Industry News – Page 317
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'Tricolor' Bunker Removal Resumes
Smit Salvage resumed operations earlier this month to remove bunkers from the sunken car carrier Tricolor in the English Channel. The salvage team had earlier been forced to discontinue operations due to hostile weather conditions.
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Type Approval for AIS Type FA-100
Germany''s Bundesamt fur Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) has type approved and wheelmark approved Furuno''s recently announced AIS Type FA-100 against IEC61993-2, IEC61162 and IEC61108.
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NewsAdvanced Dual-Band Racon Happy in Remote Locations
Tideland Signal has launched an advanced new version of its SeaBeacon 2 dual-band racon, offering improved performance and economical power consumption which make it suitable for remote solar powered installations near marine fairways, on isolated buoys, platforms, lighthouses and bridges.
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Boost for European DGPS Service
Veripos has enhanced its proprietary European dual frequency Inmarsat DGPS service for offshore users with the establishment of three new reference stations at Ijmuiden in the Netherlands and Kristiansund and Tananger in Norway.
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NewsUSCG Approval for Solar Powered Lights
The US Coast Guard has officially approved the Carmanah 700 Series solar powered LED marine lights for use as USCG aids to navigation.
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BMT Explores Transport Concepts
BMT Reliability Consultants Ltd has started work on its contribution to the EU funded INTEGRATION programme.
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Autronica Acquisition
Autronica Fire and Security has acquired Kongsberg Maritime''s fire protection business for just under £ 5m. The new business, a division of Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems, will gain greater access to global marine markets through Autronica and its sister companies.
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Sustainable Construction Website Launched
CIRIA has launched a new website which aims to make construction companies more sustainable, and more costefficient, in dealing with the 100 million tonnes of construction and demolition waste produced each year in England, Scotland and Wales.
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NewsNew Contract Ensures Holyhead Towing are Flying High
Holyhead Towing have been selected by Airbus Industries to specify, develop and manage the building of a specialised river vessel to transport Airbus A380 airplane wings from the factory where they are made at Broughton UK on the River Dee to a transfer berth at the Port of Mostyn.
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Peel Makes Deal for Clydeport
Peel Holdings made a successful £ 184m bid last month for Clydeport, which operates the ports of Glasgow, Greenock, Hunterston, and Androssan. The bid for the port operator''s shares was snapped up by investors at a 21% premium over the previous closing price after management backed the offer. Clydeport had ...
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NewsDouble Christmas Cheer for RNLI
December was an eventful month for the RNLI, with its first ever inshore rescue hovercraft becoming operational at Morecombe and work starting on the new RNLI Lifeboat College at Poole.
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NewsIMO Adopts Maritime Security Code
The International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code is set to come into force on 1 July 2004 following its adoption at a week long Diplomatic Conference attended by 108 Contracting Governments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention which was held at the IMO in London last month.
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NewsMCA Takes Delivery of New Fleet
VT Halmatic has recently delivered the first vessels in a new fleet of eight boats to the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA).
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AND To Distribute Raytheon
AND Group plc have announced their appointment as the sole distributor for Raytheon Marine products, spares and service.
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Trinity House Extends Marine Renewables Activity
Trinity House, the statuary authority for the maintenance of aids to navigation for England and Wales, continues its expansion of commercial work for third parties with the deployment of a meteorological data buoy for the NoordzeeWind consortium at the first Dutch offshore windfarm.
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Goodchild To Build Aqua Stars
Goodchild Marine Services of Great Yarmouth UK has reached an agreement with Aqua Star Limited of Guernsey to build and market the Aqua Star range of fast pilot launches. The Aqua Star Pilot Launch range includes vessels of 38, 42, 47, 50, 60 and 65ft in length as well as ...
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Cummins Mercruiser Diesel Makes London Debut
Cummins Marine and Mercury Marine chose the London Boat Show this month to announce the formation of a 50/50 joint venture to supply integrated diesel propulsion systems to the worldwide recreational and commercial marine markets.
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NewsNon-Weld Cable Transits Boost Boatbuild Speed and Safety
A new non-weld cable and pipe transit frame for the marine industry was launched at the ShipRepair and Conversion Exhibition in London last month by cable and pipe transit specialist Roxtec.
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'Geo Prospector' in North Sea Survey
Fugro Survey AS has been contracted by Norsk Agip to undertake a site survey in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Fugro Survey Ltd''s Geo Prospector will make use of its Kongsberg Simrad EM300 multibeam sonar and dual frequency sidescan sonar for mapping seabed features.
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Internet Site Cleans Up
Suitable for newbuilds and refits of marine vessels, the fully tested and certified GHM frame avoids expensive welding, speeds installation and reduces possible hazards.Recent events with the sinking of the Prestige polluting the coast of Spain point out the timeliness of Cleanupoil. com, which has been developed over the last ...
