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INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Charterers’ Liability insurance is an insurance designed to cover the charterer(s) of a vessel in respect of claims arising out of negligence based claims surfacing out of legal and contractual obligations and…

21st May 2012

Charterers’ Liability blowing in the wind

21st May 2012

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

It is not just technology, security is in the minds of any European investment these days, and the financial backup given by the Dutch government has helped IHC Merwede land an important…

21st May 2012

Security and guarantees for Dutch orders

21st May 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

An amazing haul of 28 flint hand axes, dated by archaeologists to be around 100,000 years old, have been unearthed in gravel from a licensed marine aggregate dredging area 13km off Great…

21st May 2012

Dredging Industry Assists Mammoth Discovery

21st May 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Damen Dredging Equipment has handed over the split hopper dredger Omvac Diez to its owner Canlemar following successful sea trials.

21st May 2012

Dutch dredging equipment for Omvac Diez

21st May 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Birse Civils has commenced its annual protection of Lincolnshire’s coastline and flood defence for the UK Environment Agency as part of its Lincshore 2010-2015 Framework Contract.

21st May 2012

Lincshore coastal protection dredging resumes

21st May 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has expanded its useful series of free to download ‘Facts About’ PDFs with ‘Facts About Selecting a Destination for Dredged Material’.

21st May 2012

‘Facts About’ dredged material destination

21st May 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Amsterdam based Niron Staal has secured orders for advanced equipment in its core markets of dredging and offshore to a value of some €2m.

21st May 2012

Signs of market recovery for Niron Staal

21st May 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Volunteers at the Dutch National Museum of Dredging were presented with a supply of Damen fleece vests during the winter to support the outdoor activities of the Museum.

21st May 2012

Cold weather gear for museum volunteers

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

International hydrographic cooperation in support of safe navigation is the theme chosen by the International Hydrographic Organization for this year’s UN World Hydrography Day on 21 June.

21st May 2012

World Hydrography Day

21st May 2012

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Sealite has launched its next generation of the GSM Monitoring & Control System, which enables authorities to efficiently monitor the status of their AtoN assets via mobile phone and Sealite’s secure Online…

21st May 2012

Monitoring of AtoNs by mobile phone

21st May 2012

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Aids to navigation specialist Tideland Signal has won a further order to supply eight of its SB-2200 polyethylene buoys complete with MaxLED-200 lanterns to the new LNG port at Soyo in the…

21st May 2012

Buoys and lanterns for Angola LNG Project

21st May 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Ocean Safety’s Aberdeen depot is now fully operational, just one month after it opened, to service the growing demand for safety equipment from the expanding offshore renewables market.

21st May 2012

Renewables drive safety expansion

21st May 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

(France - UK) Engineering software solutions provider Desktop Engineering (DTE), an accredited business partner of Dassault Systèmes, has created a new team that will focus on the marine and offshore sector, and…

21st May 2012

Desktop workboat design

21st May 2012

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

“The job of being a Harbour Master could, if you wanted it to, be really easy, said Captain Bob Baker, the new president of the UK Harbour Masters Association.

21st May 2012

Working at saying ‘yes’

21st May 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work on extending operational areas at the Port of Kiel’s Norwegenkai Terminal has now been completed.

21st May 2012

Kiel completes Norwegenkai expansion works

21st May 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

(UK) HR Wallingford and UK Port Advisers have formed an alliance aimed at improving service to clients and enhancing their offerings to market in both the UK and overseas.

21st May 2012

Ports consultancy alliance

21st May 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

(Germany) On its maiden voyage to Hamburg last month, the Hyundai Together was the first ship with a carrying capacity of 13,000 TEU to be handled at HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA).

19th May 2012

13,000 TEU at CTA

19th May 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

(France) The Medlink Ports partnership formed four years ago linking Marseilles Fos and nine trimodal ports on the 550km Rhone-Saone inland waterways network has been joined by the seaport of Sete.

18th May 2012

Sete joins Medlink

18th May 2012

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Spanish designer and engineer Alvaro Ortiz was inspired by a sailing incident where navigational difficulties led to him being rescued when approaching the port of Barcelona in a storm.

18th May 2012

Archbeacon beckons as 21st century ‘lighthouse’

18th May 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) is organising its Dredging Days 2012 conference and exhibition to take place on 12-13 December in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

18th May 2012

Middle East hosts CEDA Dredging Days 2012

18th May 2012