Industry News – Page 289
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NewsLast Severn Class Lifeboat Named
The RNLI ''s final Severn class lifeboat was named last month in a ceremony at Poole by outgoing engineering manager Bob Cripps, who was instrumental in introducing the all weather lifeboat into service in 1995. At 17m in length, the Severn remains the largest boat in the RNLI''s fleet.
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NewsTransport Study Encourages Water Freight
Road pricing schemes which would encourage haulage firms to shift some of their freight off the crowded road network and onto trains, inland waterways and short sea shipping routes were highlighted in a new study into the use of strategic transport corridors in Europe over the next decade undertaken on ...
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NewsWinds of Change Drive Marine Cable Alliance
Rapid expansion of the marine renewable energy market has prompted a cooperation agreement between SMIT Heavy Lift Europe BV and Essex UK based cable installation and maintenance specialist Global Marine Systems Limited .
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Disaster Display on Merseyside
Admission is free to the Merseyside Maritime Museum , where a collection of newly acquired exhibits linked to the Titanic and Lusitania disasters has gone on display. These include the only item of clothing worn on the night of Titanic ''ssinking to still survive and a cushion from the Lusitania ...
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Intermodal Box Empire Created
Icelandic shipping to logistics company Samskip is set to acquire control of the Dutch intermodal operator Geest North Sea in a deal that will create Europe''s largest intra-European intermodal/shortsea container shipping network. The joint company will offer a network of shortsea services encompassing the North Sea, the Baltic, Ireland and ...
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NewsHistoric Ships Website Re-Launched
To coincide with SeaBritain 2005 , the year long festival inspired by the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the National Historic Ships Committee , in association with the National Maritime Museum , has launched a new, redesigned and upgraded website giving details of the UK''s fleet of historic vessels.
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Six Is A Crowd In Southampton
Hundreds of staff from Southampton Cargo Handling Ltd (SCH) and its subsidiary Cruise and Passenger Services (CPS) had their busiest ever week recently when the liners Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2 were both in port along with two other cruise ships and two Ro-Ro ships. More than 300 ...
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Chain System Upgrade Strengthens Capacity Requirements
Lifting hardware supplier Crosby has launched a new range of chain fittings that are 25% stronger than comparable products and can be used with either Grade 10 or Grade 8 chain. The Crosby 8/10 Chain System , which includes a wide selection of links, hooks and other chain fittings, meets ...
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NewsYoung Engineers Rise to Royal Navy Challenge
Hurricane Hugo has just struck the Caribbean island of St Kitts, causing massive damage.
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NewsSee You Later, in the Land of the Gator
An innovative new technology for tracking sediment in rivers and seas has opened up a lucrative new market in the United States for a Glasgow based environmental consultancy.
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Cup of Cheer for 'Bourbon'
Maritime services provider Groupe Bourbon has posted a turnover increase of 13.9% in marine services for the first quarter of this year. The sector has been boosted by an expansion of offshore activity and the continuation of record rates in the bulk transport trade. The towage and salvage business grew ...
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NewsMarine Technology Centre Opens in Norway
Rolls-Royce established its first University Technology College (UTC) in Norway last month to conduct key research programmes in the marine sector.
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Crane Drain Boosts Boxes
The Port of Marseilles Authority is transferring two panamax gantry cranes from Fos container terminal to handle growing box traffic at the adjacent Brule-Tabac terminal. The extra equipment will allow Brule-Tabac to grow its traditional multi-purpose ro-ro activity whilst also enabling the acceptance of small container carriers and river barges ...
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Maritime Britain
Subtitled ''A Celebration of Britain''s Maritime Heritage, Maritime Britain examines the island nation''s nautical heritage seen through the astonishing variety of its maritime museums, historical ships and coastal attractions.
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The Comprehensive Guide to Shipwrecks of the East Coast
Quite specific in its focus, this Volume 2 deals with shipwrecks along the UK east coast from Whitby down to Skegness during the years from 1918 to 2003, following an earlier Volume 1 which covered 1766 to 1917.
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NewsHADAG Gets Seventh Type 2000 and Plans More
The renewal of Hamburg''s versatile small ferry ship fleet continues with news that HADAG Seetouristik und Fahrdienst has taken its seventh Type 2000 newbuilding into service and has ordered two more.
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NewsDelivery of First Patrol Boats in 14 years to Schleswig Holstein
Cash-strapped river and coastal police in Germany''s northernmost state, Schleswig Holstein , have taken two badly-needed new ? 335,000 Finnish-built patrol boats into service after a long wait.
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Record Cruise Season
The Cromarty Firth Port Authority will welcome the world''s largest cruise liner, Queen Mary 2 , this summer as part of a record breaking cruise season in which 32 different liners will make 47 calls between 16 April and 18 September.
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Top Class Container Ships
Lloyds Register will class the world''s largest declared capacity container ships, four 10,000teu vessels to be built in Korea at Hyundai Heavy Industries for China Ocean Shipping Corporation (COSCO).
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NewsCorporate/NGO Initiative to Protect High Seas
The global shipping and logistics company Wallenius Wilhelmsen has signed a three year agreement with the conservation organisation WWF to preserve and promote the conservation of marine life on the high seas.
