Industry News – Page 261
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NewsBelgian stone dumper hijacked off Somalia
There has been no contact with the Belgian side stone dumping vessel Pompei since it was captured by pirates on Saturday off the coast of Somalia.
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NewsNo strain as Andromeda visits Southampton
DP World Southampton, the UK’ s second largest container terminal, set a record for the largest container ship it has ever handled when the CMA CGM Andromeda arrived at the weekend as part of its inaugural deployment between Asia and Europe.
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News'Tenacious' helicopter makes tall ship rescue
Falmouth Coastguard in the UK scrambled an RAF helicopter, based at RNAS Culdrose, to rescue a tall ship crew member at the vessel’ s location some 100 miles from Lands End last weekend.
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News'Explorer' sinking investigation prompts safety review
A decision by the master of the cruise ship Explorer to enter an ice field in Antarctic waters led to the vessel being lost, according to the conclusions of an investigation conducted by the Liberian Registry in cooperation with the Chilean Navy.
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NewsNew pilot boat raises Milford Haven service provision
Milford Haven Port Authority has welcomed delivery of its new £ 1.3m pilot boat, as shipping levels at the port are set to reach record breaking levels this year.
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NewsBorn again trawler heads to Antarctica
Now in service with the Brazilian Navy as a polar research vessel after a second major conversion is the American built former offshore supply ship Almirante Maximiano.
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News'Iron Lady' gets another five year makeover
What is claimed to be the world’ s biggest coal fired, steam icebreaker still afloat, the Stettin, has undergone its regular five year check at Hamburg’ s Blohm + Voss Repair Shipyard and been declared fit for further service.
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NewsHMS Endurance in for repairs
HMS Endurance, the damaged British Royal Navy ice patrol ship, has finally been transported home from the Falklands to undergo extensive repairs following its flooding incident last December.
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NewsUK beaches a load of old rubbish?
The latest survey by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has found that litter on the UK’ s beaches has reached its highest ever level, up by 110% to 2,195 pieces per kilometre.
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NewsPing is the thing at Ocean Business
Among the many products being given on the water demonstrations at the well attended Ocean Business 2009 exhibition and conference in Southampton UK this week is what claims to be the world’ s first fully integrated high resolution real time 3D sonar inspection system.
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NewsHistoric shipyard equipment sails for India
The end of an era is truly at hand, with the UK’ s Port of Tyne preparing for the final departure of the Swan Hunter floating drydock, which is to sail away on board a heavy lift vessel.
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NewsPort of London's century goes on show
UK shipping minister Jim Fitzpatrick MP opened a three week exhibition on the history of the Port of London Authority (PLA) at Museum of London Docklands on Tuesday. The event was held 100 years to the day since the PLA was formed.
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NewsTrinity House introduces its first LED Light Vessel
Trinity House, the general lighthouse authority for England, Wales, the Channel Isles and Gibraltar, is about to commission its first LED Light Vessel (LV), set for duty on the Varne station in the English Channel. This is the first major development in LV technology since the distinctive red vessels were ...
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News'Napoli' recovery chains in place
The operation to remove the stern section of the container vessel ‘ MSC Napoli’ from the UK’ s Devon coast has reached its second milestone. Following a successful test, the project team, led by Global Response Maritime B.V. of The Netherlands, has completed positioning all 12 lifting chains under the ...
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NewsEurope can lead a wind power world
‘ Wind energy can replace a large proportion of the polluting and finite fuels we currently rely on, said EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, at the opening session of the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC) in Marseilles last month. ‘ It makes good sense to invest in indigenous ...
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NewsGeoff Holt takes on his Personal Atlantic
Personal Everest yachtsman Geoff Holt is planning to take on the Personal Atlantic challenge next winter in which he will sail across the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the first quadriplegic sailor to do so. The 3,000 mile voyage, in which he will be unassisted in every aspect of sailing, will raise ...
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NewsEurope's IAPH Conference arrives in Genoa
Under the highly topical banner of ‘ Oriented to the market, Open to the future’ , the 26th International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) World Port Conference will focus on understanding how the challenges of global climate change will affect the port industry. Taking place in Genoa, Italy, from ...
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NewsFree Nautical Almanac about to go live
The Wiley Nautical Almanac is now available for viewing as a demonstration video. Log onto wileyalmanac.com to see the video demonstration of Wiley Nautical’ s new digital almanac, which has been in development for 15 months. The Wiley Nautical Almanac will be available to all as a free download from ...
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NewsPort of Kiel begins box handling
Regular container handling began in the German Port of Kiel last month with the arrival in the port’ s Ostuferhafen of the first one hundred 20ft containers from Riga on board the MS “ Vera Rambow” .
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NewsRobotic fish will fight pollution
Another level in artificial intelligence is to add its weight to the fight against marine pollution. Robotic fish are being developed that will not only detect potentially hazardous pollutants in the water, such as leaks from vessels in port or underwater pipelines, but will also communicate their findings with each ...
