All News articles – Page 981

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    Bearing up well

    2008-05-22T20:09:00Z

    HMS Severn is 79.75loa and utilises a double chine hull form which will provide an improved seakeeping performance compared with the curent Island Class ships as well as superior accommodation. The flexible and efficient design is providing VT with export opportunities, including New Zealand where the design has been short ...

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    Replenishing the beach at Felixstowe

    2008-05-22T20:09:00Z

    Coastal defence work has started to replenish the beach and construct a series of groynes at Felixstowe Beach in Suffolk UK.

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    Smit announce record profits

    2008-05-22T20:09:00Z

    Announcing their results for 2007, Smit Internationale N.V. has reported another record year with a 40% increase in net profit from € 75m to € 105.6m. Operating results increased to 23% from € 77.3m to € 94.7m.

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    'Alternative' Baltic port gets cash to restructure

    2008-05-22T20:09:00Z

    A total € 13.5m is being invested in the restructuring of facilities at the Baltic seaport of Wismar to improve its significance as an ' alternative' port of call to busy neighbours Luebeck to the west and Rostock to the east.

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    BMT grows again

    2008-05-22T20:09:00Z

    HMS Severn is 79.75loa and utilises a double chine hull form which will provide an improved seakeeping performance compared with the curent Island Class ships as well as superior accommodation. The flexible and efficient design is providing VT with export opportunities, including New Zealand where the design has been short ...

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    MarineCo boosts fleet with two additional vessels

    2008-05-22T20:09:00Z

    Two recent additions to the fleet of Scottish marine services provider MarineCo UK Ltd have boosted the company’ s capability and versatility considerably. A particularly interesting acquisition is the tug Marineco Ashanti, purchased in May from the Russian company Dukkar Engineering.

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    SeaGen successfully installed in Northern Ireland

    2008-05-11T20:09:00Z

    Pioneering renewable energy developer Marine Current Turbines successfully completed the first installation phase of the 1.2MW SeaGen Tidal System into the fast flowing waters of Strangford Narrows of Northern Ireland last month. It is the world' s first commercial scale tidal energy turbine.

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    Singapore success for Seawork exhibitor

    2008-05-11T20:09:00Z

    Proving popular at a number of international exhibitions, returning Seawork exhibitor VersaDock has received an order from the organisers of Boat Show Asia 2008 for 300 m2 of VersaDock to not only create a floating stage but also to extend the display and visitor space available at this year’ s ...

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    REDS dive into New Year with renewables

    2008-05-11T20:09:00Z

    Rugby UK based Reach Engineering & Diving Services (REDS) has started off the New Year as they finished 2007, winning a contract for a diving project on N-Power' s Rhyl Flats Wind Farm, off the North Wales coast.

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    Long distance dredging makes marina work

    2008-05-11T20:09:00Z

    A new development at the UK' s Plymouth Marina has involved the construction of a boat launching facility to move craft directly from the storage yard into the estuary below.

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    Fourth cruise terminal for Southampton

    2008-05-11T20:09:00Z

    Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Southampton has awarded a multi-million pound building contract for its fourth cruise terminal to Dean & Dyball, the Hampshire UK based multi-disciplinary contractor.

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    New synthetic decking for marina construction

    2008-05-11T20:09:00Z

    Hamble UK based Solent Marine has become the exclusive worldwide supplier of SolDeck, a new synthetic decking which offers marinas a number of advantages over other systems.

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    Environmental oil bridging the gaps

    2008-05-11T20:09:00Z

    The ABP Port of Southampton has recently installed new ship to shore walkways at the Port’ s City Cruise Terminal.

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    Work underway on Hamburg Port bridge

    2008-05-11T20:09:00Z

    Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has begun construction works for a new bridge over the Rethe canal.

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    Cardiff Bay Gets a Coastline

    2008-05-11T20:09:00Z

    Following a competitive tendering exercise UK based Coastline Surveys Limited have been awarded a two year survey contract to undertake monthly surveys of the Cardiff Bay, the Barrage, Inner and Outer Harbours and Approaches and parts of the Rivers Taff and Ely. The waters are managed by Cardiff Harbour Authority ...

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    TTS revamps Stena linkspans

    2008-05-08T20:09:00Z

    TTS has carried out a major upgrade project to extend the life of access ramps serving a Stena Line route.

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    New Rhine terminal is first of its kind

    2008-05-08T20:09:00Z

    Europe’ s first container terminal to be built inland entirely for operation by global shipping majors has been completed and inaugurated in Europe’ s biggest inland port, Duisburg, after construction costing around € 20m.

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    Fast growing Navalia returns to Vigo

    2008-05-08T20:09:00Z

    Following a successful show debut in 2006 which saw 200 exhibitors from over 30 countries attract some 8,000 visitors, the Navalia International Shipbuilding and Maritime Industries Exhibition and conference returns to the Spanish port city of Vigo on 20 - 22 May.

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    Dredging gets underway at Port of Lerwick

    2008-05-08T20:09:00Z

    Work was due to begin last month on the largest single capital project yet at Lerwick Harbour, providing improved vessel access, deeper berths and new opportunities through land reclamation for future development.

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    Deep dive wing development rewarded

    2008-05-08T20:09:00Z

    One of the problems in towing an instrument underwater is the long length of cable required to get the device down to depth. JW Fishers have developed a universal wing called the DDW-1 Deep Dive Wing to help overcome this problem.