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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Scour, the erosion of sediment at the base of a structure, is a serious engineering issue, and understanding, designing for and managing toe scour and beach lowering at coastal structures is a…

1st November 2008

Scour protection guide to be published

1st November 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A £ 20m coastal protection and environmental enhancement scheme at Cleveleys seafront in the UK has won an award in the British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards. After being shortlisted in five different…

1st November 2008

Cleveleys Coastal Protection Scheme wins BCI award

1st November 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Zaya, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) based real estate developer, has announced the appointment of Van Oord as contractor for the dredging and marine works element of its premiere property project, Nurai…

1st November 2008

Zaya appoints contractor for Nurai Island development

1st November 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The 2nd of October marked the official opening of the Hollandsch Diep dredged spoil disposal site in The Netherlands. The new facility, built on a section of river linked to the Rhine…

1st November 2008

Hollandsch Diep disposal site formally opened

1st November 2008

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The Green Party in the UK is to challenge proposed aggregates dredging off the East Anglian coast. Councillor Rupert Read of Norwich, the Green Party lead candidate for Eastern Region in the…

1st November 2008

Green Party to challenge new East Anglian aggregates dredging

1st November 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The first marine Attitude Heading and Reference System (AHRS) that used ' strap down' inertial sensors has received IMO Wheelmark approval. The ' strapdown' part of the system is particularly important because…

1st November 2008

A Lodestar is born

1st November 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Simrad has asserted that their SP92MKII commercial sonar is up to competing with military units on both specifications and performance at a fraction of the cost. The Turkish Naval Forces Command is…

1st November 2008

Turkish Navy goes fishing for sonar

1st November 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A new service targeted at small commercial vessels aims to provide entry level broadband which can deliver SMS, voice and IP data up to 150kbps.

1st November 2008

Marine broadband addresses workboat market

1st November 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Damen Marine Services (DMS) in the Netherlands have broken new ground with the delivery of the first of a series of unique pusher tugs. DMS Blackbird is purpose designed to form part…

1st November 2008

Damen push ahead with a massive tug and barge project

1st November 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Germany is to have new Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) to replace two existing tugs currently on station to protect the German coastline in the North Sea and the Baltic.

1st November 2008

Germany to get new ETVs

1st November 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The first six tugs of an eight vessel series have been deployed around the French harbour tug fleets now operated by the Boluda Group. An order was originally placed with the French…

1st November 2008

French harbour fleets receive an eight tug boost

1st November 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In response to increasing enquiries for its tug and workboat designs, Scotland' s Macduff Ship Design has developed several new designs and re-branded its entire range of vessels. Over thirty designs are…

1st November 2008

Macduff rebrand their new tug and workboat range

1st November 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In recent weeks the ITS 2008 Complete Book of Papers and Discussions has been arriving on the doorsteps and in the offices of many of the representatives from the Towage and Salvage…

1st November 2008

ITS 2008 Singapore – the Papers are available

1st November 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Sinbad Marine Services of Killybegs in Ireland has purchased the Voith tractor tug Carron from the Svitzer fleet in Belfast. Two tugs of the same age, size and horsepower were reported sold…

1st November 2008

TOWLINES

1st November 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

London' s Woolwich Ferry, a free service carrying road vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists across the River Thames, sees its operation transferred from the London Borough of Greenwich to international services company Serco…

1st November 2008

Woolwich Ferry transfer

1st November 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

PD Ports group development director, Martyn Pellew, discusses the development of northern England through the UK' s port and rail infrastructure in videos which have been posted on YouTube.

1st November 2008

Ports on YouTube

1st November 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The European Tugowners' Association (ETA) 46th Annual Meeting is to be held in Lisbon in May of next year. The meeting, scheduled for 13-15 May, is to be hosted by the Svitzer…

1st November 2008

ETA meeting set

1st November 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

' Ocean Noise: Turn it Down' , a report published last month by IFAW, says that noise pollution of the world' s oceans poses a serious threat to marine animals and that…

1st November 2008

Marine noise news

1st November 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Imtech Marine Group was officially launched at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg.

1st November 2008

Marine group launches

1st November 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

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1st November 2008

Distress demos online

1st November 2008