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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

E P Barrus Ltd attended the London Boat Show for the first time as distributors of the MerCruiser engine range.

1st January 2002

Barrus Adds MerCruiser at London Boat Show

1st January 2002

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A Divecat version of the Redbus 520 workboat has been sold by Redbus Workboats to the Diving Marbella scuba diving company based in the popular tourist destination in Southern Spain.

1st January 2002

Redbus Makes Spanish Splash

1st January 2002

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Aberdeen based survey contractor Andrews Survey has recently completed a pipeline inspection in the Danish section of the North Sea, working in tandem with ROV operators Rovtech Ltd.

1st January 2002

Andrews Survey Goes ROVing Off Denmark

1st January 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Humber Work Boats celebrated 30 years of successful operations with naming and blessing ceremonies earlier this month for its new self-propelled dipper dredger Pat M. Releasing the champagne was Pat Morgan (Pat…

1st January 2002

Humberside Hails Arrival of Pat M

1st January 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Hydrographic Department of Bristol Port Company, controlling authority for the docks at Avonmouth and Portbury, has completed a major upgrade of equipment which has already realised significant improvements in operational capabilities,…

1st January 2002

Bristol Boosts Survey Operations

1st January 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Jan de Nul Group of Belgium placed an order with IHC Holland for the design and delivery of equipment for the worlds largest deep dredging installation for the trailing suction hopper…

1st January 2002

Jan De Nul Orders the Worlds Largest Deep Dredging Installation

1st January 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Environment Agency in the UK says an emergency workforce has started tackling some of the sandbanks in the River Thames caused by last winters exceptional floods.

1st January 2002

Thames Dredging Tackles Sand Banks

1st January 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The second phase of a three-year winter programme to dredge the River Wensum, near Norwich in the UK, has got underway. The Broads Authority says dredging will continue between Bishops Bridge and…

1st January 2002

Dredging continues on River Wensum

1st January 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Consulting engineers HighPoint Rendel in the UK has revealed details of an innovative project that it has undertaken on behalf of the Isle of Wight Council that will see a well known…

1st January 2002

Innovative Design Saves Road From Sea

1st January 2002

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) reports that the Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs-Conseils (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers or FIDIC), has produced a new Form of Contract for Dredging and…

1st January 2002

Form of Contract for Dredging and Reclamation Works Published

1st January 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI) Water and Environmental and COWI A/S have been appointed as consultants for the next phase of the project to build the world' s longest fixed link, between Qatar…

1st January 2002

DHI Undertakes Environmental Studies for Causeway Project

1st January 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Associated British Ports' plans for a new container terminal at Dibden Bay have been dealt a blow after a key Government agency decided that the site should be included in the newly…

1st January 2002

National Park Blow to Dibden Bay Plans

1st January 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

HR Wallingford has been commissioned by Europrogetti and Finanza SpA to provide a regeneration programme for the dunes and the depleted beaches along the coastline between Salerno and Agropoli on the West…

1st January 2002

HR Wallingford Studies Coastal Depletion in Italy

1st January 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Bahrain' s ASRY Yard crowned a successful final quarter of 2001 by becoming the first shipyard in the world to be awarded the prestigious ISO 9001-2000 Certificate from the Norwegian society Det…

1st January 2002

ISO 9001-2000 for ASRY Yard

1st January 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The privately owned Pomerania Shipyards in northwest Polands industrial heartland is planning to build upon its success in the British market with new designs for 18m and 24m trawlers.

1st January 2002

Repair Gets a Share at Pomerania

1st January 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

An engine replacement operation on a Norwegian car and passenger ferry, which involved cutting holes in the ships hull to install the new engine, has been completed between two of the vessels…

1st January 2002

Engine Replaced on the Move

1st January 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A&P Group have announced an agreement between A&P Shipcare at Chatham UK and Metalock Engineering (UK) Ltd, proposing an inter-company co-operation venture. The agreement formalises a working relationship of many years standing.…

1st January 2002

Agreement Announced

1st January 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Four of Germanys leading tug operators have formed an alliance called ARGE Kuestenschutz (literally Joint Co-operation for Coastal Protection) for the protection of the German coastlines in the Baltic and the Northsea.

1st January 2002

German Tug Companies Form Protection Alliance

1st January 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Union Salvage Ltd, the salvage arm of Adsteam (UK) Ltd has completed the salvage of the tanker MV Willy from a rocky shore at Kingsand, near Plymouth, in what has been described…

1st January 2002

Union Salvage Refloat Badly Damaged Willy

1st January 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Dutch tug Tarka of Herman Sr BV, of Zwijndrecht, has been contracted to support dredging operations with Van Oord in Port Said, Egypt. Tarka, three barges, and other floating plant was…

1st January 2002

Towlines

1st January 2002