The 20th Armourstone Users Group meeting is taking place on Thursday 7 February 2013 and will be held at HR Wallingford’s conference facilities in Oxfordshire. This meeting offers the opportunity for the exchange of news and views about the use of armourstone for coastal defences and breakwaters in
Jan: Dutra Group Acquires Hopper Dredger “Stuyvesant” The Dutra Group has announced that it has added a hopper dredge, the Stuyvesant, to its fleet of dredges, marking an historic day in the company’s history. Feb: DEME Nabs Wheatstone LNG Dredging Deal Dredging International (Australia) Pty Ltd,
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It’s undeniable, that the port expansion trend in the Turkey and Black Sea region are continuing at steady pace. For Turkey only investment figures of 6.2 billion USD have been published. The 2nd Annual Port Expansion Summit 2013 (14 – 15 March 2013, Istanbul, Turkey) will feature the most prominent
Chelsea Technologies Group is participating in The UK Integrated Marine Observing Network (UK-IMON) workshop hosted by PML on 27-28 November 2012. The aim of the UK-IMON initiative is to ensure that a national marine observatory is in place to improve the evidence base for future assessments of envi
ACI’s 5th Optimising Port Development conference (24 and 25 October 2012, London, UK) will address the key challenges faced by modern ports and terminals in order to present an efficient and attractive option to the shipping lines. The meeting will explore terminal operations and appropriate expansi
CEDA Belgian Section will host the thirty-fourth Annual General Meeting of the Central Dredging Association. This meeting will be held at 19:30 hrs on Tuesday, 16 October 2012 at the Van der Valk Hotel Beveren, in Beveren-Waas, Belgium. The AGM will be followed by the regular fall meeting of the Bel
Continuing with its busy event season, Sonardyne International Ltd. will next be exhibiting at AUV 2012. Held bi-annually by the Oceanic Engineering Society (IEEE-OES), this year’s conference is taking place at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton and marks the first time that the event h
The General Dredging Course is a two-week intensive course, focused on the design and operation of various types of dredging equipment and covers all basic aspects of dredging, such as dredging processes, automation and control, equipment selection, soil characteristics and project management of dre
Last weekend, the 35th edition of the World Port Days were held in Rotterdam. Damen Shipyards Group looks back on three successful days. Thousands of visitors got to know Damen through visiting the Damen stand or one of the many Damen-built vessels that participated in the event. Several hundreds of
CEDA has accepted the invitation to co-operate with the Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU) in organising a two-day technical programme on dredging as part of the one week International Coastal Conference “Coast, Evolution, Ecology, Economy” in Tuapse, Black-Sea coast, Russia. The Co
Dr Kevin Black (Director, Partrac Group) will be presenting at Dredging 2012, a four day speciality dredging and dredged material disposal conference in San Diego, CA from 22nd – 25th October 2012. The presentation will focus on Partrac’s unique dual tracer particle tracking technique which has appl
Seatronics will host BlueView U, a comprehensive 3 day hands-on training course from Teledyne BlueView. The course to be held in the National Hyperbaric Centre, Aberdeen, from 18–20th September will provide attendees with: – Practical how-to application info, – BlueView operational details, – Basic
The Hydrographic Society UK has announced that it will host the next Marine Measurement Forum event in Southampton on Wednesday 5th December 2012. The Marine Measurement Forum (MMF) is a series of one-day, non-profit making events that provides opportunities for the informal exchange of ideas, knowl
