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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Technical and project management specialists Metoc of Liphook has strengthened its portfolio of marine and coastal data services with the acquisition of Compass Data Systems , also in Hampshire, which is a…

1st May 2004

Metoc Buys Compass Data Systems

1st May 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

New ranges of multibeam echosounders for shallow water applications have been announced separately by Kongsberg Maritime of Norway and Atlas Hydrographic ofGermany. Operating on one of three available frequencies in the 300kHz…

1st May 2004

New Multibeam Systems Announced

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

On the same day last month that the British Government rejected Associated British Ports plans for a new container terminal at Dibden Bay in Southampton, the Public Inquiry got underway into the…

1st May 2004

Bathside Bay Inquiry Opens

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The largest container ship ever to be handled in an Irish port called at Marine Terminals in Dublin Port last month after the facility had received a 23m make-over. The 2,450 teu…

1st May 2004

Busy Days at Dublin Port

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Cornwall UK based Seacore has successfully completed the construction of a new wastewater sea outfall pipeline at Girvan, on the exposed west coast of Scotland, about 100km south of Glasgow.

1st May 2004

Seacore Digs In At Girvan

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A new freight-only canal linking the Seine on the outskirts of Paris to the Dunkirk-Escaut canal in northern France is to be built at a cost of 2.6 billion.

1st May 2004

France Makes a €2.6 Billion Push for Barges

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Following on from their successful debut conference at seawork last year, Mackaoui Communications are organising a full day programme on the first day of seawork2004 , Tuesday 22 June, entitled Regeneration of…

1st May 2004

Mackaoui Magic Returns to seawork

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

P&O Ports has signed a 40 year concession with Antwerp Port Authority to equip and operate the Deurganckdok east side container terminal in the Port of Antwerp as part of the Antwerp…

1st May 2004

€450m Box Terminal for Port of Antwerp

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Council of the Isles of Scilly has secured just under £ 200,000 of investment (including Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Objective One) for technical investigations in St Marys Harbour ,…

1st May 2004

New Quay Planned at St Marys Harbour

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) and English Partnerships have announced the appointment of Brown and Mason Ltd , one of the largest demolition, dismantling and asbestos removal companies in the…

1st May 2004

Demolition Firm Appointed for Woolston Site

1st May 2004

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A new rock dumping record has been established by Van Oord s flexible fallpipe vessel Tertnes, the vessel having completed the protection of a cable crossing in water depths of 887m.

1st May 2004

New Rock Dumping Record Established by Van Oord

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Mowlem Civil Engineering , part of international construction and support services group Mowlem Plc , has begun work extending and improving the Sandquay Base in Dartmouth for client VT Integrated Services ,…

1st May 2004

Mowlem Begins Sandquay Improvement

1st May 2004

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Sweden based Marinfloc AB claims to be the first and only company currently manufacturing an Emulsion Breaking Bilge Water Cleaning System (EBBWCS) that gives shipowners and shipyards a solution to fulfil the…

1st May 2004

Bilge Cleaning System Meets IMO Regulations

1st May 2004

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

London law firm Lawrence Graham says shipping is focusing on complying with ISPS requirements while another soon to be enforced Convention, which will have major ramifications for all aspects of shipping, goes…

1st May 2004

HNS Convention Sneaking Up On Ports

1st May 2004

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Earlier this year Westfalia Separator launched its new WTC 2 high speed centrifuge for separating oil from bilge water down to 5ppm. The new machine can treat up to 1m 3/hr of…

1st May 2004

Baby Bilge Water Separator Suitable for Workboats

1st May 2004

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

In the continuing agitated wake of the Prestige disaster, Ro-Clean Desmi and its Madrid representative SENTEC have delivered a third specialised oil spill control vessel to Spain.

1st May 2004

Polkittens Are Slick In the Oil

1st May 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Lifting equipment on board the British registered, Sealion Shipping dive support vessel Toisa Polaris was given a clean bill of health from Water Weights recently after completion of the proof load testing…

1st May 2004

High Proof Heavy Water

1st May 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The work of Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd at the Chevron Texaco oil refinery in Pembroke, Wales has been officially recognised with the Good Contractors Safety Award .

1st May 2004

Safety Rewarded

1st May 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

As part of their overall ISPS Code security plan and safety management system, the UKs Trinity House lighthouse and navaids service has called on advice from Hernis Scan Systems , the Norwegian…

1st May 2004

CCTV Security for Trinity House Boats

1st May 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

In response to ever increasing demand for workboat training, Scotlands Seatrek Training has added the 45ft twin engined Nelson Island Fox to its training fleet. The new Category 2 coded acquisition offers…

1st May 2004

Island Fox Delivers Workboat Training

1st May 2004