Industry News – Page 310
-
NewsNew Cheetah Hungry for Power
Cheetah Marine of Ventnor on the Isle of Wight has launched the first example of its new Cheetah 7.9m design to coincide with the opening of the new Ventnor Haven sheltered mooring facility. The new catamaran has been designed specifically to make use of the new generation of powerful four ...
-
News
Expansion Opens at Trinity
The Port of Felixstowe officially opened the first phase of its Trinity Terminal expansion by adding six hectares of back-up land which will boost storage capacity by 6,500 teu. A further section of storage area will be opened early next year, ahead of the quay becoming fully operational by July ...
-
News
Tyne Online
Newcastle UK based Tyne First has launched a website to promote, serve and support marine and offshore technology companies on and around the River Tyne. The website, www. tynefirst. com , focuses on the capacity and capability of a range of local companies and will be used to promote the ...
-
News
Name Change for Barkemeyer
The Van der Velden Group of companies, which includes Barkemeyer GmbH & Kg , has celebrated its 40th anniversary with a change of name. Oceangoing manoeuvring equipment specialists Barkemeyer will henceforth operate under the trade name Van der Velden Marine Systems . The Barkmeyer brand name is associated with its ...
-
NewsABP Opens 3rd Southampton Cruise Terminal
Associated British Ports officially opened its third cruise terminal in the Port of Southampton last month, with the £ 1.5m City Cruise Terminal bringing ABP ''s investment in Southampton cruise facilities to over £ 10m this year.
-
NewsSuccessful 'Tricolor' Removal Underway
One of the largest wreck removal operations ever undertaken continues in the English Channel with the consortium Combinatie Berging Tricolor (CBT) having already removed two sections cut from the sunken car carrier Tricolor to Zeebrugge.
-
NewsDouble-up Research Ship is 'Immense Challenge' Say Dutch
A unique new research vessel boasting a double propeller plant and two separate engine rooms is now under construction at Dutch shipyard Niestern Sander in Delfzijl.
-
News
UKHMA Autumn Seminar Set
The UK Harbour Masters'' Association Autumn 2003 Seminar takes place on Wednesday, 29 October 2003 at the IMarEST Conference Centre in London.
-
NewsSupersonic Legend Makes Final Flight By Water
Dutch marine transport specialists Van der Wees Watertransporten made front page news in the Netherlands and Germany recently when their pontoon Lastdrager wasused to sail a decommissioned Concorde aircraft 50 miles down the Rhine.
-
News
IHC To Close van der Giessen-de Noord Shipyard
The Netherlands'' IHC Caland offshore and shipbuilding group has announced the pending closure of its van der Giessen-de Noord shipyard in Rotterdam with the loss of 400 jobs. Completion of existing orders will keep the yard open until early next year.
-
News
Letters From The Mary Rose
The raising in 1982 of Henry VIII''s favourite warship, the Mary Rose, has made her into one of the most famous ships in history, as a global television audience followed her salvage and painstaking preservation at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard where she is now on public display.
-
News
MSI Data Report: Commercial Ports: UK
This report from MSI Marketing Research for Industry covers the review period of 1998 - 2002, during which time the volume of UK port traffic increased to an estimated 567.9 million tonnes in the final year.
-
News
The Statesman's Yearbook 2004
Published last month is this 140th annual edition of an institution which has come to be the byword for accurate and comprehensive information on the current political, economic and social status of every country in the world.
-
NewsMalaysians Visit Scarborough Coastal Works
Consultancy High-Point Rendel has played host to a visit rom the Malaysian Department of Irrigation and Drainage and other representatives of the country''s government, business and academic institutions. The 23 member Malaysian team visited the £ 33m coastal protection scheme at Scarborough UK being supervised by High-Point Rendel.
-
News
Norcontrol/Tideland Team Up for VTS/AIS Solutions
Norcontrol IT has signed a Teaming Agreement with Tideland Maritime Systems which is intended to enhance the global presence of both companies and provide ports and harbours worldwide with complete VTS and AIS solutions.
-
NewsRotterdam Bolsters Security Measures
Rotterdam Municipal Port Management (RMPM) is setting up a new bureau for overseeing the enforcement of security in the Port of Rotterdam. The centre''s duties will include coordinating the actions of RMPM, port police, the fire service and others in the event of emergencies.
-
NewsUK Launches Waterways Freight Initiative
UK Transport Minister David Jamieson MP launched British Waterways'' new national freight marketing initiative last month by opening a project on the Grand Union Canal which will see 450,000 tonnes of sand and gravel transported by canal. The contract, which has been signed between British Waterways London, Harleyford Aggregates and ...
-
NewsDutch Yards Join Hands on Novel Tanker Newbuild
Four Dutch shipyards in Holland have handed over LRG Gas 85, an innovative, ultra-safe, ¢ 8m inland gas tanker which is the new flagship of German transport company VTG Lehnkering.
-
NewsDenmark's Wave Dragon Delivers Power to the Grid
History was made recently off the coast of Denmark when scientists from Aalborg University switched on the turbine which made their Wave Dragon the first offshore wave energy converter in the world generating power to a local grid.
-
NewsSuperferry Launch Lifts Irish Sea Capacity
Stena Line has launched the longest ship ever to sail on the Irish Sea, the 211m superferry Stena Adventurer, on the Holyhead to Dublin route. The arrival of Stena Adventurer follows the launch of its sister ship Stena Britannica on the Harwich to Hook of Holland route in March for ...
