Industry News – Page 171
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Ocean sensors contract
Canada based AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) has won a contract from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to provide up to 24 TRIAXYS Next Wave Directional Wave Sensors as a component of the Ocean Observatories Initiative.
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TMS/Elite alliance
TMS Plant Ltd has formed an alliance with piling specialists Elite Sheet Piling Ltd, to offer a powerful construction industry service for both plant and operator expertise.
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NewsNew Cosco ship calls at Antwerp
Chinese shipping company, Cosco’s latest container carrier, the ''Cosco Belgium'', has moored in the Port of Antwerp – the 55th ultra large container ship to call at the port.
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NewsNew Van Oord cutter suction dredger
Van Oord’s newest addition to its fleet, the self-propelled cutter suction dredger ‘Artemis’, is departing for western France on its first assignment with the Grand Port Maritime de la Rochelle this week.
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NewsGeoSea secures two new contracts
GeoSea, specialised company of Belgium’s Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering (DEME) Group, has secured two new contracts for the UK and German windfarms Westermost Rough and Borkum Riffgrund 1 respectively.
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NewsBMF networking event
EVENT: The South West region of the British Marine Federation (BMF) is holding a business networking event at Plymouth University on 11 June 2013.
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NewsABS guide for floating offshore wind turbines
Global classification society, ABS, has released a complete Guide for Building and Classing Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Installations, based on the results of case studies and existing technologies.
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New chief executive
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has today announced that Ian Moncrieff CBE has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive.
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NewsBoskalis acquires €75m dredging contract
Global dredging company, Royal Boskalis Westminster NV (Boskalis) has acquired a €74m dredging contract from German water and shipping office, Wasser-und Schifffahrtsamt Cuxhaven.
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NewsYanmar Group acquires VETUS
Global marine engine and equipment manufacturer, Yanmar Group, has acquired Netherlands based marine equipment producer, VETUS.
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NewsNew SAL head office
Sal Heavy Lift, a member of Japanese shipping company K Line Group, has moved its head office to a maritime location at HafenCity in Hamburg.
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NewsAxon launches new range online
LAUNCH: Leeds based, marine electrical specialist, Axon Components, has launched its new website which has been updated to feature its complete standard product range.
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NewsMONALISA project extended
The Swedish Maritime Administration has issued an extension of the ongoing MONALISA project, MONALISA 2.0, to implement actions and studies that will encourage the deployment of new maritime services and processes.
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NewsTrinity House honour for MJ founder
At a ceremony in London, MJ founder and inaugural editor, Peter Moth, received one of the UK’s top maritime honours when he was sworn in as a Younger Brother of Trinity House.
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NewsFree course on Motorways of the Sea
The Transport Research Institute (TRI) at Edinburgh Napier University is offering a free course on Multimodal Transport Economics relating to Motorways of the Sea.
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NewsNew premises for MPR
Dutch propeller expert, Maritime Propeller Repairs (MPR), is doing so well that it has recently moved from its old workshop at Asperen to a new premises in Drunen, The Netherlands, to achieve more capacity.
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NewsSeaward boats back in business
The well known Seaward range of boats, previously manufactured by Seaward Marine, are back on the market and being sold by the new UK venture, The Boat Development Company Ltd, which will also be exhibiting at Seawork this year.
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NewsDeveloping floating turbines for deeper waters
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) have chosen The Glosten Associates to design a demonstrator for its floating wind turbine, to be installed at the UK Wave Hub offshore energy test site.
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NewsDown to the small details
It’s “all about the ability to adapt,” says Bob Mainprize of Scarborough UK based Mainprize Offshore Limited. However, he believes the boat design and building industry needs to do more than simply ‘respond’ to the pull of the market and needs to think ahead.
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NewsILDF calls for 2014 light dues reduction
Following the UK government’s confirmation of the freeze in light dues for 2013 to 2014, the Independent Light Dues Forum (ILDF) is calling for further reductions next year.
