Marine Construction News – Page 74

  • Three of the latest generation 5400lm vessels being finalised in the shipyard, before leaving for Europe
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    Ro-Ro build programme progresses

    2019-10-11T11:40:00Z

    A European short sea Ro-Ro specialist operator is poised to welcome the arrival of the fourth 5400 lane metre vessel into its fleet.

  • 'HMS Spey'
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    River Class OPV named

    2019-10-10T10:44:00Z

    The last of five River Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) designed and built for the Royal Navy by BAE Systems has been named at an official ceremony.

  • Global Offshore's 'Global Symphony'
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    Pentland Firth cable lay

    2019-10-04T13:10:00Z

    A leading provider of cable installation, repair and trenching services to the offshore renewables, utilities and oil & gas markets, will be working with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) on their Pentland Firth East power cable installation project.

  • Red7Marine’s jack up barge, 'Haven Seaway'
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    Linkspans and pontoons for Suffolk windfarm project

    2019-10-02T11:39:00Z

    A marine civils subcontractor on Galloper Wind Farm off the coast of Suffolk, UK is celebrating the completion of another successful project.

  • Much of the planned spending will go towards schemes to deepen the Port’s shipping channel
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    Expansion at Belfast

    2019-10-02T09:59:00Z

    Belfast Harbour in Northern Ireland, has announced major plans to expand its facilities and revealed its ambition to become one of the best regional ports in the world writes Dag Pike.

  • The Monaco patrol boat will have a displacement of 60 tonnes with a beam of 5.60 metres
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    Monaco Police patrol

    2019-10-02T09:05:00Z

    The Police Maritime de Monaco has ordered its largest patrol boat to date in order to extend the range of patrol and monitoring in the waters offshore from the Principality writes Dag Pike.

  • 'W.B. Yeats'
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    Ferry company streamlines maintenance

    2019-09-27T10:40:00Z

    A ferry company has implemented a system designed to effectively assist ship owners and managers to streamline all planned maintenance activities in a simple and intuitive way.

  • 'RRS Sir David Attenborough'
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    UK polar research ship named

    2019-09-26T14:47:00Z

    A new polar research ship that has been designed to transform how ship-borne science is conducted in the Polar Regions has been formally named by a Royal couple at the Cammell Laird Shipyard in Birkenhead.

  • The final touches were completed on the vessel in August 2019
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    22m aluminium pilot boat

    2019-09-26T10:21:00Z

    Scottish naval architectural and Spanish shipbuilding prowess have been showcased in a recently launched aluminium 22m pilot boat.

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    Damen launches new concept aggregates dredger

    2019-09-26T09:51:00Z

    The first of Damen''s new Marine Aggregate Dredger class, a 103.5m MAD 3500, has been launched at Damen Shipyards Galati (DSGa) in Romania.

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    Van Oord completes Norfolk coastal works

    2019-09-26T09:39:00Z

    Van Oord recently completed the Bacton to Walcott Coastal Management Scheme for North Norfolk District Council (UK).

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    Coastal protection works double for Boskalis

    2019-09-26T09:32:00Z

    Netherlands based Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded two contracts for coastal protection works in the UK and Romania.

  • News

    CEDA Dredging Days

    2019-09-26T09:27:00Z

    CEDA Dredging Days, the flagship conference of the Netherlands based Central Dredging Association,  returns to the Ahoy Rotterdam on 7 and 8 November in conjunction with the Europort 2019 exhibition of maritime technology.

  • Niestern Sander makes early start on German LNG conversion (Photo AG Ems-P.Andry)
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    Dutch lay early groundwork for German LNG job

    2019-09-24T14:10:00Z

    A Dutch shipyard is already gearing up for the LNG conversion next year of a second RoPax ferry belonging to German owners AG Ems, writes Tom Todd.

  • DEME's 'Innovation' in Damen’s Verolme Rotterdam shipyard
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    Heavy-lift jack-up vessel refit

    2019-09-24T11:44:00Z

    A 142 metre jack-up left Damen’s Verolme Rotterdam shipyard in early September 2019 following a major refit.

  • Captain Andy Goldsmith, IMCA’s Technical Adviser – Marine
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    Promoting hybrid battery power in offshore construction

    2019-09-24T10:33:00Z

    An industry body for offshore marine contractors says that battery systems will play an increasingly important role in vessels with dynamic positioning (DP) systems.

  • The new Manfred Hessdörfer: one of the two fastest German rescue boats
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    New German rescue boat adds fast response clout

    2019-09-23T17:06:00Z

    German sea rescuers have taken into service a second special 8.9m independent response boat, reports Tom Todd.

  • Filling an Elbe Estuary gap: Liinsand
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    Emission-free hybrid is ideal for busy Elbe

    2019-09-23T16:54:00Z

    Officials at Elbe-Fährlinien say the small, eco-friendly, hybrid catamaran Liinsand, now switched from North Frisian service to commuter ferry transport on the busy Elbe Estuary, is ideal for the job, reports Tom Todd.

  • Adapted Rømø Express will more than double island transport capacity
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    Timely LNG boost for German Bight ferry service

    2019-09-23T14:42:00Z

    An adapted Norwegian-built LNG ferry goes into German North Frisian island service in November, writes Tom Todd.

  • Kaiserschleuse readies for off yet again after latest repairs
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    Third time lucky for troubled German lock?

    2019-09-23T14:16:00Z

    A third round of major repairs inside five years was being completed by October at Bremerhaven’s trouble-plagued Kaiserschleuse ship lock, reports Tom Todd.