Marine Construction News – Page 207
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NewsThirty years history and 'props' at Inverlane
Inverlane Marine, which recently celebrated 30 years in business on the banks of the River Clyde, has just completed the reconditioning of an FOPX613 purifier.
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NewsTape shapes up to seal safety
You could guess at what can happen if a flange carrying fuel fails, and just how nasty the resulting spray of fuel could be. But what happens if this fine spray meets the kind of hot spots commonly found in engine rooms?
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NewsBoskalis wins cruise terminal contract in the Bahamas
Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a contract for the extension of the cruise terminal in Nassau. The contract was awarded by the Ministry of Works and Transport of the Government of the Bahamas and is worth approximately US$44m. The company said the project will be completed in the first ...
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Al Marjan reclamation completed
Rakeen, a leading property developer and master planner, and the real estate development arm of the Ras Al Khaimah Government, has announced that it has completed reclamation work for the US$1bn Al Marjan Island. The first man made island in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah effectively expands the emirate' ...
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NewsPort of Poti rehabilitation project completed
Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) has confirmed that the first phase of the rehabilitation of the main breakwater at the Port of Poti, Georgia, has recently been completed.
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China to have world's longest immersed tunnel
COWI has signed a contract to provide the preliminary design for a combined bridge and tunnel link in China. The immersed tunnel will be based on the same tunnel concept which was chosen for the Øresund fixed link between Denmark and Sweden and the Busan-Geoje link in Korea.
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DHI addressing wave problems in Danish port
DHI Group in Denmark is working with the authorities at the Danish harbour at Thyborøn to address problems caused by wave overtopping. Thyborøn is located on the west coast of Jutland, Denmark.
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Durban harbour widening on track for 2010 completion
The Port of Durban’ s 300 million rand harbour entrance widening project, which started in the third quarter of 2007, is due for completion in April 2010, according to Allan Wijnberg, the director of design consultancy Prestedge Retief Dresner Wijnberg.
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Jan de Nul secures Australian contract
Belgium’ s Jan De Nul Group has been awarded a € 200m contract for work to expand facilities at BHP Billiton’ s Western Australia Iron Ore operations in Port Hedland. The work is part of BHP Billiton’ s Rapid Growth Project 5 (RGP5), designed to increase the capacity of the ...
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NewsDredging consultancy defies the downturn
Despite the economic climate the work load at specialist dredging and coastal consultants Anthony D Bates Partnership (ADBP) remain buoyant. The Somerset UK based company is undertaking a wide variety of projects in the UK, Ireland and overseas at the start of what looks like being another very busy year.
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NewsPanama rendezvous for dredging associations
‘ Connecting the World through Dredging’ was the theme when sister associations the Central Dredging Association (CEDA), which serves Africa, Europe and the Middle East joined the Western Dredging Association (WEDA), which serves all of the Americas, organised their first joint international seminar on sustainable dredging and maritime construction last ...
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NewsRamsgte digs deep for wind farm vessels
While many ports are suffering in the current economic downturn Ramsgate is busy preparing for new customers, including work to accommodate the construction and support vessels associated with the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm and a potential new fast ferry service to France.
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NewsIHC Merwede tops ¢2bn in orders
Dutch dredger builders IHC Merwede weathered the recessionary storm well last year, reporting an order book which rose to € 2bn, a 40% increase in revenue to € 1.1bn, profit before tax up to € 105bn, and the acquisition of four technology and engineering companies.
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NewsTideway breaks record for stone dumping
Tideway in The Netherlands is claiming a new record for stone dumping at depth during a recent project west of Ibiza in the Mediterranean, when Tideway''s vessel Rollingstone placed 20,000m3 of rock at a depth of 987m, working on behalf of Spanish energy company Enagas.
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HR Wallingford helps protect Sumburgh airport
HR Wallingford in the UK recently completed a 2D physical model study designed to test the effectiveness of a proposed sea defence scheme for Sumburgh airport in Scotland.
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NewsECA strikes gold at environmental awards
The East Channel Association (ECA) has received a leading environmental award in recognition of its groundbreaking regional environmental monitoring work.
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Axe handles dredged from North Sea win archaeology award
Prehistoric hand axes discovered in sand and gravel dredged from the North Sea by Hanson Aggregates Marine have won the Best Archaeological Discovery Award at the prestigious British Archaeology Awards.
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Falmouth dredging scheme moves a step closer
Dredging of Falmouth Harbour in the southwest of the UK could get consent prior to Easter, and Falmouth Harbour Commissioners have confirmed that they and their partner organisations ''are moving forward with work on the Falmouth Port Development Initiative.''
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Galway Harbour plans new facilities
A ¢ 350m development plan for Galway Harbour in Ireland could move parts of the port south, on land reclaimed from Galway Bay.
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COWI to undertake EIA for New Doha Port
An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed multi-million riyal New Doha Port is to be carried out by Denmark based consultancy COWI.
