Marine Construction News – Page 215
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NewsNorwegian cruise ship gets German chop
The 19,089 gt cruise ship ' Braemar' entered the Elbe 17 Dock at Blohm + Voss Repair on 13 May for lengthening and other conversion work.
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NewsDredged slurry not a worry at Seawork
Cheltenham UK based Wave Seven Marine returns to Seawork and will be showing off some American dredging innovation amongst other products on Stand 144 at the 2008 show. .
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NewsRomania's electric dredger is a green machine
Romania is proving to be an excellent new market for Italian dredger manufacturer Italdraghe SpA. The number of dredgers delivered to Romania since its entry into the EU has increased considerably, with more orders on the books.
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NewsRapid replacement for crushed dredger wheelhouse
A Damen type CSD500 cutter suction dredger was undergoing normal maintenance in a Port Harcourt shipyard when the harbour crane crashed, smashing the dredger' s operating cabin.
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NewsRecord breaking year for Dutch vessel builder
Dutch specialist vessel builder IHC Merwede had another record breaking year in 2007, with profits doubling to € 65m, a 50% increase in revenue to € 774m and an order book which doubled to some € 1.5bn.
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NewsLerwick Harbour dredging progressing well
Westminster Dredging' s trailing suction hopper dredger Waterway is carrying out the first phase of a £ 12m project to deepen and widen access to the Shetland' s Lerwick Port and reclaim land for new development opportunities.
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NewsGermany to upgrade Kiel Canal for ¢420m
The German Government has approved spending of € 420m up to 2018 to upgrade the spectacular Kiel Canal, which links the North Sea and the Baltic and is the world’ s busiest manmade waterway.
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News: Restoration completed at Liverpool's Brunswick Dock
The restoration of sea locks and a lifting road bridge at the historic Brunswick Dock in Liverpool was completed earlier this month. The dock was originally built in 1838 to handle timber and grain and retains 268 acres of water now used as a marina.
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NewsSimbro walks on water at Seawork
Torbay Harbour Authority in the UK is the first Solent Marine client to benefit from the company' s new solution in modular walkway pontoon design for marina construction.
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NewsWork starts on new Raasay Ferry Terminal
Work starts this month on the new £ 12m Raasay Ferry Terminal, which will accommodate the Caledonian MacBrayne service sailing to Sconser.
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NewsMarine services with environmental credentials at Seawork
Marine industry electrical products specialist and Seawork exhibitor Maricer has recently completed the supply of electric and water service pedestals to the British Waterways Marinas Ltd (BWML) site at Diglis Basin in Worcester.
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NewsNew London mayor greenlights Thames project
Within days of defeating Ken Livingstone to become the new Mayor of London last month, Boris Johnson has withdrawn his predecessor' s legal challenge to the UK Government' s decision to grant planning permission for the £ 250m Thames Gateway desalinisation plant and 9 km pipeline to the northeast of ...
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NewsSevern tidal power study underway
The UK Government' s Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) appointed contractors last month to undertake a Severn tidal power feasibility study which will determine the potential of a tidal energy generator in the Severn Estuary.
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NewsStudents invited to 'Brighten New Brighton'
The multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Royal Haskoning is celebrating the opening of its North West UK regional office in Liverpool and the city' s status this year as the European Capital of Culture by sponsoring a design competition with £ 2,000 going to the student creating the best proposal for a ...
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NewsVacuum based mooring trials during monsoon
Oman' s Port of Salalah has worked closely with Cavotec MoorMaster in implementing a vacuum based mooring system that allows for safe and swift mooring of ships of all sizes at the APM Terminals container facility at the Port.
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NewsEco-port proposal for Menorca marina
Spanish marina builder Ronautica has recently delivered a tender proposal to the Balearic Port Authority for an ecological, self sufficient port based on renewable energies.
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NewsWind Farm Service Vessels head South for Seawork
South Boats Special Projects Ltd of Cowes on the Isle of Wight heads to Seawork 2008 with three vessels to display on the floating pontoon. They can be found immediately at the bottom of the main gangway, with ‘ Solway Spirit’ and ‘ MPI Sancho Panza’ on the outside of ...
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NewsPrescott Lock progresses towards Olympic construction
Work is progressing in East London on the first piece of infrastructure for the 2012 Olympics. Civil engineering contractor Volker Stevin is undertaking works at Prescott Lock at the gateway to Olympic Park.
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NewsDEME to participate in Qatar-Bahrain Causeway
DEME in Belgium has announced that the Qatar based joint venture company MEDCO, a partnership between Qatari company UDC, the Qatari Government and DEME Group company Dredging International, is to be part of a consortium with Vinci Construction Grands Projets, Hochtief and CCC that has signed a design and build ...
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NewsFirst pile for new quay at IHC Krimpen Shipyard
The councillor for spatial planning at Krimpen aan den IJssel in the Netherlands drove the first pile last month for the new completion quay at IHC Krimpen Shipyard. The ceremony launched a major construction project at the yard.
