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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

BMT Transport Solutions has won a contract to work on the Port Development Strategy for the Port of Riga, which is a vital part of the broader Riga Development Plan, emphasising that…

1st November 2008

Economic ramifications of Riga port development

1st November 2008

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INTERVIEWS

It was anything but plain sailing for the Erika III, a set of seven legislative proposals presented by the European Parliament intended to strengthen maritime safety and anti-pollution measures in European waters.

1st November 2008

Erika III pulls through stormy waters

1st November 2008

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INTERVIEWS

A study by accountant and business consultant Moore Stephens suggests that while some progress has clearly been made in the effort to meet the FSA' s Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) deadline, there…

1st November 2008

UK insurers behind on treating customers fairly?

1st November 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK Hydrographic Office has signed major partnering agreements with Kelvin Hughes and Transas under which the two manufacturing companies are to pre-load its Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS) facilities on their…

1st November 2008

UKHO AVCS partnering agreements

1st November 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Sonardyne of Yateley UK reports strong sales of its Scout USBL (Ultra-Short Baseline) series of acoustic positioning systems, with over 20 units ordered over the last few months. Comprising a range of…

1st November 2008

Buoyant Sonardyne Scout Sales

1st November 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Fugro, the Dutch survey conglomerate operating worldwide in over 50 countries, has launched an internet based remote access service, Fugro' s Advanced Navigation System (FANS). It enables remote connections to offshore survey…

1st November 2008

Internet based survey service

1st November 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Port of London Authority, which is responsible for navigational safety and related issues on 150km of the tidal Thames from the sea to Teddington, has commissioned Galloper, a new £ 115,000…

1st November 2008

New survey craft for PLA

1st November 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in The Netherlands has opened a 2-D wave flume facility equipped with a wave generator to assist with ongoing research work on the Xbloc, its popular armoured coastal…

1st November 2008

Research facility will add to Xbloc effectiveness

1st November 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

On 3 October, the Dutch State Secretary for Transport and Water Management and the Queens Commissioner for the Province of Limburg presided over the official launch of the Border Meuse project, which…

1st November 2008

Van Oord wins work flood defence project

1st November 2008

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Scour, the erosion of sediment at the base of a structure, is a serious engineering issue, and understanding, designing for and managing toe scour and beach lowering at coastal structures is a…

1st November 2008

Scour protection guide to be published

1st November 2008