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DHI sees key role for modelling software
DHI in Denmark says it believes its MIKE hydrodynamic modelling software has a key role to play in dredging operations where there may be contaminated sediment.
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News‘Simon Stevin’ to start work offshore Australia
Jan de Nul''s new mining and fallpipe vessel ‘Simon Stevin’ has departed for Australia for its first two rock dumping projects; a free span correction on the Pluto pipeline in 80m of water, and the construction of a pipeline crossing for the Reindeer pipeline over the Pluto pipeline.
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NewsJan De Nul Group awarded dredging project in Iraq
The Belgian Jan De Nul Group has signed a contract for the deepening of Umm Qasr Port in the southernmost tip of Iraq, near the border with Kuwait. The port is Iraq’s gateway to the Arabian Gulf and a lifeline for import of mixed cargo and bulk goods. Over the ...
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Birse Civils collect award for Stanah sea defences
The £1.2m Stanah Sea Defences project for the Environment Agency (EA) in the UK has been awarded a Project Excellence Award for ‘Health and Safety/Managing Environmental Risk’.
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NewsLondon Gateway dredging about to get under way
Although aspects of the project are still subject to review, dredging work for the London Gateway port project is to get under way in March, according to the dredging contractor who will be responsible for the project, DEME.
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NewsMarine power mapping project to proceed
A project to map offshore renewable energy potential around the coast of South West England was announced last week.
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NewsWind farm jack-ups to Wärtsilä-IMS design
Wärtsilä, in consortium with IMS Ingenieurgesellschaft GmbH, has been engaged by RWE Innogy, the renewable energy arm of the German utility company RWE, as its designer to provide the basic design and consultancy services for a jack up crane vessel.
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NewsBorkum completes German Customs SWATH duo
The second of two 49.35m SWATH ships for German Customs has entered service after completion at the Nordseewerke Shipyard in Emden.
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NewsBand of workboats depart Felixstowe
The first phase of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) is almost complete, apart from the land-side works, and all the various dredgers, hopper barges, survey vessels and ancillary craft have now left the port.
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NewsDredging exemptions to Marine (Scotland) Bill?
The Marine (Scotland) Bill (the Scottish Bill) is now at stage three of the parliamentary process, writes Rosie O’Donnell, an Associate in the Shipping Transport team of Brodies LLP, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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NewsDutch coastline redrawn as Maasvlakte 2 takes shape - by Peter Barker
Dutch cartographers face the task of redrawing their maps of Holland due to the country growing in size by a few square kilometres. The Maasvlakte 2 port expansion project in Rotterdam has progressed steadily and what was until recently an offshore island reclaimed from the North Sea now connected to ...
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News£80m outer harbour at Great Yarmouth opens
Great Yarmouth''s new outer harbour at EastPort UK opened last month with global port group PSA International, grain business Gleadell Agricultural Ltd, and crushed rock supplier Stema Shipping (UK) Ltd all in place with a long term commitment to the multi-purpose outer harbour.
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NewsCall for offshore wind farm workboat funding
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Community of European Shipyards'' Association (CESA) are calling on Europe to support new vessel builds to serve the expanding offshore wind energy market over the coming years.
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NewsBrothers get closer to Parkinsons Ocean Challenge
Two brothers and former Royal Marines who are planning an ocean challenge fundraiser in support of The Parkinsons Disease Society move closer to departure with the scheduled delivery of their boat this month.
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NewsNew energy award for ‘Beatrice’ developer
SeaEnergy PLC subsidiary SeaEnergy Renewables was named Company of the Year at the Rosenblatt New Energy Awards 2010, which took place at the Natural History Museum in London last week.
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NewsNew defences safeguard Baltrum against floods
Two years of work on bolstering flood defences on the East Frisian island of Baltrum have ended with German authorities saying the €9m project has now closed the last gap in the North Sea island’s coastal protection network.
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NewsMulti-million pound rescue for Western Quay
Work is underway on a project to rescue an ageing quay structure that is essential to the future of a regional fishing industry.
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NewsDutch seal a deal in South Korea
The latest specialist watertight sealing solution delivered by Dutch specialist Beele Engineering involves the immersion tunnel near the South Korean city of Busan that is being immersed by Mergor, a subsidiary of Strukton. The deepest element of this tunnel was placed recently at a depth of 50m.
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NewsEU low-sulphur directive now being enforced
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has moved quickly to dispel the apparent confusion currently surrounding implementation of the EU directive requiring all ships to use low-sulphur fuel while at berth in EU ports.
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NewsStone column groundworks precede Algeciras Port expansion
Pennine, part of Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering (BBGE), and their Spanish joint venture partner Geocisa have been awarded a €1.6m contract to install 1,953 vibro stone columns (VSCs).
