Marine Construction News – Page 195
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NewsPrecision dredging clears Brunel’s basin.
Jenkins Marine has been chosen to help undertake the historic restoration of the Millbay Inner Basin at Plymouth.
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NewsBelgians convert police boat into survey vessel
GEMS International NV in Bruges is taking a former 28.5m LOA German police boat into service after its conversion into a geophysical and hydrographic survey vessel at Belgium’s IDP Shipyard in Ostende.
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NewsRadar delivers dredger captain shortest route home
Dredger Captain Pieter den Herder of Swalinge Scheepvaart in the Netherlands has been one of the first to trial Enhanced Target Detection (ETD) on his Kelvin Hughes'' MantaDigital radar.
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NewsWartime respect replaces Belfast’s rusting masts
The veteran World War Two cruiser, HMS Belfast, is to have its rusting masts replaced courtesy of a former ally she fought to support, Russia.
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NewsRopax conversions orders keep rolling in
Cargotec has received new conversion contracts from Stena RoRo for two RoPax vessels fitted with MacGregor cargo access equipment. These new orders are a continuation of four other Stena conversion contracts that Cargotec secured earlier in April.
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News‘Old lady’ turns out to be historic pilot boat
It’s become more than a project, and seems almost a mission. Rafal Zahorski of Magemar is restoring the ‘MV Bembridge’, a task that has seen him trawl the lengths of the UK for its original equipment.
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NewsCharles Darwin completes Jan De Nul programme
Belgian dredging giant Jan De Nul completed a massive fleet renewal programme last week with the launch of the trailing suction hopper dredger ''Charles Darwin''.
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NewsElbe deepening: Dredging debate continues as boxships grow
The biggest container ship to call at Hamburg, the 13,800 TEU CMA CGM flagship ''Christophe Colomb'', will visit the German Elbe port regularly from July.
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NewsEmden plans new deepwater port
More than 20 years after it gave up on a new port in the Dollart Hafen, the north German port city of Emden is reviving plans for an additional port.
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NewsComplex considerations for Maltese breakwater project
Malta, explains Nigel West of ABPMer, has an enormous strategic importance for the marine industry, and consequently an equally large maritime built environment. This in itself generates a background complexity for marine structures in the area, and Marsaxlokk fishing village is no exception.
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NewsNew wind farm support vessel for Excel Marine Services
From it’s yard on Hayling Island UK, the Aluminium BoatBuilding Co Ltd has recently delivered ‘Vulcan’ to Excel Marine Services Ltd of Whitstable in Kent UK.
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Concrete evidence that change is needed
The use of concrete in maritime engineering – a good practice manual (C674) will be launched on 8 July 2010 in London by the Construction Industry Research & Information Association (CIRIA).
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Belgian Prince visits DEME project in Brazil
Prince Filip of Belgium recently visited a remediation project being executed by DEME subsidiary DEC during his visit to Brazil on behalf of Flanders Investment & Trade.
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NewsConstruction of Maasvlakte 2 enters new phase
The Port of Rotterdam says construction of the Maasvlakte 2 project continues to proceed well.
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Fugro awarded survey deal
African Minerals Limited has awarded a contract for a site investigation project related to the development of Freetown Port in Sierra Leone to Fugro.
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Shetland Islands Council to dredge Scalloway Harbour
The Shetland Islands Council is to invest £3m this year in dredging Scalloway Harbour. The work will create a channel 8.5m deep by 100m wide, and straighten the approaches into the harbour. The harbour board had originally hoped to dredge to 9.5m, but this was deemed too expensive.
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Dutch water expertise called upon in South Korea
In the presence of Dutch Prime Minister, DHV consulting engineers and Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the Gyeong-in Ara Waterway.
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NewsCIRIA updates beach manual
The Construction Industry Research & Information Association (CIRIA) in the UK is launching an updated version of its Beach management manual.
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Boskalis to construct LNG port in Poland
Royal Boskalis Westminster NV has been awarded a contract for the construction of a new LNG port at Swinoujscie, near Szczecin in Poland. The total contract value is approximately €170m with Boskalis'' share amounting to approximately €75m.
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NewsPortland Marina ready for 2012 Olympics
Walcon Marine in the UK has announced that the facilities for the sailing element of the 2012 Olympics are among the first to be completed for that event.
