Shipyard News – Page 56
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NewsAmphibious weed harvester
German mowing machine manufacturer Berky also develops and manufactures special vehicles and attachments for water maintenance, and has recently launched an amphibious weed harvester that can move on water as well as land.
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NewsEstonian multifunction patrol vessel
Baltic Workboats of Estonia has been awarded a 16 million Euro contract to design and build an advanced new multifunction patrol vessel to protect Estonia’s maritime environment, which the company believes will also significantly enhance the company’s future export potential.
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NewsMeercat order
Meercat Workboats, based in Portchester, UK has announced the sale of a custom built monohull workboat to Scotland’s Briggs Marine.
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NewsRIB auto inflation system
Dutch boat builder No Limits Ships which builds a range of large wheelhouse RIBs that are used for survey and personal transport operations has introduced an automatic inflation system that keeps the tubes at the correct pressure.
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NewsWind farm concept benefits from Oil & Gas heritage
Mike Simpson, Director of UK- headquartered offshore engineering company Houlder’s Marine Design Consultancy business has launched a windfarm support base concept design.
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NewsSTX France sells its Lorient shipyard
The main shipyard located in Lorient on the West Coast of France that is owned by the large French shipbuilding group, STX France has been put up for sale by its owners. The Lorient shipyard is one on the smaller yards in the STX Group, which embraces six shipyards on ...
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NewsNew sub 24m workboat from Damen
Work is about to start on the first of a new class of vessel from Netherlands-headquartered shipbuilder Damen; the UV2410. This multi-role platform is the result of extensive consultation with customers active in the aquaculture industry in the UK and Norway.
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NewsHSBO 2016
The biennial High Speed Boat Operation (HSBO) Forum took place recently in Göteborg, Sweden. ‘Maritime Journal’ sent Paul Lemmer, who as a first timer to the event was surprised by the number and variety of dark coloured ‘stealth’ type craft on show but managed to test drive all but a ...
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NewsHybrid nature tourism vessel
Norwegian tourist boat operator The Fjords DA, has released a progress update on the latest addition to its fleet – a vessel that it says ‘aims to be as breath taking as the natural beauty it will sail through’.
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NewsScottish steamer returns for restoration
The last remaining turbine steamship to be built on the Clyde has returned to Scotland for restoration, eight decades after it was first launched.
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NewsRough sea quad-hulled cat
A new type of catamaran passenger vessel is nearing completion at a Caribbean shipyard that is aimed at offering greater passenger comfort and better fuel economy that conventional catamarans.
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News‘White Beauty’: Swift on the surveys
Norway’s long coastlines present a few challenges to small survey vessel designs explains Rob Voskuil of DutchWorkboats. It’s not just the long, cold transits, there’s also a lot of seabed to cover during surveys, preferably at a brisk pace.
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NewsLindenau revamps 'Hindenburg'
Lindenau Werft in Kiel has completed six months of renovation and repairs on the 72 year old former German rescue boat Hindenburg.
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NewsNew deal improves German yard outlook
Extensive cruise ship building work for four big German shipyards in the new Lloyd Werft Group has reversed dismal order prospects on the Baltic and breathed some new life into German shipbuilding and the job situation.
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NewsSwiss Army gets Finnish boats
To maintain effective frontier and waterway supervision and protection the Swiss Army is bringing in patrol boats from Marine Alutech in Finland to replace older boats scheduled to leave service.
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NewsFrisia Offshore gets third CTV cat
A third crew transfer and supply catamaran has joined the fleet of wind farm service company Frisia Offshore, expanding the north German firm’s fleet capability and engagement in the North Sea wind energy sector.
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NewsRiverBus service for Hamburg
What has been billed as Germany’s first amphibian vehicle service to offer combined tours on land and water has gone into service in the city and port of Hamburg for HafenCity RiverBus.
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NewsWave piercing pilot boat
Estonia''s Baltic Workboats has announced that the first vessel of its new 15-metre aluminium wave-piercing platform has successfully been built, tested and handed over to customer - Estonian Pilot Ltd.
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NewsMoving towards a less damaging working environment
Tim Rees of Canada-headquartered suspension seating company, SHOXS, brings us up-to-date in the long-running saga of the implementation of the European Union''s Directive 2002/44/EC.
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NewsAlewijnse wins order for ‘Belgica’ refit
Netherlands-headquartered system integrator Alewijnse Marine Systems has won a significant order for the refit of the key electrical systems on board ‘RV Belgica’, an oceanographic research vessel owned by the Belgian state.
