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Pagham flood risks to be tackled
Work on tackling flooding risks at Pagham Beach on the south coast of the UK will start shortly after funding of more than £ 500,000 was secured by Arun District Council. Funds amounting to £ 550,000 have been formally awarded from central government through the Environment Agency and will allow ...
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Carbon sandwich signing
Norwegian shipbuilder Brö drene Aa AS and Kockums AB, part of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, have signed a cooperation agreement concerning the development, production and marketing of passengers vessels based on carbon sandwich designs. Brö drene Aa has enjoyed dramatic growth in the passenger vessel sector, based on ...
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NewsInnovation rolls reactors to Ras Laffan
Rotterdam based heavy lift operators Jumbo Shipping has completed a two year project for the Pearl GTL project of Qatar Shell GTL Ltd.
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NewsNew Severn Link ferry across Bristol Channel
British ferry operator Severn Link has announced the first modern ferry service connecting South Wales and South West England will commence operation early this year.
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NewsDales’ docks filling up
It is nice to have a few positive signs amongst the economic gloom, and so the news that at least one company on Scotland’s east coast is doing rather nicely is welcome. Last year was an excellent one for Dales Marine Services and this year is shaping up to go ...
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NewsMaK makes most of engines order
With the upcoming delivery of the ‘Bourbon Bison’ for Bourbon Supply Investissements, Caterpillar Marine Power Systems will have powered four ASD escort tugs with the MaK 9 M 25 marine engines.
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NewsGeoff Holt conquers ‘Personal Atlantic’
Geoff Holt completed his ‘Personal Atlantic’ challenge this month, becoming the first quadriplegic sailor to complete an unaided transatlantic crossing.
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NewsGreen generator turns tide for former shipyards
A new chapter looks set to unfold in one of North East England''s former thriving shipyards as the first of a new generation of tide driven energy generators was completed just before Christmas.
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NewsNew Hamburg sounding boat boosts port safety
Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has taken the new state of the art €700,000 sounding boat Deepenschriewer 1V into service for hydrographic sounding and measurement work within the Elbe River seaport.
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NewsRound 3 heralds major offshore wind farm expansion
The future of offshore wind energy development in the UK is set to take a significant step forward following the announcement this week by The Crown Estate of the successful bidders for the nine exclusive Zone Development Agreements to develop wind farms under the Round 3 licensing arrangements.
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NewsWatching the river flow
Erith Pier in Kent UK is being used to monitor water levels in London’s River Thames for purposes of monitoring and controlling the raising of the Thames barrier and other sluices.
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NewsEmissions monitoring breakthrough ahead of MARPOL
A new emissions monitoring system being developed by a systems engineering firm in Virginia USA will allow vessels worldwide to continuously monitor pollutants and readily report findings to regulatory agencies and inspectors.
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NewsVessel Launch: Versatile new research vessel delivered to UMBSM
‘RV Actinia’, a new research vessel for Scotland’s University Marine Biological Station, Millport (UMBSM) has been completed by Seaway Marine of Macduff.
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NewsVessel launch: ‘Izurdia’ extends Safehaven’s success in Europe
Ireland’s Safehaven Marine has just launched ‘Izurdia’, an Interceptor 42 pilot boat for the Port of Bayonne in France.
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Dutch Contract for CodaOctopus - by David Goodfellow
Underwater system specialists CodaOctopus of Edinburgh have been awarded a contract for the supply of a further Echoscope 3D real-time imaging sonar.
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NewsMDL upgrades Fanbeam positioning system - by David Goodfellow
Measurement Devices Ltd has upgraded the tracking and data handling capability of its widely used Fanbeam laser positioning system for hydrographic survey, offshore and dredging control applications.
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Tyne tunnel dredging completed - by David Foxwell
Work to dredge a trench for the second Tyne Tunnel in the northeast of the UK has been completed. The dredger ‘Vesalius’ was used to create a channel in the riverbed between East Howdon and Jarrow.
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NewsKorea gets movable barrier designed by DHV- by David Foxwell
A new Nakdong Barrier, a barrier on the Nakdong River in South Korea, is to be built using a design developed by engineering consultancy DHV. The current barrier is 20 years old and, because of the effects of climate change on the river, needs to be extended.
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NewsNew gangway contracts for TTS Port Equipment - David Foxwell
TTS Port Equipment has secured a raft of contracts for port gangways in recent weeks, and delivered and installed a number of linkspans.
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NewsDutch consultants land €100m Mekong project
Netherlands based engineering consultancy DHV is going to improve the navigability on 250km of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
