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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

DSM Shipbrokers of Meppel in the Netherlands can now offer a new and extremely economic vessel, specifically developed for very flexible coastal sea/river trading and built by the Dutch Shipyard De Kaap…

6th June 2011

The Dutch answer to expensive fuel

6th June 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Environmental system specialists Planet Ocean in Surrey are to host the 47th Marine Measurement Forum at the Village Hotel, Farnborough on Thursday 18 November.

4th June 2011

Marine Measurement Forum

4th June 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Port Hedland Port Authority in Australia awarded UTEC Survey Australia Pty Ltd of Perth a contract to provide bathymetric survey services to the Port Authoritys channel and harbour capital dredging campaign. The…

3rd June 2011

UTEC Survey wins Port Hedland contact – by David Foxwell

3rd June 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Fathoms, the Somerset and Caithness UK based survey company has successfully completed four interesting and challenging bathymetric surveys in Kenya for the implementation of the Natural Resource Management (NRM) Project.

3rd June 2011

Fathoms finds siltation rates

3rd June 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dublin Port Company has renewed its attempt to reclaim land from Dublin Bay to cope with a projected doubling of trade by 2040.

2nd June 2011

Dublin Port Company renews attempt to obtain permission to reclaim land

2nd June 2011

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The first of class Lochin 366 Pilot Workboat will be available for viewing and demonstration on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2011.

2nd June 2011

See the first of class on Seawork pontoon

2nd June 2011

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Belfast marked the 100th anniversary of the launch of one of the citys most famous creations, RMS Titanic, on 31st May 2011.

2nd June 2011

Belfast marks centenary of Titanic launch

2nd June 2011

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Big demand for special functions on the Rhine motivated the building of the €10m multi-function event ship RheinFantasie, whose owners have this time plumped for a monohull newbuild instead of a second…

2nd June 2011

Impressive RheinFantasie enters service

2nd June 2011

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Seaweeds and micro-algae have been receiving increasing interest and investment over recent years, and may at some point become one of the UK’s established marine industries.

2nd June 2011

Seaweed may become a marine industry

2nd June 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Hydrographic Offices and agencies of France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK are among leading European organisations expected to mark the UN sponsored World Hydrography Day on 21 June with…

2nd June 2011

World Hydrography Day

2nd June 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

FoundOcean has been awarded an offshore grouting contract for the Walney offshore windfarm (OWF) phase 2 substation installation. The installation is being undertaken by Volker Staal en Funderingen BV.

1st June 2011

FoundOcean wins contract for Walney wind farm

1st June 2011

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The first of class workboat Erica, built by Newhaven UK based Newbury Engineering Boatbuilders Ltd to its own account, will make its debut on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2011.

1st June 2011

First of class workboat on Seawork pontoon

1st June 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has been commissioned by the Alderney Commission for Renewable Energy (ACRE) to provide independent advice on the Environmental Statement relating to a current marine renewable energy…

31st May 2011

ABPmer provides consultancy to Alderney Commission

31st May 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Subsidiaries of Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord and Dredging International in Belgium have been awarded a second contract for the Western Basin Main Works Dredging at the Port of Gladstone,…

30th May 2011

Europeans win Gladstone Ports Corporation contract

30th May 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Associated British Ports is reported to be planning a major expansion of facilities around Hull’s Alexandra Dock in anticipation of becoming a major hub for the offshore windfarm industry.

29th May 2011

ABP to expand docks at Hull

29th May 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Van Oord in the Netherlands reports that on 6 May an information centre for the ‘Sand Motor’ project was due to open in The Hague.

28th May 2011

Sand Motor information centre opens

28th May 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Rotator Oy, Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV’s official dealer in Finland, has supplied Wasa Dredging Ltd with an EX2500-6 excavator as the base machine for a backhoe dredger for the project to…

28th May 2011

Excavator forms basis of backhoe dredger in Finland

28th May 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Broads Authority in the UK has been forced to delay plans to dredge Heigham Sound on the Upper Thurne after permission to dispose of the sediment on land next to Candle…

27th May 2011

Heigham Sound dredging plan on hold

27th May 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Sydney Ports Corporation in Canada has signed a contract with a Dutch company, Boskalis, to do dredging work in Sydney harbour.

26th May 2011

Boskalis signs contract for Sydney harbour dredging

26th May 2011

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The annual ‘Tugworld Review 2010’, produced by the ABR Company Ltd in association with International Tug & Salvage, was published at the beginning of the year.

26th May 2011

Tugworld Review 2010 – a diverse picture

26th May 2011