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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

HR Wallingford has been commissioned by Europrogetti and Finanza SpA to provide a regeneration programme for the dunes and the depleted beaches along the coastline between Salerno and Agropoli on the West…

1st January 2002

HR Wallingford Studies Coastal Depletion in Italy

1st January 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Bahrain' s ASRY Yard crowned a successful final quarter of 2001 by becoming the first shipyard in the world to be awarded the prestigious ISO 9001-2000 Certificate from the Norwegian society Det…

1st January 2002

ISO 9001-2000 for ASRY Yard

1st January 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The privately owned Pomerania Shipyards in northwest Polands industrial heartland is planning to build upon its success in the British market with new designs for 18m and 24m trawlers.

1st January 2002

Repair Gets a Share at Pomerania

1st January 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

An engine replacement operation on a Norwegian car and passenger ferry, which involved cutting holes in the ships hull to install the new engine, has been completed between two of the vessels…

1st January 2002

Engine Replaced on the Move

1st January 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A&P Group have announced an agreement between A&P Shipcare at Chatham UK and Metalock Engineering (UK) Ltd, proposing an inter-company co-operation venture. The agreement formalises a working relationship of many years standing.…

1st January 2002

Agreement Announced

1st January 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Four of Germanys leading tug operators have formed an alliance called ARGE Kuestenschutz (literally Joint Co-operation for Coastal Protection) for the protection of the German coastlines in the Baltic and the Northsea.

1st January 2002

German Tug Companies Form Protection Alliance

1st January 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Union Salvage Ltd, the salvage arm of Adsteam (UK) Ltd has completed the salvage of the tanker MV Willy from a rocky shore at Kingsand, near Plymouth, in what has been described…

1st January 2002

Union Salvage Refloat Badly Damaged Willy

1st January 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Dutch tug Tarka of Herman Sr BV, of Zwijndrecht, has been contracted to support dredging operations with Van Oord in Port Said, Egypt. Tarka, three barges, and other floating plant was…

1st January 2002

Towlines

1st January 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Swedish environmental court has approved plans for the Port of Goteborg to deepen, widen and straighten its fairways in works valued at $140m.

1st January 2002

Environmental Court Approves Goteborg Fairway Works

1st January 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A delegation of high-ranking officials from the Government of Taiwan has spent two weeks in Scotland learning about the latest oil spill response and prevention techniques. The 28 senior personnel, including representatives…

1st January 2002

Scots Prepare Taiwan for Oil Spill

1st January 2002