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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

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Four Scania engines are supplying all on-board power for the St Clare, the newest ferry to join WIGHTlinks fleet of vessels plying the Portsmouth to Fishbourne route.

1st April 2002

Scania Gensets Light Up St Clare

1st April 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

MAN B& W has followed up last years introduction of the L21/31 series of genset engines with a new marine propulsion generation of the medium speed engines in power outputs ranging from…

1st April 2002

New Tug and Workboat Range from MAN B&W

1st April 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Exhibiting Daewoo marine engines at the Fishing 2002 event in Glasgow this month WaterMota Ltd, accompanied their main Scottish dealer, Morrison Engineering of Skye, and also Marine Mechanical Services of Co Down…

1st April 2002

Daewoo Starts the Year with Sales Boom

1st April 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A new Sea Rover workboat powered by twin Suzuki 50hp EFI 4-stroke outboards has entered service with the Counter Pollution Branch of the UKs Maritime & Coastguard Agency. The RIB has been…

1st April 2002

Futureproof Outboards for MCA Sea Rover Workboat

1st April 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Hamworthy KSE has secured an order for its V-Line starting air compressors from the prolific Japanese shipbuilder Oshima.

1st April 2002

V-Line Compressors for Japanese Newbuilds

1st April 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

On board water pressure systems have relied on powerful constant velocity pumps to ensure adequate flows when multiple outlets are in use.

1st April 2002

Intelligent Pump Tunes Water Flow

1st April 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The UKs Maritime and Coastguard Agency has purchased a new skid-mounted Ingersoll-Rand 7/31 Platinum Series portable air compressor to power emergency response equipment used to clean up offshore oil and chemical spills…

1st April 2002

Compressor Power for Offshore Clean-up

1st April 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The new Afon Cefni is one of the very few tugs to be built for a British owner this year and may be the only small tug to be constructed by a…

1st April 2002

Afon Cefni – Custom Built for Holyhead Towing

1st April 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The MAN B& W Service Center in Denmark has carried out a shaft straightening to the damaged propeller tailshaft of the German container feeder vessel Adele J.

1st April 2002

Bent Shaft Trucked for Repair

1st April 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The last 125 ton superstructure section was lifted onto the French seismic research vessel Mistral late March as German repair and conversion specialist MWB worked through Easter to get the ship ready…

1st April 2002

Superstructures Added as Mistral Heads for Completion

1st April 2002