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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The River Administration of the Lower Danube in Romania hasawarded a DHV led consortium the contract for the design of the Sulina ChannelBank Protection project. The Sulina Channel runs through the Danube…

1st February 2007

Plan to Protect Danube Delta from Flooding

1st February 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Belgian contractor Dredging International has signed a contract with private stock company Rakeen Development for the reclamation of an artificial island off Ras al Khaimah, the northernmost emirate of the United Arab…

1st February 2007

DI to Build Island at Ras al Khaimah

1st February 2007

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Port areas around the UK are being expanded to deal with ever increasing maritime trade. In order to maximise the economic advantages this presents, dredging of seabed sediments is being undertaken to…

1st February 2007

Coordination of Contaminated Sediment Strategy

1st February 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Jan de Nul has signed a contract with the Instituto Nacional de Vías (INVIAS) to dredge the access channel at the Port of Buenaventura in Colombia. The port is situated on the Pacific…

1st February 2007

Jan De Nul to Deepen Colombian Port

1st February 2007

SECURITY

SECURITY

While piracy is reflected in recent Hollywood blockbusters as the stuff of legend and intrigue, for those operating offshore vessels it can be a very genuine concern.The potential threat is being taken…

1st February 2007

Verification of Third Party Security Personnel

1st February 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Lamor and Clean Globe International, member companies of the Lamor Group, will establish an oil spill centre equipment stockpile at Sines in Portugal. For the three year contract, awarded to Lamor in…

1st February 2007

EMSA Takes Spill Response to Atlantic

1st February 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The Port of Los Angeles in California USA andthe local South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) are partnering ona demonstration project to use electrically powered tractors to tow cargocontainers from the…

1st February 2007

Port of LA CAAPs Air Pollution

1st February 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Salvors are seeking a meeting with EU Fisheries and MaritimeAffairs Commissioner Joe Borg to present their case for the adoption of newmeasures to reduce the risk of another spill disaster in European…

1st February 2007

Action Plan for European Pollution

1st February 2007

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

On 19 January Van Wijngaarden Marine Services BV of Sliedrecht in the Netherlands formally named ‘ Giessenstroom’ , the first new Damen Shoalbuster 3009 seagoing tug, at the Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld facility.…

1st February 2007

Giessenstroom – The Largest Shoalbuster Yet

1st February 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Towage services in the UK port of Milford Haven will be transformed with a fleet of nine powerful new tugs and six line handling vessels to be introduced bySvitzer Marine Ltd .

1st February 2007

SvitzerWijsmuller Win Major Milford Haven LNG Contracts

1st February 2007