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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Special precautions are required for safe navigation of the worlds major rivers when vessels are fully laden, according to The Swedish Club.

1st March 2002

P&I Club Calls for Rivers Vigilance

1st March 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Bremen-based Atlas Hydrographics has received an order from the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow for supply of deepsea multibeam and parametric echosounders together with associated software for installation aboard the multi-purpose…

1st March 2002

Russian Order for Atlas Systems

1st March 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

New guidelines for offshore use of multibeam echosounders have been published by the London-based International Marine Contractors Association.

1st March 2002

New Multibeam Offshore Guidelines Published

1st March 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Canadian software specialist Caris has begun distribution of its new Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) with first users including Germanys Maritime & Hydrographic Agency, the Peruvian Department of Hydrography & Navigation, and the…

1st March 2002

New Software Maintains Hydrographic Source Data

1st March 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Primar, the official European electronic navigation chart co-ordinating centre in Stavanger, is to reorganise its activities with the establishment of two centres operated by the UK Hydrographic Office and the Norwegian Hydrographic…

1st March 2002

Primar Reorganises

1st March 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Beaucette Marina in Guernsey, owned by Premier Marinas Limited, has undergone some significant improvements.

1st March 2002

Beaucette Marina Upgraded

1st March 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Interbeton, part of the Hollandsche Beton Groep (HBG) based in the Netherlands, - has been awarded a contract for the construction of a quay wall in Durban, South Africa.

1st March 2002

Interbeton Constructs Quay Wall in Port of Durban, SA

1st March 2002

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INTERVIEWS

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA), which represents eight companies involved in the extraction of sand and gravel from the sea-bed around the UK, has announced its new Chairman.

1st March 2002

New Chairman at BMAPA

1st March 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Environment Agency (EA) in the UK says it hopes to obtain Heritage Lottery funding to help with the refurbishment of the historic Lydney Docks and surrounding harbour on the Severn estuary…

1st March 2002

Lydney Docks to be Refurbished

1st March 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

An offshore platform in the North Sea that was recently decommissioned, refloated and removed by Aker Maritime on behalf of offshore operator Phillips Petroleum is to be re-used - as the basis…

1st March 2002

Maureen Platform Will be Re-used – as a Quayside

1st March 2002