News 2-10 – Page 209
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NewsClose call on mega-dredger’s first job
DEME’s brand new ''mega dredger'' Congo River was named at Zeebrugge on July 8 by the Belgian tennis champion Justine Henin and was working on its first job only six days later when it pulled up a 2,000 pound WWII mine.
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NewsDiesel fuel guidance from IMarEST
The introduction of both the EU Directive and subsequent UK legislation on sulphur reduction and the concomitant increase in biofuel content resulted in a challenge for commercial and leisure vessels in coastal and inland waters.
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NewsMaritime Skills Centre open for ideas
The newly launched Gosport Marine Skills Centre on the UK’s south coast has come about in next to no time, perhaps because there’s such need to see it work.
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NewsPiracy related torture is on the rise
A new trend is making the rising incidence of piracy in the waters off Somalia even more disturbing.
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NewsGovernment U-turn on UK coastguard cuts
The UK Government has partially backtracked on its radical plans to slash coastguard services, with Transport Secretary Philip Hammond telling the House of Commons that 10 centres would remain open 24 hours a day.
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NewsHistoric steam coaster returns to London
Londoners were able to witness history in the making yesterday as the world’s last remaining steam coaster made its return to the Royal Docks.
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NewsBarging about on the River
The Barge Driving Race on the River Thames has been run annually since 1975 and this year’s event saw 11 lighters (or punts) being rowed with the flood tide from Greenwich to Westminster.
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NewsUK’s largest lift crane commissioned
The largest lift capacity crane in Britain completed commissioning last week at Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard.
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NewsWill LEPs leap for marine businesses?
The UK government’s rhetoric about ‘localism’ covers a major drop in funding and the hope that business will pick up the pieces.
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NewsLegislation to cancel English port taxes
The UK Government has laid draft regulations to cancel the unfair backdated business rate bills faced by many port based businesses across England.
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NewsEPCSA launches with an ‘Added Dimension’
Europe is home to the most efficient Port Community Systems in the world and will play a vital role in the EC’s aspirations for trade facilitation through a ‘Single Window’, say new organisation the EPCSA.
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NewsAlsterwasser gets a second chance
The world’s first hybrid fuel cell propulsion passenger ship, Alsterwasser, is back in service on Hamburg’s rivers after being out of action for more than a year because of a fire.
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NewsFast patrol fleet guards Italian lakes
Nine new vessels designed by world famous racing boat driver and designer Fabio Buzzi and fully equipped with Raymarine electronics, have been delivered to the Guardia di Finanza.
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NewsInvestment guidance for green recycling yards
Increasing thought is going into the optimization of what happens to today’s gleaming newbuilds at the other end of their lifecycle.
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NewsSIGNALIS signs on with surveillance system
Bremen based ATLAS ELEKTRONIK has completed the delivery of the coastal surveillance system which was ordered by the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance.
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NewsInteractive marine planning map at MMO
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in the UK is reminding developers of the need to obtain a licence before carrying out removals from the seabed including benthic grab sampling and vibrocore surveys.
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NewsGravitational pull towards concrete foundations
With 20 to 25% of an offshore wind farm’s capital expenditure sunk into its foundations, offshore wind foundation costs threaten to explode as offshore wind farms move into deeper waters, further from shore.
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NewsHistoric submarine lifted for new museum
Preparations for the opening of North Europe’s biggest new maritime museum are well underway in Estonia with the world’s oldest in the water submarine having been lifted to land.
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NewsLow carbon shipping research underway
A new three year research project, ‘Low carbon shipping – a systems approach’, has been launched to help the shipping industry reduce levels of emissions in order to comply with new legislation and mitigate global warming.
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NewsRotterdam gears up for growth
Rotterdam Port Authority (RPA) has given an upbeat assessment of future prospects with the publication of its long term strategy.
