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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Civil engineering contractors Costain began work earlier this month on a £ 28m project to extend Trinity Terminal at the UK Port of Felixstowe. The Port was granted the Harbour Revision Order…

1st February 2003

Felixstowe Expansion Underway

1st February 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Timber has traditionally been used for the construction of a wide variety of coastal and fluvial structures including groynes, jetties, lock gates and river bank protection throughout the UK.

1st February 2003

Timber Research for Coastal and Fluvial Engineering

1st February 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and The Crown Estate have launched a new initiative to provide more detailed information on the zoning of marine aggregate licence areas located around the…

1st February 2003

BMAPA and Crown Estate Launch Initiative on Aggregates Zoning

1st February 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Conservationists in the UK are claiming that dredging maerl, a material used by farmers as an organic fertilizer, from a Cornish estuary, should be stopped to protect the area. They claim that…

1st February 2003

Concern Over Maerl Dredging

1st February 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Royal BAM Group in the Netherlands says it has acquired the one-third interest in the dredging company Ballast Ham Dredging (BHD) that was owned by Ballast Nedam.

1st February 2003

Royal BAM Completes Acquisition of Ballast Ham Dredging

1st February 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

HR Wallingford has recently been commissioned by Consorzio Porto di Cattolica to carry out studies in connection with the development of a marina in the entrance of the Tavollo River at Cattolica,…

1st February 2003

HR Wallingford Commissioned for Italian Marina Study

1st February 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A Government-level decision on whether to allow the development of a new marina complex at Bridlington in the North East of the UK - a project which will be one of the…

1st February 2003

Decision Due on Marina at Bridlington

1st February 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The City of Oslo in Norway is demanding ¢ 7m from Bayer AG , Solutia and Kaneka in compensation for the cost of cleaning up Oslo Harbour.

1st February 2003

Cityof Oslo Launches Claim Against PCB Producers

1st February 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Willem de Ruiter, currently head of the Maritime Safety Unit at the European Commissions Directorate General for Energy and Transport, has been appointed as the first head of its European Maritime Safety…

1st February 2003

First Director for European Maritime Safety Agency

1st February 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Canadian liferaft manufacturer DBC Marine Safety Systems is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its humble origins as a small service station in a Vancouver suburb.

1st February 2003

DBC Celebrates 25 Years of Marine Safety

1st February 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The International Association of Classification Societies has, at the request of the IMO, agreed to undertake a revision of six of the IMOs set of model training courses. The courses are intended…

1st February 2003

IACS to Update IMO Model Training Courses

1st February 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems (KMSS) is enjoying a buoyant period for its training and simulation division, with recently signed contracts from the Canadian Coast Guard College, the Navy Academy in Taiwan and…

1st February 2003

On-Line Simulation Boosts Crew Training

1st February 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

According to the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) the lead association for the Personal Protective Equipment Directive in the UK, many employers are confused when it comes to choosing the right equipment,…

1st February 2003

Free Personal Protective Equipment Advice for the Marine Industries

1st February 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A high powered team has begun a research project in Holland which aims to investigate important factors that occur during the evacuation process on board ships and to subsequently develop technologies and…

1st February 2003

Dutch Launch Vessel Evacuation Decision Research Project

1st February 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The existing CCTV system for Aberdeen Harbour UK, which handles four million tonnes of cargo annually, has been extended to cover other strategic areas of the port.

1st February 2003

Extended CCTV for Aberden Harbour Security

1st February 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Pacific Maritime Institute (PMI) has selected Transas Marine USA to provide the navigational simulation systems for their new simulation and training facility which will open this summer in the Port of…

1st February 2003

New Training Facility for Seattle

1st February 2003

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Ship repair in the UK is looking positive for 2003 according to the A&P Group, which has confirmed that all 14 of their dry docks are full with various vessels under repair,…

1st February 2003

Its a Super Market for A&P Group

1st February 2003

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Smit Transport Europe has welcomed the New Years delivery of the Smit Engineering designed test lift barge E3505, which will be used by offshore crane vessel operators such as Heerema and Saipem…

1st February 2003

Rebuilt Test Barge Makes Debut

1st February 2003

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A new high performance blast cleaning system which greatly reduces abrasive usage in removing thick and difficult coatings is now available from Sheffield UK based Hodge Clemco.

1st February 2003

One Pass Thermoblast

1st February 2003

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Removing the tail shafting from Caledonian MacBraynes Isle of Lewis ferry, which runs from Ullapool to Stornaway, is a regular operation at overhaul and for survey. Recognising that the time consuming task…

1st February 2003

Pilgrim Eliminates Bolts From the Blue

1st February 2003