Key Deals – Page 209
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NewsOpportunity Knocks at Gulf Maritime 2007
The fifth annual Gulf Maritime event, Gulf Maritime 2007, will take place from 16 to 18 April in the United Arab Emirates at Expo Centre Sharjah, which is in close proximity to the business centres of Sharjah and Dubai.
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News'Personal Everest' Sails in May
Disabled yachtsman Geoff Holt launches his challenge this month to be the first disabled person to sail solo around the coast of Great Britain, a voyage of over 1600 miles.
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NewsA Fascia Lift for Westminster Bridge
The UK''s seat of Government backs on to waters that are part of the country''s third largest port by volume of trade and even so far inland, the River Thames at Westminster still sees a fair amount of commercial traffic passing through the ''17 Bridges to Wandsworth''.
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Boeing Going to Sea
The Boeing Company continues to grow the marine division of its wholly owned subsidiary Jeppesen with the purchase of digital maritime cartography, data services and navigational information providers C-Map.
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NewsUK Wind Farm Beyond Territorial Waters
The British government has granted planning permission for one of the world''s largest wind farms, which will also be the first UK offshore facility to be built outside of territorial waters.
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Dockside Regasification Facility Opens at Teesport
The arrival of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo at Teesport UK last month marked the opening of the first ever dockside regasification port and second operational LNG facility in the UK.
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NewsBiggest Dredgers Yet for Jan De Nul
Family owned Belgian dredging giant Jan De Nul has overturned the current industry form book with an order for what will be by far the world''s highest capacity trailing suction hopper dredger.
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Mustang/Camarc Formalise Collaboration
A close working relationship has been in place between naval architects Camarc and Wales based boat builder Mustang Marine for some time.
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Propulsion Website Launched
Southampton UK based CJR Propulsion Ltd, which designs and manufactures propellers and stern gear systems, launched a new website last month.
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WaterBridge Webster
Based in Northumberland UK, The Engineering Business has appointed the experienced marine engineer Ben Webster as Business Developer for Renewable Energy Projects.
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Gardline Adds Consultancy
Great Yarmouth UK based Gardline Environmental Limited (GEL), part of independently owned survey company Gardline Marine Sciences, has acquired the environmental consultancy Marine Ecological Surveys Limited.
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New Scotland Power House
American diesel marine generator manufacturer Northern Lights has opened a dedicated warehouse in Scotland to service their European and UK sales. The warehouse stocks generators and sound enclosures on the 5 kW to 30 kW range.
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Ferry Good Numbers
Particularly strong growth in goods traffic between eastern Europe and Scandinavia helped Scandlines Denmark A/S boost the volume of lorries carried last year.
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River Boat Expansion
Chester UK riverboat operator Bithell Boats, which has been providing passenger vessels and commercial services such as dredging on the River Dee for over 100 years, has expanded its operations to the River Ouse in York with the acquisition of YorkBoat.
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Wartsila Powers Forward
The full year operating profit for Finnish marine engine manufacturer Wartsila soared by 29.2% during 2006 to reach ¢ 261.6m.
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NewsSOSREP IS HONOURED BY THE ISU
The International Salvage Union (ISU) has recognised the stirling work done by Mr Robin Middleton, Britain''s Secretary of States Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention (SOSREP) with the presentation of an ''Industry Award''.
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NewsGdansk Terminal Readies for June Start
Poland''s new deepwater container terminal, DCT Gdansk, is being readied for first phase commercial operation starting in June and plans, in time, to be the biggest on the Polish Baltic capable of handling a million TEUs a year.
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NewsOsthafen Expansion Ends, Kaiserschleuse Rebuild Begins
The multi-million Euro expansion of Bremerhaven''s Osthafen car handling hub is ending late next month as work gathers speed on the ¢ 233 million rebuilding of the neighbouring Kaiserschleuse, a project described as the biggest of its kind in Europe.
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NewsBlank Bolsters Weser Terminal Expansion
Now supporting Bremerhaven''s ever increasing need for round the clock berth and basin dredging is the new ¢ 4.4m water injection dredger Hol Blank following its completion at Lloyd Werft.
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NewsNew coastal and ports surveying conference welcomed
Coastal and Ports Surveying, is a new one-day conference for hydrographers, port and harbour authorities and engineers.
