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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Trimble has provided details of the work that it is doing in support of dredging contractor Van Oord NV of the Netherlands on the huge land reclamation projects it is working on…

1st November 2005

Precise Positioning Helps Island Builders

1st November 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

UK Dredging (UKD), a division of Associated British Ports, recently signed a three year maintenance dredging contract with the Port of Waterford in Ireland to maintain its harbours waterways.

1st November 2005

UK Dredgings New Irish Contract

1st November 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The historic sea lock at Spencer Dock in Dublin is to be restored under a new project managed by Royal Haskoning.

1st November 2005

Lock Restoration Will Open Up Irelands Waterways

1st November 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

First announced in 2003, the overall Masterplan for developing the port area at Barrow in Cumbria includes 400 waterfront homes, offices, retail units, a 300-berth marina, powerboat racing course, water sports centre…

1st November 2005

Masterplan for Barrows Port Development Picks Up Speed

1st November 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Port Authority of Jamaica has awarded Mott MacDonald, engineering and management consultant, a contract to help expand cruise terminal facilities at Montego Bay, Jamaica.

1st November 2005

Mott MacDonald Wins Contract to Expand Montego Bay Cruise Terminal

1st November 2005

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Cornwall County Councils Emergency Planning staff were called into action last month to respond, for exercise purposes, to a major oil pollution incident. A full emergency team was assembled in the incident…

1st November 2005

V Booms Victorious Pollution Trial

1st November 2005

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Southampton UK magistrates recently upheld a summons issued by Associated British Ports (ABP) against the owners of MV Autofreighter, who admitted polluting the waters of the harbour earlier this year.

1st November 2005

Pollution Punished in Port of Southampton

1st November 2005

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

New ideas made possible through progress and product development are worth thinking about and the new CBP motors from Hagglunds open up some interesting ideas in marine propulsion. Hagglunds Drives have been…

1st November 2005

Direct Hydraulic Drives for Propulsion?

1st November 2005

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Canary Islands ferry operator Fred Olsen SA has added a 126.7m LOA aluminium trimaran ferry to extend its services on routes linking Los Cristianos on Tenerife, San Sebastian on Gomera, and Palma…

1st November 2005

Giant Trimaran Flies in the Canaries

1st November 2005

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The PRM Marine Propulsion Control (MPC) unit , an all new system providing full electronic control over engine throttle and gear engagement, was launched by Newage Transmissions at the METS exhibition in…

1st November 2005

Newage Launches New MPC at METS

1st November 2005