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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Romona Geosolutions, a joint venture offshoot of Chessington-based Thales GeoSolutions and its Russian partner, J/S Romona, reports successful completion of major shallow water bathymetric surveys off Sakhalin Island, adjacent to the Lunskoye…

1st February 2003

Sakhalin Shallow Water Surveys

1st February 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

WS EnviroTech of Selborne, Hampshire has delivered an advanced version of its U-Tow Mk 3 undulating marine data-gathering vehicle to the Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey in China following a delivery of two…

1st February 2003

U-Tows For China

1st February 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Centrum Pile Ltd, formed by Aarsleff Piling in 2001, remains a wholly owned subsidiary of Aarsleff following the collapse last November of a proposed 50/50 joint ownership deal with Stent Foundations.

1st February 2003

Centrum Piles Up a Production Record

1st February 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

John Martin Construction Ltd has recently undertaken some essential maintenance work at the Port of Felixstowe.

1st February 2003

Largest Limpet Dam In Action at the Port of Felixstowe

1st February 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Swedish Port of Goteborgs board has approved the Ports largest ever investment package, authorising some $45m for upgrading facilities at the Skandia Container Terminal to accommodate the largest boxships envisioned for…

1st February 2003

Goteborg Goes With the Changes

1st February 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Cornwall based Seacore Ltd has demonstrated the versatility of one of its Skate II series jack up platforms during the replacement and extension of a seawall outfall pipeline down steep cliffs and…

1st February 2003

Seacore Left High and Dry in Devon

1st February 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Portsmouth UK based Plasti Ltd are conducting a series of tests in conjunction with Anglia Waterblast, Jotun and the Royal Military College at Shrivenham (part of Cranfield University) aimed at further enhancing…

1st February 2003

Tests Underway to Enhance Recycled Decking

1st February 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Belgian DEME Group recently deployed its powerful sea-going cutter suction dredger Amazone to Nigeria for trench dredging at the Offshore Gas Gathering System (OGGS) landfall on the southern shore of Bonny…

1st February 2003

Amazone in Africa for Pipeline Dredging Works

1st February 2003

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