Dredging & Flood Defence – Page 36
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NewsRecord Response for CEDA Dredging Days 2005
A record response to the Central Dredging Association ''s Call for Papers for CEDA Dredging Days 2005 hasprompted a decision to extend the conference to two and a half days.
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NewsComforts on Refitted Dredger
Fleetwood based Wyre Marine Services has recently completed dredging works at Stranraer Harbour in Scotland for the Dumfries & Galloway Council .
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NewsTsunami Dredger Rescued
The small dredger Diya-Kowulla , which was perfectly placed on a Galle Port quayside by the Indian Ocean tsunami, has been returned to the water in a salvage operation conducted by its original builders.
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Upbeat Mood at Boskalis AGM
The world''s largest dredging contractor, Royal Boskalis Westminster was in upbeat mood at its AGM in the Netherlands last month. CEO Rob van Gelder reported the company was off to a better start in 2005 than had been the case last year, with both turnover and the order book improved.
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NewsDredging Partnership Deepens Scapa Pier
The Danish backhoe dredger M/S Margrethe Fighter from the fleet of Peter Madsen Rederi A/S is carrying out works at Scapa Pier, Orkney in a joint venture project with the Shetland based engineering and marine contractor Tulloch Developments Ltd .
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NewsDOP On the Tops and Doing Just Swell
Damen Dredging Equipment (DDE) has delivered a specially designed DOP plain suction dredger to Dragon Oil inTurkmenistan, where it will work in heavy swell of up to 2m in the Caspian Sea keeping the access channel to the Port of Hazar clear. The custom built dredger was designed, built and ...
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NewsDutch Detail for US Dredger
Seattle USA based Manson Construction has ordered a dredging component package from VOSTA Inc for their 9,200 m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger currently under build at Alabama shipyards and due for delivery in October.
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NewsHeavy Cranes for Jan De Nul Cutter Suction Dredgers
Bergen based Dreggen Crane AS has won an order to supply electric gantry travelling deck cranes for two cutter suction dredgers being built at Tianjin Xinhe Shipbuilding in China for Belgian contractor Jan De Nul .
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Seawork Debut for ECO Dredging
Making its Seawork debut this year will be the Netherlands'' VIS Group , which includes Isle of Wight UK based small scale dredging specialists ECO Dredging Ltd .ECO Dredging will be a familiar name to many MJ readers, as for years the company has been dredging small rivers and canals, ...
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NewsSoftware Upgrade for Original 'Jumbo'
Belgian dredging contractor Dredging International hasordered a replacement from IHC Systems for the original Human Machine Interface (HMI) SCADA presentation system on its trailing suction hopper dredger Pearl River .
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NewsUK Dredging Secures New Contract
The Port of Bristol has awarded UK Dredging (UKD) a term contract to carry out the maintenance dredging of its dock entrances at Portbury and Avonmouth over the next three years.
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NewsAggregates Extraction Tales Toll on Marine Life, says WWF
A new report released by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) claims that the UK''s seas are ''in crisis, '' with key species in serious decline as a consequence of inadequate planning and poor management by the relevant authorities. Most worryingly, habitats, the basis of marine life, are being destroyed, threatening ...
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NewsEuropean Expertise in Chinese Newbuild
In January 2003 VOSTA LMG received an order from Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard for the design and supply of all dredging components for a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for the Chinese Harbor Authority Huanghua Port . The vessel was handed over in a festive ceremony on 11 November 2004, after ...
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News'Dredging: The Extremes' at CEDA Dredging Days
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has issued a first Call for Papers to be presented at CEDA Dredging Days , a conference which traditionally takes place alongside the Europort exhibition.
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NewsNew DHMS Makes Dutch Debut
Based at Zierikzee in the Netherlands, Seatec Underwater Systems BV hasunveiled its latest Dredge Head Monitoring System . It is designed to monitor the dredging process on various types of dredgers and is able to store all relevant data.
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IHC Holland Management Buy-Out
The Dutch group IHC Caland has advised that negotiations with Rabo Participates (RaPar) is likely to lead to the sale of its shipbuilding activities.
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Royal Boskalis' Vision of Recovery for the Industry
Fiercely competitive pricing has been blamed by the dredging industry''s largest company, Royal Boskalis Westminster , for ''modest'' net results for 2004 of ? 20? 25mon a turnover of approximately ? 1 billion.
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NewsDanish Dredger Does Wind Farm Duty
Late last November Peter Madsen Rederi A/S of Denmark was awarded the contract to install the external J-tubes to the 30 offshore wind turbines being erected in the Thames Estuary at Kentish Flats UK.
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Royal Haskoning Commissioned to Supervise Technical Work on Russian Storm Surge Barrier
St Petersburg in Russia repeatedly has to contend with serious flooding, and in October 2004 consultants Royal Haskoning were commissioned to supervise the technical work on a storm surge barrier that will prevent flooding in the future.
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OSIL Designs Innovative Sediment Transport Solution
BMM Meetdienst in Belgium has chosen OSIL to provide a high-tech sediment transport measurement solution. The system will be used to measure sediment direction and currents off the coast of Belgium in the North Sea.
