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MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Proteus FZC, a provider of satellite-derived mapping and classification services, has delivered marine habitat maps for four Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA). Proteus completed the mapping components of the EIAs on behalf of…

26th March 2015

EIA mapping

26th March 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

QuayQuip, subsidiary of Eurotech Benelux headquartered in the Netherlands, are reporting a busy year including the supplying of fendering systems to Indonesia.

26th March 2015

QuayQuip busy in Indonesia

26th March 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The announcement in the UK chancellor’s 2014 budget for the commitment of £270m of government funding for the Mersey Gateway Bridge will allow design and construction of the PFI scheme to hit…

26th March 2015

Mersey Gateway Bridge receives vital funding promise

26th March 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

A study carried out by Delft based independent research institute Deltares and Alterra Wageningen University and Research Centre has examined an alternative option for upgrading dikes along the Eems-Dollard area.

26th March 2015

Deltares study highlights the advantages of broad green dikes

26th March 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

GPS Marine (UK) have won an ‘ICE London Civil Engineering 2014 Award’ for works undertaken on the Crossrail Project, involving the installation and removal of cofferdams at Connaught.

26th March 2015

Civils award

26th March 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

A renewables jobs boom for the Highlands of Scotland (UK) moved a step closer this month as the Port of Ardersier secured the full backing of the Scottish Government for plans to…

26th March 2015

Ardersier revival

26th March 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

An ABPmer report on the beneficial use of dredged sediment in the South Coast marine plan area has recently been published by the UK government’s seabed environmental watchdog; The Marine Management Organisation…

26th March 2015

Beneficial use of dredged sediment

26th March 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Ensuring a safe and productive solution to providing electrical, water, and fuel connections to a jetty is challenging at the best of times. But when that jetty is floating in the harbour…

26th March 2015

Chains to tame the tide

26th March 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Sir Thomas Peirson Frank, an engineer who thanks to his work on the city’s flood defences was credited with saving London from drowning no fewer than 121 times, has had his valiant…

26th March 2015

The civil engineer who saved London

26th March 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The UK’s Port of Dover has reported that it ‘is delighted’ that its scheme to enhance junctions on the A20 in Dover has been highlighted as one of the key investment schemes…

26th March 2015

Dover’s delight

26th March 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Engineering and project management consultancy, Royal HaskoningDHV, has delivered its master plan for the new Venice container terminal which should deliver major efficiency and reduce equipment costs saving the port millions of…

26th March 2015

Venice terminal masterplan

26th March 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Trimble, a US specialist in civil engineering technology, has introduced a beacon receiver specifically designed for marine construction. The company has claimed that this dedicated marine receiver allows contractors to achieve ‘sub-meter…

26th March 2015

Beacon receiver for marine construction

26th March 2015

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

UK-based boatbuilder, CTruk, is improving its MPC22 vessel based on performance feedback with the inclusion of Volvo’s IPS system.

26th March 2015

CTruk improves MPC22 design

26th March 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Marlink has concluded a project to significantly increase the Internet speeds aboard the Simon Mokster owned ‘Stril Server’ Multi-Purpose Support Vessel (MPSV). Simon Mokster runs a fleet of 23 advanced offshore support…

26th March 2015

Boosting bandwidth for marine construction

26th March 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Norwegian company Miko Marine have developed a tool to quickly and economically recover trapped oil from sunken vessels before it has a chance to escape and cause environmental damage.

26th March 2015

Recovering trapped oil from sunken wrecks

26th March 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Lloyd’s Maritime Academy, supported by the International Salvage Union, Safety4Sea and Lloyd’s List are holding a seminar, Managing Maritime Accidents & Emergencies on how to cope when disaster strikes at sea.

26th March 2015

Coping with maritime accidents and emergencies

26th March 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Supporters of the preserved steam tug Challenge (right) have been raising funds in the hope that the vessel will be able to take part in the 75th anniversary of the evacuation from…

26th March 2015

TOWLINES

26th March 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Van Wijngaarden Marine Services, based in Sliedrecht the Netherlands are demonstrating their faith in Damen’s Shoalbuster series of tugs with an order for what will be their fourth example, and a new…

26th March 2015

Damen’s Shoalbuster gets bigger

26th March 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. have published their 2014 annual report announcing increased overall profits, their towage division dominated by their various joint ventures.

26th March 2015

Profits up for Boskalis’ towage arm

26th March 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK GROW:OffshoreWind programme has been granted a six-month extension as part of the government’s industrial strategy to help more manufacturers take advantage of investment in supply chain infrastructure.

26th March 2015

Maximising offshore wind opportunities

26th March 2015