Industry News – Page 85
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NewsEuropean Fisheries Control Agency patrol vessel charter
Aberdeen, UK-based Sentinel Marine has been awarded a contract to provide a patrol vessel to be chartered by the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) in international and EU waters.
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NewsRolls marine sale won’t affect power systems
Rolls-Royce’s MTU & Bergen Engines businesses will be unaffected by the company’s plans to consider selling its commercial marine business.
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NewsOne-stop-shop for marine and offshore expertise
Three marine offshore companies have formed a joint venture to offer what they say is a more comprehensive product to the market.
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NewsMaRINET2 calls for renewable test applications
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is encouraging renewables developers and stakeholders to apply for access to the centre’s test facilities under the auspices of the MaRINET2 initiative.
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News'DC Orisant' launched
Royal IHC has named and launched the multi-purpose 5,450m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ‘DC Orisant’, commissioned for a joint venture between Den Herder (Reimerswaal Dredging) and Group de Cloedt.
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NewsDutch firm invests in industrial size 3D printer for maritime industry
Royal Roos, a Rotterdam based marine engineering company has entered into a cooperation with 3D printer manufacturer CEAD B.V. to develop and build an industrial size CFAM 3D printer with a view to using it to create components for the maritime industry.
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NewsKriegers Flak foundations transported
Foundations for the Danish offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak are on their way to the site from Port of Ostend.
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NewsDWB survey boat completes first rental project with Van Oord
Back in September 2017 DutchWorkboats launched one of its Fast Survey Boat 7.50s. Straight after trials it was rented out to Van Oord to conduct multibeam surveys at its dredging project in the Cork port channel (Ireland).
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NewsBusiness is focus of new conference
Nor-Shipping is launching a conference to facilitate discussion of maritime business potential and opportunities.
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NewsProject milestone for polar research ship build
International heavy transportation and lifting contractor ALE has lifted the partly completed polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough from fabrication hall to slipway so construction of the bow can be completed.
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NewsAxess to certify Statkraft wind farms
Statkraft has chosen Axess Group as its Enterprise of Competence partner for all its Norwegian wind farms.
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NewsWorkboat champion receives MBE
A highly respected marine surveyor and the founder of the National Workboat Association (NWA) has been awarded an MBE for ‘Services to UK Shipping’.
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NewsASAP Supplies to open UK branches
UK marine equipment supplier ASAP Supplies will open a series of UK branches to offer a more localised service.
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NewsMaritime cyber risk awareness ‘barrelling forward at full pelt’
According to Sarah Stephens of cyber risk advisers JLT Specialty, 2017 will perhaps be remembered for, among other things, being the year that awareness of cyber incidents in the shipping and maritime industry started barrelling forward at full pelt.
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NewsAndrew Tierney: Pen Test Partners
“Workboats remain one of the most risky environments, they have to deal with bad weather and a range of tricky operations,” said Andrew Tierney of Pen Test Partners. “That desensitises people to lesser risks, risks that these days are much more likely. Like cyber attack.”
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NewsParker Kittiwake guidance on condition monitoring
Because heavy fuel oil is still the fuel of choice for many operators, Parker Kittiwake has produced comprehensive guidance on how to implement good housekeeping policies for fuel, hydraulic, and lubricating oil.
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NewsSeason’s Greetings from Maritime Journal
Maritime Journal would like to wish all of our supporters and readers season’s greetings and send our very best wishes for a happy and successful 2018.
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NewsBurgess Marine partly sold after administration
Following its administration Burgess Marine assets have been partly sold off to Southampton Marine Services (SMS) saving some jobs at the company with maybe more to follow.
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NewsMulti camera recording system
GOST (Global Ocean Security Technologies), a US manufacturer of marine security, tracking, monitoring and video surveillance systems has showcased the next generation higher resolution GOST Watch HD H2O XVR video recording system at the recent Workboat Show.
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NewsSchottel Hydro pulls out of Canadian project
Germany’s Schottel Hydro and its wholly owned subsidiaries TidalStream Ltd. (TSL) and Black Rock Tidal Power (BRTP) have revised their business strategy to concentrate on the smaller floating platforms such as SME’s recently successfully trialled PLAT-I platform, pulling investment out of the large, multi-turbine TRITON Project in Canada.
