UK Dredging (UKD), an operating division of Associated British Ports (ABP), has celebrated the 50th anniversary of one of its key dredging vessels, the ‘Cherry Sand’.
http://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/dredging/50th-anniversary-for-dredger-cherry-sand
The Queensferry Crossing over the Firth of Forth has been installed with new navigational lights in a £1.35 billion project involving more than 10,000 people.
http://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/navaids/new-navigational-lights-for-the-firth-of-forth
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) Working Group on Turbidity Limits (WGETL) has begun its research.
http://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/dredging/ceda-turbidity-limits-working-group
Rotterdam based Van Oord has won the International Association of Dredging Companies’ 2018 IADC Safety Award with an in-house developed Debris Removal Platform.
http://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/dredging/van-oord-scoops-iadc-safety-award
Rotterdam based Dredge Yard has introduced an innovative dredging solution to its range in the form of the adaptive auger head.
http://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/dredging/dredge-yard-adds-adaptive-auger-head
Belgium based dredging major Jan De Nul has commenced works to reinforce some 3km of the Prince Hendrik Sand Dike on the Dutch Wadden Island of Texel.
http://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/dredging/dredging-works-reinforce-texel-dunes
Wison Offshore & Marine has announced that its 300 MW FSRP barge has received Approval in Principle from Lloyds Register.
Mobile, Ala.-based Austal USA was awarded a contract modification by the Navy Tuesday to build two additional 421’6″x103.7′ Independence-variant littoral combat ships, its 16th and 17th ships in the class.
The award of LCS 32 and 34 is a clear sign of the continued confidence the Navy has in Austal’s LCS program, the shipyard said in a statement announcing the contract. The specific value of each contract is under the congressional cost cap of $584 million per ship.
“To be awarded these contracts...
https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/austal-usa-awarded-littoral-combat-ships-32-34/
The following is the Sept. 11, 2018 Congressional Research Service report Iran’s Foreign and Defense Policies.
From the report
Iran’s national security policy is the product of many overlapping and sometimes competing factors such as the ideology of Iran’s Islamic revolution; perception of threats to the regime and to the country; long-standing Iranian national interests; and the interaction of the Iranian regime’s factions and constituencies. Iran’s leadership:
https://news.usni.org/2018/09/19/report-congress-irans-foreign-defense-policy
Netherlands based Royal IHC has secured a contract from Belgium based DEME for the design and build of four new vessels.
http://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/dredging/ihc-lands-four-vessel-order-from-deme