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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has issued a first Call for Papers to be presented at CEDA Dredging Days , a conference which traditionally takes place alongside the Europort exhibition.

1st January 2005

Dredging: The Extremes at CEDA Dredging Days

1st January 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Based at Zierikzee in the Netherlands, Seatec Underwater Systems BV hasunveiled its latest Dredge Head Monitoring System . It is designed to monitor the dredging process on various types of dredgers and…

1st January 2005

New DHMS Makes Dutch Debut

1st January 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Dutch group IHC Caland has advised that negotiations with Rabo Participates (RaPar) is likely to lead to the sale of its shipbuilding activities.

1st January 2005

IHC Holland Management Buy-Out

1st January 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Fiercely competitive pricing has been blamed by the dredging industrys largest company, Royal Boskalis Westminster , for modest net results for 2004 of ? 20? 25mon a turnover of approximately ? 1…

1st January 2005

Royal Boskalis Vision of Recovery for the Industry

1st January 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Late last November Peter Madsen Rederi A/S of Denmark was awarded the contract to install the external J-tubes to the 30 offshore wind turbines being erected in the Thames Estuary at Kentish…

1st January 2005

Danish Dredger Does Wind Farm Duty

1st January 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and the UK Hydrographic Office , as operators of Primar Stavanger and the International Centre for Electronic Nautical Charts (IC-ENC) respectively, have signed a letter of intent on…

1st January 2005

Primar & IC-ENC Agreement

1st January 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

German underwater specialist Innomar Technologie is hosting a 2nd international workshop on Seabed Acoustics , in Rostock-Warnemunde from 24-25 February. Following an opening address by Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns Minister for Economic Affairs, F Dorok,…

1st January 2005

2nd International Seabed Acoustics Workshop

1st January 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Spray , a novel unmanned glider-type submarine with no engine has recently completed extensive crossings of open seas measuring salinity, temperature and pressure in the Gulf stream between the surface and 1,000m…

1st January 2005

Unmanned Sub With No Engine

1st January 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Concerns over what UK Shipping Minister David Jamieson has called the vulnerability of satellite navigation systems means that a terrestrial alternative is needed, he said. Jamieson made the comments during recent launch…

1st January 2005

Calls for Satellite Alernative

1st January 2005

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The British Marine Federation (BMF) has launched an Environmental Code of Practice for its members.

1st January 2005

Encouragment for Industry to Think Green

1st January 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

In early January, China Harbour-Costain announced that it had been awarded a US$170 million contract by Sempra LNG s Energia Costa Azul to design and construct the breakwater for a liquefied natural…

1st January 2005

China Harbour-Costain to Design Breakwater for LNG terminal

1st January 2005

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

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

1st January 2005

DEFRA Funds Planning System for the Sea

1st January 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Brunei has launched a global campaign to find a partner for its planned US$1.7 billion deepwater port, which is a major plank in the tiny Asian nations economic diversification plan.

1st January 2005

Brunei EDB Appoints Halcrow for Port Study

1st January 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Flexcrete , which specialises in repair to marine and other structures, has launched a new product, Cemprotec Clutch Filler , to complement its successful Cemprotec E942 system.

1st January 2005

Flexcrete Unveils Solution to Sheet Piling Problem

1st January 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

HR Wallingford in the UK has unveiled details of a major investment it has made in a new modelling hall that covers an area more than 11,000m 2.Responding to record demand for…

1st January 2005

Hydraulic Modelling Alive and Well at HR Wallingford

1st January 2005

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Mott MacDonald has been appointed as a sub-consultant by AREVA T&D Systems inStafford in the UK to provide electrical design services for an offshore wind farm to be built 7km off the…

1st January 2005

Mott MacDonald to Provide Design Services for Wind Farm

1st January 2005

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Volvo Penta invoked memories of the 1959 New York Boat Show at the London Boat Show earlier this month, where it unveiled its revolutionary new IPS (Inboard Propulsion System).

1st January 2005

Propulsion Breakthrough Launched in London

1st January 2005

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

As promised, WaterMota Ltd turned up at the London Boat Show earlier this month with two new engines from value for money Korean manufacturer Daewoo . The engines are so popular with…

1st January 2005

More Daewoos to Choose at London Boat Show

1st January 2005

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Following the closure of Polar Engineering , Birmingham UK based EJ Bowman have bought the majority of Polar Engineering' s pattern equipment together with the manufacturing rights.

1st January 2005

Bowman to Make Polar Heat Exchangers

1st January 2005

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Wartsila Corporation has introduced a new family of face type seals specifically for water lubricated stern tubes.

1st January 2005

New Workboat Sterntube Seals from Wartsila

1st January 2005