Industry News – Page 303
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NewsA Wing and a Prayer at Mostyn
All British ports will note with interest the outcome of the Port of Mostyn ''s maintenance dredging application for work that will enable the safe passage of specialist vessels carrying wings for the new 555 seat Airbus A380 superjumbo jet from Mostyn to France.
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Norcontrol Boosts Research
Norcontrol IT has invested in radar and tracking technology research by taking a controlling interest in Norwegian radar technology company Applied Radar Physics (ARP). The move will strengthen Norcontrol''s position with regard to the development of radar processing and tracking for VTS applications.
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NewsJail Term for Drunk Master
The jailing last month of the dredger master who crashed through Hythe Pier while under the influence of alcohol has been followed closely by the UK Government launching new alcohol limits for professional mariners. A crackdown on drunken sailors sets alcohol limits in line with those for drivers in a ...
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NewsGreenpeace Replaces 'Beluga' With German Cutter
Being completed at the small Fridtjof Nansen Shipyard inWolgast on the German border with Poland is the first survey ship ever to be built from scratch for the international environmental organisation Greenpeace .
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Cathelco Expansion Continues
Marine pipework anti-fouling and hull corrosion protection system specialists Cathelco Ltd continues the expansion of its activities in the marine equipment sector with the acquisition of former competitor Wilson Taylor Ltd .Complete service support for Wilson Taylor''s customer base, which numbers more than 30 shipyards and vessel operators worldwide, will ...
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NewsRNLI Reflects Well On Echomax
Following sea trials, the new Echomax Midi Basemount reflector has been chosen by the RNLI for their fleet of RIBs, replacing their active antennas.
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Metoc Expands for Marine Renewables
Consultants Metoc is further expanding its marine survey capabilities to meet the growing demand for services to the offshore renewable energy market. Services offered range from the on-site management of marine investigations, such as geophysical, benthic and other environmental surveys for Round Two of UK offshore wind farms, through to ...
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NewsTidal Turbine Pioneers Advance to Phase Two
Hampshire UK based Marine Current Turbines (MCT) has successfully closed a £ 3m equity funding round and launched a programme to develop a successor to the Seaflow Project , the world''s first 300kW offshore tidal turbine.
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PLA Launches Online Atlas
A new online shipping service world atlas has been launched by the Port of London .
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Bob Butcher RIP
Lyme Boats hold the exclusive rights to build and sell the GRP built Powerglide 30, which will be available in two versions.Condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Bob Butcher, Chief Draughtsman at McTay Marine Limited , who died suddenly last month. Bob was an integral part of the ...
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HGVs Go East
New statistics released by the UK''s Department for Transport show that HGV''s are shunning the main channel crossings to Europe at the Dover Straits in order to avoid the permanently congested M25 motorway. For the first year on record, the number of goods vehicles crossing from Dover, Folkestone, Ramsgate and ...
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Pollution Specialists Expand
The Wales based emergency response and training company DV Howells , a subsidiary of Milford Haven Port Authority, haspurchased Aberdeen based Ceto Environmental Ltd , which had gone into receivership earlier this year. The purchase brings DV Howells extra capacity and expertise in its core markets of oil and chemical ...
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NewsWave Buoys Bolster Coastal Defences
Wave measuring buoys which could help warn of an impending flood have been strategically placed around the UK coastline as part of a three year monitoring project.
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Turku Production to End
The Wartsila Corporation hasannounced plans to cease engine manufacturing at its plant at Turku in Finland following consultation with personnel representatives. The move to reduce surplus engine capacity within the Group will result in 425 redundancies. Manufacturing will cease by the end of this year and the Turku factory will ...
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ABP's Green Website
With a decision imminent on its application to build a new box terminal at Dibden Bay, Port of Southampton, Associated British Ports has launched a website dedicated to promoting its environmental policies, activities and objectives. Visitors to www.environment.abports.co.uk canlearn about ABP''s environmental responsibilities, the initiatives it has taken to improve ...
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NewsDerecktor's Fast Ferry Speeds to Alaska
M/V Fairweather , the 73m LOA high speed vehicle/passenger ferry built by Derecktor Shipyards in Connecticut USA, has concluded sea trials and made an 8,500 mile delivery voyage to its home port of Juneau, where it will commence service for the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) next month.
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Volvo Penta US Honours
Volvo Penta ''s new D6-310 marine diesel engine has been honoured with the Editor''s Choice Award by the American magazine Motor Boating . The new generation D6-310 and D4-210 engines, displacing 5.5 and 3.7 litres respectively, were launched by Volvo Penta last autumn and are being installed in boats in ...
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NewsFinns Win Again with Sixth Police Targa
The Metropolitan Police Thames Division fleet has received its sixth Finnish built Targa patrol craft, supplied by seawork2004 exhibitor Wessex Marine .
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Government Inaction Threatening UK Marinas, Claims TYHS
The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA), the association for the development of coastal and inland boating facilities in the UK, says British marinas are suffering unfairly at the hands of the government because of the time it takes to obtain consents for dredging work - whether maintenance dredging at existing facilities, ...
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Government Pledge on Erosion Claims
The UK Government has reportedly pledged to look closely at claims by European experts that dredging can be linked to erosion on the North Norfolk coast, claim campaigners.
