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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Sub Marine Services Ltd (SMS) is providing the pontoon barge, crawler crane, support vessels and diving teams for a project underway to replace the inner and outer lock harbour gates at Sutton…

1st December 2007

New Lock Gates for Sutton Harbour

1st December 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work on a new cruise ship berth is underway in the port of Rostock as the German Baltic facility rushes to keep up with rising cruise business which this year has been…

1st December 2007

Rostock Construction Boosts Cruise Capacity

1st December 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The jack up barge ' Vagant' was towed into Harwich Haven last month to shelter from the North Sea storms and tidal surge which lashed the east coast of England and Continental…

1st December 2007

Busy Jack-Up Finds Haven in Harwich

1st December 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Much has changed in the marine civil engineering industry since  Maritime Journal was first published, but perhaps the most obvious trend or development is the scale of many projects.

1st December 2007

: Scale of Ambition Defines Marine Civils Projects

1st December 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA’ s) maritime emergency exercises are now regular events around the British coast. A Maritime Guidance Note (MGN) has recently been published providing feedback, including observations…

1st December 2007

MCA Provides Feedback Following Emergency Exercises

1st December 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Bourbon Offshore has inaugurated its first training centre in Marseilles, which includes the first Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS) Simulator installed in France.

1st December 2007

First AHTS Simulator Installed in France

1st December 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Maritime Journal arrived at the start of a steep learning curve for the maritime industry. On 6 March 1987 the ' Herald of Free Enterprise' left Zeebrugge with its bow doors open…

1st December 2007

The 20 Year Safety Learning Curve

1st December 2007

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Due to the ever increasing costs of raw materials, commercial vessel prices continue to rise well ahead of inflation and vessel acquisitions often require additional funding from banks and financial institutions.

1st December 2007

How Finance Has Helped to Change the Marine Market

1st December 2007

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

After several years of mainly rich pickings, the shipping industry’ s eternal boom and bust cycle provided the inevitable focus of attention at the 20th annual Lloyd’ s Shipping Economist ship finance…

1st December 2007

Ship Finance Forum Debates Boom or Bust

1st December 2007

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The United Kingdom is a country worried by wild waves and troubled by truculent tides. The energy in our seas has always been vital to society, as a basis for the marine…

1st December 2007

The growth of marine renewable energy in all its forms means more work for ports, marine contractors and workboat operators.

1st December 2007