Marine Construction News – Page 120
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NewsKishorn Port Invests £500k in dry dock
Kishorn Port Ltd (KPL), the joint venture that is seeking to resurrect the redundant oil fabrication yard at Kishorn on the west coast of Scotland, has commenced the first phase of re-instating the dry dock on the site.
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NewsMaritime Partner’s new modular design concept
Norwegian rescue and patrol boat specialist builder Maritime Partner has launched a new modular design concept which will be carried across its full range of vessels.
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NewsBoskalis and Van Oord to reinforce Houtrib Dyke
The Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) has awarded a contract for the reinforcement of the Houtrib Dyke in Holland to a joint venture between two major dredging companies, Boskalis and Van Oord.
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NewsEx-MoD tugs prepared for West Africa deployment
A pair of former tractor tugs have been refitted with air conditioning units to prepare for new operations off the coast of West Africa.
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NewsAir cushion advances
Using an air chamber under the hull to lift a vessel and reduce the drag started with the hovercraft development back in the 1950s. Initially the air chamber was kept in place with flexible skirts but then came the sidewall hovercraft with flexible skirts just at bow and stern.
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NewsThird MC-Class vessel handed over to Bigroll
Cosco Dalian Shipyard has delivered a third MC-Class Module Carrier, the BigRoll Baffin, to owners BigRoll Shipping.
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NewsBoskalis dredgers to revisit Acu Port
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a dredging contract in Brazil valued at some €120m.
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Italdraghe delivers CSD to Iraq
Italy-based manufacturer Italdraghe SpA has delivered the first of three SGT 400 cutter suction dredgers to the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources.
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NewsDredger service support expanded
Finland-based marine engine supplier Wärtsilä will provide extensive technical support and advisory services for the Singapore based large cutter dredger ''Cassiopeia V''.
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NewsDredger deploys for Danish windfarm
Belgium based dredging and marine construction major Jan De Nul will deploy a dredger as part of its contribution to an offshore wind farm/interconnector project in the Danish Baltic Sea.
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NewsVan Oord wins two contracts in Egypt
Dutch dredging and marine construction company Van Oord has been awarded two contracts by international contractor Subsea 7.
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NewsIHC extends dredger sales to Bangladesh
Dhaka based business conglomerate DBL Group, which has recently launched its dredging business, DBL Dredging, is supporting its entry into this new market with an order for two IHC Beaver 50 cutter suction dredgers and two Delta Multi Craft (DMC) 1050 workboats.
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NewsCEDA conference showcases solutions
At the end of October the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) co-hosted a conference, with the Portuguese Engineers Association (OE) in Lisbon.
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Dredging in Figures 2015 published
Dredging in Figures is an annual review of the global dredging market published by the Netherlands based International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC).
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NewsDamen unveils Marine Aggregate Dredger
Damen Shipyards Group has announced a new line of Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers.
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NewsAlewijnse Marine opens new facility in Den Helder
Netherlands-headquartered marine system integrator Alewijnse Marine has opened a new service and maintenance facility in Den Helder to support its activities at the Dutch Royal Naval dockyard and Damen Shipyards Den Helder.
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NewsDelta to the rescue
The UK’s Delta Power Group is one of the oldest RIB builders with a history going back almost 50 years.
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NewsBig new dredger for Elbe region
The German waterways and shipping authority – the WSV – has ordered its biggest dredger to date to complement outsourced dredging operations and make services more flexible.
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NewsGerman steam veterans head back
A trio of veteran German steamships could just all sail again in 2017 after completion of costly restorations which have taken years to tackle and were still underway as the year turned.
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NewsHome service for routine rescue boat work
Germany’s largely volunteer sea-rescue service DGzRS has been busy as the year turned with regular repair, maintenance and overhaul of some of the 60 boats in its fleet.
