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SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

UMCs challenge to ship owners to throw technical afloat problems at them has resulted in a successful underwater repair. The job was carried out as a joint effort between UMCs head office…

1st September 2002

Challenging Underwater Hull Repair Routine Off Malta

1st September 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

In order to meet the growing demand for sand required for infrastructure projects in the Netherlands, dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has ordered a third dismountable deepwin dredger from De Groot Nijkerk.

1st September 2002

De Groot Nijkerk Boosts Royal Boskalis Dredging Capability

1st September 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Belgian contractors DEME have ordered a 5,400m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger from IHC Holland, which has contracted the construction of the vessel to its Rotterdam based subsidiary yard Van der Giessen…

1st September 2002

IHC Holland Lands DEME Order

1st September 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

One of the UKs major scientific successes of recent times, the GLORIA (Geological Long Range Inclined Asdic) sidescan sonar, has been retired from active service after having surveyed 5% of the worlds…

1st September 2002

Farewell GLORIA

1st September 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK Hydrographic Office, which claims to be the worlds leading publisher of navigational information, has launched a new ENC (Electronic Nautical Chart) service designed to complement its present portfolio of Admiralty…

1st September 2002

UKHO Launches New ENC Service

1st September 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The German Baltic Port of Kiel has inaugurated an expanded Ostuferhafen complex after two and a half years of construction which has finally obliterated a WWII submarine bunker that threatened to strangle…

1st September 2002

Expanded Ostuferhafen is Full of Eastern Promise

1st September 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Preliminary details of a new canal boat marina at the junction of the Trent and Mersey and Shropshire Union canals with moorings for up to 150 boats have been released by PB…

1st September 2002

New Canal Boat Marina Planned in British Midlands

1st September 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Cornwall UK based Seacore Ltd has won a major contract worth in excess of £ 5m to install 30 large diameter monopile foundations in the seabed and design, build and install a…

1st September 2002

Seacore Secures North Hoyle Wind Farm Contract

1st September 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Terramare, the Finnish marine construction firm, reports that it is actively engaged in the construction of a harbour for SCA Graphic Sundswall AB, a Swedish pulp and paper mill company located in…

1st September 2002

Harbour Construction Keeps Terramare Busy

1st September 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dean & Dyball Construction in the UK has completed construction of a new marina at Burry Port Harbour in South Wales.

1st September 2002

Impounded Harbour Creates New Marina in South Wales

1st September 2002