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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

After a year hiatus following Hurricane Katrina,the International WorkBoat Show returns to New Orleans USA from 29 Novemberthrough 1 December. The largest US maritime trade show and conference willagain take place in…

1st November 2006

International WorkBoat Show Returns to New Orleans

1st November 2006

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Oceanteam 2000 Ltd (ot2k) has deployed the Easytrak underwater tracking and positioning system from Applied Acoustic Engineering for mattress laying operations to protect power cables running from the offshore wind farm at…

1st November 2006

Acoustic Advances Aid Diver Safety

1st November 2006

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The dredger is urgently needed, officials said, particularly so because of the completion this year of Bremerhaven's new Container Terminal 4, which is adding 1,700m of new quayside and a new 100m…

1st November 2006

Unusual Hol Blank Takes Shape for Weser Ports

1st November 2006

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dredging contractor Rohde Nielsen A/S has moved more than 7m m3 of sand in helping to construct new container terminals at Aarhus Harbour in Denmark. The projects origins date to 1998 when…

1st November 2006

Dredging Delivers Denmarks New Container Terminal

1st November 2006

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Port of Rotterdam has awarded a contract to Stema Survey to deliver and implement the Silas acoustic data acquisition and processing system in combination with an OEM Odom Echotrac CV echo…

1st November 2006

Rotterdam Reduces Dredging Requirement

1st November 2006

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Belgiums Jan De Nul Group continues it fleet renewal and expansion programme with an order for two newbuild trailing suction hopper dredgers which will be built by Heun Woo Steel Co Ltd…

1st November 2006

Busy Days for Jan De Nul

1st November 2006

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Yateley UK based Sonardyne International, in association with its local representatives, Aquadyne AS, has delivered its latest Ranger USBL (Ultra-Short Baseline) acoustic positioning system to Artec Subsea AS of Norway.

1st November 2006

Sonardyne USBL System for Norway

1st November 2006

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Nearly20 leading domestic institutes, agencies and companies concerned withoceanography and related disciplines in Holland have pooled their resources andexpertise as part of a new consortium recently established in Delft, the DutchOcean Group.

1st November 2006

Dutch Ocean Group Formed

1st November 2006

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Its joint organisers, Intelligent Exhibitions and TMS International, say that speakers will be drawn from leading international oil and gas organisations as well as global contractors and service providers along with government…

1st November 2006

Offshore Survey 07

1st November 2006

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Mott MacDonald is to act as lead partner for a research and development project supported by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the UK which it is hoped will produce…

1st November 2006

Mott MacDonald to Lead ALWC Effort

1st November 2006

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Atthe Broads Authority Navigation Committee on  October 26th members andofficers recommended that a further £ 100,000 should be spent on dredging therivers and broads and the creation of suitable disposal sites for…

1st November 2006

£100,000 Dredging Fund Extension for the Norfolk Broads

1st November 2006

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Belgian dredging company Jan de Nul has announced that on October 24th the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) awarded a one year contract to a subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group for the excavation of rock alongside the…

1st November 2006

Second PCA Contract for De Nul

1st November 2006

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

TheUKs Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, Ian Pearson, formallyopened a completed coastal defence scheme between Whitstable Harbour andPreston Parade on October 3rd. The ceremony marked the completion ofan 11 month…

1st November 2006

UKs Climate Change Minister Formally Opens New Sea Defences

1st November 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The largest flood storage project in Europe, the Alkborough Flats Tidal Defence Scheme in Lincolnshire in the UK, which will reduce the risk of flooding for 300,000 people and become a haven…

1st November 2006

Largest Flood Storage Scheme in Europe Opened

1st November 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Environment Agency in the UK has confirmed that it will increase boat registration fees on the rivers it manages by 12% per year for three years from 2007 to help pay…

1st November 2006

EA Supports Rivers Investment

1st November 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Fourinternational dredging companies have been  shortlisted by  JawaharlalNehru Port Trust (JNPT) in India to execute a project to dredge  theharbour entrance channel.

1st November 2006

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Project Bids

1st November 2006

SECURITY

SECURITY

In order to address a number of security related issues and develop initiative to benefit the industry, the Security Task Force formed last year by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has…

1st November 2006

Guidance on Travel Security from IMCA

1st November 2006

SECURITY

SECURITY

Two ex-RAF patrol boats have been sold to a Nigerian security company which will use them to combat the latest outbreak of piracy and the abduction of personnel from offshore oil rigs…

1st November 2006

Servicing a Soaring Demand for Security Boats

1st November 2006

SECURITY

SECURITY

QinetiQ has secured a breakthrough sale of it Cerberus high performance diver and swimmer detection sonar system into the yacht market. The system will be deployed to provide security for a large…

1st November 2006

Diver Detection Moves On from Military Origins

1st November 2006

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Ports are potentially hazardous areas by virtue of their activities, operations and the interaction of vehicles, machinery and people. Ensuring that lighting systems provide a safe working environment is essential, as is…

1st November 2006

Tackling Light Pollution in Ports

1st November 2006