The Helsinki City Planning Department is organising the international South Harbour ideas competition as part of the World Design Capital He… By Levent OZLER (dexigner) [mappress] Source: dexigner, May 10, 2011;
Dutch maritime product-, process- and service innovations. They are strongly represented in the Maritime by Holland Pavilion at Nor-Shipping 2011. The ‘Wall of Innovation’ will feature innovative films, the spring edition of the Maritime by Holland Innovation Newsflash will be distributed and the 20
IHC Merwede has been awarded the contract to design and construct a backhoe dredger for the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). In its bid, IHC Merwede was successful against a strong field of international competitors. The contract is worth US$43 million, and thanks to such projects, the development of t
On 6 May, the Sand Motor information centre will be opening in The Hague. Visitors can learn everything about the construction and effect of the Sand Motor, as well as ‘building with nature’. The information centre The information centre covers topics including innovation, marine engineering, resear
On 19th April 2011. Uljanik shipyard delivered the third of four Self-Propelled Cutter Section Dredgers, named „Fernao de Magalhaes“, to the Luxembourg company Jan De Nul Luxembourg S.A. Capellan G.D. Luxembourg forming part of the Jan De Nul Group. As a reminder, the first dredger «Ibn Battuta» was
Beach sand replenishment works are scheduled to take place at Catalan Bay and Sandy Bay in preparation for the forthcoming summer season, a… (chronicle) [mappress] Source: chronicle, May 4, 2011;
Last Saturday, personnel from the headquarters of civil society “Kura” inspected the delta of the Kura River and found a threat of new flood… (azerireport) [mappress] Source: azerireport, May 4, 2011;
Port of Çandarh project, designated to rank among World’s top 10 largest terminals, expected to admit first vessel in 2013. Turkey’s largest port project is planned as a build-operate-transfer business model, and ambitiously set out to become one of the 10 largest ports globally. With a hefty budget
Turkey plans to build a canal connecting the Black and Marmara seas as an alternative to the congested Bosphorus Strait, Prime Minister… (news) [mappress] Source: news, April 28, 2011;
HvS Dredging Support BV, marine support company from Harlingen (The Netherlands) announces, in addition to their current Support Vessel “Zwerver I”, a new unique Multi Purpose DP-1 Support Vessel is built, which will be called “Zwerver III”. The vessel is especially designed for supporting Wind farm
Facilities at the south east UK port of Ramsgate are once again being upgraded with the installation of new breakwaters, pontoons… By Peter Barker (maritimejournal) [mappress] Source: maritimejournal, April 28, 2011
More than 1,000 people have signed a petition backing a £20m plan to dredge the entrance to Falmouth harbour to encourage cruise ships… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, April 28, 2011
