Coastal Erosion Comes Under Scrutiny

01 Jun 2002

A newly developed model for predicting coastal erosion came under the spotlight at a recent conference at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London. 

English Nature: No Change on Marine Conservation Areas

01 Jun 2002

English Nature, the statutory body responsible for advising the UK government on the designation of marine Special Areas of Conservation (marine SACs) has confirmed that it does not intend to alter the way it designates the areas, even though a study it has recently completed indicates that other countries in Europe clearly use different, less stringent criteria to do so. 

'Unsinkable' Replacement Pontoon Brings Wapping Great Success

01 Jun 2002

With its 40 year old pontoon prone to leaking and sinking, London's Metropolitan Police were in need of an 'unsinkable' replacement at the Wapping Boat Yard on the river Thames. 

seawork Exhibitor Wins Groyne Innovation Award

01 Jun 2002

Portsmouth UK-based Plasti Ltd, which will be exhibiting at seawork2002, has won a prestigious Government SMART Development Award to develop, construct and install a beach groyne using patented composite piles in combination with other sustainable materials. 

HR Wallingford Studies Coastal Defence Materials

01 Jun 2002

HR Wallingford, the UK-based marine engineering consultants, has begun work on a project which, it is anticipated, will be of considerable interest to marine contractors, builders, and local authorities who are involved in sea defence or river protection works. 

IJmuiden's Third Harbour Gets Ready to RoRo

01 Jun 2002

The Third Harbour at the Dutch port of IJmuiden is nearing completion and is expecting to receive business by the end of this year. Despite problems such as weak surface layers that were discovered only after digging had begun and the need to relocate a protected species of sand lizard, the development is only six months behind its original schedule. 

Titan Surveys Possible Boxport Development

01 Jun 2002

A trend has developed in the Americas to place container trans-shipment ports off the eastern seaboard of the goods-hungry USA. North-south trade along the Atlantic coast and east-west traffic with Europe utilise these facilities.