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Construction has begun on the new Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth UK, 28 years to the day after the historic vessel was raised from its watery grave in the Solent.

12th October 2010

Work begins on Europe’s biggest new maritime museum

12th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Belgian dredging and marine civils contractor Jan De Nul says it is the lowest bidder for the construction of a new lock in Ivoz-Ramet on the river Meuse, upstream from Liège.

11th October 2010

Jan de Nul low bidder for lock on River Meuse

11th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Flood disasters in many parts of the world have brought into sharp focus new research spearheaded by the University of Leicester on the behaviour of rivers during periods of high flow. Using…

11th October 2010

Research examines sediment flow and behaviour of rivers

11th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Mott MacDonald in the UK has been appointed by the Rijkswaterstaat in The Netherlands to provide technical and spatial management for two Room for the River projects on the Rhine river basin.

11th October 2010

Mott MacDonald in ‘Room for the River’ project

11th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The board of directors of Antwerp Port Authority in Belgium has approved the long term financial plan (2011-2025), representing an amount of €1.6bn.

11th October 2010

Antwerp Port invests €1.6bn

11th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Maasvlakte 2 Project Organisation in The Netherlands and the Next Generation Infrastructures Foundation (NGInfra) have announced the recent signing of a cooperation agreement for a period of five years under the…

11th October 2010

Maasvlakte 2 Project Organisation cooperation agreement

11th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

It has emerged that the cost of dredging and removing silt from the harbour at Dunmore East harbour at Waterford in Ireland will be some €6m, higher than originally hoped.

11th October 2010

Dunmore dredging made more costly by contamination

11th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Sean Connick TD, Ireland’s Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, has announced that funding has been approved for harbour development projects in local authority owned harbours under…

11th October 2010

Irish government provides funds for fishing harbours

11th October 2010

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The annual SOLFIRE Search and Rescue Exercise took place in the UK’s Eastern Solent late last month and was successful for testing the contingency plans of the various emergency services which would…

11th October 2010

SOLFIRE exercise highlights rescue organisation cooperation

11th October 2010

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

UK propulsion specialists Clements Marine has provided fast turn around repairs and maintenance on propellers and stern gear for Safety Boat Services.

11th October 2010

Rapid repairs keep workboat fleet mobile

11th October 2010

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‘There’s a mission here. To help keep seafarers alive’, Bob Couttie of Maritime Accident Casebook told Maritime Journal regarding the launch of the latest round of the Lifeboat Safety Survey.

11th October 2010

Casting a light on lifeboat injuries

11th October 2010

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Yateley UK based Sonardyne has supplied SapuraAcergy of Kuala Lumpur with ranges of its new 6G (sixth generation) acoustic positioning systems for use in projects throughout South East Asia under a contract…

7th October 2010

£1m Malaysian order for latest Sonardyne systems – by David Goodfellow

7th October 2010

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Instrumentation specialist Valeport of Devon UK has teamed with Oceanscience in California to develop an underway sound velocity (SV) profiling system.

7th October 2010

Valeport US venture – by David Goodfellow

7th October 2010

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Evert Flier has been appointed director of the Norwegian Hydrographic Service in Stavanger, which is also responsible for administration of the international non-profit electronic nautical chart centre, Primar Stavanger.

7th October 2010

New Norwegian and UK hydrographers – by David Goodfellow

7th October 2010

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Pelydryn, the Welsh airborne Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) company headed by former UK national hydrographer Dr Wyn Williams, has completed two major surveys.

7th October 2010

Pelydryn completes Irish surveys – by David Goodfellow

7th October 2010

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A global audience of well over 300 delegates is expected at Hydro 2010, the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 17th biennial European hydrographic conference at Warnemünde.

7th October 2010

Germany stages Hydro 2010 – by David Goodfellow

7th October 2010

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Ireland’s Safehaven Marine has delivered ‘Quinoa, a 14.5m LOA Interceptor 48 pilot vessel to the French port of Bordeaux.

7th October 2010

Pilot praises ‘Quinoa’ after long voyage home

7th October 2010

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Many tug and workboat operators will be waiting to find out if a new piece of EU legislation, coming into force on 1 January, is going to cut short the life of…

7th October 2010

Fuel initiative will put strain on engines

7th October 2010

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Germany’s Schottel Group was in good spirits at the SMM Exhibition in Hamburg last month, the manufacturer of propulsion and steering systems reporting a record year in 2009, with €270m in turnover.

7th October 2010

It’s academic for Schottel, as success shows at SMM

7th October 2010

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Plans to redevelop part of Ramsgate Harbour in Kent UK have highlighted the dilemma local authority planners face juggling the interests of a small commercial working harbour.

7th October 2010

Changes planned for Ramsgate Harbour

7th October 2010