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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Sonar studies of the Venice Lagoon have revealed submerged beaches that play a crucial role in preservation of its wetlands following surveys carried out by Southampton Oceanography Centre on behalf of CORILAS…

1st March 2005

Sonar Finds Hidden Beaches

1st March 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

In the first instance of a shallow water river environment being successfully mapped by airborne LIDAR survey technology, Woolpert Inc and Fugro Pelagos Inc have completed a survey of the Yakima River…

1st March 2005

Airborne Bathymetry In Rivers Breakthrough

1st March 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Port of Bridgetown in the Barbados has become one of the premier ports for the booming cruise ship industry operating out of Miami and Port Everglades. Major dredging works completed in…

1st March 2005

QM 2 Ramps up Bridgetown Survey Requirement

1st March 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Port of Bristol has awarded UK Dredging (UKD) a term contract to carry out the maintenance dredging of its dock entrances at Portbury and Avonmouth over the next three years.

1st March 2005

UK Dredging Secures New Contract

1st March 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Xbloc armoured units of the type developed by Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in the Netherlands have been selected for a number of new projects in different locations around the world, according to…

1st March 2005

More Orders for Xbloc Armoured Units

1st March 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A £ 50 million pound harbour and breakwater is being considered as one of a number of the proposals to strengthen the sea defences at Weston on the north Somerset coast in…

1st March 2005

Breakwater Considered to Strengthen Sea Defences

1st March 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction of South Africas newest harbour, Port of Ngqura, at Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape, is progressing according to schedule, with approximately Rand 2 billion already having been spent on infrastructure.

1st March 2005

Port of Ngqura Taking Shape

1st March 2005

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Increased levels of compensation will be available for victims of oil pollution from oil tanker accidents as a result of the 2003 Protocol adopted by a diplomatic conference at IMO headquarters in…

1st March 2005

Compensation Boost

1st March 2005

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Denmark based oil pollution response equipment specialists Ro-Clean Desmi have fared well at recent skimmer tests formulated by the US Coast Guard and carried out at the OHMSETT national testing facility in…

1st March 2005

Positive Spin for Circular Skimmer

1st March 2005

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The harbour tug Sea Helper is the first vessel of its class to be designed by Macduff Ship Design. Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland commissioned Macduff Ship Design to produce the design, contract/tender…

1st March 2005

Sea Helper is a First for Macduff Ship Design

1st March 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

font-family: " Times New Roman" font-family: " Times New Roman" >project, which has somehow been given the acronymSEA-AHED, has been funded by over ¢ 1.7 million from the EUs FrameworkProgramme.

1st March 2005

EU Funding Behind SEA-AHED

1st March 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

MAN B&W Diesel has broken the single engine 100,000bhp barrier with its new 12 cylinder 12K98MC pumping out a total of 101,645 bhp.

1st March 2005

Engine Barrier Broken

1st March 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

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1st March 2005

Deutz Flight to the Finnish

1st March 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

France, Jordan and Nigeria ratified The Seafarers Identity Documents Convention 2003 (No.185) last month, bringing it into force.   

1st March 2005

Seafarers ID Convention

1st March 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The certificate covers the safety and environmental management of the operations and maintenance of all Port of Cork general, dry bulk, liquid bulk, Lo-Lo and Ro-Ro terminals, pilot launch, tug and workboat…

1st March 2005

First IPSEM Certification to Port of Cork

1st March 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The programme covers current topical issues in port operations and safety such as quality criteria in port byelaws as they affect areas such as the requirements for tug use, manoeuvring problems and…

1st March 2005

EHMC Seminar in Port of Bordeaux

1st March 2005

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

The programme covers current topical issues in port operations and safety such as quality criteria in port byelaws as they affect areas such as the requirements for tug use, manoeuvring problems and…

1st March 2005

Engine Barrier Broken

1st March 2005

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

Rodriquez Cantieri Navali do Brasil has delivered the first of three 29m CityCat all aluminium catamarans to Barcas SA Shipping Company in Rio De Janeiro.

1st March 2005

Italian CityCats Running in Rio

1st March 2005

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

Scandinavian based car and Ro-Ro transportation specialist Wallenius Wilhelmsen hasdemonstrated its commitment to environmentally friendly shipping by designing a conceptual car and Ro-Ro carrier with zero emissions capability and with no ballast…

1st March 2005

Natural Power Ro-Ros the Boat

1st March 2005

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

It is a short crossing to Seawork from East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, where the prolific boat builders at South Boats Ltd are preparing to bring two newbuild commercial catamarans…

1st March 2005

South Boats Newbuilds Sail to Seawork

1st March 2005