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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The London based International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has prepared a position paper on offshore renewable energy to assist and inform its 270 members in 35 countries on the marine renewable energy…

1st October 2005

IMCA Takes a View on Offshore Renewables

1st October 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Intermarine Ltd has just completed a race against time to design, supply and install a floating breakwater and moorings in the Holy Loch on the west coast of Scotland. The breakwater for…

1st October 2005

Breakwater Beats the Weather at Holy Loch

1st October 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The UKs first offshore substation has been successfully installed at the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. The substation transforms the power generated by the windfarm before it can be…

1st October 2005

Matador 3 Lifts First Offshore Substation

1st October 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

James Mallord William Turner was on board a Margate steamer to sketch the passage of HMSTemeraire as it was towed upriver by a smoke belching modern steam tug on 6 September 1838.…

1st October 2005

Work Starts on Turner Contemporary

1st October 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Renewable wave and tidal energy could provide up to 10% of Scotlands electricity production and create around 7,000 new jobs under measures announced last month.

1st October 2005

Tide Turns in Scotland

1st October 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Van Oord in the Netherlands has been award the Rochester Riverside Development atRochester in the UK and a major contract in Russia.

1st October 2005

Van Oord Wins More Work in UK and Russia

1st October 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Aldar Properties in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has invited a total of eight dredging contractors to tender for the dredging and reclamation contract at Abu Dhabis forthcoming Al Raha…

1st October 2005

Abu Dhabi Dredging Tender

1st October 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in Gouda in the Netherlands has granted the civil construction company Charles Brand Ltd a licence for the use of the Xbloc armour unit for the upgrading of…

1st October 2005

DMC Receives First European Order for Xbloc

1st October 2005

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Shifting sands are causing problems for recreational sailors at a recently completed £ 3.5m West Wales marina where several small craft have run aground this summer.

1st October 2005

Sandbanks Causing Problems for Newly Opened Marina

1st October 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

SIX Construct , the subsidiary of Belgium-based BESIX , has been awarded a contract by Cameroon Shipyard and Industrial Engineering Ltd for the design and construction of a 400m long multipurpose quaywall.

1st October 2005

SIX Construct awarded contract in Cameroon

1st October 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has confirmed that the Dutch Cabinet recently reached a decision on a package of projects for the forthcoming Rotterdam Mainport Development Project (PMR).

1st October 2005

Dutch Cabinet Agrees Rotterdam Development Project

1st October 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

UK Dredging (UKD), Associated British Ports (ABP) dredging arm, moved from strength to strength in the first half of 2006, said the company in a statement issued in September, with its fleet…

1st October 2005

UK Dredging Extends its Reach

1st October 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The revitalisation of Scotlands inland waterways has reached a major milestone with the formal opening of a new £ 1.2m mooring basin on the Forth & Clyde Canal. The mooring basin, which…

1st October 2005

Mooring Basin Opens

1st October 2005

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The new office complex for Trinity House , the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, The Channel Islands and Gibraltar, was opened during the summer by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Master…

1st October 2005

Royal Opening for Trinity House

1st October 2005

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Tideland Signal will be showing highlights of its comprehensive range of aids to navigation on Stand 501 at Europort Maritime in Rotterdam, including the latest AIS, a remote monitoring and control system,…

1st October 2005

Navaids Go Live at Europort

1st October 2005

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Hampshire UK based manufacturer and supplier of aids to navigation Hydrosphere has launched the new Vega VLS-46 LED precision sector lights, which combine the latest LED technology with precision engineering and lens…

1st October 2005

NewGeneration of Sector Lights Launched

1st October 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Simrad 33 Series has been rejuvenated with the new CX33 combination unit as part of the Simrad CX range.

1st October 2005

New Modular Combi Unit Makes Debut

1st October 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Gloucestershire UK based Satamatics has launched MapView , a web based mapping utility designed to further expand the capability of their Ship Security Alert System O cean Alert . The MapView option…

1st October 2005

MapView Adds Tracking to SSAS

1st October 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Alphatron Marine BV will have a home nation presence on Stand 376 at Europort Maritime , showing not only the products it supplies from JRC, Sailor, Consilium, Kelvin Hughes and Yokogawa but…

1st October 2005

NavComms Bonanza at Europort

1st October 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Radio Holland will be found at Europort Maritime conveniently next to the door to Hall 1 and adjacent to marine communications equipment manufacturer Furuno . At Europort Radio Holland will focus on…

1st October 2005

Radio Holland and Furuno Neighbours at Europort

1st October 2005