Ports & Harbours – Page 81

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    Seacore/ Eidesvik Joint Venture

    2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Cornwall UK based Seacore Ltd and Norway''s Eidesvik Subsea AS have signed an exclusive agreement to jointly provide offshore drilling services to the site investigation and mineral coring industries.

  • East Port Great Yarmouth hopes top obtain permission to go ahead with construction of the new harbour - shown here - later this year. Picture © Mike Page and EastPort 2002.
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    East Port Great Yarmouth Awaits Key Decisions

    2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Tenders for the construction of a new harbour and ro-ro terminal at Great Yarmouth on the east coast of the UK could be issued by the end of the second quarter of 2004, if key issues that are being addressed currently by central government and regional authorities can be successfully ...

  • A Seacore Seawalker is seen working on the lifeboat station at Sennen Cove UK in conditions similar to those on the west coast of Africa.
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    Seawalker With Diamonds On the Sole of Its Shoes

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Cornwall UK based marine contractors Seacore has sold a Seawalker self contained eight leg walking jack-up platform to the Namibian mining company Namdeb foruse in mining diamonds in the shallow raging surf along the Namibian coastline.

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    Danes Do UK Windfarm Deal

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    NEG Micon has concluded a major offshore agreement with the Danish utility Elsam concerning the Kentish Flats Offshore Windfarm off the English coast of Kent.

  • Proposed works at the UK Port of Felixstowe will add 1,350m of quay dredged to 16m alongside.
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    Felixstowe Applies for New Box Terminal

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd (HPUK) , on behalf of its subsidiary Port of Felixstowe, formally applied last month to Suffolk Coastal District Council for planning permission to reconfigure the southern part of the port.

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    European Renewables Conference Set For Berlin

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The European Conference for Renewable Energy - Intelligent Policy Options has been schedule for 19 to 21 January 2004 in Berlin.

  • The new Vosta T tooth system for cutter suction dredgers will improve safety for crew while also reducing the overall cost of dredging works.
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    Klaas Act at CEDA Dredging Days

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The cutter suction dredger is the beast of the industry, called upon when the going gets extremely tough and it is necessary to cut through hard compacted soils or solid rock in works such as the deepening of harbours and fairways.

  • The Moog Bridge Inspection Platform spans the full width of St Georges Bridge.
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    Facelift for St George's

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The 675m long St George''s Bridge at Doncaster crosses the South Yorkshire Navigation Canal, River Don and the East Coast Main Line.

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    Gareloch Celebrates Busy Birthday

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Scotland''s Gareloch Support Services (Plant) Ltd is celebrating 15 years in the commercial marine support industry with its marine civils department typically busy on a UK west coast project repairing all load bearing piles on a jetty. The job involves the removal of old steel casings and the injection of ...

  • Walcons new self-propelled piling barge is believed to be the first vessel of its type built in the UK.
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    New 24m Piling Barge Under Build for Walcon Marine

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Fareham UK based Walcon Marine , specialists in the design, manufacture and installation of marinas, has purchased a new 24m piling barge which is currently under construction at the Aveco Shipyard on Teesside. The design was developed by Walcon Marine with the detailed design and project management by John Pattison ...

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    Van Oord ACZ Chosen for Kent Coastal Protection Contract

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Van Oord ACZ Ltd has been chosen by the UK''s Shepway District Council to carry out one of the biggest coastal protection schemes ever planned for the district''s shoreline. The £ 17m Hythe to Folkestone Harbour Coast Protection Scheme is designed to protect against flooding and erosion for the next ...

  • Waves impact upon a scale model of the proposed Turner Centre in a test facility at HR Wallingford.
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    Wave Study Tests Art Centre Design

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The design team for a proposed international venue for the visual arts is working with marine engineering experts at HR Wallingford to test the forces of waves which will crash into the gallery and stone pier structures at its coastal location in Margate, Kent UK.

  • With the Castoro Sei pipe laying vessel in the background, the vital gas pipeline link is pulled ashore between the flanks of a cofferdam which crosses the sand dunes at Gela in Sicily.
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    Landfall Works Complete Africa/Europe Pipeline Link

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Constructing two delicate landfalls in Sicily and Libya, the Belgian DEME Group is creating the tailpiece for linking North African gas resources to the European mainland. The work is being executed by Sidra , DEME''s Italian subsidiary, and Tideway , the specialised DEME subsidiary which services the global oil and ...

  • Above left: A tug tows one of the huge concrete blocks to its destination.
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    Innovative Technology Employed at Port of Cartagena

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    An innovative solution has been adopted to speed up the construction of new jetties at the Spanish port of Cartagena, in the province of Murcia in the south of Spain.

  • Part of the site of the old Vosper Thornycroft shipyard - seen here - could be used as a marina.
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    Shipyards Could Become Sites for Marinas

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Two former shipyards in the UK, one in the northeast and one on the south coast, could become sites for new marinas.

  • SandPit will help to determine the environmental effects of aggregates dredging.
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    Aggregates Researchers Take to the SandPit

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    A 17-strong consortium of experts at well known universities'' research organisations is now approximately 12 months into a major EU-funded modelling programme to assess the effects of offshore dredging on coastlines Demand for North Sea sand is likely to increase in coming decades, for use as beach and sand dune ...

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    Qatar to Build a New Airport on Reclaimed Land

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Qatar is set to build a new airport which will be sited partly on land reclaimed from the sea, at a cost of US$2 billion, according to an announcement made by Qatar Airways earlier this week.

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    EA Celebrates Award for Littlestone Sea Defence Scheme

    2003-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The Environment Agency in the UK says a major sea defence scheme it executed on the Kent coast - the Littlestone sea defence scheme - has won a major environmental engineering award.

  • Installing new sections of prefabricated tow track along the tops of the locks.
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    Hydrodemolition Speeds Panama Canal Lock Repairs

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Conjet hydrodemolition equipment is playing a key role in removing concrete and assisting with the replacement of the Panama Canal''s special tow track rail system. The track is used by powerful electric rack and pinion drive locomotives to assist in towing and guiding ships through the canal''s three sets of ...

  • The proposed wind turbines would be situated off Aberdeen beach.
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    Aberdeen Examines Energy Futures Centre

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The City of Aberdeen has signalled its determination to remain ''Europe''s Energy Capital'' after the offshore oil and gas industry has peaked by announcing a detailed feasibility study into the building of a flagship Energy Futures Centre, possibly also encompassing an offshore wind farm.