Industry News – Page 223
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NewsJan De Nul launches ‘Zheng He’ in Croatia
Belgian dredging giant Jan De Nul continued its major fleet expansion on Saturday with the launch of the cutter suction dredger ''Zheng He'' at the Uljanik Brodogradiliste d.d. Shipyard in Pula, Croatia.
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NewsWorkboats breakthrough for IPS propulsion system
Five years after Volvo Penta’s Inboard Performance System (IPS) was launched, Estonian shipyard Baltic Workboats will design and build a 16m fast pilot boat equipped with twin IPS1050 units.
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NewsSuccessful inland shipping trial on Ouse
Some 1,200 tons of Pulverised Fuel Ash (PFA) from Yorkshire’s Drax Power Station in the UK was carried for its entire journey by water freight late last month in a trial which is expected to set the stage for more shipments later this year.
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NewsCarbon monoxide poisoning awareness urged
UK gas safety charity, The CORGI Trust, and The Port of Liverpool Police force were recently urging foreign vessel crew members arriving into UK ports, and all personnel working on vessels, to be aware of the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning.
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News‘Mulberry harbour’ devised for Haitian relief
The Crowley Maritime Corporation, working under contract with the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), unloaded Haiti relief cargo in Rio Haina, Dominican Republic last week. Fifty-six of the 68 20foot containers loaded with water and meals-ready-to-eat (MREs) were trucked across the border into Haiti.
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News‘Future Energy’ alights in London
The UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Miliband, spoke at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi last week to highlight the UK’s leading role in meeting the global challenge of combating climate change with renewable energy.
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NewsShips services contract for Maasvlakte 2 dredging
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has secured a contract to provide ships agency services to dredging contractor Van Oord at Maasvlakte 2, the major port expansion project in Rotterdam.
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NewsBird survey launches Round 3 activity
Gardline Marine Sciences Ltd of Great Yarmouth in the UK is one of the first companies to benefit from the Round 3 offshore wind farm site allocation announced this month.
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NewsOffshore wind opportunities at Humber Gateway
Local marine and renewable energy businesses are to hear first hand about the supply chain opportunities that will be available if the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm gets planning consent later this year.
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Bristol Channel service
UK ferry operator Severn Link, which recently announced plans to launch the first regular modern ferry service across the Bristol Channel, connecting Swansea and Ilfracombe, has taken delivery of the first ferry in its fleet.
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Mega-ferry underway
Construction of the second in a pair of new ships for P&O Ferries has started at the yard of STX Europe in Rauma, Finland.
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Wind farm cables
Global cable industry player Nexans has won a contract worth some €100m to design, manufacture and supply the high voltage subsea power export cables that will connect the London Array wind farm to the UK grid.
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Multibeam training in Malmö
The 53rd UNB-OMB/UNH-CCOM Multibeam Sonar Training Course, co-hosted by the Swedish Maritime Administration, will be held 15-20 March 2010, at the Malmö Börshus, Skeppsbron 2, SE-211 20 Malmö, Sweden.
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McMurdo adds Kannad
Following Orolia’s acquisition of Kannad in September 2009 and of McMurdo in November (forming Orolia’s new Positioning Division), a new strategy has been implemented for both companies.
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MAN to MAN
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge transfered part of its business involving high speed engines to the group’s sister company, MAN Diesel, effective from the first of this month.
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IMMA’s London launch
A new trade association armed with a broad mandate to represent and promote the health and medical interests of the world’s seafarers, port workers and cruise passengers as well as improve shipboard hygiene was launched in London this month.
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New IADC head
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has announced that Mr. René Kolman assumed the position of Secretary General from the first of this month.
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Hydro 2010 in Germany
Warnemunde in northern Germany is the venue for Hydro 2010, the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 18th biennial European hydrographic conference, which will be held from 2 to 5 November.
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Firm foxes pirates
Fox Delta Limited has launched as a specialist provider of land and maritime security risk management, training and related services.
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Georgia silences Germany
The Georgia USA based manufacturer of fibreglass marine wet exhaust mufflers and systems, Centek Industries, has appointed the German importer and distributor of technical boat equipment, Bukh Bremen GmbH, to distribute Centek’s products in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
