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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Port of London Authority, which is responsible for navigational safety and related issues on 150km of the tidal Thames from the sea to Teddington, has commissioned Galloper, a new £ 115,000…

1st November 2008

New survey craft for PLA

1st November 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in The Netherlands has opened a 2-D wave flume facility equipped with a wave generator to assist with ongoing research work on the Xbloc, its popular armoured coastal…

1st November 2008

Research facility will add to Xbloc effectiveness

1st November 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

On 3 October, the Dutch State Secretary for Transport and Water Management and the Queens Commissioner for the Province of Limburg presided over the official launch of the Border Meuse project, which…

1st November 2008

Van Oord wins work flood defence project

1st November 2008

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Scour, the erosion of sediment at the base of a structure, is a serious engineering issue, and understanding, designing for and managing toe scour and beach lowering at coastal structures is a…

1st November 2008

Scour protection guide to be published

1st November 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A £ 20m coastal protection and environmental enhancement scheme at Cleveleys seafront in the UK has won an award in the British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards. After being shortlisted in five different…

1st November 2008

Cleveleys Coastal Protection Scheme wins BCI award

1st November 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Zaya, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) based real estate developer, has announced the appointment of Van Oord as contractor for the dredging and marine works element of its premiere property project, Nurai…

1st November 2008

Zaya appoints contractor for Nurai Island development

1st November 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The 2nd of October marked the official opening of the Hollandsch Diep dredged spoil disposal site in The Netherlands. The new facility, built on a section of river linked to the Rhine…

1st November 2008

Hollandsch Diep disposal site formally opened

1st November 2008

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The Green Party in the UK is to challenge proposed aggregates dredging off the East Anglian coast. Councillor Rupert Read of Norwich, the Green Party lead candidate for Eastern Region in the…

1st November 2008

Green Party to challenge new East Anglian aggregates dredging

1st November 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The first marine Attitude Heading and Reference System (AHRS) that used ' strap down' inertial sensors has received IMO Wheelmark approval. The ' strapdown' part of the system is particularly important because…

1st November 2008

A Lodestar is born

1st November 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Simrad has asserted that their SP92MKII commercial sonar is up to competing with military units on both specifications and performance at a fraction of the cost. The Turkish Naval Forces Command is…

1st November 2008

Turkish Navy goes fishing for sonar

1st November 2008