Industry News – Page 229
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NewsRotterdam ready for Europort 2009
Europort returns to Rotterdam next week, with a run from 3 to 6 November which will see professionals from across the commercial marine spectrum flocking to the maritime capital of Europe.
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NewsGermans order new fisheries research ship
The German Bundestag has approved an € 11m order for a new and bigger fisheries research ship to be built at the specialist Fassmer Shipyard for delivery in 2011.
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NewsExtended range for underwater threat detection
Hampshire UK based Sonardyne International Ltd has completed a programme of trials that has resulted in several new specification changes to its Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar (IDS) system.
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NewsShipping success through Northeast Passage
A crew member's photo, emailed via satellite, shows MV Beluga Fraternity following an icebreaker through the Northeast Passage.MV Beluga Fraternity and MV Beluga Foresight delivered various heavy lift modules from Ulsan, South Korea, straight to Novyy Port/Yamburg at the River Ob in Siberia, exited the so called Northern Sea Route ...
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Hamburg website upgrade
The internet portal www.hafen-hamburg.de, which is designed and managed by Port of Hamburg Marketing Regd. Assn., has been completely overhauled. It now presents a completely new appearance and includes a lot of additional content. Consisting of 1371 web pages in all, it offers a wide range of information about the ...
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NewsSingle vessel transition piece installation
Jumbo Offshore’ s engineers and the crew of DP2 vessel Jumbo Javelin have successfully installed their first transition piece (TP) at a wind farm off the UK’ s southeast coast.
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NewsDredging support for anniversary PIANC Congress
The four yearly PIANC Congress returns to the UK for the first time in over 30 years on the occasion of the organisation’ s 125th anniversary. The PIANC MMX Congress will take place in Liverpool in May 2010.
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NewsFirst overseas contract for Red7Marine
East Anglia UK based Red7Marine (R7M,ex Haven Ports/ Anglian Marine Services) has started its first overseas commission by shipping a jack up barge to the Israeli port of Haifa, where it is to be used for site investigation work on a new port extension.
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Wave energy investigtion
Coastline Surveys have been contracted by SEI (Sustainable Energy Ireland) to carry out the ground investigation in connection with the Wave Energy Test Site off Annagh in Co. Mayo. The project requires the assessment of the ground conditions prevailing within a designated area from the cable shore landing site to ...
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NewsDiver detection success in UK port trials
Underwater acoustic equipment supplier Reson has successfully demonstrated contraband and diver detection systems in UK ports.
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Maritime Museum development
The UK’ s Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has confirmed a grant of £ 5M to the National Maritime Museum’ s project to develop a major new wing. This commitment from HLF, together with the substantial £ 20m gift from international shipping magnate and philanthropist Sammy Ofer KBE, announced in 2008, ...
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Port freight hangs on
Maritime Statistics 2008, published in September by the British Government, show that UK ports handled 562m tons of freight last year, only 3% down on 2007. Liquid bulk traffic accounted for 43% of the total, dry bulk was 23.5% while containers and ro-ro accounted for 29%. Grimsby & Immingham was ...
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New ISU President
Todd Busch was elected president of the International Salvage Union at the ISU’ s 55th general meeting in Boston USA last month. Mr Busch succeeds Arnold Witte who will continue to be a member of the ISU’ s executive committee. The appointment is effective from 28 September 2009. Todd Busch ...
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NewsWave energy device capsizes during deployment
The prototype Trident Energy wave generator is seen before deployment.The 80 ton device, capable of generating 20kW of electricity, was due to start a year long trial this week at a location five miles offshore from Southwold. The platform was recovered, connected to a tug and deliberately grounded in a ...
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NewsBoulogne's new Hub Port terminal opens
s new Hub Port terminal was officially opened for the start of ferry operations on Saturday 19 September.
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NewsGreen gain with remote floating pier
Four years of development work by Scottish Woodlands Ltd, JST Services and the local timber industry in Scotland’ s North West Highlands culminated last month when the first 56 truckloads of round timber were diverted off a single track road and onto the sea in a single working shift.
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High latitude radar
America’ s Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine has received type approval from the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping for its VisionMaster FT family of marine radars for high speed and standard craft. The approvals relate to the growing importance of the Polar Regions for the maritime transportation industry. The VisionMaster FT ...
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Safe heavy transport
The Dockwise semi-submersible, heavy marine transport vessel, Mighty Servant 1, was safely escorted by EUNAVFOR warships through the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) in the Gulf of Aden last month. The Mighty Servant 1 was transporting the Gjoa Hull from Korea to Norway. The EUNAVFOR Belgian warship Louise-Marie, participating in ...
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Dragon fires up
Dragon LNG’ s new liquefied natural gas terminal at Waterston, Milford Haven in South West Wales has successfully completed its commissioning phase and has now commenced commercial operation. The ability to import LNG is a significant component within the UK’ s long-term energy strategy and the new terminal is the ...
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Environmental award winner
Marine exhaust system manufacturer Halyard won the first ever Wavestream Environmental Award for Distributor of the Year at last month’ s Southampton Boat Show. The award was given in recognition of Halyard’ s commitment to Wave International’ s Wavestream bilge filtration system for oil removal. Halyard has been the sole ...
