Industry News – Page 301
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'Matching Marine Propulsion' Workshop
Ship and boat builders who want to know how best to match ship propulsion components and systems, perhaps avoiding costly mistakes, will take interest in the second international Matching Marine Propulsion Workshop, which starts in Vlaardingen in the Netherlands on 7 February 2006.
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More Traffic for HST
The Simon Group, which operates the Humber Sea Terminal (HST), has signed an agreement with A P Moller-Maersk Group subsidiary Norfolkline BV to supply port and terminal services between HST and Vlaardingen in Holland.
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EU Short Sea Focus
Short sea shipping has been identified as a sector for attention by EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas. Alongside ship building, Mr Dimas believes new legislation for Europe''s maritime industries is necessary under his marine environment strategy aimed at cleaning up Europe''s territorial waters by 2021.
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Moor Care Needed
The London P& I Club has warned of the potentially fatal consequences of failing to observe the highest levels of care and attention, on board and ashore, during the mooring and unmooring of ships. In the latest issue of its StopLoss Bulletin, the Club highlights a case in which a ...
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Merchant Shipping Notices
The following Merchant Shipping Notices and Notes have been published recently by the UK''s Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) - an executive agency of the Department for Transport.
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MICAD Moves Online
Marine aftermarket products manufacturer MICAD Marine Specialty Products (MMSP) has launched the website www.MICADSHOP. com to make its range available to boat and ship owners worldwide. A debut product on MICADSHOP is a Valu-Brite 17in monitor with a footprint occupying the same helm space as a 15in monitor.
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Kwant Controls' Future
Dutch nautical instrumentation and control systems specialist Stork-Kwant, which was taken over through a management buy-out in January 2004, has changed its name to Kwant Controls BV with effect from the first day of last month.
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NewsNew Type Tunnel Thruster Debut
The first commercial application of a new type of tunnel thruster technology is being deployed on a UT 712 CD anchor handler currently under construction at Aker Yards Soviknes for Olympic Shipping of Norway.
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RingProp Cops Award
RingProp PLC''s innovative ringed propeller for outboard motors received Special Mention in the Machinery, Propulsion, Electrical & Mechanical Systems and Fittings category from the international jury for the DAME 2005 Awards handed out at METS in Amsterdam last month. The Jury Report stated, ''The RingProp from RingProp Trading Ltd of ...
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NewsOutlook Positive at CEDA Dredging Days
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) made a successful transition along with Europort last month when CEDA Dredging Days 2005 was held alongside the newly relocated Europort Maritime exhibition in Rotterdam.
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Pollution Preparedness Bridges Historical Tensions
Historical animosities have been set aside to deliver the EU funded Summeri Project, which unites three major Gulf of Finland maritime training centres as one network capable of both training personnel and responding to regional marine oil pollution events.
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NewsNew Series for German Sea Rescue Body
The second in a series of new 10.1 m patrol boats for the German sea rescue service DGzRS has gone into service out of Glowe on the Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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NewsSuccessful River Scheldt Salvage
Dutch salvage company Multraship, working with Belgian salvor URS, has successfully refloated the 3,758gt chemical tanker Philipp Essberger, which grounded in the River Scheldt near Flushing following a reported engine failure.
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NewsEC Pollution Directive Criticised
The European Commission Directive on Ship Source Pollution is misconceived, unnecessarily harmful to the maritime industry and contrary to international law, according to Epaminondas Embiricos, chairman of the Greek Shipping Co-operation Committee.
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Keep Those Terms and Conditions Under Review
The importance of keeping your terms and conditions under review can be overlooked in the struggle to make bigger and better profits, writes Linda Jacques, partner at LA Marine, the specialist shipping and marine law team of Lester Aldridge solicitors.
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Port-Net Partners' 'Victory' Dinner
Prettys Solicitors sponsored a dinner last month to commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar which was attended by the Haven Gateway shipping community and visitors from about a dozen overseas European ports.
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New General Counsel at Associated British Ports
Associated British Ports has named Andrew Garner as the company''s new General Counsel in an appointment which became effective from the first of this month.
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Cosalt's Italian High Wire
Cosalt Safety & Protection has been appointed sole distributor in the UK and Ireland for Italian steel wire rope manufacturer Redaelli Tecna Cordati. In the marine environment this includes hoist and winch wires for dockside cranes and wires used in dredging and piling applications.
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News'Land Swap' Lands Port Facilities
A new quay and slipway facility at Polly Steps, beside the ABP Port of Teignmouth, was opened last month. The quay and slipway have been constructed as part of a ''land swap'' arrangement between Teignbridge District Council and ABP.
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Ceres Paragon Lifts Off
Amsterdam''s innovative Ceres Paragon container terminal, largely unused since its 2001 opening, has enjoyed a turnaround in its fortunes recently with two Grand Alliance loops now calling to bring an initial 200,000teu per year throughput. This has, in turn, seen the creation of Dutch Feeder Line, a twice weekly operation ...
