“How to make ships more efficient?” This was the key question posed today by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) at the Nor-Shipping trade fair in Oslo. At a press conference, the classification society and technical assurance and consulting company informed about its green initiatives, current market developme
The new 300 foot (91.5 meter) yacht was designed by E. Kevin Schopfer with Sparkman Stephens, Naval Architects. The design’s main inspiration comes from the symbol for infinity which has been abstractly expressed within the yacht’s elevation. The two major features of the yacht asserted by this clos
The owners of the QE2 have denied speculation that the cruise ship will be sold on instead of being turned into a floating hotel. Cunard sold the Southampton-based liner for £50m to real estate developer Nakheel in the United Arab Emirates. The company has told the BBC the ship will not be sold off,
The salvage operation to remove the final section of the wrecked container ship MSC Napoli has been delayed. Salvors working to raise the remains of the stern from the sea bed off the Devon coast said the operation could take at least another week. They said the wreckage of the stricken ship had bec
Coastal areas in the South East have been particularly badly hit during the recession, a new report has shown. The latest regional economic report by the South East England Development Agency (Seeda) shows unemployment rates to be highest near ports. Despite the region’s 3% unemployment rate, some a
Workers from the Humber ports have staged a protest march over plans to change their shift patterns. More than 100 staff from the ports of Goole, Grimsby, Hull and Immingham took part in Saturday’s event in Grimsby organised by the Unite union. Unite accused Associated British Ports (ABP) of using t
The world’s first floating wind turbine was towed out to sea this weekend. Statoil’s Alexandra Beck Gjorv told the BBC the technology, the Hywind, to be put off Norway’s coast – “should help move offshore wind farms out of sight”. And it could lead to offshore wind farms eventually being located man
Personal locator beacons are set to be reintroduced for workers on helicopters flying offshore. The devices were withdrawn after they were found to have interfered with rescue equipment after a Super Puma ditched into the North Sea in February. The UK offshore oil and gas industry is planning to bri
Upside down, inside out and round and round pretty much sums up the last 24 hours as the fleet wrestled its way down the Channel in desperately tricky conditions. The breeze has been spinning around, the tides swinging (it’s Diva day) between low and high, and the leaderboard in a constant state of
The Scottish Venture Fund and Energy Ventures have provided a £2m funding boost for a technology that could aid in the recovery of stranded oil reserves. Sigma Offshore will use the money to further develop its Smart Mooring System (SMS), which connects FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloadi
A week prior to the start of the Zwitserleven Sailing Week on Texel/Netherlands, the organization registered 475 pre-entered cats. In addition, 46 windsurfers qualified for the Worlds Slalom Windsurfing, which is part of the high performance event. The participants represent about twenty countries a
Alewijnse Marine Systems has recently signed contracts with IHC Dredgers BV for the complete electrical installation of a 4200 m³ twin screw trailing suction hopper dredger. Next to that, Alewijnse is working on automation systems for two 7500 m³ trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD) and one side
World leader in heavy lift & crane operations Heerema Marine Contractors installs a customized OCTOPUS-Onboard system on the semi-submersible pipelay vessel Balder. Onboard decision support will be given to minimize fatigue damage in the J-Lay Tower during transit. Amarcon is a Dutch company, specia
Fugro has agreed in principle to acquire the Tenix LADS business from the Australian based company Tenix Pty Ltd. Tenix LADS is a leading global provider of Airborne Hydrographic services, which uses lasers to measure water depths. The laser technology (known as LIDAR) in use is a LADS proprietary s
