Marine Construction News – Page 224
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NewsPier Renovation Sped by Robotic Cutter
A hydrodemolition robot from Sweden''s Aquajet Systems AB is helping Triton Marine Construction to achieve impressive production rates in the removal of spalled concrete from two piers at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii USA.
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Partnership Approved for Coastal Defence Works
A joint venture between Westminster Dredging and Dean & Dyball Construction has secured a place on the UK Environment Agency''s National Contractors Framework 2 (NCF2) with regard to the development and construction of coastal defence schemes on a national basis.
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Czechs Fund New Elbe Shipping Channel
Sweden based construction group Skanska has won a contract to construct a shipping channel in the Czech Republic.
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NewsSeawork Debut for Modular Pontoon System
Making its Seawork debut next month on Stand 86 is Magic-Float UK, a new subsidiary of Magic-Float Enterprise Co Ltd, a global manufacturer of modular dock and pontoon systems.
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News'Sort of Like a Floating JCB'
Williams Shipping Marine Ltd celebrated the arrival of the latest addition to its fleet with christening and blessing ceremonies for ''Willendeavour'' at its Empress Dock facilities in Southampton UK earlier this month.
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News¢500,000 Revamp for Hamburg Ferry
The 14 year old Hamburg excursion ferry ''Wolfgang Borchert'' is being lengthened, widened and modernised for a new lease of life, at the same local shipyard where it was built in 1993.
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Multi-Role Service Vessel Gets Refit
Salterns Boatyard in Poole UK has completed a major refit and refurbishment of ''Jethou Flyer'', a 10.4m Osborne 350 charter boat that doubles as a service vessel for the island of Jethou, five kilometres off the coast of Guernsey.
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News'Lyme Bay' Gets Going at Govan
The Marine Division of the Gateshead UK based Pyeroy Group has been awarded the painting contract for the RFA ''Lyme Bay'' as part of the completion works now being undertaken by BAE Systems at its shipyard in Govan, Glasgow.
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NewsA Ferry Good Relationship for MSC
Southampton UK based MSC has reported another major contract with long standing clients P& O Ferries.
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NewsTTS to Supply Linkspan for Rothesay
TTS has won a contract to design, supply and install a linkspan and pedestrian bridge as part of the Rothesay Pier Ferry Berth Improvement Project in the UK.
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NewsTwo Major Contracts for DEME
An important contract for trench dredging, backfilling and rock placement in India has been awarded to Tideway, the Breda, Netherlands based subsidiary of dredging and environmental group DEME.
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Green Light for Scottish Marina
Scottish ministers have given the green light to plans for a £ 175m marina project at Bo''ness that will rejuvenate the town''s 400 year old harbour, creating a marina, a hotel and new homes.
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Ribble Link Dredging Work on Schedule
British Waterways in the UK says the Ribble Link is on target to reopen on the 6th of this month following £ 600,000 of winter maintenance works, including channel dredging, repairs to a lock bywash and the filling of a number of voids behind lock walls.
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Dredging at Falmouth Harbour a Step Nearer
The dredging of Falmouth Harbour in the UK has taken a step forward with Falmouth Harbour Commissioners and A& P Falmouth Limited.
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Van Oord Wins Reclamation Project in Gibraltar
The Government of Gibraltar has awarded a harbour reclamation contract to Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors BV.
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NewsHigh Specification Survey Boat for Saudi Ports Authority
Isle of Wight based boat builders Cheetah Marine has made steady progress since founder Sean Strevens built a first GRP planing catamaran for his own use as a commercial fisherman in 1989.
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NewsGreen Masterplan for the Expansion of Tianjin
The Netherlands based DHV Group has won a contract to provide a masterplan for the development of the harbour at Tianjin in China.
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Newport Unlimited Secures Marina Study
Urban regeneration company Newport Unlimited has secured £ 75,000 funding from the Welsh Assembly to consider the possibility of a developing a marina in Crindau.
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NewsFirst African Xbloc Project Completed
The construction of the first Xbloc shore protection project in Africa has been completed at Bar Beach, Lagos, Nigeria following a year long construction project that has seen 1km of shore protection structures built using armoured 1.5m3 Xblocs.
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Dredging JV Acquires Energy Contract in India
Dutch dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster and Dredging International of Belgium have acquired a major energy related contract in India.
