Marine Construction News – Page 200
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NewsDeepened channel boosts Port of Raahe
Dredging of the Port of Raahe has been the most significant channel project in Finland over the past decades. The project was ordered by the City of Raahe and the Finnish Maritime Administration and was conducted by local contractors Terramare Ltd.
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NewsReclamation extends Ronaldsway Airport runway
Veils of fog dissolve in the cold morning sun. Six shivering men hurry to the reclamation area to man the bulldozers. They must be ready, engines running, when the dredger arrives. Suddenly Pearl River’s massive green bow materializes out of the fog, bow coupling already connected.
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NewsVan Oord christens backhoe dredger Simson
Dutch dredging major Van Oord christened the hydraulic backhoe dredger ''Simson'' last month in a ceremony at the Wilhelmina Quay in Rotterdam.
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NewsA finger on the pulse of ferries’ health
Striking the right balance between too much caution and over-optimism when it comes to ferry maintenance can be tricky, especially when faced with the kinds of service that run around the Shetland Islands.
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NewsSmall is beautiful for Cathelco
A small tender being built at the Damen Gorinchem yard in the Netherlands has just been fitted with a pipe antifouling device. It may seem commonplace, but Richard Woolley of Cathelco told MJ just why this represents an innovative step forward.
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NewsChristmas rescue and repair in Cornwall
Christmas celebrations were put on the backburner as staff from incident response specialists Braemar Howells worked round the clock to prevent a potential environmental disaster off the UK coast at Falmouth in Cornwall.
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NewsBoxBarrier concept can alleviate flood risk
Three Dutch companies have come together to develop an innovative flood defence concept called BoxBarrier. The three companies, Delta Marine Consultants (BAM Infraconsult), Movares and Groep Midden Betuwe, began collaborating on the concept in 2007.
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Progress made on new sea lock for Port of Amsterdam
Construction of a major sea lock that should simplify large vessel access to the area around the Port of Amsterdam is a step nearer reality after a finance covenant for the project was signed towards the end of November.
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Boskalis unaffected by Dubai financial crisis
Responding to questions from Maritime Journal, a spokesperson for Dutch dredging major Royal Boskalis Westminster said the company would not be affected by the financial crisis in Dubai.
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Bids sought for Marsa al-Seef marina project
Real estate development company GREDCO, which is based in Bahrain in the Middle East, has invited bids for a major dredging project for the Marsa al-Seef development. GREDCO is the development manager working on behalf of Global Banking Corporation (GBCORP), which is pursuing the $2.5bn Marsa Al Seef project, one ...
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Pagham flood risks to be tackled
Work on tackling flooding risks at Pagham Beach on the south coast of the UK will start shortly after funding of more than £ 500,000 was secured by Arun District Council. Funds amounting to £ 550,000 have been formally awarded from central government through the Environment Agency and will allow ...
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NewsDales’ docks filling up
It is nice to have a few positive signs amongst the economic gloom, and so the news that at least one company on Scotland’s east coast is doing rather nicely is welcome. Last year was an excellent one for Dales Marine Services and this year is shaping up to go ...
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NewsVessel Launch: Versatile new research vessel delivered to UMBSM
‘RV Actinia’, a new research vessel for Scotland’s University Marine Biological Station, Millport (UMBSM) has been completed by Seaway Marine of Macduff.
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NewsVessel launch: ‘Izurdia’ extends Safehaven’s success in Europe
Ireland’s Safehaven Marine has just launched ‘Izurdia’, an Interceptor 42 pilot boat for the Port of Bayonne in France.
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Tyne tunnel dredging completed - by David Foxwell
Work to dredge a trench for the second Tyne Tunnel in the northeast of the UK has been completed. The dredger ‘Vesalius’ was used to create a channel in the riverbed between East Howdon and Jarrow.
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NewsKorea gets movable barrier designed by DHV- by David Foxwell
A new Nakdong Barrier, a barrier on the Nakdong River in South Korea, is to be built using a design developed by engineering consultancy DHV. The current barrier is 20 years old and, because of the effects of climate change on the river, needs to be extended.
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NewsNew gangway contracts for TTS Port Equipment - David Foxwell
TTS Port Equipment has secured a raft of contracts for port gangways in recent weeks, and delivered and installed a number of linkspans.
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NewsDutch consultants land €100m Mekong project
Netherlands based engineering consultancy DHV is going to improve the navigability on 250km of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
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NewsDamen delivers 'SD Reliable' - An important milestone
The arrival of the tug SD Reliable at Portsmouth Naval base at the end of November represents a significant milestone in the contract between Damen Shipyards and Serco Marine Services for the delivery of 29 new vessels.
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NewsKiel Canal gets third major port
Construction has begun of a new ‘ heavy lift’ inland port costing about € 32m at Rendsburg on the Kiel Canal, the world’ s busiest manmade waterway, linking the Baltic and the North Sea.
