Marine Construction News – Page 212
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NewsBV accesses safety for ship surveyors
Classification society Bureau Veritas has developed guidelines intended to reduce the number of accidents to seafarers and surveyors during the inspection and maintenance of ships'' structures. The guidelines will help yards to design in safety in detail.
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NewsEuropean operators spend big at ASRY
With marine activity in the Gulf skyrocketing, the Bahrain based Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) has again broken all previous records during the first quarter of the year.
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DHI evaluates scour protection for wind turbines
DHI, Vestas, and Dong Energy have recently finished an evaluation of the scour protection scheme implemented at the Horns Rev I Wind Farm, which is located off the North Sea coast of Denmark. It is anticipated that the study will provide valuable information that can be used in the design ...
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Crown Estate increases turnover from aggregates dredging
The Crown Estate in the UK has announced a net revenue surplus of £ 211.4 million for the year ending 31st March 2008, a 5.6 per cent increase on last year. All of this money is paid to the Treasury for benefit of all UK taxpayers.
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Survey work for Qatar-Bahrain causeway gets under way
Survey work by a consortium of firms involved in construction of the $3 billion Qatar-Bahrain Causeway got under way recently.
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NewsVan Oord awarded contract for quay wall in Dubai
Van Oord has been awarded a contract to build a 5.5km quay wall on the Deira Islands in Dubai. Van Oord has already received an award for a 3.5km quay wall for the same project. The new order brings to 9km the length of quay wall that Van Oord will ...
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Nakheel begins reclamation of Mina Rashid
Nakheel, the developer based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has begun reclamation work for the US$599m Mina Rashid project.
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NewsXblocs installed on breakwater at IJmuiden
A total of 10 ''Eco-Xbloc'' armoured units have been placed on the southern breakwater at Ijmuiden in The Netherlands in order to evaluate their ability to play a role creating habitats for marine life. A number of different armoured units made from different materials and with different surface textures will ...
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NewsDutch jumbos go super-size
Dutch dredging giants Van Oord and Royal Boskalis Westminster have responded to unprecedented levels of land reclamation works in the Middle East by expanding the capacities of already large trailing suction hopper dredgers.
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NewsVersatile dredger addresses tsunami legacy
Damen Dredging Equipment of Nijkerk in the Netherlands has delivered a versatile cutter suction dredger to Sri Lanka, where it was urgently needed to clear small fishery harbours which remain silted by the December 2004 tsunami.
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NewsJumbo big sister on the slipway
The keel laying of the Jan De Nul''s mega trailing suction hopper dredger Leiv Eiriksson took place at the shipyard Construcciones Navales del Norte in Sestao, Spain, late last month.
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NewsRotterdam starts construction at Maasvlakte 2
Construction was finally starting this month on the ¢ 1bn first phase of Rotterdam''s giant new North Sea Maasvlakte 2 complex, which will eventually house deepsea container, distribution and chemical industry facilities and ease the strain on the main port.
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NewsDoor opens for London Gateway construction
A £ 400m contract was signed last month which will launch the first stage of construction for DP World' s £ 1.5bn London Gateway container port and business park development at the former Shell Haven oil refinery site on the River Thames. The joint venture of Laing O' Rourke Infrastructure ...
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NewsFelixstowe port expansion begins
Work has started on expanding the capacity of the UK''s largest container port. The first stages of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) involved demolition of the old dock basin and buildings, demolition of the oil jetty and moving one of the ro-ro pontoons to the southern end of the Languard ...
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NewsBiomass power plans for Port of Bristol
The UK energy company E.ON announced plans last month to build one of UK''s largest biomass power stations at the Port of Bristol.
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NewsDutch partners for coastal protection works
The two major Dutch dredging contractors Van Oord and Royal Boskalis Westminster nv have been awarded a contract by the Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management to reinforce a weak link in the Delflandse coast. The contract is worth ¢ 120m, of which Van Oord and Boskalis ...
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NewsDutch plan sustainable sea defenses
The creation of tidal marshes on the mudflat side of the Dutch Closure Dike (Afsluitdijk) will provide the Netherlands with a sea defense, a new nature area as well as recreation opportunities.
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NewsDetermining sound foundations for offshore wind
Doncaster UK based Soil Mechanics has been awarded a £ 1.4 million ground investigation contract from power company EDF Energy for the proposed construction of an offshore wind farm located in the North Sea between Redcar and the mouth of the River Tees.
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NewsMountains move for Port Khorfakken expansion
Port Khorfakkan is Sharjah''s sole port on the Indian Ocean and is dedicated entirely to container handling. Expansion works are well underway to extend the present quay of 1460m by a further 440m by main contractor Athena SA.
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New harbour facilities in County Galway
The Department of Transport in Ireland has announced that construction of new harbour facilities at Caladh Mór, Inis Meáin, Aran Islands, County Galway are currently ongoing.
