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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Netherlands will meet its treaty obligations to the Flemish region of Belgium and dredge the sea lane to the port of Antwerp, the Dutch prime minister has confirmed.According to a report…

9th September 2009

Dutch pledge on Westerschelde dredging

9th September 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Land reclamation for the Durrat Marina islands, part of the luxury Durrat al Bahrain residential resort, has been completed ahead of schedule. Over five million m³ of material has been reclaimed in…

9th September 2009

Reclamation at Durrat Marina complete

9th September 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Van Oord has been awarded two project contracts to reinforce coastal defences in The Netherlands. The contracts involve a total sum of some € 48m, with Van Oord’ s activities accounting for…

9th September 2009

Van Oord reinforcing Dutch coast

9th September 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Birse in the UK says it is currently at work replacing massive lifting chains and renewing other major pieces of equipment on the Dartford Creek barrier on the south side of the…

9th September 2009

Birse at work on Dartford Creek barrier maintenance programme

9th September 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Operational oceanography played a key role in the safe rescue of all 155 people on board US Airways Flight 1549 which crashed into the Hudson River on 15 January 2009, as Alan…

9th September 2009

Oceanography key in air crash rescue

9th September 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A tough challenge was set for Ijmuiden based Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) when Silverburn Shipping Group was looking for a shallow draft offshore supply vessel for Caspian Sea service.

9th September 2009

AHTS ice and shallow draft design challenge

9th September 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Smit Salvage and Bukser og Berging refloated the Panamanian flag bulk carrier ‘ Full City’ last month in a Lloyd’ s Open Form operation on the coast of Norway. The 1995 built…

9th September 2009

Salvors succeed following Full City grounding

9th September 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

HRP will continue in business as ZF Marine HRP within the ZF Marine Group, whose strategic goal is expanding its range of products for complete marine propulsion systems. HRP produces a wide…

9th September 2009

HRP acquisition boosts ZF in workboat market

9th September 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The Green Ship of the Future, the Danish maritime initiative, has received the International Environmental Award from the Sustainable Shipping organisation for being the most environmentally friendly shipping initiative. Sustainable Shipping is…

8th September 2009

Green Ship wins Sustainable Shipping award

8th September 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Irish firm Arklow Marine Services has recently delivered a bit of a surprise in the shape of a 12m amphibious aluminium monohull – and yes, that means wheels underneath.

8th September 2009

Beag Inis drives ashore in Kerry

8th September 2009