Marine Construction News – Page 22
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NewsPlans for subsea carbon capture given go-ahead
Plans to store millions of tons of carbon dioxide in depleted subsea gas fields have been given the go-ahead near the Port of Rotterdam.
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NewsSeries success for Med Marine
Turkey’s Med Marine has reported progress with orders for three Robert Allan Ltd RAstar 2800 tugs for operators in Ireland, Germany and Libya.
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NewsQatari firm buys majority stake in Rotterdam
The majority stake in Europe’s largest port has been sold to QTerminals, a Qatari joint venture that owns Hamad Port in Qatar.
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NewsNew LNG dredger contracted for Peel Ports
Van Oord’s Vox Apolonia has been contracted for dredging and maintenance work by one of the UK’s largest port operators.
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NewsBlast at Turkish port kills one, injures 11
A blast at the Turkish port of Derince killed one person a couple of days before another grain silo fire broke out at the French port of La Rochelle.
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NewsOPINION: It’s time to turn the tide on tidal energy
Hydrosphere managing director John Caskey examines why such a promising technology as tidal power is still not popular.
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NewsTunnel elements cast for Fehmarnbelt link
Tunnel elements for the longest immersed tunnel in the world are being cast at the world’s largest concrete element factory in Rødbyhavn, Denmark.
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NewsFloating wind demo successfully installed
A floating offshore wind project has reached a significant milestone with the installation of a 2MW floating wind platform demonstrator in open waters
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NewsMonopile installations begin on German wind farms
Ørsted North Sea wind farms are a step further with monopile installations beginning thanks to Jan De Nul’s new crane vessel.
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NewsSea Axe cutting tool demand soars
Engineering firm, JBS Group, has won contracts worth £2.6 million for its environmentally friendly Sea Axe cutting technology
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News - VideosVIDEO: Divers in mine water treatment project
A team of specialist divers and marine engineers were brought in to complete vital maintenance work to offshore pipes at a water treatment plant in the north east of England.
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NewsMajor Japanese utility joins floating wind demo
The project to install a floating wind turbine to connect to the mainland Spanish grid has been boosted with a major Japanese utility joining the project.
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NewsFire danger lurks in shipyards as well as vessels
Fires are often reported on ships at sea, notably the Fremantle Highway, which is still smoking off the coast of the Netherlands. But shipyards are equally risk-prone, says wireless solutions provider Ramtech.
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NewsBubbles breathe life into troubled waters
Bubbles appear insubstantial… but they’re proving a robust solution for environmental challenges as diverse as fish safety or the rescue of whole reservoirs.
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NewsRotterdam terminal partners Samskip in shore power
Rotterdam Shortsea Terminals (RST) and Samskip have joined forces to drive down CO2 emissions
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NewsPSD Ports snaps up €27 million ‘future-proof’ dredger
Dutch shipbuilder Neptune has built a dredger for PD Ports that it says has been future proofed.
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NewsNexans wins historic energy highway cable contract
Nexans is working to connect the electricity grids of Greece, Israel and Cyprus
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News140km cables connected at Dutch offshore wind farm
70 wind turbines are now connected to the Dutch electricity grid as Hollandse Kust Noord delivers its first electricity.
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NewsOPINION: The ‘Wild West’ of fender vendors
Mishra Kumar, business unit director -R&D at Trelleborg Marine & Infrastructure, on the slew of cheap, poorly designed and low-quality fenders on the market, with many manufacturers not delivering on promises of high performance at low prices.
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NewsHaiSea Marine’s tug base takes shape
The world’s ’greenest tugboat fleet’ is a step nearer to beginning operations at its new home in British Columbia.
