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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The International Marine Contractors Association, which now has nearly 600 members in 52 countries, has updated its definitive handbook on digital video. The new version provides an understanding of the latest digital…

9th September 2009

updates digital video handbook

9th September 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Swedish company Vattenfall is making steady progress with construction of the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, with over half the foundation and transition pieces now installed and plans in place for the cable…

9th September 2009

Thanet on schedule

9th September 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Van Oord has been awarded the contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of the first part of the Belwind offshore wind farm project.

9th September 2009

Van Oord to build wind farm off Belgium

9th September 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Aberaeron is a pretty Edwardian coastal harbour town on the west coast of mid-Wales that has recently been discovered by tourists. But unless a bid to stem the destructive effects that the…

9th September 2009

Rocky road brings relief to Aberaeron

9th September 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

There’ s an interesting development that quite literally seeks to build bridges between traditional maritime architecture and new materials.

9th September 2009

Serial production offers bridge to the future

9th September 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The main obstruction to the development of the Valletta Waterfront as a major cruise destination and homeport was a physical one, the old ro-ro ferry ramp which projected from the existing quay…

9th September 2009

Digging deep for Vallettas new quay

9th September 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Software from SeaZone in the UK is being used to monitor the impact of dredging activities taking place as part of a major new port development project in the UK.

9th September 2009

SeaZone software supports dredge monitoring

9th September 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging major Van Oord has been awarded a contract for the deepening of a channel in Hazira, India. The contract value amounts to € 36m and the client is Essar Bulk…

9th September 2009

Substantial award for Van Oord in India

9th September 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Ballast Nedam' s heavy lift vessel Svanen left the port of Rotterdam early this month after being commissioned by Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors to drive 56 steel piles for the…

9th September 2009

Heavy lifter Svanen to drive piles for wind turbines

9th September 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) in the UK is developing nationwide digital maps of human activities in the marine environment. The specific layers relating to commercial fisheries, renewable energy, mariculture and…

9th September 2009

Key mapping role for ABPmer

9th September 2009