Marine Construction News – Page 208
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News'Inis Cealtra' to help shape the Shannon
Mooney Boats has completed a new 22m Inland Waterways Support Vessel for Waterways Ireland, the body which has responsibility for the management, maintenance, development and restoration of the country''s inland navigable waterways.
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News'Forth Linesman' is the first Tri-Meercat
When construction was underway on the first of his multi-role workboats, boatbuilder Peter Smith called time for the workers to have a coffee break. The sight of welders popping up from each of the seven sections which comprise one of the vessel''s hulls reminded him of a small underground burrowing ...
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NewsBriggs raises its game with three new vessels
During the past few months Briggs Marine, the UK based marine contracting and environmental services company, has made three major additions to its extensive marine services fleet. The most significant vessel in the trio is a new flagship for Briggs, a powerful anchor handling tug delivered to the company during ...
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NewsEmergency shoreline protection for Diego Garcia
The consequences of global warming are being felt in the world of marine civil engineering, with consultants Moffatt & Nichol selected by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC Pacific) to perform an emergency shoreline evaluation to protect Diego Garcia''s critical infrastructure from storms and sea level rise.
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NewsOlympian ideals aid construction waste transport
A new class of hopper barge developed to operate on London''s sometimes restricted waterways has made it possible for waste to be transported from multiple sites within the city to bespoke recycling facilities.
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News€5bn for EU offshore energy grid
Workboat operators will be heartened by the announcement this month by specialists asset investment company Imera that it plans to build North Sea and Atlantic electricity grids, connecting key markets and offshore wind farms as the foundation for a pan-European offshore electricity network.
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NewsPort of Wismar expands to meet growth
Growth in sea and hinterland cargo and port associated industrial settlement prompted a decision in 2005 in the German Baltic seaport of Wismar to go ahead with expansion costing ¢ 13m. That expansion has now begun, even though port growth declined in 2008.
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NewsHamburg expands container facilities
The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) is ploughing millions of Euros into two big container terminal infrastructure projects to expand big ship handling.
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NewsLowlands expertise lifts New Orleans
Work on a flood barrier to protect New Orleans from future hurricanes started in December.
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NewsNew fuel system for HMAS Cairns
Staffordshire based Durapipe UK has seen its global ambitions fulfilled yet again with a marine installation half way around the world. The company''s P-LX secondary contained fuel system pipework has been installed as part of a major redevelopment of the Royal Australian Navy base HMAS Cairns in Queensland.
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NewsTop engineers back Thames Estuary airport
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has urged politicians to ''look seriously'' at the option of a new airport in the Thames Estuary after he visited the potential site with engineers and Labour MP Nick Raynsford, chair of a new cross-party parliamentary group on the proposal. The group sailed out ...
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NewsKey role for MARIN at Port of Gijón
Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) and Deltares in The Netherlands are playing a key role in Gijón Port Authority''s plans to extend the port, including construction of new basin seaward of the existing port facilities.
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Dredging scheduled for River Nene
Dredging work along the River Nene in Northampton UK is due to start shortly in order to improve navigation on the waterway.
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Joint conference planned by CEDA and WEDA
Two sister associations, the Central Dredging Association (CEDA), serving Africa, Europe and the Middle East; and the Western Dredging Association (WEDA), which serves the Americas, are to organise their first joint international seminar on sustainable dredging and maritime construction.
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Van Oord wins contract to deepen Niger river
Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract for dredging a navigation channel in the River Niger. The total value of the contract amounts to some ¢ 125m.
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Portchester to Emsworth erosion plans unveiled
The Environment Agency in the UK, in partnership with Fareham Borough, Portsmouth City, Havant Borough and Chichester District Councils, has announced strategic recommendations in order to manage current and future risks along this part of the Hampshire coast. Flooding and erosion are real risks facing people and their properties along ...
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Boskalis secures oil and gas contracts
Royal Boskalis Westminster has acquired three oil and gas related contracts for projects in Europe and the Middle East. The total contract value amounts to approximately € 100m.
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NewsShoalbusters keep getting bigger - By Jack Gaston
Of all the new tugs reported on in Maritime Journal it is the Damen Shoalbuster that consistently attracts attention. The reason is that since the first prototype was completed in 1995 the Shoalbuster has become an increasingly popular design that continues to evolve, often in spectacular fashion.
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NewsGentlemen blast old queen's bottom
A baking powder solution of bicarbonate of soda (also an ingredient in many stomach settlers) has been used to get an old queen down to her bare bottom.
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NewsRapid repair for modular RIBs
Marine Specialised Technology' s new Fleet Services division was recently put through its paces, MST tells MJ, when the company was called in to repair a damaged two year old MST 680 MkII RIB that had hit a submerged obstruction at speed - putting a large hole in the bottom.
