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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Atkins has been selected to design a major new container port in China. The project is at Mei Shan Island, about 25 km northeast of Ningbo and will be potentially one of…

21st February 2008

Atkins Selected for New Chinese Port

21st February 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Malta' s  House of Representatives has unanimously approved a motion to allow an extension of Malta Freeport through land reclamation. The motion also makes possible an extension of the lease of the…

21st February 2008

Maltese Project Gets Go-Ahead

21st February 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Royal Boskalis Westminster and DEME Group' s Australian subsidiary Dredeco have  secured a large scale joint venture  dredging contract for the expansion of the coal export harbour at Newcastle in Australia.

21st February 2008

Boskalis and Dredeco to Do Newcastle Dredging

21st February 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Cape Town, South Africa' s second largest port, has launched a US$613m expansion project to increase terminal handling capacity and improve port infrastructure. The move comes after Cape Town posted a 13%…

21st February 2008

Expansion Plan for Cape Town Unveiled

21st February 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DEME, the Belgian dredging contractor, has  been awarded a contract to  deepen a  berth  at Fisherman’ s Island, Gladstone in Queensland, Australia.

21st February 2008

DEME Secures Another Australian Project

21st February 2008

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The European Marine Safety Agency (EMSA) has recently awarded contracts worth € 18.4m over three years that will see seven oil product tankers, three from the UK, two Spanish, one Maltese and…

21st February 2008

EMSA Oil Recovery Vessel Contracts Finalised

21st February 2008

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The Liverpool based Bibby Line, which owns and operates ships, offshore units and floating accommodation barges, recently deployed a vessel of the latter type, ' Bibby Progress' , to Nigeria, where it…

21st February 2008

Hungry SludgeHammer Eats Marine Waste

21st February 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Global vehicle logistical services provider Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has announced the establishment of the Orcelle Fund, through which the company will provide an initial $100,000 of   capital for environmental marine…

21st February 2008

Environmental Innovation Oracelle Fund Launched

21st February 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Severe gales around the coasts of Britain and western Europe late in January and early February presented the emergency services and salvors with a number unusual and potentially difficult challenges.

21st February 2008

Chinese New Year for Rotterdam Salvors

21st February 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Salvors have welcomed the International Maritime Organization’ s (IMO) adoption of Guidelines on the Control of Ships in an Emergency.

21st February 2008

Salvors Back IMO Emergency Response Guidelines

21st February 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

To launch National Science Week in the UK next month, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and The University of Southampton have managed to persuade two great comedians to give a lighter side…

21st February 2008

Climate Change Comedy on the South Coast

21st February 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Early last month Marine Design International (MDI) and Deri Jones & Associates / GeoSpatial Survey Solutions (DJA/GSS) undertook a lines lifting and modelling job at Stormcats on Islay off the West coast…

21st February 2008

Lasers Light the Future of Lines Lifting

21st February 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK' s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has taken a significant step to reduce risks in a current software development programme that has implications on shipping and coastguard activity and the…

21st February 2008

Safety Through Software Set to Save Lives

21st February 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Fassmer in North Germany is designing and building a state of the art 65m LOA geophysical survey vessel for Holland’ s Fugro Group, which is active worldwide in the collection and interpretation…

21st February 2008

Fassmer Builds Research Ship for Fugro

21st February 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The International Legal Maritime Conference 2008 is being planned to take place in Ancona, Italy, one of the country' s largest Adriatic ports. The event is scheduled as part of an ongoing…

21st February 2008

Adriatic Coast Setting for Maritime Law Event

21st February 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The British Royal Navy' s ice patrol ship, HMS Endurance, has successfully located the wreck of the 2,000 gt cruise liner, Explorer, which sank in Antarctic waters last November amidst worldwide publicity…

14th February 2008

Antarctic Surveys Locate Sunken Cruiseship

14th February 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Hydrometric and oceanographic instrumentation specialists Valeport of Totnes UK have launched a new range of miniaturised sensors and probes which can be deployed from, or fitted to, any vessel, ROV, AUV or…

14th February 2008

New Mini-Sensors and Probes

14th February 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

US sidescan sonar exponents EdgeTech have extended their series of systems with development of the 4700-DFX, a dual-frequency unit capable of high resolution imagery at increased ranges and tow speeds.

14th February 2008

Extended Sidescan Sonar Range

14th February 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Swiss based Allseas Group, a major global offshore pipelaying and subsea construction company, has ordered four TSS 440 pipetrackers for installation on its new Schilling ROVs together with Reson dual head SeaBat…

14th February 2008

Big Order for Taken Over TSs

14th February 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Sonardyne International is to host the 42nd Marine Measurement Forum at the DeVere Warbrook House and Grange in Eversley, Hook, Hampshire UK on Tuesday 15 April.

14th February 2008

Marine Measurement Forum Upcoming

14th February 2008