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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Shipyard K Damen at Hardinxveld-Giessendam in The Netherlands has signed a contract to build a 3,880m 3capacity trailer suction hopper dredger for Scelveringhe Scheepvaart BV.

1st January 2003

Dredger Contract for K Damen

1st January 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Construction of the worlds largest self-propelled cutter suction dredger is now in full progress at IHC Hollands Kinderdijk shipyard. The vessel for Belgian contractor Jan de Nul is due to be launched…

1st January 2003

Largest CSD Newbuild Underway at Kinderdijk

1st January 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

De Groot Nijkerk Dredging Equipment is supplying the Suez Canal Authority with a complete assembly package for their type CZ450S cutter suction dredger. The pontoon is being built and the vessel assembled…

1st January 2003

De Groot Delivers Versatile CSD for Suez Canal Authority

1st January 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging giant Boskalis starts work this month on a ¢ 30m project to broaden and deepen the entrance channels to the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden. The contract with the Swedish…

1st January 2003

Gothenburg Fairway Dredging Gets New Year Start

1st January 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

RV Prince Madog, the Dutchbuilt research ship jointly operated by VT Ocean Sciences and the University of Wales School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor, is available for charter during this spring and…

1st January 2003

Prince Madog Available for Charter

1st January 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Leading equipment distributor MK Services of Leighton Buzzard has acquired a proprietary GIB (GPS Intelligent Buoy) system from French company, Advanced Concept & System Architecture (ACSA), following successful trials of a unit…

1st January 2003

Underwater GPS For Hire

1st January 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Thales GeoSolutions of Chessington has developed what it calls new-generation ROVs designed for multiple subsea applications from high-end survey work to drill rig support, the G3 series.

1st January 2003

New Multiple Subsea Application ROV Series From Thales

1st January 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Primar Stavanger, the international electronic navigational chart (ENC) co-ordinating centre operated by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service, is offering a free trial for vessels considering joining its service.

1st January 2003

Free ENC Trial for Three Months

1st January 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Edmund Nuttall Limited is approaching the mid-point of a £ 25.7m, 22 month coast protection project awarded to it by client Scarborough Borough Council (with DEFRA providing the major part of the…

1st January 2003

Accropodes Provide Solution for Scarborough Coast Protection Works

1st January 2003

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

At the end of 2002 the British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and the Crown Estate issued an annual report detailing the extent of UK dredging for the year 2001.

1st January 2003

Latest Dredging Figures From BMAPA and Crown Estate

1st January 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Tsavliris Salvage Group has been awarded a contract to tow the semi-submersible drilling rig Atwood Eagle from Greece to Angola, a journey of 5,500 miles expected to take two and a…

1st January 2003

Tsavliris tow Atwood Eagle

1st January 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

This month the European Tugowners Association (ETA) celebrates its 40 year anniversary and has declared its intention to become a more proactive organisation.

1st January 2003

European Tug Owners Raise Their Profile

1st January 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

During the recent winter weather in Europe a report was received from Dutch towage specialists International Transport Contractors (ITC) concerning an interesting Arctic tow carried out last summer. The tow involved the…

1st January 2003

An Arctic Tow by ITC

1st January 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Frances largest towage organisation Groupe Bourbon is to withdraw from the ports of Calais, Cherbourg, Dieppe, Sete and Noumes due to lack of profitability. It is reported that activities in those ports…

1st January 2003

Towlines

1st January 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd have won the Marine Services contract with Associated Petroleum Terminals (Immingham) Ltd.

1st January 2003

Briggs Lands Three Year APT Marine Services Contract

1st January 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Following the initial collision which sank the car transporter Tricolor in the English Channel last month and two subsequent incidents where other vessels collided with the barely submerged hulk, Deep Sea and…

1st January 2003

Tricolor Collisions Prompt Renewed Safety Calls

1st January 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The International Salvage Union (ISU) is to help governments tackle the controversial issue of refuge for ship casualties, especially in cases threatening severe pollution.

1st January 2003

ISU Offers New Thinking on Shelter for Ship Casualties

1st January 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Tyneside UK based marine navigational instruments specialists John Lilley & Gillie Ltd has acquired the assets and brands of Thomas Walker & Son Ltd of Birmingham UK, which has a complementary product…

1st January 2003

Lilley & Gillie Acquires Walker Marine

1st January 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Associated British Ports continued its remarkable transformation into stock market favourite with an upbeat pre-Christmas trading update predicting underlying pre-tax profit for the year just ended would be slightly ahead of market…

1st January 2003

ABP Shares Rise in Bear Market

1st January 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Marine Power Europe, the Belgium based distributor of marine engines, boats, parts and accessories, has redesigned its website to enable browsing of 8,000 pages and 22,000 documents in nine languages.

1st January 2003

Multi-Lingual Marine Website

1st January 2003