All News articles – Page 576
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NewsCaspian coastal CSD
Netherlands shipbuilder Damen has signed a contract with the dredging and marine contractor Van Oord for the supply of a CSD 650 custom suction dredger together with an FCS 1605 Fast Crew Supplier, initially for operations in the Caspian Sea.
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NewsGwynt y Môr cabling complete
Reef Subsea has successfully completed its campaign of installing and burying inter-array power cables on the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, located offshore Wales, UK. The wind farm is owned by RWE Innogy and partners and is one of the largest in the world, located 13 kilometres off ...
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NewsCommercial Marine & Piling busy on the Thames
Ringwood Hampshire based Commercial Marine & Piling (CMP) have recently made two announcements highlighting their involvement in activities on the river Thames.
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NewsStepping towards a new Storstrøm bridge
The Danish Road Directorate has recently published the EIA report for the Storstrøm bridge project. The new bridge is expected to be built from 2016-21 and will replace the existing, antiquated link between Zealand and Falster.
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NewsCowes breakwater update
Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC), Isle of Wight, UK has reported that completion of the 2014 phases of the Cowes breakwater construction programme is imminent with contractors Boskalis Westminster now finalising the reshaping of the 350 metre long breakwater core in advance of a winter settlement period.
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NewsStability, stress and even the odd bomb
The problems faced by Ijmuiden’s lock replacement project are not simple: the usual challenges are complicated by the need to work alongside early 19th century foundations and digging carefully amongst unexploded bombs.
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ABPmer helps optimise Hornsea cable burial
ABPmer, the UK-based marine consultancy, has been contracted by Cathie Associates Ltd to assess sediment mobility along the export and infield cable routes of two sub-projects within the Round 3 Hornsea offshore windfarm zone.
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NewsVenice terminal masterplan
Engineering and project management consultancy, Royal HaskoningDHV, has delivered its master plan for the new Venice container terminal which should deliver major efficiency and reduce equipment costs saving the port millions of euros.
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Subsea integrity
Hot on the heels of its new Recommended Practice (RP) for subsea lifting, classification society DNV GL has now published an RP providing guidance on how to establish, implement and maintain an integrity management system (IMS). The aim is to help operators carry out maintenance activities at the most cost ...
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NewsDover’s delight
The UK’s Port of Dover has reported that it ‘is delighted’ that its scheme to enhance junctions on the A20 in Dover has been highlighted as one of the key investment schemes by the UK Government in unlocking Britain’s economic potential.
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The civil engineer who saved London
Sir Thomas Peirson Frank, an engineer who thanks to his work on the city’s flood defences was credited with saving London from drowning no fewer than 121 times, has had his valiant efforts commemorated by a plaque near London’s Houses of Parliament.
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NewsChains to tame the tide
Ensuring a safe and productive solution to providing electrical, water, and fuel connections to a jetty is challenging at the best of times. But when that jetty is floating in the harbour at Barrow-in-Furness, UK with rough seas and an 11 metre tide, the problems are compounded. That was the ...
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QuayQuip busy in Indonesia
QuayQuip, subsidiary of Eurotech Benelux headquartered in the Netherlands, are reporting a busy year including the supplying of fendering systems to Indonesia.
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NewsMersey Gateway Bridge receives vital funding promise
The announcement in the UK chancellor’s 2014 budget for the commitment of £270m of government funding for the Mersey Gateway Bridge will allow design and construction of the PFI scheme to hit top speed.
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Beneficial use of dredged sediment
An ABPmer report on the beneficial use of dredged sediment in the South Coast marine plan area has recently been published by the UK government’s seabed environmental watchdog; The Marine Management Organisation (MMO).
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NewsBeacon receiver for marine construction
Trimble, a US specialist in civil engineering technology, has introduced a beacon receiver specifically designed for marine construction. The company has claimed that this dedicated marine receiver allows contractors to achieve ‘sub-meter accuracy’ using DGNSS or MSK Beacon station corrections for robust, multi-constellation positioning.
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NewsBoosting bandwidth for marine construction
Marlink has concluded a project to significantly increase the Internet speeds aboard the Simon Mokster owned ‘Stril Server’ Multi-Purpose Support Vessel (MPSV). Simon Mokster runs a fleet of 23 advanced offshore support vessels that are connected to shore and each other using Marlink VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) services.
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NewsCivils award
GPS Marine (UK) have won an ‘ICE London Civil Engineering 2014 Award’ for works undertaken on the Crossrail Project, involving the installation and removal of cofferdams at Connaught.
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Ardersier revival
A renewables jobs boom for the Highlands of Scotland (UK) moved a step closer this month as the Port of Ardersier secured the full backing of the Scottish Government for plans to turn the former oil fabrication yard on the Moray Firth into a manufacturing ‘super-hub’ for offshore wind.
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NewsDeltares study highlights the advantages of broad green dikes
A study carried out by Delft based independent research institute Deltares and Alterra Wageningen University and Research Centre has examined an alternative option for upgrading dikes along the Eems-Dollard area.
