Ports & Harbours – Page 73

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    New Quay Completed at Rye

    2006-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Construction of the Rye Fish Market Quay, situated on the western bank of the tidal River Rother near Rye, is now complete. Commissioned by the Environment Agency, designed by Atkins and constructed by Jackson Civil Engineering, the £ 4.7m project is one of only 11 registered fish landing sites in ...

  • The pontoon at Woolwich Arsenal is one of the many Marine Designs has placed along the Thames.
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    Seawork Launch for 'Dockmaster' Pontoons

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    This may be the first year that Marine Designs Ltd have exhibited at Seawork but the company has been designing, fabricating and installing heavy duty linkspans since 1994.

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    Guardian Maintains Denmark - Russia Subsea Cable

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Subsea cable installation and maintenance company Global Marine Systems Ltd has new customers for its Guardian private cable maintenance programme, with Danish communications solutions provider TDC and Russian long distance telecommunications operator Rostelecom both signing up.

  • The proposed Airtricity Supergrid will act as a transmission network delivering electricity around Europe.
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    £22bn Pan-European Marine Energy 'Supergrid' Proposed

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Dublin based renewable energy company Airtricity has announced plans to create a £ 22bn pan-European subsea energy grid called Supergrid, which will link a series of offshore wind farms from the Mediterranean to the Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean, North Sea and Baltic Sea.

  • The new GSS workboat will join a fleet which includes the Laura M.
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    GSS Zings Back to Seawork

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Scotland based marine construction and support services company and returning Seawork exhibitor GSS has been forging ahead with expansion plans over the last six months.

  • Seaboard has constructed a 200m2 hardwood deck stage at the Emsworth Sailing Club.
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    Seaboard Sets Sailing Club's Foundations

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Marine civil engineering contractors Seaboard Limited has carried out a much needed facelift for a tired concrete waterfront in Chichester Harbour UK.

  • The HAWAI Project seeks to improve the reliability of motion and mooring prediction methods for the development of offshore LNG terminals in shallow water.
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    Shallow Water Terminal Studies

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Bureau Veritas is playing a leading role in a joint industry project to investigate shallow water wave conditions in order to provide reliable wave information leading to optimal offshore LNG facility designs.

  • Hulls Wellington Street Bridge, showing one leaf recessed into the lock wall.
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    Restoration of Hull Swing Bridge

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Newly renamed Sheffield engineering company DavyMarkham has been awarded an £ 800,000 contract to restore Hull''s Wellington Street Swing Bridge to full working order. The appointment was announced by Citybuild, Hull''s urban regeneration company, and the work will be overseen by Hull City Council engineers and appointed consultants Pell Frischmann. ...

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    Seawork Exhibition Debut for Cathodic Protection Spcialist

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    First time Seawork exhibitor Hockway Marine Corrosion Services Ltd of Redhill UK has formed a technical alliance with Houston USA based Deepwater Corrosion Services Inc. The alliance will bring Deepwater''s innovative and proven life extension cathodic protection solutions to the UK, Europe and the Middle East.

  • The new C7 self elevating platform will accommodate heavy duty marine construction equipment.
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    Self Elevating Platform Fleet Expands

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Flexifloat Systems BV of Rotterdam is building another C-7 Class modular self elevating platform which will join the company''s rental fleet.

  • Channel dredging and a quayside extension at the Port of Tyne is driven by growing imports and exports of bulk cargos.
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    £10m Expansion at Port of Tyne

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Due to the success of the UK Port of Tyne''s bulk cargo business, a £ 10m investment programme to extend cargo handling facilities has begun.

  • The Undercliff at Ventnor is one of the UKs largest urban landslide complexes.
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    Landslide Investigation on Isle of Wight

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Coastal landslides can cause considerable damage to roads, buildings and underground services. From the perspective of the Isle of Wight Council, its most valuable assets are coastal defences and an extensive network of important highways and the retaining walls which support them.

  • EasyFloat Pontoons are making their debut at Seawork 2006.
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    Multi-Purpose Pontoons at Seawork

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Making their debut at Seawork 2006 will be EasyFloat Pontoons, an innovative design of lightweight modular floating pontoons which were introduced to the UK market last year by Crystal 32 Ltd.

  • Linkspan components produced in Poland are seen on the Kiel Canal en route to Immingham.
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    New Linkspans Expand Ports' Capacity

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    A triple berth ro-ro linkspan designed, built and installed by MacGregor is central to a new river terminal development which opened last month at the ABP Port of Immingham in the UK.

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    EMSAGG's Conference Reels-in the Experts

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Construction Industry Research & Information Association (CIRIA) in the UK published an overview of its recent European Marine Sand and Gravel Group (EMSAGG) conference, which was the second such conference.

  • The Port of Salalah has ordered four new MoorMaster automated mooring units following successful trials with two earlier units.
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    Port of Salalah Goes for MoorMaster

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Port of Salalah and Mooring Systems Limited''s licence holder Cavotec Group Holdings (CGH) have concluded a deal for four new MoorMaster 600 (MM600) automated mooring units. The equipment is due to be installed by the end of this month.

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    Ghana Gets Belgian Loan to Restore Harbour

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Belgian government is to provide 6.3m under a concessionary loan agreement to Ghana to undertake restoration of a fishing harbour and lagoon in the central region.

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    Support for Scotland's Largest Flood Prevention Scheme

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Halcrow in the UK has been given the green light to proceed to the detailed design and procurement stage on a £ 50m flood prevention scheme for the White Cart River in Glasgow.

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    Delft Hydraulics Testing Dune Revetments

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Dutch Directorate for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) has commissioned WL Delft Hydraulics to investigate the behaviour of ''hard'' elements (such as dune foot revetments or boulevards) in sandy dunes.

  • The new mussel harbour and berth development at Warrenpoint has lowered the bed of the town dock to accommodate a new generation of large mussel trawlers.
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    New Mussel Harbour for Warrenpoint

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Dawson WAM, the river and marine engineers, have completed the construction of a new mussel harbour and berth development at Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland at a cost of £ 2.6m for the Warrenpoint Harbour Authority which has enabled the bed of the town dock to be lowered in excess of ...