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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Aberdeen Harbour is to spend £8.5m dredging its entrance to allow ships to enter more frequently during bad weather.

17th January 2011

Aberdeen Harbour to be dredged

17th January 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

British Waterways is looking to the past to help preserve the future for one of the canals’ most loved but secretive species, the protected water vole.

17th January 2011

Kennet & Avon Canal dredged to help water voles

17th January 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Towards the end of December the last dredgers working on the Western Scheldt channel completed work and unloaded their final deposit of sand.

17th January 2011

Antwerp harbour celebrates completion of Scheldt dredging

17th January 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A joint venture of Dutch dredging majors Royal Boskalis Westminster and Van Oord has been awarded a contract by the Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management to reinforce part of…

17th January 2011

Boskalis and Van Oord create ‘sand engine’ to reinforce Dutch coastline

17th January 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Marine Conservation Zone project board in the UK has agreed to allow more time for the four regional MCZ projects to deliver their responsibilities.

17th January 2011

Extra time for the Marine Conservation Zone project

17th January 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Lerwick Port Authority’s continuing development of the harbour is moving into the next phase following the award of a £4.6m contract to create a new berth and related improvements at Greenhead Base.

17th January 2011

Contract launches next phase of major developments at Lerwick Harbour

17th January 2011

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

International classification society Bureau Veritas has issued guidelines for the Classification and Certification of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines.

13th January 2011

BV issues guidance for floating wind turbines

13th January 2011

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Lindenau Schiffswerft at Kiel is handing back the 55.2m Alkor, the second IFM Geomar research ship to undergo overhaul, classification and maintenance at the yard recently.

13th January 2011

Lindenau completes research ship overhaul

13th January 2011

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

France is the fourth largest wind energy market in Europe, but, perhaps surprisingly, up until now none of its installed capacity has been located offshore.

13th January 2011

French wind industry set for expansion

13th January 2011

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A world class library, archive and education centre known as the Brunel Institute officially opened its doors in the UK Port of Bristol just in time for the recent holiday season.

13th January 2011

Maritime bonanza as Brunel Institute opens

13th January 2011

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The EU 27 will exceed its target of meeting 20 % of its gross final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020 according to the European Wind Energy Association, which has published…

12th January 2011

EU on target for 2020 renewable energy contribution

12th January 2011

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The heavy lift vessel BBC Greenland recently took on the relocation of a glass factory from Birmingham in the UK all the way to Brazil.

12th January 2011

Handle with care: Glass factory goes to Santos

12th January 2011

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Rope manufacturer Samson has completed extensive testing on high performance synthetic rope slings, resulting in a greater understanding of the critical elements that affect sling performance in a variety of configurations.

12th January 2011

Samson’s sling gives wings to wind farm

12th January 2011

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The three new tug boats that are being built in Unión Naval de Valencia forSalvamento and Seguridad Marítima, (SASEMAR) have been provided with deck machinery by Ibercisa.

12th January 2011

Deck equipment package for three new tugs

12th January 2011

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Dredger builder Italdraghe SpA has just supplied the latest of a long line of dredgers to Nigeria. The new SGT 600D CSD is already at work on sand winning projects in the…

12th January 2011

Italian built dredger fleet grows in Nigeria

12th January 2011

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Devon UK based Hercules Engineering, which manufactures watertight deck hatches and other marine hardware, is now using a new waterproof grease called Ramonol Advanced.

11th January 2011

Good grease vital for marine maintenance

11th January 2011

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Netherlands based specialist vessel builder IHC Merwede has used alternative fuels in the dredging process for the first time.

11th January 2011

Successful fuel cell test on board dredger

11th January 2011

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

An international seminar on the Environmental Aspects of Dredging organized by PAO (Post Graduate Education) at the Delft University of Technology, in cooperation with the IADC and CEDA, will be held at…

10th January 2011

Environmental Aspects of Dredging Seminar

10th January 2011

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The UK’s ACE Winches has secured a £1.6m contract from Bluestone Offshore for the design and manufacture of two comprehensive winch packages for use on the offshore support vessel, Greatship Maya.

10th January 2011

ACE in place for geotechnical investigations

10th January 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Focusing on the sciences involved in hydrographic surveying and marine geophysical investigations, this two day technical conference from 6 to 7 April is being held at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton…

7th January 2011

Offshore Survey 11

7th January 2011