Shipyard News – Page 81
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NewsLabour of love lands TV deal
A 60 year old Danish fishing boat has been rescued from decay after capturing the heart of a sailor. ' After seeing her sitting there, I couldn' t let her just rot,' Ross Farncombe says of the whirlwind affair.
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NewsGSS has twins
Scotland’ s renewable energy trade body Scottish Renewables estimates that in 20 years the country’ s marine renewables industry could employ some 25,000 people and provide enough power for more than 500,000 homes. Marine renewable energy from wind, wave and tidal sources could in fact contribute to Scotland meeting more ...
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NewsA Flag Day for Sanmar with a new design
Turkish tug builders and tugowners Sanmar Denizcilik Makine ve Ticaret Ltd, of Istanbul, celebrated in fine style at the flag change ceremony for the first vessel of their new Sanmar Eskort 80 series.
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NewsSafety first for lightweight dive support vessel
The first of two aluminium dive support vessels being built by Seawind Marine in Appledore, North Devon UK has now been delivered to its owner in Scotland.
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NewsRefurbished Dockside Crane Honours Maritime Heritage
The protective coatings specialist Pyeroy Group has won a new contract to refurbish a 50 year old dock side crane as part of the £ 100 million Rochester Riverside regeneration project along the River Thames in Kent UK.
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News'Balmoral' Grows in Rapid Refit
November was a busy month for the former Norwegian Cruise Lines vessel ' Norwegian Crown' which sailed from New York to Hamburg to come off charter and be redelivered to owner Fred Olsen Cruise Lines.
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NewsDamen push ahead with a massive tug and barge project
Damen Marine Services (DMS) in the Netherlands have broken new ground with the delivery of the first of a series of unique pusher tugs. DMS Blackbird is purpose designed to form part of an Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB) unit and, when necessary, fulfil a range of other functions.
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News'Fairplay 30' - The most powerful yet for its German owners
Among several recent news items emanating from the rapidly changing Fairplay Towage group of Hamburg is the delivery of the new tug Fairplay 30, the most powerful to date. The new vessel and a sister ship, Fairplay 31, due for delivery early in 2009, represent a new generation of powerful ...
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NewsHard graft brings growth to Dales
A maritime rags to riches story is coming true for both a Scottish dry dock and its new manager.
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News'Green' ship recycling underway on the Mersey
The first Ministry of Defence warship to be recycled in the UK for more than a decade has been towed into the Port of Liverpool.
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News: Audacious conversion of Panamax bulker
Maritime engineering and service solutions provider MacGregor has been involved in an unusual conversion of a Panamax bulk carrier into the dynamically positioned deepsea pipe-laying vessel Audacia for Swiss based Allseas Group SA.
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NewsHappiness is a clean bottom
A clean bottom is an important asset. It allows optimum speeds, faster passage times and reduces fuel costs by minimising drag.
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NewsSinking 'Ice Maiden' leaves gap
A& P Tyne is out hunting for a ''substantial'' piece of work to fill the gap left by the sinking of Scottish C& M Group, and with it the Ice Maiden contract.
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NewsRepairs delay voyage of 'Discovery'
The 700 passenger, 20,000gt cruise ship Discovery, owned and operated by the UK based Voyages of Discovery, had to cancel a scheduled cruise from Harwich in Essex recently when engineers were called in to attend to serious problems in the second of four main engines.
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NewsBV accesses safety for ship surveyors
Classification society Bureau Veritas has developed guidelines intended to reduce the number of accidents to seafarers and surveyors during the inspection and maintenance of ships'' structures. The guidelines will help yards to design in safety in detail.
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NewsEuropean operators spend big at ASRY
With marine activity in the Gulf skyrocketing, the Bahrain based Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) has again broken all previous records during the first quarter of the year.
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News'Afon Cadnant - The Most Impressive Tug Yet for Holyhead Towing
For over fifteen years Maritime Journal has reported on new vessels entering service with the Holyhead Towing Company Ltd and the work that they do. Over that period we have seen a range of purpose built vessels developed specifically for the company''s core business of providing supporting services for the ...
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NewsRetrofit Anti-Fouling Keeps Tugs Working
Blockages in seawater engine cooling systems caused by bio-fouling continue to create problems for operators in terms of increased fuel usage, crew attention and premature pipework renewal. As a result, Cathelco Ltd is seeing a strong demand for retrofit marine pipework anti-fouling systems to eliminate the problem on vessels throughout ...
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NewsNew Buoy Tender for Caernarfon Harbour Trust
The 12.8m buoy tender ''Seiont IV'' has been delivered to its owner, Caernarfon Harbour Trust, after completing successful trials off Macduff in Scotland and sailing through the Caledonian canal and down the west coast to its home port.
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News'Yogi', A first for Herman Sr BV
The family owned tug company Herman Sr BV of Zwindrecht in the Netherlands is well known in the dredging and marine construction industries both in Europe and further afield.
