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NewsMaasvlakte beach making progress
The first part of the new beach along the Maasvlakte 2 container terminal in The Netherlands will be ready for use in May 2012. The rest of the beach will be accessible from November 2012.
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NewsPortVision optimizes fleet communications
Managing business processes associated with petroleum and chemical cargo transportation can be extremely complex for a company like Louisiana USA based LeBeouf Bros. Towing.
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Construction of container terminal in Leeuwarden
In January, MSC got under way with construction of a new container terminal in the Leeuwarden at the Port of Rotterdam. The sheet pile wall is already in place and pile driving has begun.
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Jan de Nul/Boskalis confirm JV in Argentina
Jan de Nul has confirmed that its subsidiary, Compañía Sudamericana de Dragados SA, has been awarded a contract for capital and maintenance dredging in the port of Bahia Blanca, Argentina.
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Besix at work on new Belgian lock
Besix in Belgium says it is due to complete work on a fourth lock at Lanaye in the province of Liège Belgium in 2015. The contract under which it is undertaking the work is worth approximately €102m.
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NewsMasterplan for Dublin Port unveiled
At the end of February, Leo Varadkar, TD, Irelands’s Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, launched Dublin Port Company’s Masterplan 2012 to 2040.
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Contract awarded to widen Amazonehaven
Van Oord and Besix have been awarded a design and construct contract to widen Rotterdam’s Amazonehaven seaport.
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NewsFast escape slides for fast ferries
Aluminium vessels designer and builder Austal Ships, has selected Survitec Zodiac escape slides for the Perle Express and the Liberty vessels.
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NewsSeaward keeps a ‘Watchful’ eye on growth
The new Seaward 29 Watchful was custom built at Cowes UK by Seaward Marine Ltd to the requirements of the Crouch Harbour Authority for use as a general purpose launch.
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NewsEIAs for marine aggregates licences
Hanson Marine Aggregates Limited has contracted ABPmer to prepare environmental statements to support a programme of marine aggregate licence renewals and applications in the Anglian Marine Aggregate Region.
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NewsTowlines
SMS Towage Limited, based in Hessle on HumbersideUK, has moved into the Bristol Channel with a new subsidiary SMS Towage (Bristol Channel) Ltd and is currently offering towage services in the South Wales ports of Newport, Cardiff and Barry. The 22.6m ASD tug Trueman, a tug of 32 tonnes bollard ...
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NewsDMC develops single weld nozzle spinning
Damen Marine Components (DMC) has developed a pioneering nozzle production method bases on a single weld seam on the inner side of the nozzle.
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NewsGerman giants join up to develop wind farms
Two German engineering and private equity companies have joined together to acquire offshore windfarm concessions to develop and prepare them for the construction phase before selling them on.
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NewsJob training for offshore wind energy
Trends point to a growing importance of the offshore wind energy segment, both for renewable energy production and for job creation.
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NewsPro-active assessment for National Coastwatch
Early February saw the third annual inspection of the National Coastwatch Station at Gosport, Hampshire UK.
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NewsGrowing demand for offshore FROG training
Following the success of the inspection and maintenance training courses delivered in 2011, Reflex Marine will be hosting a new program of courses this year.
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NewsFirst of three Algerian ETVs is delivered
EL Moundjid, the first of three ‘state of the art’ Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs), has been handed over to the Algerian Government by STX OSV Braatvaag in Norway.
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NewsHunter clocks up the miles for Svendborg
The Danish tug owner Rederiet Junior ApS, a fully autonomous subsidiary of Svendborg Bugser A/S, is delighted with the twin screw tug Hunter they purchased in January 2011.
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NewsDutch shipyard hands over river cruisers
Dutch shipbuilder Shipyard De Hoop has built a first generation river cruise vessel – the first in four for US tour operator Vantage Deluxe World Travel.
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NewsICS calls for global shipping legislation
"Balancing environmental aspirations with economic realities, but also with political realities is not easy", International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) chairman Spyros M Polemis, pointed out this week.
