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NewsBelfast marks centenary of Titanic launch
Belfast marked the 100th anniversary of the launch of one of the city''s most famous creations, RMS Titanic, on 31st May 2011.
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NewsImpressive RheinFantasie enters service
Big demand for special functions on the Rhine motivated the building of the €10m multi-function event ship RheinFantasie, whose owners have this time plumped for a monohull newbuild instead of a second catamaran.
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NewsSeaweed may become a marine industry
Seaweeds and micro-algae have been receiving increasing interest and investment over recent years, and may at some point become one of the UK’s established marine industries.
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World Hydrography Day
The Hydrographic Offices and agencies of France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK are among leading European organisations expected to mark the UN sponsored World Hydrography Day on 21 June with a series of commemorative functions.
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FoundOcean wins contract for Walney wind farm
FoundOcean has been awarded an offshore grouting contract for the Walney offshore windfarm (OWF) phase 2 substation installation. The installation is being undertaken by Volker Staal en Funderingen BV.
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NewsFirst of class workboat on Seawork pontoon
The first of class workboat Erica, built by Newhaven UK based Newbury Engineering Boatbuilders Ltd to its own account, will make its debut on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2011.
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ABPmer provides consultancy to Alderney Commission
ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has been commissioned by the Alderney Commission for Renewable Energy (ACRE) to provide independent advice on the Environmental Statement relating to a current marine renewable energy development proposal in Alderney waters.
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Europeans win Gladstone Ports Corporation contract
Subsidiaries of Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord and Dredging International in Belgium have been awarded a second contract for the Western Basin Main Works Dredging at the Port of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
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ABP to expand docks at Hull
Associated British Ports is reported to be planning a major expansion of facilities around Hull’s Alexandra Dock in anticipation of becoming a major hub for the offshore windfarm industry.
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Sand Motor information centre opens
Van Oord in the Netherlands reports that on 6 May an information centre for the ‘Sand Motor’ project was due to open in The Hague.
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NewsExcavator forms basis of backhoe dredger in Finland
Rotator Oy, Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV’s official dealer in Finland, has supplied Wasa Dredging Ltd with an EX2500-6 excavator as the base machine for a backhoe dredger for the project to deepen Mäntyluoto Pori harbour to 13.5m.
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Heigham Sound dredging plan on hold
The Broads Authority in the UK has been forced to delay plans to dredge Heigham Sound on the Upper Thurne after permission to dispose of the sediment on land next to Candle Dyke was withdrawn by the landowner.
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Boskalis signs contract for Sydney harbour dredging
Sydney Ports Corporation in Canada has signed a contract with a Dutch company, Boskalis, to do dredging work in Sydney harbour.
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NewsTugworld Review 2010 - a diverse picture
The annual ‘Tugworld Review 2010’, produced by the ABR Company Ltd in association with International Tug & Salvage, was published at the beginning of the year.
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NewsTraining and apprenticeships for the towage industry
The training of tug crews is becoming a matter of crucial importance, particularly for companies operating shiphandling tugs.
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NewsTOWLINES
The ‘Ulupina’ class tug Corvin has been acquired by SMS Towage Ltd from the German operator H Schraam. (Photo courtesy of Leen vd Meijden)When the Tarka 3, a Damen Shoalbuster 2709, was delivered to its owners Herman Sr BV in April 2010 it replaced an earlier, less powerful tug bearing ...
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NewsA new OSD tug design for Neptune
Offshore Ship Designers (OSD), with headquarters in the Netherlands at Ijmuiden, is to design a new compact but powerful offshore anchorhandling tug/support vessel for the Dutch operator Neptune Marine Services BV.
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NewsKooiman to build unique support vessel for HvS
HvS Dredging Support BV, of Harlingen in the Netherlands, has announced that in addition to its current support vessel Zwerver I, a new unique multi-purpose DP-1 support vessel is to be built, bearing the name Zwerver III.
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NewsDredging delivers a dream on the river
Dredging is helping the city of Joensuu in eastern Finland transform an old contaminated sawmill area near the city centre into a modern housing district.
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NewsNew dredger pumps up tourist economy
Italian dredging manufacturer Italdraghe delivered a newbuild SGT 250 cutter suction dredger to the local Town Council of Pollica, in the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park in Southern Italy last week.
