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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Royal Boskalis Westminster has signed a contract with Central Industry Group NV’s subsidiary Shipkits BV to build a 4,500 m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger.

3rd July 2012

Shipkits to build a trailer for Boskalis

3rd July 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has published a position paper titled ‘Climate Change Adaptation as it Affects the Dredging Community’.

3rd July 2012

CEDA publish paper on climate change

3rd July 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A complete FORAN package has been installed in Guangdong Yuexin Ocean Engineering Co (GYOE) - formerly Yuexin Shipbuilding - after a three month trial.

2nd July 2012

Grand designs for Chinese yard

2nd July 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Following an agreement between Transas Marine and the State Hydrographic Service of Ukraine, Transas’ TX-97 non-official chart collection now includes Ukrainian charts.

2nd July 2012

Inland chart first

2nd July 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Imtech Marine BV and ITC Global Inc have entered into a long term strategic alliance to provide a VSAT satellite communications network for the global maritime industry.

2nd July 2012

Satcomms strategic alliance

2nd July 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Global ship delivery and crewing company Redwise has delivered a newbuild trailing suction hopper dredger from its home country of the Netherlands more than 14,000 nautical miles to China.

2nd July 2012

Long way round for dredger delivery crew

2nd July 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A Damen cutter suction dredger of type CSD500 has been built under license by Canal Naval Construction for the Egyptian General Authority for Fish Resource Development.

2nd July 2012

Damen dredger built from kit in Egypt

2nd July 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster NV issued a trading update following its recent AGM which showed a slightly higher revenue in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period…

2nd July 2012

Boskalis holds steady through economic storm

2nd July 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

IHC Merwede has launched the stationary cutter suction dredger Miondo at its shipyard at Sliedrecht in the Netherlands.

2nd July 2012

Innovative Beaver at home in remote areas

2nd July 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Walcon Marine is in the final stages of completing a workboat berthing facility for Aberdeen Harbour Board.

29th June 2012

New berthing facility at Aberdeen

29th June 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Teams from the Environment Agency in the UK have been working across 3km of flood embankment in Driffield, East Yorkshire, to reduce the risk of flooding and create valuable new habitat for…

29th June 2012

New habitat to bring wildlife back to River Hull

29th June 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Oceana, an international advocacy group working to protect the world’s oceans, has launched a report outlining how saving the worlds oceans can help to feed the UN projected 9bn people projected to…

29th June 2012

Oceana optimism

29th June 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A Damen Dredging Equipment environmental cutter section dredger type ECSD450 has been commissioned by Changjiang Chongqing Waterway Engineering Bureau for environmental and maintenance work on Chinese waterways.

28th June 2012

Damen dredges Chinese waterways

28th June 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Two giant German logistics groups are the only ones now still in the running to win the concession to build and operate the planned €200m Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB).

28th June 2012

Local consortia in run-off for Germany‘s OTB

28th June 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has abandoned plans to build their next generation offshore wind turbine at the Kent port of Sheerness.

28th June 2012

Vestas abandons Sheerness production plans

28th June 2012

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

One of the many interesting boats on the pontoon at Seawork 2012 was the ultra-lightweight LMD78 RIB from Swedish designer and builder Light Marin.

28th June 2012

Heavy duty, lightweight RIB at Seawork

28th June 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

German yard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) is working on the design and construction of an innovative ro-pax ferry for Scotland that has to be particularly reliable.

28th June 2012

Innovative ro-pax build goes to FSG

28th June 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Eurocarrier 2611 Martine P, built by Neptune Shipyards in the Netherlands for GSS Marine Services, went into service in April of this year.

28th June 2012

JUNE 2012 Front Cover Story

28th June 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Energy supplier Eneco has selected Van Oord as preferred supplier for the construction of the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore windfarm (formerly known as Q10).

28th June 2012

Van Oord for Luchterduinen windfarm

28th June 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Following a meeting in Oslo with senior executives of AF Group and Lerwick Port Authority, Scotland’s First Minister has said that the Scottish Government and Highlands and Islands Enterprise would each make…

28th June 2012

Scottish government backs harbour project for Shetland

28th June 2012