Offshore Wind Farms: Generating Renewable Energy for the UK
Many of us in the UK like to bemoan the often dreary weather. Yet, there are some advantages to being the windiest country in Europe. With the deepening of the climate crisis and the recent announcement that energy price caps will increase dramatically in April 2022, the demand for alternative renewable energy is rising. Fortunately, the UK is ideally placed to benefit from wind power: an entirely sustainable and limitless energy source. Since 2008, the UK has been the global
Tracking Cables in a Muddy River-Way
“Happy customers are your biggest advocates and can become your most successful sales team.” – Lisa Masiello JW Fishers Mfg has designed and manufactured underwater search equipment for over 50 years. Thanks to their customer base, JWF has achieved great success as a global leader in underwater electronics. The brand has become synonymous with quality, affordability, reliability, and superior customer service. It is critically important to JW Fishers that every customer is va
DLM Load Cells Measure Centre of Gravity
Dynamic Load Monitoring (DLM), of Southampton, UK, hired four, 100t capacity compressive load cells to Harlyn Solutions for centre of gravity testing. Harlyn, of Blyth, UK, specialises in engineering-led heavy transport. It moves large, complex pieces of equipment for clients that are often global leaders in their fields of expertise. In this instance, it was necessary to calculate the centre of gravity of a Pipe Line End Termination (PLET) prior to transportation. The load c
How Hydroscand Reduce Costly Downtime Through Effective Hose Maintenance
Forklift trucks are an expensive asset to your company. You invest in them because you need them to keep things moving. The last thing you want in your busy operation is for your FLT to be out of service. Downtime is expensive. Estimates on the cost of downtime range from £500 to £5,000 per hour depending on the size of your business. The optimum way of reducing downtime caused by hydraulics hose failure is to carry out regular maintenance checks on your hoses. By doing this,
Bahrain Defence Force Receives the World’s First Folding Workboat
The military force for the Kingdom of Bahrain has purchased an innovative self-propelled WorkFloat to support its growing naval fleet. Once afloat their 12m x 6m WorkFloat will provide a useful work platform for a range of support tasks in their Naval Port. It’s equipment includes a 10tm crane that can lift just under half a ton at 13m, a deck load capacity of over 10t, a 2t deck winch that can be used for mooring work, a central moon pool for drilling or GI work, full electr
Atlantic Towage & Marine Ltd Places Order with Damen Shipyards for a Multi Cat 2309
The Ireland-based marine services company Atlantic Towage & Marine Ltd has placed an order with Damen Shipyards for a Multi Cat 2309, the newest addition to Damen’s range of highly versatile, multipurpose workboats. Scheduled for delivery in the spring of 2023, it will play an important role in Atlantic Towage’s expansion beyond Ireland/UK and into mainland Europe. Atlantic Towage was founded in 2008 by managing director Sean Harrington. Since then, he has assembled a fleet o
Sabik Is Pleased to Bring to Market the M44H, Long Range Lantern for Lighthouses and Fixed Beacons
M44H is a cost-efficient lantern for applications with high-intensity requirements. It is available in one, two and three tier versions. Modularity allows intensity and product cost optimization according to range requirements at each site. M44H has wire synchronization and backup functionality as standard features. Several lanterns can be connected as one light system either to increase the intensity, to create beacons with multiple colors or to improve system reliability by
Williams Shipping Assist Boskalis in Southampton Dredging Project
THE REQUIREMENT Boskalis had been contracted to dredge the swinging ground at the DP World Container Terminal in Southampton Docks over a period of 5 weeks. They used their backhoe dredger “Odin”. With this sophisticated dredger they can remove material very precisely. She will then load four non-propelled Split Hopper Barges which will in turn be towed to the NAB or Hurst disposal site. The tugs involved are the Jersey Ports Dutchess and Duke of Normandy, Holyhead Towing’s A
