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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Teledyne Technologies in the US, which last year bought TSS’ s inertial sensing systems business in Watford UK, has been on the takeover trail again with news that it has acquired Odom…

1st April 2009

Teledyne acquires Odom Hydrographic Systems

1st April 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a contract for the extension of the cruise terminal in Nassau. The contract was awarded by the Ministry of Works and Transport of the Government of…

1st April 2009

Boskalis wins cruise terminal contract in the Bahamas

1st April 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Rakeen, a leading property developer and master planner, and the real estate development arm of the Ras Al Khaimah Government, has announced that it has completed reclamation work for the US$1bn Al…

1st April 2009

Al Marjan reclamation completed

1st April 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) has confirmed that the first phase of the rehabilitation of the main breakwater at the Port of Poti, Georgia, has recently been completed.

1st April 2009

Port of Poti rehabilitation project completed

1st April 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

COWI has signed a contract to provide the preliminary design for a combined bridge and tunnel link in China. The immersed tunnel will be based on the same tunnel concept which was…

1st April 2009

China to have worlds longest immersed tunnel

1st April 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

DHI Group in Denmark is working with the authorities at the Danish harbour at Thyborøn to address problems caused by wave overtopping. Thyborøn is located on the west coast of Jutland, Denmark.

1st April 2009

DHI addressing wave problems in Danish port

1st April 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Port of Durban’ s 300 million rand harbour entrance widening project, which started in the third quarter of 2007, is due for completion in April 2010, according to Allan Wijnberg, the…

1st April 2009

Durban harbour widening on track for 2010 completion

1st April 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Belgium’ s Jan De Nul Group has been awarded a € 200m contract for work to expand facilities at BHP Billiton’ s Western Australia Iron Ore operations in Port Hedland. The work…

1st April 2009

Jan de Nul secures Australian contract

1st April 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce Marine reported a strong financial performance for 2008 at a media presentation held in London last month. Some £ 2.2bn in revenue fulfilled expectations, an order book standing at £ 5.2bn…

1st April 2009

LNG breakthrough with European Ro-Ro ships

1st April 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

One of the most powerful tugs in the port of Hamburg has just celebrated its 10th anniversary, along with the MaK VRT engine technology that has been part of its equipment since…

1st April 2009

Peter beats brother in Hamburg power stakes

1st April 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Three workboats operated by Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority in the UK have been repowered with Perkins Sabre engines. They are Lynx, a pilot boat that doubles as the harbour launch, Hercules,…

1st April 2009

New hearts for Dart workboats

1st April 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The Mayflower Garden is the oldest operating vessel in the City Cruises fleet on London’ s River Thames, having been built in 1974 by Thomas Hughan of Greenwich. In 2007 the owners…

1st April 2009

Refitted river cruiser ready to sail

1st April 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

ShipRepair & Conversion returns to London this month, running from 28-30 April at the Olympia in London.

1st April 2009

ShipRepair & Conversion returns to London

1st April 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

What is claimed to be the world’ s biggest coal fired, steam icebreaker still afloat, the Stettin, has undergone its regular five year check at Hamburg’ s Blohm + Voss Repair Shipyard…

1st April 2009

Iron Lady gets another five year makeover

1st April 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The use of magnetic patches has resulted in the oil field supply ship CM Service returning to work in just 60 days after its hull was holed in the Caspian Sea. The…

1st April 2009

Rapid return with magnetic patches

1st April 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Fort Rosalie is a fleet stores ship, which means it has a primary role of supplying fuel, food, munitions and just about anything else needed by the…

1st April 2009

Shipyard completes formidable refit

1st April 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

This month sees a new catamaran ferry settling in on the route between Gill’ s Bay in Caithness and St Margaret’ s Hope, Orkney. Travelling at 18 knots across the Pentland Firth,…

1st April 2009

New cat sails after fit out at Dales

1st April 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The UK’ s National Historic Ships Directory of Skills & Services is aiming higher. Due to go online at the beginning of May, the new website aims to bring together not just…

1st April 2009

New website for historic ship preservation

1st April 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

HMS Endurance, the damaged British Royal Navy ice patrol ship, has finally been transported home from the Falklands to undergo extensive repairs following her flooding incident last December.

1st April 2009

HMS Endurance in for repairs

1st April 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Inverlane Marine, which recently celebrated 30 years in business on the banks of the River Clyde, has just completed the reconditioning of an FOPX613 purifier.

1st April 2009

Thirty years history and props at Inverlane

1st April 2009