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  • Proposed works at the UK Port of Felixstowe will add 1,350m of quay dredged to 16m alongside.
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    Felixstowe Applies for New Box Terminal

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd (HPUK) , on behalf of its subsidiary Port of Felixstowe, formally applied last month to Suffolk Coastal District Council for planning permission to reconfigure the southern part of the port.

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    European Renewables Conference Set For Berlin

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The European Conference for Renewable Energy - Intelligent Policy Options has been schedule for 19 to 21 January 2004 in Berlin.

  • The new Vosta T tooth system for cutter suction dredgers will improve safety for crew while also reducing the overall cost of dredging works.
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    Klaas Act at CEDA Dredging Days

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The cutter suction dredger is the beast of the industry, called upon when the going gets extremely tough and it is necessary to cut through hard compacted soils or solid rock in works such as the deepening of harbours and fairways.

  • The Moog Bridge Inspection Platform spans the full width of St Georges Bridge.
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    Facelift for St George's

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The 675m long St George''s Bridge at Doncaster crosses the South Yorkshire Navigation Canal, River Don and the East Coast Main Line.

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    Gareloch Celebrates Busy Birthday

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Scotland''s Gareloch Support Services (Plant) Ltd is celebrating 15 years in the commercial marine support industry with its marine civils department typically busy on a UK west coast project repairing all load bearing piles on a jetty. The job involves the removal of old steel casings and the injection of ...

  • Walcons new self-propelled piling barge is believed to be the first vessel of its type built in the UK.
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    New 24m Piling Barge Under Build for Walcon Marine

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Fareham UK based Walcon Marine , specialists in the design, manufacture and installation of marinas, has purchased a new 24m piling barge which is currently under construction at the Aveco Shipyard on Teesside. The design was developed by Walcon Marine with the detailed design and project management by John Pattison ...

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    Van Oord ACZ Chosen for Kent Coastal Protection Contract

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Van Oord ACZ Ltd has been chosen by the UK''s Shepway District Council to carry out one of the biggest coastal protection schemes ever planned for the district''s shoreline. The £ 17m Hythe to Folkestone Harbour Coast Protection Scheme is designed to protect against flooding and erosion for the next ...

  • Waves impact upon a scale model of the proposed Turner Centre in a test facility at HR Wallingford.
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    Wave Study Tests Art Centre Design

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The design team for a proposed international venue for the visual arts is working with marine engineering experts at HR Wallingford to test the forces of waves which will crash into the gallery and stone pier structures at its coastal location in Margate, Kent UK.

  • With the Castoro Sei pipe laying vessel in the background, the vital gas pipeline link is pulled ashore between the flanks of a cofferdam which crosses the sand dunes at Gela in Sicily.
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    Landfall Works Complete Africa/Europe Pipeline Link

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Constructing two delicate landfalls in Sicily and Libya, the Belgian DEME Group is creating the tailpiece for linking North African gas resources to the European mainland. The work is being executed by Sidra , DEME''s Italian subsidiary, and Tideway , the specialised DEME subsidiary which services the global oil and ...

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    Barrow to Get 400-berth Marina

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Barrow-in-Furness in the northwest of the UK is to have a 400-berth marina built as part of a wide-ranging £ 40 million plan to regenerate the town. If the project as a whole goes ahead as planned, it should create many jobs and bring hundreds of acres of dockland back ...

  • Above left: A tug tows one of the huge concrete blocks to its destination.
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    Innovative Technology Employed at Port of Cartagena

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    An innovative solution has been adopted to speed up the construction of new jetties at the Spanish port of Cartagena, in the province of Murcia in the south of Spain.

  • Part of the site of the old Vosper Thornycroft shipyard - seen here - could be used as a marina.
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    Shipyards Could Become Sites for Marinas

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Two former shipyards in the UK, one in the northeast and one on the south coast, could become sites for new marinas.

  • SandPit will help to determine the environmental effects of aggregates dredging.
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    Aggregates Researchers Take to the SandPit

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    A 17-strong consortium of experts at well known universities'' research organisations is now approximately 12 months into a major EU-funded modelling programme to assess the effects of offshore dredging on coastlines Demand for North Sea sand is likely to increase in coming decades, for use as beach and sand dune ...

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    Qatar to Build a New Airport on Reclaimed Land

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Qatar is set to build a new airport which will be sited partly on land reclaimed from the sea, at a cost of US$2 billion, according to an announcement made by Qatar Airways earlier this week.

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    EA Celebrates Award for Littlestone Sea Defence Scheme

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The Environment Agency in the UK says a major sea defence scheme it executed on the Kent coast - the Littlestone sea defence scheme - has won a major environmental engineering award.

  • Aeger is the last of a series of six terminal tugs built for Sonasurf by Damen.
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    Damen Build Terminal Tugs for Sonasurf

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    An important recent delivery from Damen Shipyards Gorinchem yard was a series of three terminal tugs for the French company Sonasurf , for use in Angola. Completed in July, August and November, the vessels were named Kakulo , Nemed and Aeger, respectively. This latest trio follows three almost identical tugs ...

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    Dredgers of the World: Fourth Edition

    2003-11-01T18:07:00Z

    Oilfield Publications produces a range of similar titles covering vessel types such as tugs, survey vessels and mobile drilling units.

  • Patroltek ICCP hull protection system.
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    Fast Craft Covered for Corrosion Protection

    2003-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The first of Corrintec ''s newly developed Patroltek hull corrosion protection systems has been supplied for a newbuild Mexican Navy patrol craft.

  • AMOT Controls new temperature control valve.
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    Cost Control with Increased Flow

    2003-11-01T00:00:00Z

    A three-way temperature control valve from AMOT Controls features a 70% increase in flow capability which allows the use of a more cost effective smaller valve. The new valve also includes a ruggedised actuator for enhanced reliability.

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    First Timers Flock to ShipRepair & Conversion

    2003-11-01T00:00:00Z

    First time exhibitors continue to swell the ranks of companies taking part at Ship Repair & Conversion 2003 , the twelfth anniversary of the industry''s premier exhibition and conference, taking place the 26th and 27th of this month at the Grand Hall, Olympia in London.