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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Works have been ongoing to enlarge the Twentekanaal, an important shipping channel in the east of Holland. Enlargement will allow the canal to accommodate larger ships and will also provide additional capacity…

1st February 2007

DOP Saves Explosive Dredging Situation

1st February 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

With the global demand for newbuild dredgers now exceeding building capacity, IHC Holland Merwede has rented the former Alblas Scheepsbouw BV yard, situated along the river De Noord at Hendrik Ido Ambacht…

1st February 2007

Dredger Boom Sees IHC Add Shipyard

1st February 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The International Association of DredgingCompanies recently conducted another successful event when the 27th IADC Seminar on Dredging andReclamation took place in Manama, Bahrain. The IADC has been conducting weeklong seminars especially developed…

1st February 2007

Dredging Seminar Success in Bahrain

1st February 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A strategic partnership between Damen Shipyards of the Netherlands and Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) has seen the delivery of a multi-purpose vessel to the Emirates Dredging Company (EDC) four weeks ahead…

1st February 2007

Damen Multi Cat Built in Abu Dhabi

1st February 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Positioning and subsea specialists NCS Survey in Aberdeen, which claims to be Scotlands largest independent survey contractor after only being in business for 18 months, has secured major rig moving contracts from…

1st February 2007

BP and Shell Rig Moving Contracts for NCS Survey

1st February 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS), whose six member organisations represent the interests of individuals as well as commercial and institutional organisations in over 70 countries, has concluded a joint Memorandum…

1st February 2007

IHFS and IHO Sign MoU

1st February 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Germanys Shipping & Hydrographic Agency, BSH, is planning to digitise its entire library of nautical material in what it says will be the worlds first system of its type, one which will…

1st February 2007

BSH Digitises its Library of Nautical Material

1st February 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The port survey team at the ABP port of Southampton has acquired a new GPS system to replace outdated equipment and introduce a new era of improved capabilities.

1st February 2007

Southampton Survey Team Updates GPS

1st February 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The EM 710 multibeam echo sounder is a high resolution seabed mapping system capable of meeting all relevant survey standards. The mounted system will be capable of seafloor mapping down to 2,000m…

1st February 2007

Swedes Meet Needs for Multibeam

1st February 2007

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The recent publication of the Stern Report in the UK and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report have put global warming in the spotlight and beyond the influence…

1st February 2007

Support Marine Renewable Energy Innovation

1st February 2007