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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Special precautions are required for safe navigation of the worlds major rivers when vessels are fully laden, according to The Swedish Club.

1st March 2002

P&I Club Calls for Rivers Vigilance

1st March 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Bremen-based Atlas Hydrographics has received an order from the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow for supply of deepsea multibeam and parametric echosounders together with associated software for installation aboard the multi-purpose…

1st March 2002

Russian Order for Atlas Systems

1st March 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

New guidelines for offshore use of multibeam echosounders have been published by the London-based International Marine Contractors Association.

1st March 2002

New Multibeam Offshore Guidelines Published

1st March 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Canadian software specialist Caris has begun distribution of its new Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) with first users including Germanys Maritime & Hydrographic Agency, the Peruvian Department of Hydrography & Navigation, and the…

1st March 2002

New Software Maintains Hydrographic Source Data

1st March 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Primar, the official European electronic navigation chart co-ordinating centre in Stavanger, is to reorganise its activities with the establishment of two centres operated by the UK Hydrographic Office and the Norwegian Hydrographic…

1st March 2002

Primar Reorganises

1st March 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Beaucette Marina in Guernsey, owned by Premier Marinas Limited, has undergone some significant improvements.

1st March 2002

Beaucette Marina Upgraded

1st March 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Interbeton, part of the Hollandsche Beton Groep (HBG) based in the Netherlands, - has been awarded a contract for the construction of a quay wall in Durban, South Africa.

1st March 2002

Interbeton Constructs Quay Wall in Port of Durban, SA

1st March 2002

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA), which represents eight companies involved in the extraction of sand and gravel from the sea-bed around the UK, has announced its new Chairman.

1st March 2002

New Chairman at BMAPA

1st March 2002

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