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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Lo-Noise, a company founded by Kurt Thomsen, founder of wind turbine installation company A2SEA, and OSK-ShipTech, has provided Maritime Journal with details of a new concept for reducing underwater noise levels during…

20th July 2012

Cofferdam can reduce noise from turbine installation

20th July 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Researchers at HR Wallingford in the UK have again been awarded a prize for one of their papers.

20th July 2012

HR Wallingford wins award for scour research

20th July 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The West Quay embankment in Antwerp’s Kempisch dock is due to be fully restored.

20th July 2012

Antwerp quay works

20th July 2012

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KEY DEALS

IHC Lagersmit BV, a subsidiary of IHC Merwede, has changed its name to IHC Sealing Solutions BV.

20th July 2012

IHC Lagersmit renamed

20th July 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Germany’s new heavy lift/project load port Rendsburg on the Kiel Canal has introduced the first of two giant Gottwald mobile cranes and is gearing up to handle wind turbine components for ENERCON…

19th July 2012

New Kiel Canal port gathers pace

19th July 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Aberdeen Harbour Board in Scotland has awarded a £5.2m contract involving major improvements to the port entrance and for widening and deepening the navigation channel.

19th July 2012

Aberdeen Harbour dredging works commence

19th July 2012

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KEY DEALS

The recent FRC International WBV and H-SURV seminars held at the RNLI Lifeboat College, Poole UK, were welcomed by the maritime industry as a good opportunity to discuss the important issue of…

19th July 2012

FRC WBV & H-SURV Seminars success

19th July 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A change by some US Naval shipyards from suspending new parts from cranes to manoeuvring them into position by using wheeled transporters may benefit commercial yards.

19th July 2012

Rolling rather than lifting

19th July 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) has begun construction of the first phase of its deepsea container terminal on Maasvlakte 2 at the Port of Rotterdam.

19th July 2012

RWG begins construction at Maasvlakte 2

19th July 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Two coastal protection projects in Italy have recently been completed thanks to the effective long distance pumping power of Italdraghe booster stations.

19th July 2012

Coast protection projects completed with booster stations

19th July 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has been awarded a significant dredging contract in Darwin Harbour in the Northern Territory of Australia.

19th July 2012

Van Oord wins Ichthys dredging contract

19th July 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Beach recharge work got underway on the south coast of the UK near Chichester towards the end of June and is due to continue for approximately four months.

19th July 2012

Coastal defence works off UK south coast

19th July 2012

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KEY DEALS

The second of four Damen Stan Patrol Vessels 4207, built by the Pashaliman Shipyard in Vlorë, has been delivered to the Albanian Coastguard.

18th July 2012

Second Damen patrol vessel for Albania

18th July 2012

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KEY DEALS

Wärtsilä is to provide dual-fuel engines for two environmentally sustainable tugs being built for CNOOC Energy Technology and Services Limited (CETS) – the first in China to be fuelled liquefied natural gas…

18th July 2012

Wärtsilä supply dual-fuel engines

18th July 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The London based Centre for Economics and Business Research has produced a report, commissioned by Mainstream Renewable Power, aimed at providing clarity when debating the economic benefits of offshore wind.

18th July 2012

Selling the economic benefits of offshore wind

18th July 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Royal Haskoning and DHV, two of the best known consulting engineers working in the marine and ports and harbours sectors, have announced that they have merged and will now be known as…

18th July 2012

Royal Haskoning and DHV confirm merger

18th July 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

“How has my working life developed? It’s been a mixture of exciting and frustrating”, says Geir Larsen, MD of Norway based innovative power solutions provider In Power.

18th July 2012

Inspired by brilliant ideas

18th July 2012

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The HTECH A25cab (prototype) on show at Seawork 2012 is one of the five models in a semi-custom line designed for professional use by HT Engineering of Keuruu, Finland.

18th July 2012

Prototype on the pontoon

18th July 2012

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The demand for rapid crew transportation to and from wind farms, combined with the increasing distances between the wind farm arrays and the shore has resulted in the design and build of…

18th July 2012

Keeping it quiet on the Seawork pontoon

18th July 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Ravestein has developed a special jack up platform, with extras, that has a better ability to deal with wind and waves and can work in depths of 40m.

18th July 2012

Rough weather jack-up cuts windfarm costs

18th July 2012