long term applications.

10th December 2009

New Valeport tide gauge

10th December 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A single volume bilingual oceanographic atlas of the Black Sea and neighbouring Sea of Azov, providing improved information for regional marine economic activities and scientific research, has been published by the Ukraine…

10th December 2009

Black Sea oceanopgraphic atlas

10th December 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Finland’ s Navis Engineering has extended its range of dynamic positioning systems with the introduction of a new series, NavDP 4000.

10th December 2009

Navis extends range of DP sytems

10th December 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

SeaZone Solutions, a subsidiary of the UK Hydrographic Office, has provided Crossrail with detailed mapping of the Thames Estuary.

10th December 2009

Seazone Solutions for Crossrail and Scotland

10th December 2009

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Founded in 1991, Seawork Marine Services, now based in Fareham on the UK’ s south coast, is involved in wide range of diving projects. Some of them have taken the company inland…

10th December 2009

Divers defy tide in seabed challenge

10th December 2009

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

By Gordon MedlicottPublished by Whittles PublishingISBN 978-1-904445-64-7Paperback, 131 pagesPrice £ 14.99

10th December 2009

An Illuminating Experience

10th December 2009

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

By Capt. George Winn, Edited by Richard WalshPublished by Chaffcutter BooksISBN 978-0-9560596-0-4Paperback, 168 pagesPrice £ 12.95

10th December 2009

Sailing Barge Master

10th December 2009

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Edited by Roger ProtzPublished by CAMRA booksISBN 978-1-85249-266-3Paperback, 888 pagesPrice £ 15.99

10th December 2009

Good Beer Guide 2010

10th December 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK Marine and Coastal Access Act became law last month, committing the UK to an ambitious new project to help manage the marine environment and protect it from horrors such as…

10th December 2009

UK Marine and Coastal Access Act becomes law

10th December 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

As political leaders gather in Copenhagen this week for COP 15 United Nations Climate Change, Saab spin-off Minesto has revealed another step towards tidal energy commercialisation by producing electricity with the Deep…

9th December 2009

Deep Green flies kite for tidal energy

9th December 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction has begun of a new ‘ heavy lift’ inland port costing about € 32m at Rendsburg on the Kiel Canal, the world’ s busiest manmade waterway, linking the Baltic and the…

9th December 2009

Kiel Canal gets third major port

9th December 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK Secretary of State for Transport, Lord Adonis, has appointed Helen Alexander, CBE, as Chairman of the Board of the Port of London Authority (PLA), with effect from 1 January 2010.…

9th December 2009

New PLA Chairman

9th December 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Port of Hamburg is lowering its fees in an effort to secure future growth. In intensive talks with the port and shipping industry and upon the initiative of Senator Axel Gedaschko…

9th December 2009

Hamburg port alliance plans for growth

9th December 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The progress and growth of the separate companies Cammell Laird (Gibraltar) and Cammell Laird Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders Ltd in the UK brought an urgent need for clarification of the relationship between the…

7th December 2009

Cammell Laird clarity

7th December 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The growing demand for easily deployed high speed vessels has so far left one factor on the sidelines. People are not really built for the kinds of motion onboard, as Dr Dominic…

4th December 2009

The problems of rapid RIB travel

4th December 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

AkzoNobel chief Eexecutive Hans Wijers recently threw his weight behind ‘ The Copenhagen Communiqué on Climate Change’ by adding his name to those of hundreds of other global business leaders who are…

3rd December 2009

AkzoNobel signs climate change Communiqué

3rd December 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Wä rtsilä ' s sulphur oxides (SOx) scrubber has been granted the Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA) Compliance Certificate by the classification societies Det Norske Veritas and Germanisher Lloyd following successful testing.

3rd December 2009

Wärtsilä scrubber knocks SOx off emissions

3rd December 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

A new oil combat vessel which is being built at the STX Europe yard in Finland will be the first ship to be installed with a new box cooler anti-fouling system which…

3rd December 2009

New anti-fouling system for box coolers

3rd December 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A design for a new generation of deep water wind turbine foundations, developed by a British consortium led by independent engineering and environmental consultant Gifford, has been selected in a competition organised…

3rd December 2009

Gifford wind turbine design shortlisted by Carbon Trust

3rd December 2009