Shell Global Solutions has listed the LIQUIDYNE pump shaft seal as best practice for use with its cooling water pumps worldwide. The LIQUIDYNE is also now included in Shell’s TAMAP (Technically Accepted Manufacturers and Products) list. IHC Lagersmit, part of IHC Merwede, specialises in sealing solutions for rotating shafts on ships, pumps, tidal turbines and [...]
February 3, 2012 |
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The newest MAGNUM advanced management training class will now turn their attention to the goal of “winning new business”, and helping to shape the future of their industry in the high growth emerging markets in which APM Terminals has committed to approximately $3 billion USD in new infrastructure development and existing facility expansion in [...]
February 3, 2012 |
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Seatools in Numansdorp is a specialist in the field of underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV). It is currently building two fallpipe ROVs (for rock dumping) with a dynamic positioning system. The new ROVs will enable highly accurate pre-programming of the routes along which rocks are to be dumped, which they will then follow meticulously. This [...]
February 1, 2012 |
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IDRECO delivered end 2011 another dreder to the MSB-MNO-Vervat, Spaansen en de Beijer group. The dredger called the Waalsprong will be operating in the project Lentse Plassen close to Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The dredger is a fully electrical driven ISD 350 type. With a 350 underwater pump from IDRECO and one extra booster 350 pump [...]
January 31, 2012 |
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The Expert Group is a follow up of the work by the CEDA Working Group that produced the very well received position paper on Underwater Sound. The WODA Expert Group will composed of members from CEDA, EADA and WEDA. CEDA Members are invited to express interest in joining WEGUS. Expertise required is as follows: – [...]
January 30, 2012 |
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The Port Authority asked McKinsey to make an analysis of the demand for and availability of container throughput capacity in Rotterdam in the coming years. The purpose of the study was to get an independent opinion on the situation as it will develop from 2014 onwards when the new terminals on Maasvlakte 2 become operational. [...]
January 26, 2012 |
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Today, recruitment and crewing agency iPS opens a new office in Scheveningen, The Hague. Director Erwin Broeders said: “Growing market demands and increasing workloads require a full dedication to our offshore activities.” iPS has given the dedicated Offshore team their own identity. This comes with a nice location with eight workstations in the harbour of [...]
January 19, 2012 |
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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its annual Review of Maritime Transport report for 2011 in December, observing that the share of developing countries’ GDP in overall global economic output has jumped from 17% in 1980 to over 28% by 2010, with the growth trend projected to continue. The report also [...]
January 19, 2012 |
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The Partrac Group has announced Dr. Kevin Black (Technical Director) will be presenting at the fourth International Ports & The Environment Seminar 2012. The event will take place on Thursday 22nd March 2012 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Dr. Black will present on ‘New Data from New Technology’ and will discuss how esturarine and port managers, [...]
January 17, 2012 |
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In the last week of 2011, Damen Dredging Equipment delivered, as the very last cutter suction dredger of the year, the CSD500 “Conchas”. Its owner, the UK based company Marina and Ports Services, ordered the dredger mid October. In a mere 2 months the standard dredger was taken from Damen’s stock and has been fitted [...]
January 16, 2012 |
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