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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Highly accurate 3D digital maps, captured from aircraft mounted lasers, are being used to assess the risk of flooding at critical utility sites across the UK.

1st May 2009

Flying laser plans flood defences

1st May 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Maritime systems supplier Cavotec MSL has received the largest order to date for the vacuum based automated mooring solution, MoorMaster, from the typhoon-ridden Port Hedland in Western Australia.

1st May 2009

More to come from MoorMaster

1st May 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Cargotec says its MacGregor division has recently secured contracts to supply linkspans that are specifically tailored to meet the needs of a number of different ports. The company said it has secured…

1st May 2009

Linkspans are tailored to port requirements

1st May 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The new CIRIA Guide to Cost Standards for Dredging Equipment 2009 offers a standard method to establish the capital and related costs of a wide range of dredging equipment.

1st May 2009

New CIRIA Guide on cost standards for dredging

1st May 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work has begun on the much heralded expansion of Peterhead Harbour in the UK. Stones are being laid at Peterhead port’ s breakwater in advance of a massive £ 30m scheme which…

1st May 2009

Work gets under way at Peterhead Harbour

1st May 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Van Oord has been awarded a contract to construct a quay wall and a dock in Moerdijk in the Rotterdam area of the Netherlands.

1st May 2009

Van Oord to build quaywall at Moerdijk

1st May 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging majors Boskalis and Van Oord have secured a contract for the expansion of the harbour at Gijón in Spain. The project will be executed by Boskalis and Van Oord working…

1st May 2009

Boskalis and Van Oord to extend harbour at Gijón

1st May 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A project at the Caladh Mor ferry terminal in Inish Meain, one of the Aran islands, which used Xbloc armoured units has won the latest Irish Concrete Society Award.

1st May 2009

Xbloc project wins Irish Concrete Society Award

1st May 2009

SECURITY

SECURITY

Moscow Mills Manufacturing and Foster-Miller Inc of Massachusetts USA have announced a new non-lethal system for stopping small boats such as those used by pirates, drug traffickers and terrorists. The companies are…

1st May 2009

Boat Trap a net loss for pirates

1st May 2009

SECURITY

SECURITY

The US Naval Underwater Warfare Center (NUWC) in Rhode Island has placed a contract with Sonardyne Inc for the supply of an additional Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar system.

1st May 2009

Underwater surveillance sonar boosts port security

1st May 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Amsterdam Seaports have recently announced plans to upgrade and expand their network of cold ironing shore power supply facilities for small vessels including inland waterway barges and river cruisers.

1st May 2009

Cold ironing not just for the big boys

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

We are all used to thinking of sailors as a hardy lot, but what happens when you are at sea and one of the crew suffers a sudden cardiac arrest?

1st May 2009

Shock tactics ensure survival at sea

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A different kind of fast-rescue boat is hitting the water. ' It may look like similar boats, but it' s not’ , said Knut Erik Håheim of Norwegian company Brude Safety AS.

1st May 2009

Fast rescue craft keeps weight advantage

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

SAFEDOR, the maritime research project on risk-based ship design and approval has been concluded after four years of intensive study.

1st May 2009

SAFEDOR ship design research project concluded

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Specialist dynamic positioning (DP) training is available for the first time in Ukraine following the launch of a new facility by Bibby Ship Management.

1st May 2009

New TP training facility for Ukraine

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

There' s a good chance that groundings will increase over the coming years, says Bob Couttie, in a recent update on Maritime Accident Casebook.

1st May 2009

Beware of ECDIS shocks on the rocks

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The V100 VPIRB (VHF Position Indicating Radio Beacon), a new man overboard device from marine safety specialist Mobilarm, will make its European debut at Seawork 2009.

1st May 2009

MOB device makes European debut at Seawork

1st May 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Another highly distinctive new tug has been delivered to the independent Dutch tugowners G. Bouwman Towing & Shipping BV of Zierikzee by the Gebr Kooiman BV shipyard of Zwijndrecht. The new Mustang,…

1st May 2009

Mustang: an impressive delivery

1st May 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

With the arrival of calmer springtime weather, Titan Salvage has resumed wreck removal operations in Gibraltar on the New Flame following a busy first quarter in which the company responded to eight…

1st May 2009

New Flame wreck removal reconvenes

1st May 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

SMIT Salvage teams were busy in the Gulf of Mexico in the final weeks of the first quarter. Work in this region included a Lloyd' s Form salvage, a ship to ship…

1st May 2009

SMIT Salvage teams keep busy

1st May 2009