Marine Construction News – Page 146
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NewsDredger among new Hamburg workboats
Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has put the flexible new, custom-built dredger ''Modi'' into service and ordered new icebreakers as part of a fleet modernisation programme.
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NewsBonding poor substrates
A new paste grade material is claimed to achieve a quick, durable repair even in oil contaminated wet and cold areas, with excellent adhesion to manually prepared substrates where grit blasting is not possible.
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NewsGerman oldtimers back in service
Two historic German boats – one of them more than a century old – have been returned to active port and coastal passenger service after overhaul or restoration.
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NewsDazzling design
Birkenhead, UK shipyard Cammell Laird has completed painting a Mersey ferry in a ‘dazzle’ design by British pop artist Sir Peter Blake, as part of the events to mark the centenary of World War One.
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NewsRFA tankers to be fitted out at A&P Falmouth
A&P Group has won a multi-million pound contract to fit-out four new tankers for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, writes Graeme Ewens.
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NewsQatar's New Port ahead of schedule
At the end of February, the Deputy Emir of Qatar officially started the controlled flooding operations for the new Hamad Port Project.
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NewsOctopus wraps up first orders
Italy-based dredger and dredging equipment manufacturer Italdraghe is about to deliver the first of its new range of amphibious Octopus dredgers.
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News‘Dart Fisher’ enhancements
James Fisher Marine Services has bolstered the capability of its 25m offshore support vessel with a series of modifications and enhancements carried out during a three-week refit.
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News‘Tridens’ refit
The Dutch governmental shipping company Rijksrederij (part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, Rijkswaterstaat) has recently taken delivery of its scientific research vessel ‘Tridens’ after the largest refit ever undertaken by the Damen Maaskant Shipyard at Stellendam.
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NewsBurgess/ Turks partnership
London-based Turks Shipyard and UK south coast based Burgess Marine have joined forces to offer a one-stop-shop for ship repair and marine engineering on the River Thames.
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NewsFurther fleet expansion for Jan De Nul
The Belgium-based global dredging major Jan De Nul continues seven years of fleet expansion with the launch last month of the multi-purpose vessel ''Isaac Newton'' and an order for what will be the world''s largest cutter suction dredger.
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NewsCEDA publishes AM position paper
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has published a new paper which aims to further the debate on Adaptive Management (AM) as an important tool in managing dredging and reclamation projects in an environmentally friendly manner.
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NewsJakarta dredging works get underway
Dutch dredging giants Royal Boskalis Westminster and Van Oord have won a contract valued at €350m from developer PT Muara Wisesa Samudra to design and construct a 160 hectare artificial island to become a self-contained city off the coast of Jakarta, Indonesia.
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NewsCompliant uni-primer
World-wide coatings manufacturer Hempel has launched Hempadur Quattro XO – a high performance range of pure epoxy PSPC compliant coatings for marine new-buildings.
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NewsSafehaven Wildcat 53
Safehaven Marine, constructor of specialised workboats, has launched a 16 metre hydrographic research and survey vessel for clients in Kuwait.
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NewsMaximising the accessibility of data
UK-based Seajacks is using software by The Acclaimed Software Company to help maximise its accessibility and management of data across multiple sites and vessels.
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NewsIn-situ propeller repair
S-T Diesel and Marine Group’s associate company Maritime Propeller Repairs BV (MPR), based in The Netherlands, has obtained DNV-GL certification to perform in-situ welding for propeller repairs.
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NewsLaird’s ferry contract
Cammell Laird shipyard of Birkenhead, UK has secured a multi-million pound new-build ferry contract with the Northern Ireland Executive. The Birkenhead marine and specialist engineering company was awarded the £5.7million project by the Department for Regional Development after an open procurement exercise which attracted interest from shipyards across Europe.
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NewsTriple screw lugger tug
Over in the USA, in the section of the Gulf Coast where the Mississippi meets the Gulf, shallow draft lugger tugs have been earning their keep suppling the near shore oil industry. But their size has been limited by their draft which is, of course subject to the prop size ...
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Ghent lock
Flemish minister Ben Weyts (Mobility and Public Works) and Dutch minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructure and Environmental Affairs) recently signed the ‘Treaty between the Netherlands and Flanders for the construction of the New Lock Terneuzen’. The new Terneuzen lock will improve the access to the ports of Ghent and ...
