News

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Belgian dredging company Jan de Nul has announced that on October 24th the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) awarded a one year contract to a subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group for the excavation of rock alongside the…

1st November 2006

Second PCA Contract for De Nul

1st November 2006

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

TheUKs Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, Ian Pearson, formallyopened a completed coastal defence scheme between Whitstable Harbour andPreston Parade on October 3rd. The ceremony marked the completion ofan 11 month…

1st November 2006

UKs Climate Change Minister Formally Opens New Sea Defences

1st November 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The largest flood storage project in Europe, the Alkborough Flats Tidal Defence Scheme in Lincolnshire in the UK, which will reduce the risk of flooding for 300,000 people and become a haven…

1st November 2006

Largest Flood Storage Scheme in Europe Opened

1st November 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Environment Agency in the UK has confirmed that it will increase boat registration fees on the rivers it manages by 12% per year for three years from 2007 to help pay…

1st November 2006

EA Supports Rivers Investment

1st November 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Fourinternational dredging companies have been  shortlisted by  JawaharlalNehru Port Trust (JNPT) in India to execute a project to dredge  theharbour entrance channel.

1st November 2006

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Project Bids

1st November 2006

SECURITY

SECURITY

In order to address a number of security related issues and develop initiative to benefit the industry, the Security Task Force formed last year by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has…

1st November 2006

Guidance on Travel Security from IMCA

1st November 2006

SECURITY

SECURITY

Two ex-RAF patrol boats have been sold to a Nigerian security company which will use them to combat the latest outbreak of piracy and the abduction of personnel from offshore oil rigs…

1st November 2006

Servicing a Soaring Demand for Security Boats

1st November 2006

SECURITY

SECURITY

QinetiQ has secured a breakthrough sale of it Cerberus high performance diver and swimmer detection sonar system into the yacht market. The system will be deployed to provide security for a large…

1st November 2006

Diver Detection Moves On from Military Origins

1st November 2006

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Ports are potentially hazardous areas by virtue of their activities, operations and the interaction of vehicles, machinery and people. Ensuring that lighting systems provide a safe working environment is essential, as is…

1st November 2006

Tackling Light Pollution in Ports

1st November 2006

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

There is a growing awareness of theeconomic and environmental pressures affecting the UKs coastal zone and marineenvironment. Britains coastlinestretches over 17,000 kilometres and is under threat like never before.

1st November 2006

Devon Develops Emergendcy Marine Planning

1st November 2006