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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI), in association with the Irish Marine Institute, wants to hear from any company or organisation with an interest in licensing data from the present Irish National…

1st October 2004

INSS Data Available

1st October 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Simrad of Norway has launched a new range of electronic chart systems, the CS50 and CS60 Series, designed for vessels operating on fixed routes such as Ro-Ro ferries and local supply craft;…

1st October 2004

New Simrad ECS Systems

1st October 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Dutch dredging industry, through the Stichting Speurwerk Baggertechniek (SSB) and the Rijkswaterstaat , has commissioned new research to produce a software package for use by stakeholders in the aggregate production process,…

1st October 2004

Turbidity Software Will Help Predict Sediment Release

1st October 2004

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

HR Wallingford in the UK has developed a new set of guidelines for the design and construction of jetties, piers and other marine structures constructed in exposed locations, which require careful assessment…

1st October 2004

New Guidelines for Piers and Jetties Exposed to Waves

1st October 2004

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Nakheel , developers of Dubais luxury offshore project TheWorld , has provided an update of its progress - less than a year after construction first began on the 300 islands.

1st October 2004

Work on The World On Schedule

1st October 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Kirk McClure Morton s marine engineering department in Northern Ireland has been awarded a contract to carry out a nine month feasibility study into an upgrade for the Port of Dunmore East…

1st October 2004

Go Ahead for Dunmore East Harbour

1st October 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Halcrow in the UK has signed an agreement with the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) to provide advisory services for the construction of the new Pulau Muara Besar port in Brunei.

1st October 2004

Halcrow to Advise on New Brunei Port

1st October 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A salvage team from Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd and Smit Salvage worked for a fortnight to refloat the 2,999grt coaster Maanav Star from a beach at the Sussex UK holiday resort of…

1st October 2004

Indian Coaster Salvaged at Camber Sands

1st October 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

SMIT Salvage completed a series of major salvage operations in the first half of this year, with the work programme including salvage and pollution prevention with the tanker Everton , the righting…

1st October 2004

SMITs Successful Summer

1st October 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Smit Harbour Towage has taken delivery of the first of a series of three new shiphandling tugs to be deployed in Panama. The first vessel, appropriately named Smit Panama , is one…

1st October 2004

Smit Take Over Smit Panama and Increases Damen Order

1st October 2004