Dredging & Flood Defence – Page 31
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NewsMaasvlakte 2 Awarded to Van Oord and Boskalis
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has announced its intention to award the contract for the Maasvlakte 2 port extension project to a consortium consisting of Dutch dredging and marine construction majors Van Oord and Royal Boskalis Westminster. The contract was due to be signed at the beginning of 2008.
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NewsDredging Gears Up to Expansive Opportunities
When MJ' s founding editor Peter Moth and colleague Ian Cardwell took the first issue of Maritime Journal to the Europort exhibition in Amsterdam in 1987 the dredging industry was not enjoying one of its better moments. Recessionary forces were at play and many of the dredgers belonging to the ...
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NewsRemediating Pipelines in Shifting Sands
The Waterweg division of Dutch shipping company Acta Marine has recently completed the remedial lowering of a 48" diameter live gas pipeline across some 5.5km across the IJsselmeer in Northern Holland. Den Helder based Acta Marine Watereg, which can access a fleet of more than 60 workboats, conducted the operation ...
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News'Environmental Aspects of Dredging' in One Volume
The Dutch based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has published a new edition of ' Environmental Aspects of Dredging' in cooperation with the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC).
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NewsDredging Systems Readied in Mozambique
Swindon UK based hydrographic survey systems supplier Del Norte Technology Ltd has completed its contribution to the handover of the single pipe trailing suction hopper dredger ‘ M S Alacantara Santos’ from the Japanese shipbuilders Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to the Mozambique government' s dredging company, Emodraga.
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News'Pearl River' Heads Marseilles Expansion
Dredging is underway in the first phase of construction work on the Port of Marseilles Authority’ s Fos 2XL container terminal project. Due in service by 2010, two new terminals are being developed in partnership with private operators Port Synergy and MSC, increasing annual capacity at Fos from 600,000 to ...
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Newbuild Boom Continues for Renamed IHC
Having gained new orders to the value of € 650m during the summer, Dutch dredger builder IHC Holland Merwede (which announced a name change to IHC Merwede at Europort Maritime last month) has purchased the largest covered slipway in Europe at Krimpen aan den Ijssel, where it will build the ...
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NewsDredging Consultancy Luminaries Join Forces
Two of the big names in ports, dredging, and estuarine consultancy have come under one roof this month with the announcement that HR Wallingford has acquired Dredging Research Limited.
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NewsDredging to Improve Access to London
In the latest move to upgrade and invest in the infrastructure the Port of London Authority (PLA) recently awarded a £ 1.5m contract to Dredging International (UK ) for the deepening of the Princess Channel in the outer Thames Estuary, an area with deep channels close to large areas of ...
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NewsSeabed Visualisation Aids Dredging Precision
From its base at Beverley in East Yorkshire UK, SRD Ltd travelled to last month''s Offshore Europe exhibition where it introduced a new multibeam seabed visualisation, measurement and control system which produces live 3D images of the seabed. It is designed for dredging, levelling and excavation applications.
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News'Gambe d'Amfard' Begins Long Haul in Le Havre
owner Dragages Ports. The new 700 m3 grab hopper dredger, built by Damen Shipyards'' Galati yard in Romania, will undertake maintenance duties using either its grab crane or its trailing suction pipe at the port of Le Havre in France.
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NewsDredgers Commended for Mammoth Discovery
The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) has made special commendations for three sites operated by its member companies following their contributions to the advancement of marine archaeology and the understanding of our past.
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IHC Launches 'Abul' for Karachi Port
IHC Holland Merwede has launched the 6,000m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger ''Abul'' for Karachi Port Trust of Pakistan. Commissioning works continue in the Netherlands, with formal delivery scheduled for January 2008.
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NewsBoskalis and partners to build Khalifa Port
Royal Boskalis Westminster has received a letter of intent from Abu Dhabi Ports Company for the first construction phase of the new offshore Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi.
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NewsMajor Order for Van Oord Confirmed
Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has secured a number of important contracts in recent weeks.
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NewsJournal of Marine Aggregate Research Launched
A 250 page journal summarising the findings of over £ 9m of research related to marine aggregate dredging has been launched by the Marine Environment Protection Fund (MEPF) in the UK.
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Dubai Award for Van Oord
Dutch dredging and marine construction contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract for the re-design of Dubai Promenade.
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Boskalis wins major order in Russia
Van Oord’ s major Dutch rival, Royal Boskalis Westminster, has secured a large order from the Russian operation Rosstroy for the final phase in the completion of the storm barrier for St Petersburg.
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NewsSeawork Launch for Italian Dredger Range
Italy''s leading dredger manufacturer, Italdraghe S.p.A., is making its first ever appearance at Seawork this year as it seeks to expand its presence in the European marketplace.
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NewsSpring Cleaning for Port of Felixstowe
Westminster Dredging, UK subsidiary of Dutch giant Royal Boskalis Westminster, has been undertaking a typical maintenance dredging contract to benefit the berths and approaches of Felixstowe and Harwich International Port.
