Dredging & Flood Defence – Page 35
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NewsMass Flow Excavator Mobilised
Subsea equipment and service provider Scan Tech UK launched a new HydroDigger, claimed to be the world''s largest mass flow excavator, from their Bridge of Don premises recently.
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NewsDutch Deal for Largest India Built CSD
Amsterdam based VOSTA LMG has received a contract from Indian partner shipyard Mazagon Dock Limited for the supply of an engineering and component package for a 1,500kW cutter suction dredger (csd) which will be the largest such vessel ever to be built at an Indian shipyard. The order for Mazagon ...
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NewsIncreasing Demand for IHC Dredgers
Prolific Dutch dredger builders IHC Holland Merwede have made a flying start on 2006 with new orders booked to the value of ?250m. The orders suggest that IHC shipyards at Kinderdijk, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Sliedrecht, Delfgauw, Goes and Litostroj (in Slovenia) will be utilised through most of 2007.
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Marine Study Begins for Oman's 'Blue City' New Development
The Sultanate of Oman will be the location for the latest self-contained residential and tourist complex in the Middle East when the US$15bn Blue City project gets under way.
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NewsBearings Bear Up In Tough Conditions
Canada''s Thordon Bearings Inc has been making significant gains in the global market for cutter suction dredger cutterhead shaft bearings.
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NewsImproved Density Gauge Ignores Bad Vibes
The dredging process is often noted for the instability of equipment on board brought about by high levels of vibration. The condition can apply to electronics such as dredged material density detectors mounted directly on the dredge pipe. Damen Dredging Equipment and Thermo Electron have recently collaborated to produce a ...
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NewsDredging Solution Sparks Interest from China and Hong Kong
International ties between the UK and Chinese dredging and marine research sectors were bolstered recently when Associated British Ports hosted the visits of a delegation from Shenzhen, China, and Hong Kong.
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West Lakes Renaissance Appoints Royal Haskoning for Regeneration
Royal Haskoning is heading one of two consortia that have been appointed as principal consultants under a framework agreement with West Lakes Renaissance (WLR), the urban regeneration company for West Cumbria. The consortium also includes regeneration consultants DTZ, architects Green Design Group, landscape and urban designers Insite Environments and transportation ...
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NewsContract to Monitor Poole Dredging Operations
Poole Harbour Commissioners in Dorset UK has awarded Partrac Ltd a contract to continuously monitor dredging operations in Poole harbour over a five month period which commenced in November.
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NewsPrecise Positioning Helps Island Builders
Trimble has provided details of the work that it is doing in support of dredging contractor Van Oord NV of the Netherlands on the huge land reclamation projects it is working on in the Middle East.
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UK Dredging's New Irish Contract
UK Dredging (UKD), a division of Associated British Ports, recently signed a three year maintenance dredging contract with the Port of Waterford in Ireland to maintain its harbour''s waterways.
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NewsBig Teeth Guard Europort Entrance
International dredging engineers and contractors VOSTA LMG will be the first exhibitors visitors see upon arrival at Europort Maritime .
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NewsSeatools in Demand
Netherland based Seatools BV has won an order for two real-time dredging monitoring systems from their DredgeMate line of products.
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NewsPre-Dredge Survey for 'Queen Mary 2'
During the summer, the cruise liner Queen Mary 2 visited the Scottish Highlands, berthing at Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth. The week running up to the arrival of QM2 was a time of excited anticipation by local people and feverish activity by the port authority. At 345m long and drawing ...
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News'Terra et Aqua' 100 Celebrated
The International Association of Dredging Contractors celebrated its 40th anniversary last month with the 100th edition of Terra et Aqua , the magazine which has been its flagship publication since 1972 and one of the main means by which dredging information is disseminated to the world at large.
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Van Oord Wins More Work in UK and Russia
Van Oord in the Netherlands has been award the Rochester Riverside Development atRochester in the UK and a major contract in Russia.
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Abu Dhabi Dredging Tender
Aldar Properties in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has invited a total of eight dredging contractors to tender for the dredging and reclamation contract at Abu Dhabi''s forthcoming Al Raha beach development.
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NewsUK Dredging Extends its Reach
UK Dredging (UKD), Associated British Ports'' (ABP) dredging arm, ''moved from strength to strength'' in the first half of 2006, said the company in a statement issued in September, with its fleet employed in both ABP and third-party dredging works.
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Van Oord Consortium Wins Extension Project
Netherlands based Van Oord has been awarded a contract for the extension of the coal terminal and port basin at the Port of Richards Bay , South Africa. The client is the National Ports Authority of South Africa . The project will be executed in cooperation with several local companies ...
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NewsSubmersible Drive Motors for the Dredging Industries
Dutch Elektromotorenfabriek Nijmegen (EN) has introduced a new series of submersible motors which are used for submersible drives in the sand and gravel dredging industries. The oil or dry filled units can be supplied in any frame size at power ratings up to 6,500kW at 4,150V and at speeds to ...
