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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.
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NewsNew tug haven for Rotterdam
Port of Rotterdam has announced construction of a new tug haven as part of its ‘widening Yangtzekanaal’ programme to accommodate expansion of the container terminals at Maasvlakte 2.
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NewsProject embraces sea level rises with floating cities
A Dutch research programme is going to look into how to live with rising seas rather than fight them – by using them as foundations for entire cities and urban developments.
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NewsTwo crew found dead in dredger in Bulgaria
The official cause of the deaths of two crew in a dredger has not been ascertained, but it could be linked to a water pipe, initial investigations believe.
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NewsPanel calls for offshore contract standardisation
Could the offshore sector spearhead cross-industry collaboration when it comes to standardising contracts? A recent panel thought it should.
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NewsRotterdam hires consortium for 500m quay construction
Major marine civil engineering works will be carried out by the consortium made up of Van Oord, Hakkers and De Klerk to allow even bigger vessels to use Rotterdam.
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NewsMasters Marine salvages collapsed crane and jetty
Netherlands-based Marine Masters has revealed details of the salvage work it has completed to clear a collapsed 1,200 tonne coal transfer crane in Israel.
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News‘Isaac Newton’ redeployed for cable-laying project
Jan De Nul will roll out its 2015-built cable-laying vessel Isaac Newton to connect offshore wind farms to the German grid.
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NewsWorks needed to keep Venice ports accessible
An EU project is looking to tackle the problem of the limited nautical accessibility to the ports of Venice and Chioggia
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NewsRotterdam seizes largest cocaine shipment of 2023
Forbidden fruit: Cocaine found hidden among bananas has been the biggest cocaine haul this year at Rotterdam
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NewsUK's largest port project nears completion
Two million tonnes of material have been dug out to vastly increase capacity at Aberdeen’s South Harbour.
