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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A new class of hopper barge developed to operate on Londons sometimes restricted waterways has made it possible for waste to be transported from multiple sites within the city to bespoke recycling…

1st February 2009

Olympian ideals aid construction waste transport

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Workboat operators will be heartened by the announcement this month by specialists asset investment company Imera that it plans to build North Sea and Atlantic electricity grids, connecting key markets and offshore…

1st February 2009

€5bn for EU offshore energy grid

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Growth in sea and hinterland cargo and port associated industrial settlement prompted a decision in 2005 in the German Baltic seaport of Wismar to go ahead with expansion costing ¢ 13m. That…

1st February 2009

Port of Wismar expands to meet growth

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) is ploughing millions of Euros into two big container terminal infrastructure projects to expand big ship handling.

1st February 2009

Hamburg expands container facilities

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work on a flood barrier to protect New Orleans from future hurricanes started in December.

1st February 2009

Lowlands expertise lifts New Orleans

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Staffordshire based Durapipe UK has seen its global ambitions fulfilled yet again with a marine installation half way around the world. The companys P-LX secondary contained fuel system pipework has been installed…

1st February 2009

New fuel system for HMAS Cairns

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has urged politicians to look seriously at the option of a new airport in the Thames Estuary after he visited the potential site with engineers and…

1st February 2009

Top engineers back Thames Estuary airport

1st February 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A proposed shortlist of schemes to generate clean, green electricity from the power of the tides in the Severn Estuary has been unveiled by the British Governments Department of Energy and Climate…

1st February 2009

Five projects make Severn tidal power shortlist

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) and Deltares in The Netherlands are playing a key role in Gijón Port Authoritys plans to extend the port, including construction of new basin seaward of the…

1st February 2009

Key role for MARIN at Port of Gijón

1st February 2009

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The Walloon Minister of Port Infrastructure in Belgium has confirmed that, following a European tender, a contract has been awarded to Ecoterres SA for the treatment of 285,000 m³ of contaminated silt…

1st February 2009

ECOTERRES team wins contract to treat contaminated spoil

1st February 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dredging work along the River Nene in Northampton UK is due to start shortly in order to improve navigation on the waterway.

1st February 2009

Dredging scheduled for River Nene

1st February 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Two sister associations, the Central Dredging Association (CEDA), serving Africa, Europe and the Middle East; and the Western Dredging Association (WEDA), which serves the Americas, are to organise their first joint international…

1st February 2009

Joint conference planned by CEDA and WEDA

1st February 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract for dredging a navigation channel in the River Niger. The total value of the contract amounts to some ¢ 125m.

1st February 2009

Van Oord wins contract to deepen Niger river

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Environment Agency in the UK, in partnership with Fareham Borough, Portsmouth City, Havant Borough and Chichester District Councils, has announced strategic recommendations in order to manage current and future risks along…

1st February 2009

Portchester to Emsworth erosion plans unveiled

1st February 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

International oceanographic marine instrument and systems provider Ocean ScientificInternational Limited (OSIL), in conjunction with MS Industrial Services, has supplied aluminium and packaging solutions provider Alcan with a SlickSleuth Oil Spill Detector.

1st February 2009

Slick Sleuth is spill-proof

1st February 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The Dracone barge may not be a household name, but for coast guards around the world, this gigantic rubber bladder is part of the first response kit in an oil spill.

1st February 2009

Rubber barges for oil spill containment

1st February 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Merseyside shipyard Cammell Laird is strengthening its workforce with the recruitment of 20 new young apprentices.

1st February 2009

Cammel Laird apprentices keep it in the family

1st February 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

With the survival of thousands potentially in the balance, UK based Sonardyne International Ltd has delivered the latest batch of acoustic monitoring sensors that will oversee the Indian coastline by providing the…

1st February 2009

Instant feedback from tsunami warning system

1st February 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Kiel Canal Pilots have called upon the services of BMT SeaTech and their PC Rembrandt ship simulation system to provide a flexible, cost effective and onsite training solution to their pilots…

1st February 2009

Piloting a new approach to Kiel Canal training

1st February 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

When construction was underway on the first of his multi-role workboats, boatbuilder Peter Smith called time for the workers to have a coffee break. The sight of welders popping up from each…

1st February 2009

Forth Linesman is the first Tri-Meercat

1st February 2009