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C-MAR Acquisition of Maritime Capital Solutions LLC
The C-MAR Group hasacquired Maritime Capital Solutions LLC in a further expansion and development of its global services to the maritime and energy industry.
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NewsBlade Repair Undertaken in a Cold Climate
A fully laden bulk carrier arrived at the Port of Ventspil in Latvia last winter with serious propeller damage and requested Antwerp based Hydrex to carry out an inspection and the needed repairs.
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NewsBig Teeth Guard Europort Entrance
International dredging engineers and contractors VOSTA LMG will be the first exhibitors visitors see upon arrival at Europort Maritime .
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NewsSeatools in Demand
Netherland based Seatools BV has won an order for two real-time dredging monitoring systems from their DredgeMate line of products.
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NewsPre-Dredge Survey for 'Queen Mary 2'
During the summer, the cruise liner Queen Mary 2 visited the Scottish Highlands, berthing at Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth. The week running up to the arrival of QM2 was a time of excited anticipation by local people and feverish activity by the port authority. At 345m long and drawing ...
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News'Terra et Aqua' 100 Celebrated
The International Association of Dredging Contractors celebrated its 40th anniversary last month with the 100th edition of Terra et Aqua , the magazine which has been its flagship publication since 1972 and one of the main means by which dredging information is disseminated to the world at large.
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IHO Multibeam Listing
The International Hydrographic Organization in Monaco has published a complete listing of seafloor swathe-mapping systems in service worldwide.
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NewsBuoyant Sales for Sonardyne
Sonardyne reports continuing volume sales with news that Ashtead Technology Rentals in Aberdeen is to increase its commitment to the Yateley based company''s acoustic wideband systems with further acquisition of equipment, the total value of which now exceeds US $9m. It presently maintains over 200 wideband-enabled Compatt 5 subsea transponders ...
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Cardiff Education Seminar
Reconciling academic and professional standards with the needs of the commercial hydrographic industry now facing a shortage of skilled personnel as a result of declining numbers of students and courses with hydrographic content is to be the subject of a one day seminar organised by the Hydrographic Society UK at ...
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NewsAnother New Platform for Combifloat
Rotterdam based Flexifloat Systems BV is building another C-7 Class Modular Self-elevating Platform after their previous newbuild was purchased out of the Combifloat fleet earlier this year by Huta Marine Works of Saudi Arabia.
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News'Manchester Bobber' Promises Wave Power
The University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Intellectual Property Ltd (UMIP), in partnership with Mowlem plc and Royal Haskoning , are developing an innovative and patented new wave energy device known as the Manchester Bobber . The device was showcased last month at the New & Renewable Energy ...
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NewsIMCA Takes a View on Offshore Renewables
The London based International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has prepared a position paper on offshore renewable energy to assist and inform its 270 members in 35 countries on the marine renewable energy market. Having examined the background and scale of developments using existing and planned wind farms in the UK, ...
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News'Matador 3' Lifts First Offshore Substation
The UK''s first offshore substation has been successfully installed at the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. The substation transforms the power generated by the windfarm before it can be exported to the national grid and marks a crucial stage in the development of the 30 turbine facility, ...
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NewsWork Starts on Turner Contemporary
James Mallord William Turner was on board a Margate steamer to sketch the passage of HMSTemeraire as it was towed upriver by a smoke belching ''modern'' steam tug on 6 September 1838. The ''ship that saved Victory'' at the Battle of Trafalgar was on a last voyage to Beatson''s ship ...
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NewsTide Turns in Scotland
Renewable wave and tidal energy could provide up to 10% of Scotland''s electricity production and create around 7,000 new jobs under measures announced last month.
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Van Oord Wins More Work in UK and Russia
Van Oord in the Netherlands has been award the Rochester Riverside Development atRochester in the UK and a major contract in Russia.
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Abu Dhabi Dredging Tender
Aldar Properties in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has invited a total of eight dredging contractors to tender for the dredging and reclamation contract at Abu Dhabi''s forthcoming Al Raha beach development.
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NewsDMC Receives First European Order for Xbloc
Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in Gouda in the Netherlands has granted the civil construction company Charles Brand Ltd a licence for the use of the Xbloc armour unit for the upgrading of the Port of Oriel at Clogherhead, Ireland.
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Sandbanks Causing Problems for Newly Opened Marina
Shifting sands are causing problems for recreational sailors at a recently completed £ 3.5m West Wales marina where several small craft have run aground this summer.
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SIX Construct awarded contract in Cameroon
SIX Construct , the subsidiary of Belgium-based BESIX , has been awarded a contract by Cameroon Shipyard and Industrial Engineering Ltd for the design and construction of a 400m long multipurpose quaywall.
