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13th March 2010

‘PlanningBlog’ launch

13th March 2010

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The international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, BMT Group, is consolidating its environmental and maritime software service with the merger of three companies.

13th March 2010

Three into one at BMT

13th March 2010

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When Civil & Coastal Construction (Pty) Ltd of South Africa required a split hopper barge urgently for works deepening the Ben Schoeman Basin in Cape Town harbour, they contacted Baars BV of…

13th March 2010

Rapid barge deployment

13th March 2010

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Seawork exhibitor Meercat Workboats Ltd is gearing up to deliver an expanded range of craft to shorter lead times following the move of their production facility to the historic No5 Boat Shop…

12th March 2010

More Meercats emerge with company move

12th March 2010

SEAWORK NEWS

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Marine electronics distributor C A Clase (UK) Ltd will present the new Nauticomp Centric GB Series of IMO approved display screens and the new KVH TracPhone FB150 satellite communications system for the…

12th March 2010

Marine electronics surge at Seawork

12th March 2010

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Italdraghe, with its UK agent Andrew Scott, will once again be exhibiting at Seawork and this year will be showcasing its newly expanded range of dredging pumps.

11th March 2010

Expanded dredge pump range on show at Seawork

11th March 2010

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Glasgow UK based marine environmental consultancy Partrac Ltd has made a worldwide agency agreement (excluding Australia) for Sediview software.

11th March 2010

Partrac in Sediview software agency agreement

11th March 2010

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A study led by ABPmer on options for taking account of social-economic factors in the planning of marine protected areas (MPA) networks, has been published by Defra in the UK.

11th March 2010

MPA study published by Defra

11th March 2010

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The authorities in Abu Dhabi are reportedly on track to complete by US$409m project to construct a channel that will improve access to the Mussafah industrial zone by the middle of 2010.

11th March 2010

Abu Dhabi ‘on track’ with Mussafah dredging

11th March 2010

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DHI in Denmark says it believes its MIKE hydrodynamic modelling software has a key role to play in dredging operations where there may be contaminated sediment.

11th March 2010

DHI sees key role for modelling software

11th March 2010

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Jan de Nuls new mining and fallpipe vessel ‘Simon Stevin’ has departed for Australia for its first two rock dumping projects; a free span correction on the Pluto pipeline in 80m of…

11th March 2010

‘Simon Stevin’ to start work offshore Australia

11th March 2010

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The Belgian Jan De Nul Group has signed a contract for the deepening of Umm Qasr Port in the southernmost tip of Iraq, near the border with Kuwait. The port is Iraq’s…

11th March 2010

Jan De Nul Group awarded dredging project in Iraq

11th March 2010

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The £1.2m Stanah Sea Defences project for the Environment Agency (EA) in the UK has been awarded a Project Excellence Award for ‘Health and Safety/Managing Environmental Risk’.

11th March 2010

Birse Civils collect award for Stanah sea defences

11th March 2010

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Although aspects of the project are still subject to review, dredging work for the London Gateway port project is to get under way in March, according to the dredging contractor who will…

11th March 2010

London Gateway dredging about to get under way

11th March 2010

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The first phase of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) is almost complete, apart from the land-side works, and all the various dredgers, hopper barges, survey vessels and ancillary craft have now left…

11th March 2010

Band of workboats depart Felixstowe

11th March 2010

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The second of two 49.35m SWATH ships for German Customs has entered service after completion at the Nordseewerke Shipyard in Emden.

11th March 2010

Borkum completes German Customs SWATH duo

11th March 2010

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A project to map offshore renewable energy potential around the coast of South West England was announced last week.

11th March 2010

Marine power mapping project to proceed

11th March 2010

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The Marine (Scotland) Bill (the Scottish Bill) is now at stage three of the parliamentary process, writes Rosie O’Donnell, an Associate in the Shipping Transport team of Brodies LLP, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

4th March 2010

Dredging exemptions to Marine (Scotland) Bill?

4th March 2010

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Dutch cartographers face the task of redrawing their maps of Holland due to the country growing in size by a few square kilometres. The Maasvlakte 2 port expansion project in Rotterdam has…

4th March 2010

Dutch coastline redrawn as Maasvlakte 2 takes shape – by Peter Barker

4th March 2010

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Great Yarmouths new outer harbour at EastPort UK opened last month with global port group PSA International, grain business Gleadell Agricultural Ltd, and crushed rock supplier Stema Shipping (UK) Ltd all in…

4th March 2010

£80m outer harbour at Great Yarmouth opens

4th March 2010