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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Port of Bridgetown in the Barbados has become one of the premier ports for the booming cruise ship industry operating out of Miami and Port Everglades. Major dredging works completed in…

1st March 2005

QM 2 Ramps up Bridgetown Survey Requirement

1st March 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Port of Bristol has awarded UK Dredging (UKD) a term contract to carry out the maintenance dredging of its dock entrances at Portbury and Avonmouth over the next three years.

1st March 2005

UK Dredging Secures New Contract

1st March 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Xbloc armoured units of the type developed by Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in the Netherlands have been selected for a number of new projects in different locations around the world, according to…

1st March 2005

More Orders for Xbloc Armoured Units

1st March 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A £ 50 million pound harbour and breakwater is being considered as one of a number of the proposals to strengthen the sea defences at Weston on the north Somerset coast in…

1st March 2005

Breakwater Considered to Strengthen Sea Defences

1st March 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction of South Africas newest harbour, Port of Ngqura, at Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape, is progressing according to schedule, with approximately Rand 2 billion already having been spent on infrastructure.

1st March 2005

Port of Ngqura Taking Shape

1st March 2005

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Increased levels of compensation will be available for victims of oil pollution from oil tanker accidents as a result of the 2003 Protocol adopted by a diplomatic conference at IMO headquarters in…

1st March 2005

Compensation Boost

1st March 2005

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Denmark based oil pollution response equipment specialists Ro-Clean Desmi have fared well at recent skimmer tests formulated by the US Coast Guard and carried out at the OHMSETT national testing facility in…

1st March 2005

Positive Spin for Circular Skimmer

1st March 2005

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The harbour tug Sea Helper is the first vessel of its class to be designed by Macduff Ship Design. Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland commissioned Macduff Ship Design to produce the design, contract/tender…

1st March 2005

Sea Helper is a First for Macduff Ship Design

1st March 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

font-family: " Times New Roman" font-family: " Times New Roman" >project, which has somehow been given the acronymSEA-AHED, has been funded by over ¢ 1.7 million from the EUs FrameworkProgramme.

1st March 2005

EU Funding Behind SEA-AHED

1st March 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

MAN B&W Diesel has broken the single engine 100,000bhp barrier with its new 12 cylinder 12K98MC pumping out a total of 101,645 bhp.

1st March 2005

Engine Barrier Broken

1st March 2005