Marine Civils – Page 20
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Seawall repair for winter storms that won’t wait
The Southsea Coastal Scheme on the UK’s south coast is a large £100M sea defence project to protect 4.5km of coastline, but ongoing repairs to existing defences could not wait.
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Automated warehouse
Work has begun on a 482,000 sq ft warehouse for the world’s leading contract logistics provider, DHL Supply Chain, at DP World London Gateway.
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Cowes regeneration plans
Cowes Harbour Commission (Isle of Wight, UK) is looking at redeveloping its Kingston Wharf in East Cowes as a marine focused industrial estate.
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Teeside South Bank Quay development
Plans to make the South Quay site at Teesside the UK’s premier offshore wind assembly location have been unveiled, writes Dag Pike.
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Plough position monitoring for shallow water
On behalf of its client Boskalis, subsea technology company Seatools has completed the development, manufacturing and testing of a plough position monitoring buoy.
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Gdynia outer port construction tender
The Port of Gdynia Authority in Poland has formally launched a tender to select a private partner for the construction of the outer port.
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Rotterdam trials water injection dredging
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has been carrying out trials with water injection dredging at a site in the extensive port with a view to reducing both costs and environmental impacts.
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Pile driving technology to reduce underwater noise
IQIP and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have started their joint work on the monopile drivability investigation of the BLUE Piling Technology.
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Partnership champions concrete floaters
A floating wind specialist and a slipforming technology firm have partnered to optimise serial production of concrete floaters.
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When you need to clean a bridge…
Red7Marine, has recently completed a cleaning contract on the A14 at Orwell Bridge, Suffolk, on behalf of Highways England and Ringway.
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Biodegradeable hydraulic oil for lift barges
Belgian heavy lift major Sarens is in the process of switching to biodegradable oil for all its ballasting systems on its barges.
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Dredging Averijhaven for offshore wind developments
Rijkswaterstaat has awarded Van Oord the contract to design and carry out the removal of silt from the Averijhaven depot in IJmuiden.
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Coastal scheme unearths original promenade
On the UK south coast, sections of Southsea''s original promenade dating back to Edwardian times have been found during ground investigation works undertaken as part of the Southsea Coastal Scheme.
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Beach landing tests capable heavy lift barge
Staffordshire, UK-based specialist shipping company Robert Wynn and Sons Ltd. have successfully beached their unique heavy lift ro/ro barge Terra Marique on Traeth y Graig Ddu (Black Rock Sands) in North West Wales.
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‘Wave killer’ is new way to protect shorelines
Atlantean Systems is a US company that has developed the Wave Killer, a system of tubes embedded into the seabed that when activated can create a bubble barrier that is claimed to reduce the impact of waves breaking on the shore, writes Dag Pike.
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Subsea business unit launched
A global provider of subsea cable installation and maintenance services to the telecommunications, offshore renewables, utility and oil & gas markets has launched a new business unit.
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Pier repair will bring multiple port benefits
Associated British Ports has announced the commencement of construction work to repair Swansea West Pier, which plays an important part in preventing coastal erosion in the City of Swansea.
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100ft crane in place at River Severn project
A 100t crane has been successfully placed on a 17-piece ravestein pontoon at the ‘Unlocking the Severn’ project at Holt Weir, along the River Severn in Worcestershire, UK.
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German yard tackles giant lock gate renovation
Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB) has completed the extensive overhaul and modernisation of a giant reserve lock gate from the nearby Kaiserschleuse, reports Tom Todd.
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Subsea cable business expansion
UK- headquartered Global Marine Group has OceanIQ, the fourth business unit in Global Marine Group’s subsea engineering portfolio.