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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Van Oord has been awarded a contract to construct a quay wall and a dock in Moerdijk in the Rotterdam area of the Netherlands.

1st May 2009

Van Oord to build quaywall at Moerdijk

1st May 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging majors Boskalis and Van Oord have secured a contract for the expansion of the harbour at Gijón in Spain. The project will be executed by Boskalis and Van Oord working…

1st May 2009

Boskalis and Van Oord to extend harbour at Gijón

1st May 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A project at the Caladh Mor ferry terminal in Inish Meain, one of the Aran islands, which used Xbloc armoured units has won the latest Irish Concrete Society Award.

1st May 2009

Xbloc project wins Irish Concrete Society Award

1st May 2009

SECURITY

SECURITY

Moscow Mills Manufacturing and Foster-Miller Inc of Massachusetts USA have announced a new non-lethal system for stopping small boats such as those used by pirates, drug traffickers and terrorists. The companies are…

1st May 2009

Boat Trap a net loss for pirates

1st May 2009

SECURITY

SECURITY

The US Naval Underwater Warfare Center (NUWC) in Rhode Island has placed a contract with Sonardyne Inc for the supply of an additional Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar system.

1st May 2009

Underwater surveillance sonar boosts port security

1st May 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Amsterdam Seaports have recently announced plans to upgrade and expand their network of cold ironing shore power supply facilities for small vessels including inland waterway barges and river cruisers.

1st May 2009

Cold ironing not just for the big boys

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

We are all used to thinking of sailors as a hardy lot, but what happens when you are at sea and one of the crew suffers a sudden cardiac arrest?

1st May 2009

Shock tactics ensure survival at sea

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A different kind of fast-rescue boat is hitting the water. ' It may look like similar boats, but it' s not’ , said Knut Erik Håheim of Norwegian company Brude Safety AS.

1st May 2009

Fast rescue craft keeps weight advantage

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

SAFEDOR, the maritime research project on risk-based ship design and approval has been concluded after four years of intensive study.

1st May 2009

SAFEDOR ship design research project concluded

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Specialist dynamic positioning (DP) training is available for the first time in Ukraine following the launch of a new facility by Bibby Ship Management.

1st May 2009

New TP training facility for Ukraine

1st May 2009