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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has urged politicians to look seriously at the option of a new airport in the Thames Estuary after he visited the potential site with engineers and…

1st February 2009

Top engineers back Thames Estuary airport

1st February 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A proposed shortlist of schemes to generate clean, green electricity from the power of the tides in the Severn Estuary has been unveiled by the British Governments Department of Energy and Climate…

1st February 2009

Five projects make Severn tidal power shortlist

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) and Deltares in The Netherlands are playing a key role in Gijón Port Authoritys plans to extend the port, including construction of new basin seaward of the…

1st February 2009

Key role for MARIN at Port of Gijón

1st February 2009

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The Walloon Minister of Port Infrastructure in Belgium has confirmed that, following a European tender, a contract has been awarded to Ecoterres SA for the treatment of 285,000 m³ of contaminated silt…

1st February 2009

ECOTERRES team wins contract to treat contaminated spoil

1st February 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dredging work along the River Nene in Northampton UK is due to start shortly in order to improve navigation on the waterway.

1st February 2009

Dredging scheduled for River Nene

1st February 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Two sister associations, the Central Dredging Association (CEDA), serving Africa, Europe and the Middle East; and the Western Dredging Association (WEDA), which serves the Americas, are to organise their first joint international…

1st February 2009

Joint conference planned by CEDA and WEDA

1st February 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract for dredging a navigation channel in the River Niger. The total value of the contract amounts to some ¢ 125m.

1st February 2009

Van Oord wins contract to deepen Niger river

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Environment Agency in the UK, in partnership with Fareham Borough, Portsmouth City, Havant Borough and Chichester District Councils, has announced strategic recommendations in order to manage current and future risks along…

1st February 2009

Portchester to Emsworth erosion plans unveiled

1st February 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

International oceanographic marine instrument and systems provider Ocean ScientificInternational Limited (OSIL), in conjunction with MS Industrial Services, has supplied aluminium and packaging solutions provider Alcan with a SlickSleuth Oil Spill Detector.

1st February 2009

Slick Sleuth is spill-proof

1st February 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The Dracone barge may not be a household name, but for coast guards around the world, this gigantic rubber bladder is part of the first response kit in an oil spill.

1st February 2009

Rubber barges for oil spill containment

1st February 2009