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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

IHCCaland Shareholders in Hollands approved the sale last month of the groups shipyards to their management, supported by the equity arm of Rabobank.

1st March 2005

Dutch Dredger Builders Detach

1st March 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Poole UK based company Jenkins Marine has purchased four vessels and other items of associated plant from Dean & Dyball Construction .Following a consolidation of Jenkins civil and marine activities last year…

1st March 2005

Jenkins Buys Dean & Dyball Marine Equipment

1st March 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Works are underway in Bristol UK to preserve the SS Great Britain , Brunels breakthrough wrought iron hulled, screw driven passenger steamship, for the next 100 years with the creation of a…

1st March 2005

Glass Ceiling Rescues Brunels Masterpiece

1st March 2005

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Antwerp based underwater specialist Hydrex has just adapted a fast, simple and inexpensive way of dealing with underwater work in confined areas, such as a thruster tunnel, where the work in the…

1st February 2005

NewDevelopment in Mobdock Technology

1st February 2005

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Due to the limited availability of purpose designed ships, there are regions of the world that frequently use vessels of opportunity from which to carry out surface supplied and saturation diving work.

1st February 2005

IMCA Delivers Dive Boat Guidance

1st February 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK Natural Environment Research Council, which has an annual budget of around £ 300m to fund and undertake impartial research in environmental sciences, has commissioned construction of a new £ 36m…

1st February 2005

NERC Orders New Ship

1st February 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The widespread damage to livelihoods and infrastructures resulting from the magnitude 9 earthquake off the west coast of Sumatra on 26 December has brought a swift response from world aid agencies and…

1st February 2005

Tsunami Relief Aid Begins

1st February 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

BP has concluded a $3m partnership agreement with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, for a three-year research programme. The initial focus of the programme, say…

1st February 2005

BP-Scripps Agreement

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Land and marine geotechnical investigations for a proposed LNG terminal, including an unloading jetty and pipeline at Horseshoe Point on the Isle of Grain in Kent UK, has been completed by Fugro…

1st February 2005

Firm Foundations for the Isle of Grain

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

With the pre-Christmas commissioning of the Scroby Sands wind farm just off the beach at Great Yarmouth, the UK has moved into position as the second largest offshore wind generator in the…

1st February 2005

Tidal Surge of Financial Support for UK Marine Renewables

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract for constructing the entrance to and reclamation of land for the construction of a cruise terminal on the Turk &…

1st February 2005

Reclamation Contract Awarded

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Excavation, piling and the laying of foundations are in full swing at the eastern Skandia Harbour container yard in the Swedish Port of Goteborg . The quay and the surfaces within the…

1st February 2005

Improvements in Full Swing at Skandia Harbour

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Anglo Norwegian joint venture of Seacore Ltd and Eidesvik Subsea AS has been awarded an open tender contract by the joint Moroccan and Spanish authorities to perform a marine site investigation…

1st February 2005

Seabed Study for EuropeAfrica Tunnel

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Gothenburg based TTS Ships Equipment AB has won a contract from Stena Line Scandinavia AB for the turnkey delivery of linkspan for the Stena Terminal at Verko, near Karlskrona in Sweden. It…

1st February 2005

First Ever Linkspan Order for TTS

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Montrose New Bridge , via which the A92 crossed the river South Esk on the East Coast of Scotland until last October, was in fact 73 years old and dying from…

1st February 2005

Bridge Removal Over Shallow Waters

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

UK Government Ministers have backed a pilot project which could lead to a new, plan-led approach to protecting and managing Britains seas in a more sustainable way.

1st February 2005

A Planning System For the Sea

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

At the end of January, the UK Secretary of State for Transport, Alistair Darling, set out his view on the proposal to support the Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour (EastPort) scheme with public…

1st February 2005

EastPort Project Moves Step Closer

1st February 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A new report released by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) claims that the UKs seas are in crisis, with key species in serious decline as a consequence of inadequate planning and poor…

1st February 2005

Aggregates Extraction Tales Toll on Marine Life, says WWF

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A European project called EUMARSAND is being uses to determine the potential effects on the marine environment of aggregates extraction, MJ has learned.

1st February 2005

Euro Project Addressing Aggregates Issues

1st February 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Simrad launched a new Type Approved Search and Rescue Transponder, the SA50 , at the London Boat Show last month, thereby increasing its product range for the GMDSS safety market. Several key…

1st February 2005

London Boat Show Debut for Smallest SART

1st February 2005