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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Oranje , the second of two new 16,000m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredgers for Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster , was launched recently at the Merwede Shipyard at Hardinxveld-Giessendam in the…

1st May 2004

Oranje Ready for Boom

1st May 2004

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Damen Dredging Equipment (formerly De Groot Nijkerk ) has delivered a knock-down package for a Type CZ600 monohull cutter suction dredger to Middle East dredging and reclamation contractor Gulf Cobla LLC .…

1st May 2004

Dutch Expertise Goes East

1st May 2004

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Leicester UK based welding and metal fabrication specialists AceArc have developed heavy duty armour which is protecting cutter suction dredgers engaged in creating the worlds largest two man made islands off the…

1st May 2004

Dredging Armour Does Dubai

1st May 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The International Centre for Electronic Nautical Charts (ENCs) has established a new, improved catalogue on its website (www. ic-enc. org) which displays not only ENCs within its database, but also the latest…

1st May 2004

ENC Website Upgraded

1st May 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Imperial College London is convening three short courses on technical developments in underwater acoustics, from fundamentals to applications, from 6-10 September.

1st May 2004

Imperial College London Acoustics Courses

1st May 2004

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