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News'Crystal' Clears the Way for Cleaner Seas
The Seacore jack-up barge Excalibur has recently been mobilised as part of Southern Water''s £ 80m wastewater treatment scheme that is expected to bring ''unprecedented environmental improvements'' to the Kent coastal towns of Broadstairs and Margate.
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O Cuiv Approves €3.9m for Marine Works
Eamon O Cuiv T D, Ireland''s Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, has announced that he has approved 3.9m of funding for major marine works on the island of Inishbofin in County Galway.
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Conference and Workshop
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has announced details of an important two-day conference and workshop on contract management for dredging and maritime construction The event will be held in London in October 2006 and will be organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) on behalf of CEDA and the ...
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News'No Comment' is Good News on Dublin's New Pontoons
Whilst Dublin''s new water bus Spirit of Dockland''s and its Liffey Voyage have been the focus of much media attention and admiration, no one seems to have noticed the equally impressive pontoons that are an essential part of the same initiative.
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NewsUkraine's Plans for Danube Questioned by UNECE Report
The Ukraine''s plans to upgrade a shipping channel in the Danube Delta will endanger local wildlife by destroying the habitats of birds and fish, a UN panel said recently.
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Conference Will Navigate the Water Framework Directive
PIANC, together with its partners in the Navigation Task Group on the Water Framework Directive, will host a conference on the EU''s Water Framework Directive and the issues it raises for ports, navigation and dredging in Brussels on 31 January 2007.
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News'Mega Trailer' Dredging for Shams Abu Dhabi
Royal Boskalis Westminster''s mega trailer Queen of the Netherlands has begun dredging and reclamation operations in the waters of Abu Dhabi for Sorouh Real Estate''s Shams Abu Dhabi project on Reem Island.
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NewsBoskalis Acquires Large Contracts in Russia
Dutch dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster has won two large contracts in Russia. In St Petersburg, Boskalis will dredge a new access channel from the sea. In Varandey, Boskalis is involved in the construction of two oil pipelines of 20km each in the Barents Sea. The total contract value of ...
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CEDA Unveils Technical Dictionary
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA), along with PIANC and other sister organizations IAPH, IALA and IHO, are working together to jointly release a ''Water Dictionary'' with an improved structure and content.
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NewsGTS Subsea Completes Coring Contract
GTS Subsea, the Surrey and Somerset based independent site investigation business, has successfully completed its part of a cable route survey between Oban and Mull.
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DSB Acquires Yarmouth Shipping
International shipbrokers DSB Offshore have acquired the business of specialist tug broker Yarmouth Shipping Company Limited, which recently completed the sale of two 50 ton bollard pull tugs from BHP Billiton in Western Australia to Italian interests.
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NewsRenewables Nuked in UK Energy Review
In announcing its long awaited Energy Review last month, the British Government committed to extending the Renewables Obligation (RO) from 15% to 20% for green energy sources including wave, tidal and offshore wind power.
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Marine Society's 250th
Her Majesty The Queen was the principal guest last month when The Marine Society & Sea Cadets celebrated the 250th anniversary of the UK''s most enduring maritime charity. Speaking at the reception in Greenwich on board the Royal Navy''s amphibious assault ship HMS Albion, Vice Admiral Sir Tom Blackburn KCVO ...
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Multidocker Will Boost Throughput at Ridham Dock
The recent arrival of a new high-tech multi-purpose cargo handling crane promises to speed up throughput at the busy Kentish port of Ridham Dock in the UK. Purchased by Ridham Sea Terminals Ltd (RST) the new machine, a Swedish built Multidocker CH65C, started work at one of the three berths ...
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VTMS Wins Waterford Contract
Leicestershire based Vessel Traffic Management Systems (VTMS) is establishing an Irish base at Waterford Container Terminal in Belview after being awarded a maintenance contract by Port of Waterford.
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NewsGLAs Make 'The Case for eLoran'
Continuing the theme of operational efficiency in our coverage of the Trinity House Technical Open Day in Harwich last month, the General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) of the UK and Ireland have released The Case for eLoran.
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Boskalis Buys Cofra
Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has boosted its 51% holding in geosynthetics for civil engineering specialist Cofra to full ownership. The acquisition strengthens Boskalis'' position in the global market for specialist soil improvement techniques. Cofra has concentrated on methods of soil improvement for the construction of infrastructure projects and ...
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SASMEX Sails Home
It identifies how enhanced Loran (eLoran) will secure the safe, low risk and cost effective mix of Aids to Navigation (AtoN) needed for the benefit and safety of all mariners around the British Isles.The Safety at Sea and Marine Equipment Exhibition (SASMEX), which Safety at Sea International magazine hosted for ...
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NewsEnvironmental Offset at New Ro-Ro Terminal
The DFDS Nordic Terminal Riverside, the new £ 35m development at Associated British Ports'' Port of Immingham was opened last month on the day which marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the construction of the Immingham Dock.
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News'Personal Everest' of Seawork Sibling
Visitors to the Ohmex Ltd stand at Seawork 2006 may have found more on display than just the portable hydrographic survey instruments which drew them there. Ohmex man Ted Read was also drawing attention to the efforts of his brother, disabled yachtsman Geoff Holt, to mount the Round Britain Challenge ...
