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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Environment Agency (EA) in the UK says it hopes to obtain Heritage Lottery funding to help with the refurbishment of the historic Lydney Docks and surrounding harbour on the Severn estuary…

1st March 2002

Lydney Docks to be Refurbished

1st March 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

An offshore platform in the North Sea that was recently decommissioned, refloated and removed by Aker Maritime on behalf of offshore operator Phillips Petroleum is to be re-used - as the basis…

1st March 2002

Maureen Platform Will be Re-used – as a Quayside

1st March 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Edmund Nuttall in the UK reports that construction is underway in Gateshead to provide a reclaimed river frontage for a new housing development overlooking the River Tyne at Dunston.

1st March 2002

River Frontage Reclaimed on the Tyne

1st March 2002

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

British specialist marine contracting firm Land & Water, who are based at Alburym, near Guildford, has formed two new divisions, for specialist projects and remediation work.

1st March 2002

Land & Water in Expansive Mood

1st March 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Oceana Marine, part of the Oceana Group in Israel, has completed a major marine construction and dredging project on behalf of the Eilat-Ashkelon Oil Pipeline Company Ltd, and is midway through the…

1st March 2002

Israeli Firm Completes New Quay

1st March 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Clydeside Surveys in the UK has recently completed a post dredge survey in Belfast Lough, following a major widening of the existing 11km long channel.

1st March 2002

Multibeam Helps With Post-dredge Survey

1st March 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Consulting engineers Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in the Netherlands has revealed details of a contract it has won from the US Army Corps of Engineers on an extension to a lock complex…

1st March 2002

Dutch Consulting Firm Wins Work in the United States

1st March 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Walcon Marine, the Fareham, UK-based specialist marina company, has been awarded a contract to supply the latest phase of berthing at Port Zelande, one of the largest marinas in Holland.

1st March 2002

British Firm Wins More Marina Work in Holland

1st March 2002

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The British Governments Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions has announced that light dues paid by merchant ships and fishing vessels for aids to navigation will be reduced from 41…

1st March 2002

United Kingdom Government Announces Light Dues Cut

1st March 2002

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Tideland Signals Syncrolan offshore warning system has been chosen to mark a water injection platform (WIP) currently being added to BPs Valhall Field in the Norwegian North Sea as part of a…

1st March 2002

Syncrolan Warning System Lights North Sea

1st March 2002

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Irelands ports and harbours have seen major developments and increased operations funding over recent years, resulting in an increase for the supply of new aids to navigation.

1st March 2002

Irish Harbour Masters See Navaids Funding Boost

1st March 2002

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The British Shipping Minister, David Jamieson MP, visited the Port of London earlier this month and included on his itinerary a stop at the Port of London Authoritys Control Centre at Gravesend.

1st March 2002

Vessel Traffic Services Demo Day for UK Shipping Minister

1st March 2002

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Dutch companies Imtech Marine & Offshore and IHC Systems formally recognised their close partnership by exhibiting jointly at Oceanology International in London earlier this month.

1st March 2002

Multi-Function Radar for Dredger Integration

1st March 2002

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) become mandatory for all newbuilding passenger ships and most cargo vessels from July of this year, with the IMOs implementation schedule requiring all ships over 300gt to embrace…

1st March 2002

JRCs UAIS First to Satisfy MCA

1st March 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

One of the most successful Perkins marine engines of all time has been replaced by two new models. The naturally aspirated Perkins Sabre M90/4.236 is superseded by the four cylinder 4.2 litre…

1st March 2002

Perkins Sabre Replace M90

1st March 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Newhaven port authority has awarded a contract to Kent based N E Murray (Marine Contractors) to provide shiphandling services, following an increase in the size and frequency of ferries using the…

1st March 2002

Towlines

1st March 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Tsavliris Salvage Group has delivered the half-finished aircraft carrier Varyag to her new owners in China at the end of a marathon towage operation lasting 110 days.

1st March 2002

Tsavliris Complete Three Month Varyag Tow

1st March 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A new twin-screw tug, the Dogancay IV, has been delivered to a Moroccan operator at a recent flag-change ceremony by Sanmar Denizcilik Makina ve Ticaret Ltd of Istanbul, Turkey.

1st March 2002

Sanmar Delivers Dogancay IV to Morocco

1st March 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Capt I B Harvey of WCT Offshore Ltd is seen in her new role as short sea coastal tug towing a barge for Van Oord ACZ from Mostyn in North Wales…

1st March 2002

Tug Refits Broaden WCTs Operational Scope

1st March 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Marine services provider James Fisher and Sons plc have announced the sale of the last two ships of its former fleet of dry cargo vessels, concluding its departure from an unprofitable market.

1st March 2002

James Fisher Winds Up Dry Cargo

1st March 2002