Marine Civils – Page 42

  • Ace Winches celebrate this key contract win
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    Winch contract awarded for Norway’s largest construction vessel

    2016-08-25T09:49:00Z

    Aberdeenshire, UK-headquartered deck machinery specialist, ACE Winches, informs us that it has recently been awarded a spooling contract with Vard Group AS for Norway’s largest construction vessel.

  • Ramboll will develop options for the replacement or upgrade of existing wharf and jetties
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    Ramboll to help berth ‘Sir David’

    2016-08-18T16:24:00Z

    Danish marine engineering consultancy Ramboll has been appointed as Technical Advisor for British Antarctic Survey (BAS), to support projects in the Antarctic region and in the UK.

  • The project involves the redevelopment of the town’s seafront
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    VolkerStevin begins work to further improve Colwyn Bay’s Waterfront

    2016-08-16T16:44:00Z

    UK civil engineering firm VolkerStevin is now commencing the second phase of improvement works at the Colwyn Bay Promenade Enhancement project, after being awarded the project by Conwy County Borough Council in North Wales.

  • The height allowance of the bridge for vessels to pass under was increased by 2.4m
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    Mega Jack European debut

    2016-08-16T11:35:00Z

    UK heavy lifting specialist company ALE is making inroads into continental Europe, thanks to a project to open up Belgium’s Albert Kanaal to larger container vessels.

  • The new wall will significantly reduce the risk of flooding to large parts of Morecambe
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    Morecambe flood protection project

    2016-07-11T15:52:00Z

    Work on the first phase of a multi-million pound project to replace Morecambe, UK’s wave reflection wall being carried out by VBA joint venture, is progressing well.

  • Wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), 'MPI Discovery'
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    ‘MPI Discovery’ back on Rampion

    2016-07-08T10:08:00Z

    MPI Offshore has announced that its wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), ‘MPI Discovery’, has recommenced work at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm off the south coast of England.

  • The restricted space was inaccessible for large demolition robots
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    Pier hydrodemolition

    2016-07-06T16:58:00Z

    Skanska AS Norway has used a robotic water cutter from Swedish company Aquajet in renovating structural parts underneath a pier in Oslo harbour; an operation that because of the tidal flow and an inaccessible subsurface working area would have been both difficult and dangerous to undertake by manual means.

  • BorWin gamma HVDC platform (Image: Petrofac)
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    DNV GL to provide installation engineering

    2016-06-09T11:05:00Z

    Germany-headquartered classification society and marine engineering specialist DNV GL has been awarded a contract by COSCO Shipping Company Limited (COSCO SHIPPING) of China for the installation engineering services for the BorWin gamma high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter platform.

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    Tunnel contracts signed

    2016-06-01T15:41:00Z

    Femern A/S has on the 30th of May 2016 signed four major construction contracts worth almost DKK 30 billion with the international contractor consortia that will be responsible for the construction of the 18 km Fehmarnbelt tunnel between Rødbyhavn (Denmark) and Puttgarden (Germany).

  • The first 10 monopiles have been installed on schedule by the 'Oleg Strashnov'
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    1,400t upending tool

    2016-04-21T16:31:00Z

    Netherlands-headquartered Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has selected IHC IQIP to provide piling and handling equipment for its operations at the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project in the UK.

  • Artist impression Pile Dredge Tool (PDT)
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    Pile Dredge Tool

    2016-04-21T16:16:00Z

    Combining Dutch subsea engineering company Seatools’ key strengths of subsea equipment development and dredging expertise, the company launches its latest product: Pile Dredge Tool (PDT).

  • The first of the tools was installed on the MPI Discovery in January 2016
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    Heavy-duty handling

    2016-04-07T15:53:00Z

    UK-headquartered Houlder has successfully delivered the first of two offshore Pile Upending Tools for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm development, off the UK’s Sussex coast.

  • The DPS 432 features the sophisticated DPS NAV Engine used in all DPS solutions
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    Position reference system

    2016-03-14T12:02:00Z

    Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has expanded its established satellite position reference system portfolio with the introduction of a new system that integrates all available Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and all possible correction services.

  • The 18km tunnel will take eight and a half years to build
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    Fehmarnbelt tunnel preferred bidders appointed

    2016-03-04T14:46:00Z

    On Friday, 4 March 2016, the Danish political parties behind the Fehmarnbelt link, a new 18km road and rail tunnel between Denmark and Germany, mandated Femern A/S to appoint the preferred bidders for the main tunnel contracts with the aim of entering conditional contracts no later than mid-May 2016.

  • CAPE Holland’s Vibro Lifting Tool stabbed 13 piles at the Kanaaldok Antwerpen
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    Vibro Lifting Tool deployment

    2016-03-02T11:41:00Z

    In February the CV-320 upending Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT-U) from Netherlands-headquartered Cape Holland was used for installation of 13 piles at Kanaaldok B3 in the port of Antwerp.

  • Haven Seaway
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    Thames Tideway Tunnel update

    2016-02-26T11:24:00Z

    Work has started on the construction of one the UK''s largest civil engineering projects, the Thames Tideway Tunnel (aka the ''Super Sewer'') a 25km tunnel running under the River Thames through west and central London, which is designed to channel and control between 39 and 50 million cubic metres of ...

  • Brem-NordKaiserschleusen-01.jpg
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    Unique lock gate project for Bremerhaven

    2016-02-22T15:05:00Z

    Work is on schedule in Bremerhaven for the completion in March of a unique repair and overhaul project involving a trio of giant gates from the German port city’s most important sea locks.

  • The Anaklia Deep Sea Port will cover approximately 400 hectares of land, and the consortium will have exclusive rights to use the land for 49 years
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    Georgia plans new deep-water port

    2016-02-17T11:18:00Z

    Georgia''s Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development has announced that the Anaklia Development Consortium has been awarded the contract to build and develop a new deep sea port close to the town of Anaklia on Georgia''s Black Sea coast.

  • The mooring components are critical for any floating wind farm
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    Mooring components for first floating wind park

    2016-02-04T16:39:00Z

    Offshore energy major Statoil has signed a contract with Spain’s Vicinay Marine to design, manufacture and deliver mooring components for the world’s first floating offshore wind park: The Hywind pilot park offshore Scotland.

  • This floating platform is anchored in the sea and will use the temperature difference
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    MMT offshore OTEC contract

    2016-02-02T10:02:00Z

    Sweden-headquartered MMT has announced the contract award for the underwater surveying prior to the potential construction of the OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) NEMO project by DCNS, a world leader in naval defence.