Marine Construction News – Page 141
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NewsCobnor Point award
Cobnor Point Managed Realignment Phase 1 & 2 has won the prestigious Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Award for the South Branch of South East England, at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Regional Awards Dinner.
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NewsProtecting Venice from rising tides
The term MOSE, recalling Moses and the parting of the Red Sea, is a particularly apt name for the project aimed at saving Venice and the Venetian Lagoon from the threat of ever-high tides. Concerns that the flooding is getting worse because of global warming mean that the massive infrastructure ...
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NewsOpportunity docks
The Mayor of London, UK, has invited proposals for the redevelopment of the city’s Albert Island, a slab of land owned by the Greater London Authority in London’s Royal Docks, where there is the potential to create hundreds of new jobs and build vital new marine facilities
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NewsLNG ferry duo go into service
Two ground-breaking LNG ferries enter service in Germany soon after a total investment of some €43 million - the biggest in the history of local operator AG Ems.
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News'Atair' bids under study
The first firm bids to build yet another sophisticated new research ship for the German Government are expected this summer following the closure of an invitation to tender.
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News‘Schaerhörn’ revamp is bigger than expected
Life-extension repairs and renovation on Germany’s longest serving coastal waters protection and control vessels – the 41 year old Scharhörn - have turned out to be much more extensive than first thought.
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NewsNew Fassmer survey ship bound for Saudi
A new German-built survey ship for operation with owners in Saudi Arabia has been completed and handed over to Fugro OSAE in Holland by Fassmer Shipyard.
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NewsTeal & Mackrill continues to expand
More than a century since it was established and carved out a niche manufacturing hard-wearing paints to protect the hulls of Humber’s once vast fishing fleet, Teamac manufacturer Teal & Mackrill is continuing to expand.
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NewsEurocarrier launch
GSS Marine Services, Maassluis, subsidiary of GSS Marine Services based in Scotland has announced that their new Eurocarrier ‘Marilyn M’ has left the harbour of Maassluis to start on her first assignment; conducting dredging support work on the Belgian coast.
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NewsGRP experts
UK-based GRP and composite moulding experts Norco will be displaying their specialised services for the first time at the SeaWork International Commercial Marine and Workboat Exhibition, on the 16th - 18th June, at the ABP Port of Southampton.
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NewsThe world’s most sophisticated ocean simulator
The world’s first circular wave and tidal current test facility is uses a package of ABB electrical and control equipment, including servo drives and low voltage variable-speed drives, to simulate energetic sea-states typically found in British, European and international waters.
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NewsStealth technology from Safehaven
Ireland’s Safehaven Marine has taken a big leap into military and stealth boat technology with its new Barracuda. The vessel is a new high speed Interceptor/ Patrol vessel for military and law enforcement applications designed and built in-house by Safehaven Marine, and can be produced at lengths of between 11 ...
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NewsMore Italian dredgers destined for Iraq
Italy’s leading dredger builder, Italdraghe, and its consortium partner CPN Srl are currently building three dredgers for the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources.
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Torsion meter supply
UK-based Torsion Meter manufacturer, Datum Electronics Ltd. has been awarded a contract to supply Shaft Torsion and Power meters to Griffon Hoverwork for their two new 12000TD hovercraft. These vessels are being built for Hovertravel to take passengers from Southsea to the Isle of Wight.
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NewsDiving into a niche
Like many good ideas, the DSV Curtis Marshall originally sprang from a chance conversation.
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NewsShake Dog wags new tail
A London-based multicat has been fitted with a new crane as part of major refit.
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NewsDredging Chelsea Harbour marina is no easy matter
It is thirteen years since the marina at Chelsea Harbour on London’s River Thames was last dredged. That was a fairly complex operation technically but this time around the rules have changed.
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NewsRed7 jackup at work in the Scilly Isles
Red7 Marine''s newest jackup goes to work in the Scilly Isles.
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NewsRNLI expands lifeboat building activity
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) have been handed the keys to their new All-Weather Lifeboat Centre at Poole in Dorset in a development that will see a change in the way they build and maintain lifeboats.
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NewsKlaipeda Port invests in infrastructure
The major port in Lithuania, Klaipeda, has reported that all work has now been completed on the development of their berth No.144 and that this berth is now fully open for cargoes. Berth 144 is one of the major terminals in this developing port and it is adapted for handling ...
