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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

SevenCs of Hamburg has announced that its widely adopted ENC digitising software, ENC Designer, is now available as freeware.

1st April 2008

Free ENC Software from SevenCs

1st April 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The latest UK coastal and port hydrography developments as well as the effects of the new Marine Bill due to become law by the end of this year are to be the…

1st April 2008

Coastal & Ports Surveying Conference

1st April 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The developers for the new Outer Harbour at Great Yarmouth in the UK say construction is progressing well on the new north breakwater, with approximately 550m completed.

1st April 2008

Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour Progressing Well

1st April 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Delta Marine Consultants has granted Brazilian Contractor Norberto Odebrecht SA a licence for the application of Xbloc armour units for the construction of the shore protection scheme at the Cinta Costera boulevard…

1st April 2008

Largest Xbloc Project to Date in the Americas

1st April 2008

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Concrete Layer Innovations (CLI) in France reports that so far this year a total of seven new projects have been specified with ACCROPODE or CORE-LOC armoured units ordered from CLI’ s assigned…

1st April 2008

Sea Defence Projects Awarded to CLI

1st April 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Abu Dhabi Ports Company reports that dredging and reclamation work at Khalifa Pot has begun. The work involves 45m cu/m of material.

1st April 2008

Dredging and Reclamation Begins at Khalifa Port

1st April 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Plans for a major expansion of the Port of Felixstowe in the UK which would increase capacity by 25% received backing recently from Suffolk Coastal District Council.

1st April 2008

Green Light for Expansion at Felixstowe

1st April 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract to lay a 150kV cable between Ellewoutsdijk and Terneuzen in its home country.

1st April 2008

Dutch Cable Lay Project Awarded to Van Oord

1st April 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

All tug owners, especially those with many years of operational experience, have a highly developed insight into the requirements each new vessel must have to fulfil the needs of their own individual…

1st April 2008

Two Very Different Tugs for Dutch Owners

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

It was reported in March that the first ‘ rotor tug’ for German tug owners Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs-Gesellschaft mbH & Co was on route to Europe aboard a heavy lift ship.…

1st April 2008

Bugsier take delivery of their first Rotor Tug

1st April 2008