FLOOD defence bosses have refloated the idea of Hayling getting a breakwater which will not only protect the Island’s south eastern shore… Source: haylingtoday, May 18, 2010;
Clydeside Surveys have awarded RESON a contract to upgrade their present SeaBat 7125 mounted on their Cheetah Marine build vessel to a SeaBat 7125-SV. The system will be used for shallow water hydrographic and engineering surveys in Qatar, where Clydeside Surveys… Source: Hydro International, April 8, 2010
A GIANT dredger is helping to make the £260m second Tyne Tunnel a reality – and protecting the environment… Source: Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette, March 12, 2010;
The first phase of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) is almost complete, apart from the land-side works, and all the various dredgers, hopper barges, survey vessels and ancillary craft have now left the port… Source: Maritime Journal, March 11, 2010;
A BOOZY sea captain who was drunk in charge of a ship on the Tyne has been fined… Source: The Shields Gazette, March 5, 2010;
Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s proposals for a Thames Estuary airport looked set to remain a fantasy after its champion and civil engineer Douglas Oakervee this week pulled out of feasibility discussions… Source: New Civil Engineer, March 2, 2010
The massive expansion of a north-east town’s harbour is well under way. Source:pressandjournal,February 28,2010;
ONE of the largest dredging operations the world has ever seen will begin in the Thames Estuary on Monday, March 8. Source: Yellow Advertiser, February 18, 2010
IT’S showtime at last after the longest, most hyped build-up in Essex industrial history. Eleven years have rolled by since plans for a giant new container port on the Essex shore of the Thames Estuary were first announced… Source: Echo, February 16, 2010
Stena Line has announced investment details of approximately £200m in a new ferry port facility at Loch Ryan in Scotland. A 28 acre site two miles north of Cairnryan has been chosen to locate the facility which will be constructed to accommodate a mix of travel… Source:webwire,February 15,2010;
