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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Renewable wave and tidal energy could provide up to 10% of Scotlands electricity production and create around 7,000 new jobs under measures announced last month.

1st October 2005

Tide Turns in Scotland

1st October 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Van Oord in the Netherlands has been award the Rochester Riverside Development atRochester in the UK and a major contract in Russia.

1st October 2005

Van Oord Wins More Work in UK and Russia

1st October 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Aldar Properties in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has invited a total of eight dredging contractors to tender for the dredging and reclamation contract at Abu Dhabis forthcoming Al Raha…

1st October 2005

Abu Dhabi Dredging Tender

1st October 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in Gouda in the Netherlands has granted the civil construction company Charles Brand Ltd a licence for the use of the Xbloc armour unit for the upgrading of…

1st October 2005

DMC Receives First European Order for Xbloc

1st October 2005

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Shifting sands are causing problems for recreational sailors at a recently completed £ 3.5m West Wales marina where several small craft have run aground this summer.

1st October 2005

Sandbanks Causing Problems for Newly Opened Marina

1st October 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

SIX Construct , the subsidiary of Belgium-based BESIX , has been awarded a contract by Cameroon Shipyard and Industrial Engineering Ltd for the design and construction of a 400m long multipurpose quaywall.

1st October 2005

SIX Construct awarded contract in Cameroon

1st October 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has confirmed that the Dutch Cabinet recently reached a decision on a package of projects for the forthcoming Rotterdam Mainport Development Project (PMR).

1st October 2005

Dutch Cabinet Agrees Rotterdam Development Project

1st October 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

UK Dredging (UKD), Associated British Ports (ABP) dredging arm, moved from strength to strength in the first half of 2006, said the company in a statement issued in September, with its fleet…

1st October 2005

UK Dredging Extends its Reach

1st October 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The revitalisation of Scotlands inland waterways has reached a major milestone with the formal opening of a new £ 1.2m mooring basin on the Forth & Clyde Canal. The mooring basin, which…

1st October 2005

Mooring Basin Opens

1st October 2005

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The new office complex for Trinity House , the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, The Channel Islands and Gibraltar, was opened during the summer by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Master…

1st October 2005

Royal Opening for Trinity House

1st October 2005