Industry News – Page 320
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NewsABP Breaks Wind Blade Record
A landmark shipment of giant wind turbine blades and components for the fast-growing global wind energy market sailed from the ABP Port of Southampton for Australia late last month.
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NewsTop Marks for Echomax
The Tees & Hartlepool Port Authority have now fitted Echomax 230 radar arrays to all seven vessels in their fleet of pilot vessels and workboats.
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NewsSpeak Now on EC Water Framework Directive
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association''s (CEDA) Environmental Steering Committee has expressed concern that all who may be affected should be aware of and participate in framing the EC''s Water Framework Directive (WFD), which came into force in December 2000 and will be incorporated into national legislation in the Member ...
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New Company Launched from Wijsmuller Legacy
A new Dutch maritime services company emerged last month as an offshoot of the former Wijsmuller Group. WorldWise Marine will be globally active in tug design, maritime engineering, chartering and brokerage, serving clients in the marine salvage and towage sectors.
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News'Tina' Conversion Delayed Two Months
The 4000m3 trailing suction hopper dredger Tina, now renamed Josef Mobius, was still at German shipyard Peters Schiffbau when MJ went to press in early November - two months after her scheduled re-delivery following extensive conversion.
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News'Hands On' Format at ShipRepair & Conversion 02
The 11th staging of ShipRepair & Conversion returns to London''s Grand Hall, Olympia on 27 and 28 November with product launches, company presentations in a new workshop facility and a new format discussion-based conference underlining the ''hands on'' theme.
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NewsGermany's SET Completes Challenging Conversion
Germany''s inland shipbuilding, repair/conversion and ship development concern SET has completed one of its most challenging projects ever - the complex lengthening and conversion of the research ship Ludwig Prandtl for the Hamburg-based coastal research institute GKSS.
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Warning of Legal Implications for Container Security Initiative
The Transit & Marine Department of leading London law firm Davies Lavery has warned of the legal and potential future legislative implications for European countries buying into American anti-terrorism measures.
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NewsClubhouse Full for Marine Insurance Course
The Swedish Club Academy''s second annual Marine Insurance Course proved the popularity of the relatively new offering, attracting double the number of applications received for the first event.
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NewsEuro High Speed Ro-Ro Breaks Cover at SMM
Rolls Royce and Spanish shipbuilder Izar announced plans at SMM for a new European High Speed Cargo Vessel (EHSCV) to provide a cost effective shortsea shipping alternative to road transport in Europe.
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NewsKroeger bags contract for sophisticated research ship
North Germany''s Kroeger Shipyard , part of the Luerssen Group and a specialist research vessel builder, has now won the contract to build the sophisticated 93.6m long, 17.8m wide ice-strengthened research ship Maria S. Merian .
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NewsOcean Safety Continues Expansion
Marine safety specialists Ocean Safety have acquired niche manufacturer KIMProducts from Kelvin Hughes .
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NewsNew MCA Boat From Halmatic Makes a Splash
Portchester UK based Halmatic is providing a new fleet of eight boats for the Maritime & Coastguard Agency .
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STN Atlas Takes SMM Orders Haul
Hamburg based STN Atlas Marine Electronics were rewarded for their journey across town to SMM Debeg 3400 UAIS last month with an order to retrofit their new systems to ''s worldwide fleet of 77 container vessels. Installation commences early next year.
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NewsDelta 140 Patrol in Isle of Wight Launch
Delta Power Services travelled from their base in Cheshire UK to the Isle of Wight last month to launch the first of their new range of 14 to 21m RIBs.
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NewsContractor/ Military Co-Operation Raises Lost Aircraft
Briggs Marine Contractors have played a key role in the recovery of an RAF aircraft which crashed into the River Humber near the town of Brough in Yorkshire UK.
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EMS is the Tork of the Town
There has been much talk in the boatbuilding industry recently about a new product from Essex UK based Torkmaster Ltd which will make its debut at the METS exhibition in Amsterdam next month.
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NewsMARIN Tanks Up for 70th Anniversary
The Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) celebrates its 70th anniversary this month with the official inauguration of its upgraded Depressurised Towing Tank.
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European Maritime Pilots Warn of Deregulation Dangers
The European Maritime Pilot''s Association (EMPA) has warned that passage of the European Union''s ports directive, which would force pilots to compete on a commercial basis, would compromise safety standards and discourage investment and training. EMPA represents 4,800 maritime pilots in Europe and facilitates the exchange of information between its ...
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News'Echo' Past Meets 'Echo' Present
It is a rare occasion when two ships perpetuating the same illustrious name have a chance meeting on the high seas but just such an incident took place recently when the British Royal Navy''s former , a 160 tonne inshore survey vessel commissioned in 1958, met her modern namesake in ...
