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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The UKs famous Southend Pier , which was badly damaged by fire more than 20 years ago, has finally been rebuilt.

1st June 2003

Fire-damaged Southend Pier is Finally Rebuilt

1st June 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Ballast Ham Dredging recently completed the dredging of Limehouse Basin within the East London Docks, employing their patented Water Injection Dredging (WID) technology.

1st June 2003

Limehouse Basin Dredging Goes With the Flow

1st June 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Briggs Marine Contractors have started work in harsh weather conditions to prepare the way for an upgraded ferry service to the Scottish west coast islands of Rhum, Muck, Eigg and Canna. The…

1st June 2003

Marine Works Underway on Small Scottish Isles

1st June 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The first $76.2m stage of a new container terminal in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constantza is scheduled to start operation in August.

1st June 2003

Constantzas New Container Terminal on Stream Soon

1st June 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The first phase of a 30 year development plan for the busy UK Port of Dover , devised by consultants Halcrow and covered in MJ last month, is moving forward, with Edmund…

1st June 2003

Construction of New Dover Berths Underway

1st June 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Undeterred by war in the region, the Netherlands Ballast Ham Dredging has begun work on a contract in Dubai undertaking land reclamation works at Port Rashid. Total vale of the contract for…

1st June 2003

BHD Land Reclamation in Dubai

1st June 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

British firm DCT (Deepsea Container Terminal) Gdansk has signed a 60 year lease giving it the exclusive right to build and operate a deep-sea container terminal in the Polish port which could…

1st June 2003

UK Company Develops Gdansk Container Terminal

1st June 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Klaipeda State Seaport Authority (KSSA) in Lithuania has received a loan from the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) in connection with consulting services for work at the Port of Klaipeda…

1st June 2003

Consulting Services Sought for Lithuanian Project

1st June 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Boskalis Offshore is making good progress with a challenging project that will see Singapore connected to the Indonesian island of Pulau Pemping by a new 26km gas pipeline known as the Pulau…

1st June 2003

Gas Pipeline Provides Challenging Job for Boskalis Offshore

1st June 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Funding for the construction of a major ro-ro terminal and new quays at the Port of Great Yarmouth in the UK, at £ 32m, one of the largest projects of its type…

1st June 2003

EastPort Construction Funding Should in Place by Year End?

1st June 2003

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

New from E2S, European Safety Systems, are the MB005 five joule and MB010 ten joule xenon strobe beacons.

1st June 2003

New Harsh Environment Beacons

1st June 2003

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Norcontrol IT has recently concluded the installation of a complete Port Operations System for the UK’ s Tees & Hartlepool Port Authority. The system has been designed to be one of the…

1st June 2003

Port Ops System for Teesside

1st June 2003

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Eason Marine, whose towering EM3000 Navigation Buoy was a guiding landmark at seawork2002, return for seawork2003 with not onebut two other models from their well-proven range. Visitors to Eason Marines Stand 71…

1st June 2003

Eason Marine Brings the Buoys to seawork

1st June 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The pilot organisations of various European countries, united in the European Maritime Pilot Association (EMPA), are aware that they face a fast changing environment of competition and computer technology which requires a…

1st June 2003

Portable Pilot Units (PPUs) at Work in european Ports

1st June 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

McMurdo, manufacturer of the ICS brand of NAVTEX receivers, has launched a new entry level dual-channel NAVTEX receiver called the ICS NAV6dual, a paperless model that displays weather and navigation warning information…

1st June 2003

New Dual Channel NAVTEX Receiver From McMurdo

1st June 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A new buoy tender under build at the Schelde Naval Shipbuilding yard in the Netherlands for the Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) will feature a complete suite of bridge electronics supplied…

1st June 2003

Versatile Buoy Tender Gets NavComms Package

1st June 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) launched its new Admiralty Digital List of Lights at Norshipping in Oslo earlier this month. Developed with the professional mariner in mind and supplying details of…

1st June 2003

UKHO’s List of Lights Gets Digital Launch

1st June 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Computers, particularly on vessels with integrated control systems, are seen as an increasingly common cause of dynamic positioning (DP) loss of position incidents. The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has recently published…

1st June 2003

DP Loss of Position Incidents Report Triggers Review

1st June 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

With business now being carried out in more places around the world and work patterns demanding fast, efficient electronic communication any time, anywhere, Inmarsat has developed a new Regional Broadband, Global Area…

1st June 2003

Remote Use Antenna Takes Work Anywhere

1st June 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Icom UK Ltd has launched a new VHF marine handheld transceiver designed with particular emphasis on commercial use. Suitable forboth commercial marine and Private Business Radio (PBR) applications, the compact and rugged…

1st June 2003

Compact VHF Handheld Designed for Commercial Usage

1st June 2003