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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

P&O Maritime Services has acquired a 50% shareholding in a UK incorporated joint venture with the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University.

20th January 2011

Joint venture for university research vessel

20th January 2011

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Noreq AS is spreading its wings into production of ship and offshore cranes with the acquisition of Danish company Acta AS.

20th January 2011

New markets with marine crane acquisition

20th January 2011

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

After a competitive tendering process, British Waterways (BW) has awarded a national dredging contract to marine civils contractor Land & Water Services Ltd.

20th January 2011

New dredging contract for British Waterways

20th January 2011

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

In a remarkable tandem lift operation carried out by its onboard cranes, the MV Beluga Stavanger loaded a huge barge in Germany destined for a port construction project in Odessa.

20th January 2011

Tandem lift twirls marine construction barge

20th January 2011

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer), which provides specialist support to the marine renewables sector, has developed a model which offers a detailed description of the hydrodynamic regime across the Western Isles…

18th January 2011

Assessment model for potential tidal resource development

18th January 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Contracting Without Limits, to be held on 23 and 24 June 2011 in London UK will bring together the main players of construction projects.

17th January 2011

Dredging associations organise contract management event

17th January 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) is working with Archipelago to provide visualisation and engagement tools to help people understand the meaning of coastal change and adaptation so that they can fully…

17th January 2011

ABPmer and Archipelago launch coastal adaptation communication service

17th January 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has completed a rock installation project on the Rio Negro pipeline crossing project in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil. The client is the Brazilian oil and…

17th January 2011

Van Oord installs rock to protect Brazilian pipeline

17th January 2011

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