The keel laying of the largest cruise ship ever built for the British market took place yesterday, May 15 2013, at the Monfalcone shipyard of Fincantieri near Trieste, Italy. The P&O Cruises’ 141,000-ton cruise ship is scheduled to enter service in 2015. This next-generation ship will offer a stylish and innovative new design, with an [...]
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has received the Final Approval status from the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) for its Wärtsilä AQUARIUS® EC Ballast Water Management System. The approval was granted at the MEPC’s 65th session held at the IMO headquarters in London on 13th May 2013. [...]
Martek Marine is advising shipping companies that they are putting themselves at risk of facing corporate manslaughter charges if they do not carry an adequate number of maintained and certified gas detectors. European Marine Equipment Directive (MED) approval is a legal requirement for equipment aboard EU flagged vessels and a number of non-EU flag authorities [...]
Alnmaritec, the UK’s premier specialist boat builder, announced the recent delivery of a new 50 passenger ferry to the Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors JV who are currently building the Forth Replacement Crossing over the Firth of Forth for the client, the Scottish Government. The £790M new bridge will sit alongside the famous Forth Road and [...]
UK based marine exhaust specialist, Halyard, has announced yet another commercial success story with renowned Great Yarmouth based boat builder Alicat Workboats, to ensure its new four WFSV (Wind Farm Support Vessels) remain quiet on the water and to provide increased comfort for those on board. With a growing need for all commercial vessels to [...]
CWind has placed an order for a second CWhisper SWATH, an innovative 19.5m composite workboat designed and built by Essex-based CTruk. CWind Astute, which features CTruk’s patent-applied moveable wheelhouse and pod system, launched in August last year and underwent sea trials before starting work on contract to Siemens on the London Array Offshore Wind Farm. [...]
Warsash Maritime Academy will reaffirm its place as a world-leading training platform for seafaring pilots, masters and ships officers when it welcomes the eighth scaled ship model to its fleet in May 2013. It will be the first container ship to join the existing fleet at Southampton Solent University’s Ship Handling Centre when it is [...]
Alliance Boats announced their first boat, the Alliance 9. Several years of research and development have gone into creating the multi-hulled Alliance 9 by renowned designer Adam Younger. The patent pending design promises to be smoother riding, more stable, faster and safer than any existing single engine boat of similar size in offshore conditions. The [...]
Noble Corporation today announced that the Company has been awarded a drilling contract by Statoil for a newbuild ultra-high specification jackup for use in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea. The initial contract is for four years and is anticipated to commence during the third quarter of 2016. The total estimated value of [...]
The first of Austal’s revolutionary TRI SWATH wind farm support vessels has arrived in Europe. The 27 metre Cable Bay was built for Turbine Transfers at Austal’s shipyard in the Philippines. The vessel was offloaded in Southampton, with the process and handover to the owner overseen by technical staff from Austal’s UK office. Austal says [...]
