Marine Construction News – Page 214
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NewsDredging International to construct island in the Emirates
Belgium’ s Dredging International has been awarded a contract to build a new artificial island, ' Dana' , 7km into the Arabian Gulf off the Emirate of Ras-al-Khaimah. Construction of the € 350m project will commence in the next few weeks.
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DP World gets approval for London Gateway project
DP World has secured approval to build a new port and logistics park on the banks of the River Thames in southeast England.
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Replenishment contract for Van Oord
Dutch dredging major Van Oord has been contracted by the Netherlands' Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management to carry out the country’ s biggest foreshore replenishment project ever.
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First phase of Lerwick dredging nearly complete
The first phase of the dredging project in Lerwick Harbour in Scotland is nearing completion. Westminster Dredging Company’ s dredger Waterway left Lerwick in early June after having removed close to 400,000 cu/m of seabed.
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NewsTTS installs new linkspan
A new linkspan has been installed at Victoria Terminal Four in Belfast in order to streamline the Stena HSS 1500 service.
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First phase of works completed at Weston-Super-Mare
The first phase of the £ 17m Weston-Super-Mare sea defences and seafront enhancements formally opened to the public in early May.
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NewsTyne tunnel contract awarded
Volker Stevin Marine has been awarded a £ 16m contract to manufacture, transport and submerge the tunnel units for the new Tyne Tunnel in the UK.
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Liepaja Port to build two container terminals
Liepaja Port in Latvia reportedly plans to build two container terminals by the year 2017, according to the Liepaja Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Investment and Marketing Department.
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Marina dredging commences in preparation for Abu Dhabi yacht show
Following the announcement of the Abu Dhabi Yacht Show 2009, plans have been approved for a marina that will be home to the show' s on water exhibits.
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News'Yogi', A first for Herman Sr BV
The family owned tug company Herman Sr BV of Zwindrecht in the Netherlands is well known in the dredging and marine construction industries both in Europe and further afield.
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NewsMustang's ali pilot flies at Seawork
Pembroke Dock based Mustang Marine has delivered a new 16m aluminium pilot cutter to the Port of Tyne Authority. Collingwood was completed in time to appear on the floating pontoon at Seawork International 2008 in Southampton last month.
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NewsRefit and new name for coastal bulker
Rochester based Coastal Bulk Shipping Ltd. (previously known as R. Lapthorn and Company Limited) own and operate a fleet of 13 coastal and short sea dry bulk vessels, familiar visitors to UK and Europe ports.
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NewsFalmouth Docks repair facility rededicated
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh officially rededicated the Queen Elizabeth Dock at A& P Falmouth in the UK last month, fifty years after he first opened the dock in 1958.
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NewsGet a scrubber on board
An innovative automated hull and surface cleaner that could take the pain out of regular cleaning and reduce maintenance downtime for a number of vessels came all the way from Norway to the Seawork exhibition in Southampton UK last month.
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NewsSuccessfully predicting failure
No, it isn' t quite clairvoyance, but finding faults before they happen is almost as useful. And failing that, finding out what fault has just happened comes a good second. Marine hydraulics supplier MacGregor is utilising a very useful bit of kit that can do both of these things.
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NewsDataBuoy dredges up Seawork Award
The prestigious Spirit of Innovation Award was presented at the Seawork Gala Dinner last month to Fowey UK based Triskel Marine Ltd (TML) for their dredge monitoring DataBuoy. Their product won against stiff competition from 39 other international contenders.
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NewsOslo remediation plan wins CEDA Award
Torild Jørgensen of the Oslo Port Authority and her co-author, Kjetil Lønborg Jensen of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute won the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) CEC Best Paper Award 2008 for their paper titled “ Oslo Harbour Remediation Project” .
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NewsMöbius invests 'millions' in new ships
Hamburg based hydraulic engineering and port construction company Möbius AG is poised to expand its activities by investing millions of Euros in the construction of two new trailing suction hopper dredgers.
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NewsIT predictions for 'Cutty Sark'
The ongoing restoration of the historic clipper ship Cutty Sark at Greenwich UK has received unlikely support from IT experts.
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NewsWhitby lifeboat rescued through Ebay
At 100 years old, it has finally come home. The wooden lifeboat The William Riley of Birmingham and Leamington saved many lives in its time, but until two and a half years ago, it lay neglected, showing its age and desperately in need of saving itself.
