Industry News – Page 312
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Stemat Opens Website
Rotterdam-based marine services provider Stemat launched a website on the first of this month which enables customers to view the company''s complete equipment list in detail.
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NewsShipbuilding Century Closes at Woolston
The launch last month of HMS Mersey brought an end to nearly 100 years of shipbuilding for the British Royal Navy by VT (formerly Vosper Thornycroft ) at its Woolston shipyard in Southampton.
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A&R Hands Over Second New German Patrol Boat
The second of three much-praised, multi-functional patrol boats for the German Coastguard has been named and put into service by Parliamentary Secretary of State Ute Vogt after completion at Abeking & Rasmussen.
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NewsROV Diffuses Nearshore Survey Risk
The trend to deploy ROVs in nearshore applications gained further momentum recently when Dean & Dyball used an ROV provided by Subsea Vision to survey power station pipeline diffusers off the coast of West Dorset UK. It is the first time an ROV has been used to perform tasks previously ...
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Mersey Docks Redevelopment Plans Approved
The joint application from the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company and the UK''s national regeneration agency, English Partnerships, to transform 31 hectares of Liverpool''s waterfront into a major residential and leisure village has been given the go-ahead by the City Council''s Planning Committee.
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NewsWorld's First Offshore Tidal Current Turbine Installed
A potentially significant new category of marine construction activity emerged in late May when the world''s first offshore tidal current turbine was successfully installed approximately 3km to the northeast of Lynmouth off the coast of North Devon UK.
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NewsThames Wind Farm Survey Completed
Thales GeoSolutions '' environmental and metocean services division has completed a 13 month oceanographic measurement programme in the outer Thames estuary. The programme was completed for Hydrosearch and is part of a pre-development study for a proposed offshore windfarm.
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'Tricolor' Salvage Goes Online
A website launched late last month allows all interested parties to follow salvage operations for removal of the car carrier Tricolor , which sunk in the English Channel following a collision last December.
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New Swedish Port Terminal Prepares to Take Off
Malmö ’ s new SEK 220 million Toyota Nordic Hub Vehicle Logistics Centre, which was only opened in May, is now gearing up to double its car handling capability this year.
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ISS Lands in Umm Qasr
International marine management company Inchscape Shipping Services (ISS) has been appointed as sole Lloyd’ s Agents for southern Iraq, effective from the first of this month. ISS will be responsible for the region of Iraq south of the 32nd parallel. This territory includes Iraq’ s deepwater port of Umm Qasr ...
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High-Point Heals Harbour
Consultants High-Point Rendel have won a contract for repairs to a berthing dolphin at the Immingham Oil Terminal . The contract, awarded by Humber Oil Terminals Trust , is for repairs to dolphin OD1 at Immingham''s No 1 berth which was damaged by a small bulk carrier.
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Kongsberg Restructure In Place
The restructuring of marine electronics specialists Kongsberg Maritime, announced at Nor-Shipping in June, came into effect on the first of this month. The subsidiaries Kongsberg Simrad and Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems (KMSS) now come under the KongsbergMaritime banner in a move to ensure greater knowledge and resource distribution throughout all ...
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Dive England's Greatest Wrecks
Published on the final day of seawork2003 , Dive England''s Greatest Wrecks is the perfect companion for any diver interested in exploring England''s most exciting shipwrecks, preserved as time capsules of an era of sea power and majesty that has now passed into the history books.
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A Nautical Odyssey: A History of The Nautical Institute 1972 - 2002
After 27 years in the British Royal Navy, the author was Deputy Secretary of The Nautical Institute from 1984 until 1998 and is thus well placed to tell the story of a new organisation created in 1972 to meet the needs of professional mariners.
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Alfa Laval Acquires Gunclean Toftejorg
Alfa Laval , specialists in oil treatment, desalinisation and heat transfer solutions for the marine, power and offshore industries, has acquired the Danish Toftejorg Group , including the advanced tank cleaning operation Gunclean Toftejorg .
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NewsAdded Power for Solstad
Norway''s Ulstein Verft inUlsteinvik has added the powerful new Type A101 anchor handling tug supply vessel Normand Master to the fleet of Solstad Shipping for a wide range of offshore workhorse duties.
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New Port Management Alliance
A new alliance has been formed between British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) and International Infrastructure Management Pty Ltd (IIM) in Brisbane, Australia. The new company, to be called BMTMaritime Consultants Pty Ltd , will provide port management consultancy services around the world.
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Norwegian Company in China Shipbuilding Joint Venture
Norway''s Ulstein has formed a joint venture company with Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding which will enable Ulstein to build their own design offshore vessels in the Far East.
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Construction to Follow Irish Sea Ferry Shake-Up?
P&O and Stena AB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning Stena ''s proposed acquisition of a significant part of P&O ''s ferry operations on the Irish Sea.
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NewsMillbank Pier Turns On A Tourist Magnet
The new £ 1.8m Millbank Millennium Pier on London''s River Thames is now operational following opening ceremonies late last month presided over by London Mayor Ken Livingstone and attended by an unusual mix of artists, politicians and marine civil engineers.
