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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Westerlund Group has taken delivery of two new 450 ton cranes which were delivered by barge and tug from Liebherr' s Rostock factory to their destination in Antwerp, Belgium.

29th May 2008

Cranes barge in ready to work

29th May 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The London based TT Club has called for a cleaner working environment for quay crane drivers at ports, and in particular wants new measures to protect them from ship stack emissions.

29th May 2008

TT Club calls for quay crane operator protection

29th May 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Kongsberg Maritime has acquired the Utah USA based technology enterprise Global Sim, which delivers products and services in the field of crane simulation for the training of crane operators around the world.

29th May 2008

Kongsberg acquires crane simulation training dimension

29th May 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work is progressing in East London on the first piece of infrastructure for the 2012 Olympics. Civil engineering contractor Volker Stevin is undertaking works at Prescott Lock at the gateway to Olympic…

29th May 2008

Prescott Lock progresses towards Olympic construction

29th May 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DEME in Belgium has announced that  the Qatar based joint venture company MEDCO, a partnership between Qatari company UDC, the Qatari Government and DEME Group company Dredging International, is to be part…

29th May 2008

DEME to participate in Qatar-Bahrain Causeway

29th May 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The councillor for spatial planning at Krimpen aan den IJssel in the Netherlands drove the first pile last month for the new completion quay at IHC Krimpen Shipyard. The ceremony launched a…

29th May 2008

First pile for new quay at IHC Krimpen Shipyard

29th May 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Delta Marine Consultants (DMC), the company behind the Xbloc armoured unit used in shore defence projects, is developing a new  environmentally friendly version of the Xbloc, which it has dubbed the ‘…

29th May 2008

First Eco Xbloc produced

29th May 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Belgian dredging contractor Jan de Nul was awarded a number of contracts last month, including one to execute  dredging and deepening works for the Barra do Riacho terminal at Aracruz in Brazil,…

29th May 2008

Large number of contracts for Jan de Nul

29th May 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management has awarded Van Oord Nederland  a contract to carry out maintenance dredging in Witte Tonnen Vlije and Brabantsche Vaarwater (parts of the  Oosterschelde…

29th May 2008

Van Oord wins maintenance dredging contracts

29th May 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging contractor Royal Boskalis  Westminster has been appointed to extend the harbour at Port of Felixstowe  in the UK.

29th May 2008

Boskalis to extend Port of Felixstowe in UK

29th May 2008