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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The CEDA Dredging Days 2009 conference and exhibition will be held alongside Europort Maritime in the Conference Centre of the Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands on 5 and 6 November. Its theme…

7th July 2009

CEDA Dredging Days finds tools for the future

7th July 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A gathering of young professionals from Albania, Bahrain, Cameroon, China, Denmark, Gambia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, U.A.E. and Vietnam spent a week in the Netherlands last month learning…

7th July 2009

Dredgings future learns the ropes

7th July 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredger builders IHC Merwede and the Belgian company Pruftechnik signed a partnership agreement last month for vibration measurements with the aim of safeguarding uninterrupted dredging operations.

7th July 2009

Dredging partnership picks up good vibrations

7th July 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered two cutter suction dredgers to Caspian Marine Services (CMS), which chose a CSD450 as it was available for immediate shipping and a CSD500 because the side pontoons…

7th July 2009

CSDs in demand in Azerbeidzjan

7th July 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Software from SeaZone is being used to monitor the impact of dredging activities taking place as part of a major new port development project in the UK.

7th July 2009

Software supports dredge monitoring at UK port project

7th July 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

It was in 1959 that American Jim Wynne designed the first commercially viable stern drive system and up until that time, other than water jet, it was only possible to have direct…

7th July 2009

Propulsion world could turn on Axis Drive

7th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Alewijnse Marine Systems recently received a double order by De Haas Yards in Maassluis, the Netherlands, for a complete refit of two patrol vessels for the Port of Rotterdam.

7th July 2009

Alewijnse refits Rotterdam port patrol vessels

7th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

For the A& P Group, 2009 has already been a busy year, with plenty of activity ongoing in the ship conversion department at their various locations.

7th July 2009

A busy first quarter for A&P

7th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

MMS Ship Repair & Dry Dock Co.Ltd in Kingston-upon Hull UK have just completed a major conversion to the Scottish fishing trawler Solstice.

7th July 2009

MMS lengthen Scottish fishing trawler

7th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

One of the latest ships to be dismantled under a new UK Government disposal and recycling scheme is HMS Intrepid, which had previously been docked at Portsmouth for a number of years…

7th July 2009

Responsible recycling on Merseyside

7th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

During the recent drydocking of the oil spill response vessel owned by the Port Authority of Rotterdam, an inspection revealed that the Ecospeed coating on its underwater hull was in excellent condition.

7th July 2009

Ecospeed coating goes on and on

7th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The Bahrain based Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) has further strengthened its specialist machinery repair and service operations by entering into a technical service agreement with propulsion specialist Wä rtsilä .

7th July 2009

ASRY/Wartsila in repair services agreement

7th July 2009

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

A search which began three years ago culminated in the handover of a new research vessel on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2009 in Southampton last month. The Aluminium Boatbuilding Company of…

6th July 2009

New research vessel handover at Seawork

6th July 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The world' s first Onshore Power Supply (OPS) facility with automatic synchronisation and 50/60 Hz conversion has been formally activated by Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters in the presence of leading government and…

6th July 2009

Worlds first Onshore Power Supply automatically in Antwerp

6th July 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Ocean treasure hunting is going to be less a childhood dream and more of a problem for its practitioners as of last month.

6th July 2009

Treasure ruling stirs up muddy waters

6th July 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Crown Estate, which manages a property portfolio owned by the Crown in the UK, is seeking leases for wave and tidal energy projects in the Pentland Firth strategic area. It has…

6th July 2009

Big take-up for wave and tidal leases in Pentland Firth

6th July 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

British ports were dealt a blow last month as the House of Commons objected to the amendment of the Business Rates Supplement Bill. But the Lower House may still have a fight…

6th July 2009

UK port rates on Parliamentary tightrope

6th July 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

European governments and maritime interests will find relevance in an American report released last month which shows that ocean resources and coastal communities are vital to the overall economy, yet climate change…

6th July 2009

US report highlights importance of coastal activity

6th July 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A technical team from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in Poole have recently returned from a trip to China where they reported on the condition of the fleet of ex-RNLI lifeboats now…

6th July 2009

RNLI checking the Chinese

6th July 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

For those who miss the old days of Vosper Thornycroft and Halmatic at Portchester, there is a definite whiff of nostalgia about bringing back into use the yard’ s 1,000 ton ship…

6th July 2009

Reborn Vosper site gets a lift

6th July 2009