Marine Construction News – Page 74
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Ro-Ro build programme progresses
A European short sea Ro-Ro specialist operator is poised to welcome the arrival of the fourth 5400 lane metre vessel into its fleet.
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River Class OPV named
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.
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Pentland Firth cable lay
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.
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Linkspans and pontoons for Suffolk windfarm project
A marine civils subcontractor on Galloper Wind Farm off the coast of Suffolk, UK is celebrating the completion of another successful project.
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Expansion at Belfast
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.
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Monaco Police patrol
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.
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Ferry company streamlines maintenance
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.
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UK polar research ship named
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.
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22m aluminium pilot boat
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
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
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
Netherlands based Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded two contracts for coastal protection works in the UK and Romania.
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CEDA Dredging Days
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.
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Dutch lay early groundwork for German LNG job
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.
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Heavy-lift jack-up vessel refit
A 142 metre jack-up left Damen’s Verolme Rotterdam shipyard in early September 2019 following a major refit.
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Promoting hybrid battery power in offshore construction
An industry body for offshore marine contractors says that battery systems will play an increasingly important role in vessels with dynamic positioning (DP) systems.
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New German rescue boat adds fast response clout
German sea rescuers have taken into service a second special 8.9m independent response boat, reports Tom Todd.
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Emission-free hybrid is ideal for busy Elbe
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.
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Timely LNG boost for German Bight ferry service
An adapted Norwegian-built LNG ferry goes into German North Frisian island service in November, writes Tom Todd.
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Third time lucky for troubled German lock?
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.