News 2-10 – Page 309
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NewsCarbon Fibre Propellers Launch
While the marine industries have enjoyed the advent of carbon fibre technology for masts, hulls and other maritime applications, propeller technology had seen little similar benefit over recent years.
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Strandings and Their Causes (2nd Edition)
This book is a companion volume to Collisions and Their Causes (3rd Edition) by the same author, which was reviewed in MJ last October.
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Glory Days: British Ferries
For all the changes that have arisen through its membership of the European Union, Great Britain remains an island nation.
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ISPS Code: A Practical Guide
In the wake of the terrorist atrocities of 11 September 2001, the IMO''s Maritime Safety Committee and its Intersessional Working Group began paving the way for the Maritime Security Conference held at the IMO''s London HQ in December 2002.
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Conference Highlights Key Coast Defence Issues
The proceedings of a recent conference addressing coastal defences and breakwaters and their design and construction will soon be available on the web, at http: //conzone.org.uk.
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NewsMarine Finance From Dragon Boating Champ
Bank of Scotland Marine Finance , whose expanding focus on the commercial marine sector was evidenced by its participation as an exhibitor at seawork2003 last month, employs people whose involvement in marine pursuits extends to outside of working hours.
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Realistic Risk Proposals for Global Port Security
The proposed regulation by The Commission of The European Communities to enhance ship and port facility security should be considered by agricultural, manufacturing, transport, port authorities and insurance industries globally.
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NewsGeotechnical Survey Precedes Canary Wharf Development
A detailed marine site investigation has been completed in London which will be used in the design and construction of the proposed BP4 tower development at the Canary Wharf complex on the Isle of Dogs. The major geotechnical survey was conducted by Cornwall UK based Seacore for client Canary Wharf ...
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Portsmouth Proposals for Marine Works Bonanza
Proposals unveiled last month for a major £ 200m revamp of Portsmouth Naval Base to accommodate a new generation of larger warships include dredging the existing fairway 10ft deeper or creating a completely new channel which would pass near the wreck site of Henry VIII''s flagship, the Mary Rose .
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Terminal Chalks up First Year Success
What is said to be Europes most advanced handling facility, the unique high-tech Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) in Hamburg has handled morethan half a million TEUs in its first year of operation.
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Sustainability Research Study on Coastal Defences at Roa Island
A vital causeway that links the residents of Roa Island, just off the northwest coast of England, to the mainland at Rampside in Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, is the focus of important sustainability research after being identified in a Government initiated Shoreline Management Plan that ensures each coastal county in the ...
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One Small Step For Mankind
With less than a year to run before all vessels trading internationally must be in compliance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code, Det Norsk Veritas announced that the Bergsen-owned LNG tanker Berge Boston had become the first vessel to ever receive the International Ship Security Certificate.
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Pacific Into the Thames
VT Halmatic has secured an order for a Pacific 28 RIB for London''s Metropolitan Police Service . The new boat will join the Met''s existing Pacific 24 RIBs in patrolling the River Thames and its approaches. The boat will be powered by twin Yamaha marine diesels to provide an operational ...
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News£4 Million Marine Construction at Port of Plymouth
Associated British Ports (ABP) will invest over £ 4m in major construction works at Millbay Docks at its Port of Plymouth in preparation for the arrival of Brittany Ferries' new superferry Pont Aven , which will enter service in April of next year.
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Stemat Opens Website
Rotterdam-based marine services provider Stemat launched a website on the first of this month which enables customers to view the company''s complete equipment list in detail.
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NewsShipbuilding Century Closes at Woolston
The launch last month of HMS Mersey brought an end to nearly 100 years of shipbuilding for the British Royal Navy by VT (formerly Vosper Thornycroft ) at its Woolston shipyard in Southampton.
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A&R Hands Over Second New German Patrol Boat
The second of three much-praised, multi-functional patrol boats for the German Coastguard has been named and put into service by Parliamentary Secretary of State Ute Vogt after completion at Abeking & Rasmussen.
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NewsROV Diffuses Nearshore Survey Risk
The trend to deploy ROVs in nearshore applications gained further momentum recently when Dean & Dyball used an ROV provided by Subsea Vision to survey power station pipeline diffusers off the coast of West Dorset UK. It is the first time an ROV has been used to perform tasks previously ...
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Mersey Docks Redevelopment Plans Approved
The joint application from the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company and the UK''s national regeneration agency, English Partnerships, to transform 31 hectares of Liverpool''s waterfront into a major residential and leisure village has been given the go-ahead by the City Council''s Planning Committee.
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NewsWorld's First Offshore Tidal Current Turbine Installed
A potentially significant new category of marine construction activity emerged in late May when the world''s first offshore tidal current turbine was successfully installed approximately 3km to the northeast of Lynmouth off the coast of North Devon UK.
