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• Emden plans new deepwater port

  More than 20 years after it gave up on a new port in the Dollart Hafen, the north German port city of Emden is reviving plans for an additional port. 03 Jun 2010

• Complex considerations for Maltese breakwater project

  Malta, explains Nigel West of ABPMer, has an enormous strategic importance for the marine industry, and consequently an equally large maritime built environment. This in itself generates a background complexity for marine structures in the area, and Marsaxlokk fishing village is no exception. 28 May 2010

• Concrete evidence that change is needed

  The use of concrete in maritime engineering – a good practice manual (C674) will be launched on 8 July 2010 in London by the Construction Industry Research & Information Association (CIRIA). 27 May 2010

• Belgian Prince visits DEME project in Brazil

  Prince Filip of Belgium recently visited a remediation project being executed by DEME subsidiary DEC during his visit to Brazil on behalf of Flanders Investment & Trade. 27 May 2010

• Construction of Maasvlakte 2 enters new phase

  The Port of Rotterdam says construction of the Maasvlakte 2 project continues to proceed well. 27 May 2010

• Fugro awarded survey deal

  African Minerals Limited has awarded a contract for a site investigation project related to the development of Freetown Port in Sierra Leone to Fugro. 27 May 2010

• Shetland Islands Council to dredge Scalloway Harbour

  The Shetland Islands Council is to invest £3m this year in dredging Scalloway Harbour. The work will create a channel 8.5m deep by 100m wide, and straighten the approaches into the harbour. The harbour board had originally hoped to dredge to 9.5m, but this was deemed too expensive. 27 May 2010

• Dutch water expertise called upon in South Korea

  In the presence of Dutch Prime Minister, DHV consulting engineers and Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the Gyeong-in Ara Waterway. 27 May 2010

• CIRIA updates beach manual

  The Construction Industry Research & Information Association (CIRIA) in the UK is launching an updated version of its Beach management manual. 27 May 2010

• Boskalis to construct LNG port in Poland

  Royal Boskalis Westminster NV has been awarded a contract for the construction of a new LNG port at Swinoujscie, near Szczecin in Poland. The total contract value is approximately €170m with Boskalis' share amounting to approximately €75m. 27 May 2010

• Portland Marina ready for 2012 Olympics

  Walcon Marine in the UK has announced that the facilities for the sailing element of the 2012 Olympics are among the first to be completed for that event. 27 May 2010

• Pumping the dock dry for caisson refurbishment

  Faced with the requirement to pump 3m litres of water from Liverpool’s Langton Dock in just three hours, with potentially serious and costly consequences if things went wrong, Exsel Pumps decided to rely on variable speed drive systems from Ralspeed to control the pumps it would use for the challenging project. 27 May 2010

• River Tees looks to a green future

  In order to accommodate the growing number of bigger ships, especially those associated with the new alternative power industries, AV Dawson on the River Tees is developing plans that take advantage of a ‘greener’ future. 27 May 2010

• Piling success boosts pier maintenance project

  Worthing Borough Council on the UK south coast is currently performing essential maintenance to the timber framed landing stage that surrounds the end of the West Sussex town’s approximate 150 year old Grade II listed pier. 27 May 2010

• Work starts on new Forth Crossing

  Marine investigative work has started in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, on the Forth Replacement Crossing, the proposed structure to replace the existing Forth Road Bridge. 27 May 2010