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The Savannah Pilots Association in Georgia USA have been operating their 57 aluminium pilot boat since 1984. Built at Louisianas Breaux Bay Craft, the boat has served them well. When a repower…

1st May 2002

Challenging Repower for Savannah Pilots

1st May 2002

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News The Dutch dredging industry has been rocked again by a battle for control of the recently formed Ballast HAM Dredging joint venture.

1st May 2002

New Dutch Dredging Industry Dispute Flares

1st May 2002

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The contract to demolish the existing riverside facility and rebuild a new jetty at Denton Wharf, Gravesend, has been awarded to Mowlem Marine, a division on John Mowlem and Company, by the…

1st May 2002

PLAs Gravesend Jetty Works Underway

1st May 2002

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A new product from Letchworth UK-based dataTaker Ltd can be used in the marine industries to monitor the temperature of composites during construction.

1st May 2002

Temperature Monitor Warns of Variance in Boatbuild Composites

1st May 2002

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

With the environmental impact of commercial port operations the major theme of this years seawork Forum, it is timely that one of the seawork Exhibitions new participants will be showing a new…

1st April 2002

Debut for Eco-Friendly Workboat

1st April 2002

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

seawork2002 will see a substantial presence of exhibitors from the marine civils sector and the concurrent Forum will feature papers discussing environmental constraints on the industry.

1st April 2002

Marine Construction Builds Presence at seawork2002

1st April 2002

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10:30: Chairmans Introduction and Outline of ICE Maritime Board/PIANC/CEDA Activities 10:40: Impact of the Water Framework Directive on Commercial Port Activities.

1st April 2002

seawork2002 Update

1st April 2002

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Portchester UK-based Halmatic Limited have always had a significant presence at seawork and the 2002 Exhibition will be no exception.

1st April 2002

Maid of the Harbour is Halmatics seawork Flagship

1st April 2002

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A new, extended version of the Portland 10 Workboat developed specifically to be a diving boat went into service last month with Dorset UK based 2good2btrue Charters.

1st April 2002

New Diving Operations Vessel Honours Lost Colleague

1st April 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dredgers are hardworking vessels, prone to extreme mechanical wear and tear inherent to the nature of their enterprise. However, dredger operators are keen that their vessels should appear in first class condition…

1st April 2002

Dredger Protection Prioritised

1st April 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging equipment manufacturer De Groot Nijkerk has landed orders for three of their popular stationary dredgers. Two of type CZ150 are a repeat order of package deliveries to a satisfied customer…

1st April 2002

New Dredger Orders for De Groot Nijkerk

1st April 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

No OI event would be complete without its customary spate of contract announcements and this years round of awards proved no exception.

1st April 2002

International Events Generates New Contracts

1st April 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Oceanology International 2002 at Londons ExCel Centre at the beginning of March predictably lived up to expectations as the worlds foremost marine science conference and exhibition forum, attracting a near-record attendance of…

1st April 2002

OI 2002 A Predictable Success

1st April 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Department of the Marine and Natural Resources in Dublin, Ireland, has issued a tender for a major capital dredging project that will be carried out in, and adjacent to, the existing…

1st April 2002

Dredging Project is Precursor to New Facilities in Galway

1st April 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Van Oord Group, the Dutch dredging and marine construction firm, says it has a well filled order book, and what it calls good prospects for profit in 2002.

1st April 2002

Good year from Van Oord ACZ

1st April 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Details of the largest ever programme of waterway restoration and construction undertaken in the UK - valued at more than over £ 500m, has been unveiled by British Waterways.

1st April 2002

UKs Largest Ever Waterways Investment

1st April 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

At the beginning of April, British Waterways (BW) and Peel Developments announced plans for a major waterfront regeneration project in Gloucester in the UK. The project has the backing of the South…

1st April 2002

Development Proposed at Gloucester Quays

1st April 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Port of Harwich in the UK has confirmed that the proposed £ 300m development of new facilities at Bathside Bay will be delayed by an as yet unknown period after the…

1st April 2002

Public inquiry Over UK Port Plans

1st April 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The first consignment of equipment for the construction of the new deep water port at Gwadar arrived in Pakistan in early March.

1st April 2002

Gwadar Port Work gets Underway

1st April 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

For the eighth year in a row, marine engine manufacturer MTU Friedrichshafen has seen an increase in turnover led by advances in its most important individual market, the maritime sector.

1st April 2002

MTU Motors Ahead

1st April 2002