Industry News – Page 139
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PC Maritime upgrades ECDIS
UK-based PC Maritime has upgraded its ECDIS to ensure it meets the requirements of the new VDR Performance Standard.
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ChartWorld extends product portfolio
Leading German chart agent specialising in digital maritime data, ChartWorld, has added the innovative OceanWise Marine Themes dataset to its portfolio.
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NewsFuruno and ENL join forces
Japan’s Furuno Electric Co has acquired an initial 10% shareholding stake in New Zealand marine electronics company, Electronic Navigation Ltd (ENL), and its wholly-owned subsidiary WASSP Ltd.
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More comprehensive response to UK flooding needed
The UK’s Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has welcomed the latest ‘Managing climate risks to well-being and the economy’ report published by the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change, particularly the need for better flood resilience.
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NewsMTU engines for Seacat WFSVs
MTU is to provide six of its 12V 2000 M72 engines for three new windfarm support vessels (WFSVs) being built for UK-based Seacat Services.
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NewsConcordia en route to be scrapped
The work of the Conquest Offshore ‘Dutch Conquest’ MB1 crane ship is almost done now the sunken ‘Costa Concordia’ has been refloated in one of the world’s largest salvage operations.
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NewsNew paddleboat for longest fjord
An unusual new stern paddle-boat has gone into operation on Germany’s longest fjord, the Schlei, continuing a local shipping tradition and replacing a popular event and excursion predecessor.
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NewsKiel on target after terminal work
The German port of Kiel has completed work on the expansion of one cruise terminal and won a race against time to finalise remedial work at another.
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NewsHydrodemolition at the Port of Liverpool
Specialist UK contractor Corejet, part of Core Cut Ltd, has been using hydrodemolition techniques on the UK’s Port of Liverpool Seaforth Passage widening project for Peel Ports.
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NewsMarine couplings showcase
UK-based Renold Hi-Tec Couplings is showcasing its range of power transmission couplings for marine applications at this year’s SMM trade fair, taking place in Hamburg in September.
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NewsWindfarm development: is it worth the risk?
For most, the aftermath of WWI and WWII is a thing of the past, but for European windfarm developers, it could be more of an everyday risk.
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NewsWork begins on Dudgeon offshore windfarm
Statoil and Statkraft will begin construction work on the Dudgeon offshore windfarm in 2016, aiming for full production in late 2017.
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National Single Window
The European Commission has adopted a directive to ensure that by June 2015, vessels arriving or departing EU ports will have to provide required information electronically via one single entry point – the National Single Window.
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NewsDP World congratulated on London success
DP World London Gateway has been praised by the UK’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of state for Transport Stephen Hammond for its continued success.
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ERP rollout at Gibdock
Gibraltar-based ship repair yard Gibdock has invested in an automated and harmonised estimating, quotation, specification and invoicing system. The state of the art Microsoft Dynamics AX Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system overarches the yard’s finance, stock management, project management and HR systems. It is part of a strategic back-office upgrade, ...
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Rights for renewables
The renewable energy team from Burges Salmon have assisted in securing seabed rights for a total of four wave and tidal energy zones for their clients Minesto and Wave Hub in a leasing process managed by The Crown Estate.
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NewsKongsberg and I2C
Norway’s Kongsberg Norcontrol IT have provided vessel tracking interfaces for the I2C (Integrated System for Interoperable Sensors & Information Sources for Common Abnormal Vessel Behaviour Detection & Collaborative Identification of Threat) integration project.
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NewsKeeping watch around the clock
A major security issue for any vessel is when it is left unattended - vulnerable to theft, vandalism, and breakdown or even presenting the possibilities of being stolen or sunk. A new system from Vasari Technology promises to keep a watch on your vessel whether it is manned or not.
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NewsMore of everything at SMM 2014
From the 9-12 September 2014 the Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology International Trade Fair (SMM) will convene for its 26th time in the port city of Hamburg.
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Marseilles Fos reinforces Moroccan links
Cooperation between France’s Marseilles Fos and Moroccan ports could be boosted by three potential new ventures – covering ferry services and agricultural trades – after the French port’s CEO Christine Cabau Woehrel requested and hosted a meeting with Morocco’s transport and logistics minister Aziz Rabbah.
