IHC Merwede has chosen the Marintec exhibition to launch its first-ever Chinese-made cutter suction dredger – the IHC 8527MP, a design specially aimed at the Chinese market. The dredger was designed for China and will be 100 per cent built in China.
Iran has freed five Britons who had been detained in the Gulf after their yacht apparently strayed into Iranian waters, state radio reported on Wednesday. ”After getting necessary guarantees, Iran released the five,” state radio quoted a statement issued by the Revolutionary Guards who are responsib
Orion Expedition Cruises, Australia’s only international-standard, five-star expedition cruise line, increases the size of its fleet with the addition of the Orion II, a second specialist expedition ship which will join the line’s existing 106-passenger Orion. The ship, configured to the brand’s exa
Wales’ largest wind farm – the Rhyl Flats off the coast of north Wales – is to be opened officially by Welsh Secretary Peter Hain in Llandudno later. The off shore wind farm is expected to be fully operational by the end of the month. BBC Wales’ environment correspondent Iolo ap Dafydd visits the si
As from December 1 the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Mr Franz Zauner, the Rotterdam Representative for Austria and Slovakia have renewed their contract. This reaffirms the importance of these countries for the port of Rotterdam. Zauner is representing the port for almost six years now and operates
Heerema Hartlepool, one of the fabrication locations of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), has been awarded a contract to fabricate and load out two substation platform topsides for the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm by AREVA T&D UK Ltd on behalf of owners Statoil (formerly StatoilHydro) and Stat
A good example of Cargotec’s focus on environmentally-responsible engineering solutions is MacRack, an electric-drive innovation for MacGregor side-rolling hatch covers which combines two operations: raising a cover, and moving it sideways to open or close the hatch. Cargotec has launched MacRack, a
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. new deepwater pipelay vessel, Caesar, departed the shipyard in China on November 28, and is transiting to the Gulf of Mexico where she will join the company’s subsea construction fleet. Caesar is a dynamically positioned (DP2) pipelay vessel capable of laying large
Lloyd’s Register (China) [LRCS] and Shenzhen-listed Shanghai Bestway Marine Engineering Design (Bestway) are to jointly develop a new fuel-efficient bulk carrier in response to increasing pressure from owners and regulators for shipbuilders to offer environmentally friendlier and more cost-effective
Danish marine specialist Gertsen & Olufsen has received its first order for electric vibration compensators from the growing shipbuilding market in Brazil. The company has initially been asked to supply vibration compensators to four Petrobras 48-ton product tankers and five Eisa 2,700-ton container
St. George’s has completed phase one of its plan to turn the town into a mega-yacht destination and is already seeing results. Mark Soares, owner of Bermuda Yacht Services, has adapted the cruise ship terminal building on Ordnance Island into a lounge for visiting yachtsmen, complete with couches an
Scottish fishing leaders have warned a fair deal is vital as the second round of EU and Norwegian talks begin. Some of the initial process in November was described as “appalling” by Scottish Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead.
A new ship simulator – said to be the world’s biggest – has been unveiled. Cruise company Carnival has built the £5m machine to train ship captains and officers to deal with extreme conditions and emergencies.
Damen Shipyards Gorinchem, the Netherlands, has recently delivered the first of four tugs to the Egyptian Navy. According to Ronald Maat, Sales Manager for North-East Africa, this was not the first time that Damen has provided vessels to the Egyptian Navy.
