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NewsPropulsion System Enables Nearshore Stone Dumping
Netherlands based marine contractors Royal Boskalis Westminster have used the Voith Schneider Propeller equipped side stone dumping vessel Cetus to successfully complete demanding coastal protection works at Hastings UK. The unique propulsion system survived 40 delivery cycles in extreme shallow water conditions and enabled a rock dumping procedure only considered ...
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NewsDunoon Pier to be Re-developed
Argyll & Bute Council in the UK has revealed more details of its intended re-development of Dunoon Pier and the marine infrastructure around the pier, a well known structure built during the Victorian era.
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Conference Highlights Key Coast Defence Issues
The proceedings of a recent conference addressing coastal defences and breakwaters and their design and construction will soon be available on the web, at http: //conzone.org.uk.
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News'Zwerver II' - A Multicat With a Difference
By their very nature the ''Multi-purpose work vessel'' is becoming a common tool for many operators concerned with port maintenance, dredging, and marine civil engineering. In most respects the configuration of such vessels, especially those of the pontoon type, is now well established and the craft are increasingly popular. But ...
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NewsVessel Launch
Simek A/S delivered the second of two newbuild ''Multifunctional Anchor Handling/Tug/Supply/ Service Vessels'' earlier this month to P/R International Offshore Services ANS , a company 100% owned by Farstad Shipping ASA . The 75.8m LOA Lady Astrid is a Rolls Royce Marine - Ulstein UT 712 specially designed and equipped ...
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NewsGeotechnical Survey Precedes Canary Wharf Development
A detailed marine site investigation has been completed in London which will be used in the design and construction of the proposed BP4 tower development at the Canary Wharf complex on the Isle of Dogs. The major geotechnical survey was conducted by Cornwall UK based Seacore for client Canary Wharf ...
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Portsmouth Proposals for Marine Works Bonanza
Proposals unveiled last month for a major £ 200m revamp of Portsmouth Naval Base to accommodate a new generation of larger warships include dredging the existing fairway 10ft deeper or creating a completely new channel which would pass near the wreck site of Henry VIII''s flagship, the Mary Rose .
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Terminal Chalks up First Year Success
What is said to be Europes most advanced handling facility, the unique high-tech Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) in Hamburg has handled morethan half a million TEUs in its first year of operation.
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Sustainability Research Study on Coastal Defences at Roa Island
A vital causeway that links the residents of Roa Island, just off the northwest coast of England, to the mainland at Rampside in Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, is the focus of important sustainability research after being identified in a Government initiated Shoreline Management Plan that ensures each coastal county in the ...
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One Small Step For Mankind
With less than a year to run before all vessels trading internationally must be in compliance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code, Det Norsk Veritas announced that the Bergsen-owned LNG tanker Berge Boston had become the first vessel to ever receive the International Ship Security Certificate.
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Pacific Into the Thames
VT Halmatic has secured an order for a Pacific 28 RIB for London''s Metropolitan Police Service . The new boat will join the Met''s existing Pacific 24 RIBs in patrolling the River Thames and its approaches. The boat will be powered by twin Yamaha marine diesels to provide an operational ...
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News£4 Million Marine Construction at Port of Plymouth
Associated British Ports (ABP) will invest over £ 4m in major construction works at Millbay Docks at its Port of Plymouth in preparation for the arrival of Brittany Ferries' new superferry Pont Aven , which will enter service in April of next year.
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Stemat Opens Website
Rotterdam-based marine services provider Stemat launched a website on the first of this month which enables customers to view the company''s complete equipment list in detail.
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NewsShipbuilding Century Closes at Woolston
The launch last month of HMS Mersey brought an end to nearly 100 years of shipbuilding for the British Royal Navy by VT (formerly Vosper Thornycroft ) at its Woolston shipyard in Southampton.
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A&R Hands Over Second New German Patrol Boat
The second of three much-praised, multi-functional patrol boats for the German Coastguard has been named and put into service by Parliamentary Secretary of State Ute Vogt after completion at Abeking & Rasmussen.
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NewsROV Diffuses Nearshore Survey Risk
The trend to deploy ROVs in nearshore applications gained further momentum recently when Dean & Dyball used an ROV provided by Subsea Vision to survey power station pipeline diffusers off the coast of West Dorset UK. It is the first time an ROV has been used to perform tasks previously ...
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Mersey Docks Redevelopment Plans Approved
The joint application from the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company and the UK''s national regeneration agency, English Partnerships, to transform 31 hectares of Liverpool''s waterfront into a major residential and leisure village has been given the go-ahead by the City Council''s Planning Committee.
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NewsWorld's First Offshore Tidal Current Turbine Installed
A potentially significant new category of marine construction activity emerged in late May when the world''s first offshore tidal current turbine was successfully installed approximately 3km to the northeast of Lynmouth off the coast of North Devon UK.
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NewsThames Wind Farm Survey Completed
Thales GeoSolutions '' environmental and metocean services division has completed a 13 month oceanographic measurement programme in the outer Thames estuary. The programme was completed for Hydrosearch and is part of a pre-development study for a proposed offshore windfarm.
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'Tricolor' Salvage Goes Online
A website launched late last month allows all interested parties to follow salvage operations for removal of the car carrier Tricolor , which sunk in the English Channel following a collision last December.
