Industry News – Page 267
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NewsPan-European Coastal Flooding Project Launched
A pioneering EU funded project to promote the innovative use of multi-national maritime search and rescue (SAR) resources when dealing with major coastal inundation, caused by events such as tsunamis and tidal surges, was launched in London last month.
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NewsDragon Boats Battle for Charity
The British & International Sailor''s Society (BISS), a charity operating in almost 100 ports worldwide, has launched the BISS Dragon Boat Challenge 2007 fundraising event. Sponsored by BP Shipping and Cargill, the spectacular team event will take place on Dorney Lake at Eton UK, venue for the 2012 Olympic rowing ...
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NewsAberdeenshire Support for RNLI
Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland has solidified its support for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution with a visit from chief executive Alan Campbell and a £ 1,000 donation.
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NewsEurope-Oz Trade Link Spans 75 Years
''MV Texas'', a 66,532gt ro-ro vessel operated by Wallenius Wilhelms led a flotilla of boats under the Sydney Harbour Bridge last month in a ceremony marking the iconic structure''s 75th anniversary.
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Boost for Merseyside 'Superport'
A lobbying campaign to raise the profile of Merseyside''s growing maritime sector is gathering momentum, with a number of well known figures publicly declaring their support.
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Ocean Theme for Irish Attraction
An interactive exhibition examining the Atlantic Ocean is a feature of the Cliffs of Moher New Visitor Experience in Ireland, has been officially opened by An Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern, T.D., more than 17 years after the ¢ 31.5m project was first proposed.
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Seawork Adds Hydro Survey Conference
Coastal and Ports Surveying, a new one day conference for hydrographers, port and harbour authorities and engineers, to be held at Seawork International in Southampton on 14th June 2007, has been welcomed by the Chair of The Hydrographic Society UK.
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NewsOpportunity Knocks at Gulf Maritime 2007
The fifth annual Gulf Maritime event, Gulf Maritime 2007, will take place from 16 to 18 April in the United Arab Emirates at Expo Centre Sharjah, which is in close proximity to the business centres of Sharjah and Dubai.
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News'Personal Everest' Sails in May
Disabled yachtsman Geoff Holt launches his challenge this month to be the first disabled person to sail solo around the coast of Great Britain, a voyage of over 1600 miles.
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NewsA Fascia Lift for Westminster Bridge
The UK''s seat of Government backs on to waters that are part of the country''s third largest port by volume of trade and even so far inland, the River Thames at Westminster still sees a fair amount of commercial traffic passing through the ''17 Bridges to Wandsworth''.
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NewsUnderwater Engineering from Seabed to Seawork
By the end of this summer a new offshore wind farm will be operational on Burbo Bank in Liverpool Bay at the entrance to the River Mersey.
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NewsShipping Loss Total Tumbles
There has been a dramatic reduction in the number of total losses of merchant ships since the year 2000.
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NewsOwners Beware of Inadvertent Pollution
The recent bad weather in which ''MSC Napoli'' was grounded in Lyme Bay UK has caused more than the usual headaches for port authorities trying to ensure that vessels do not pollute or become contaminated by pollution.
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Insurers Advise on Floating Box Risk
The recent and ongoing loss of containers from the grounded ''MSC Napoli'' has drawn attention to the risk of hitting semi-submerged objects, (containers included) in most oceans.
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Royal Haskoning Leads Upgrade of Ferry Facility
Royal Haskoning in the UK is leading a project that will add years to the life of the ferry facilities at Holyhead, Stena Line''s busiest ferry port in the UK.
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CEDA Stakes Out Position on WFD
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) participated in the recent Seminar ''Navigation and the EU Water Framework Directive'' which took place on 31 January in Brussels. CEDA provided input on a range of subjects relevant to the WFD and the dredging industry.
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Boeing Going to Sea
The Boeing Company continues to grow the marine division of its wholly owned subsidiary Jeppesen with the purchase of digital maritime cartography, data services and navigational information providers C-Map.
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NewsUK Wind Farm Beyond Territorial Waters
The British government has granted planning permission for one of the world''s largest wind farms, which will also be the first UK offshore facility to be built outside of territorial waters.
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Dockside Regasification Facility Opens at Teesport
The arrival of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo at Teesport UK last month marked the opening of the first ever dockside regasification port and second operational LNG facility in the UK.
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NewsBiggest Dredgers Yet for Jan De Nul
Family owned Belgian dredging giant Jan De Nul has overturned the current industry form book with an order for what will be by far the world''s highest capacity trailing suction hopper dredger.
