Industry News – Page 258
-
News
Echosounder bonanza at Seawork
HMS Severn is 79.75loa and utilises a double chine hull form which will provide an improved seakeeping performance compared with the curent Island Class ships as well as superior accommodation. The flexible and efficient design is providing VT with export opportunities, including New Zealand where the design has been short ...
-
NewsEnvironmental Innovation 'Oracelle Fund' Launched
Global vehicle logistical services provider Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has announced the establishment of the Orcelle Fund, through which the company will provide an initial $100,000 of capital for environmental marine research and development projects. Other contributors are welcome to participate.
-
NewsChinese New Year for Rotterdam Salvors
Severe gales around the coasts of Britain and western Europe late in January and early February presented the emergency services and salvors with a number unusual and potentially difficult challenges.
-
News
Salvors Back IMO Emergency Response Guidelines
Salvors have welcomed the International Maritime Organization’ s (IMO) adoption of Guidelines on the Control of Ships in an Emergency.
-
NewsClimate Change Comedy on the South Coast
To launch National Science Week in the UK next month, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and The University of Southampton have managed to persuade two great comedians to give a lighter side to science and to climate change, at 19:30 on 10 March at the Nuffield Theatre.
-
NewsLasers Light the Future of Lines Lifting
Early last month Marine Design International (MDI) and Deri Jones & Associates / GeoSpatial Survey Solutions (DJA/GSS) undertook a lines lifting and modelling job at Stormcats on Islay off the West coast of Scotland.
-
NewsSafety Through Software Set to Save Lives
The UK' s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has taken a significant step to reduce risks in a current software development programme that has implications on shipping and coastguard activity and the safety of those at sea throughout Europe by employing Hampshire based software assurance firm TestIT.
-
NewsFassmer Builds Research Ship for Fugro
Fassmer in North Germany is designing and building a state of the art 65m LOA geophysical survey vessel for Holland’ s Fugro Group, which is active worldwide in the collection and interpretation of data related to the earth’ s surface and sea beds.
-
NewsAdriatic Coast Setting for Maritime Law Event
The International Legal Maritime Conference 2008 is being planned to take place in Ancona, Italy, one of the country' s largest Adriatic ports. The event is scheduled as part of an ongoing series of International Business Player conferences that are organised by the law firm Bacciardi and Partners of Pesaro ...
-
News
Bunkers Demand Barges
Total Marine Fuels in Germany has chartered additional barge capacity to meet growing demand for bunkers from customers in Hamburg and along the Kiel Canal.
-
News
Fleet Broadband First
The Royal Netherlands Navy has been the first customer in the world to have a Thrane & Thrane SAILOR-500 Fleet Broadband terminal installed and commissioned with an activated simcard.
-
News
Fairstar Set Free
Rotterdam based Fairmount Heavy Transport has left parent company Fairmount Marine following the acquisition of the latter by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs.
-
News
Holland Shipbuilding Association
The new Holland Shipbuilding Association was born last month through the merger of the Netherlands' Shipbuilding Industry Association (VNSI) and the Holland Marine Equipment Association (HME).
-
News
December ShipShot Photography
The ShipShot photograph in the December 2007 issue of Maritime Journal should have been credited to photographer John Crae.
-
News
Rotterdam Breaks Records
Rotterdam became the first European port to break the 10m TEU barrier last year, following a performance which saw container handling volume rocket by 12% over the 2006 figures.
-
News
Water Safety Congress
The RoSPA' s National Water Safety Congress, which takes place in Bristol on 3-4 March, will focus on how people can be equipped to make informed choices about safety issues in and around the water, including in relation to their own behaviour.
-
News
Great Island Challenge
Adventurers are being sought to participate in the Great Island Challenge, which takes place on 9-12 May in aid of the seafaring charity Seafarers UK.
-
News
Sailors' Society Strategy
The worldwide seafarers' charity, the British & International Sailors' Society, has re-branded as the Sailors' Society to provide organisational clarity and a strong strategic direction.
-
News
French Ports 'Re-Launch'
French port authorities have briefed unions and staff on government plans to ' re-launch' French ports, with a key objective being to transfer the manning and maintenance of cranes and gantries to private stevedoring companies, leaving the ' landlord' port authorities to focus on non-cargo handling activities such as infrastructure ...
-
NewsKey Themes Entwined ay Oceanology International 08
When Oceanology International 08 opens its doors for three days at London’ s ExCeL centre on 11 March, it will be focusing on the maritime world divided into three linked key themes; climate change, meeting future energy needs, and ensuring environmental and civil security.
