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NewsDutch Deliver Doubled Bottom Time
Dutch subsea contractor Noordhoek Offshore BV is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year by introducing the unique new TUP Diving System, designed and built in-house in consultation with its subsidiary Seatec Underwater Systems BV .
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NewsNew President for IMCA
The International Marine Contractors Association hasappointed Frits Janmatt as its sixth President. Janmatt who is VP for Finance, Legal & Commercial at the Allseas Group , replaces Steve Preston of Heerema Marine Contractors , who steps down after the statutory two years as President.
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NewsVR4Robots Brings ROVs in 3D Worlds to Computer Desktop
Oxford Technologies has launched a low cost virtual reality software to allow subsea and underwater industry engineers to interact with 3D worlds on the desktop.
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NewsSCUBAR Do the Business
Berkshire Fire and Rescue Services in the UK have put the SCUBAR Underwater Scope to good use during recent trials by using it to check for bodies in a car which had crashed off the road into a waterway.
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NewsAAE Acoustic Tracking Orders
Applied Acoustic Engineering of Great Yarmouth reports further significant sales of its Easytrak Portable acoustic tracking system with orders from rental companies Subsea Technologies Inc in the US and Sonar Equipment Services in the UK.
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Veripos Establishes Peruvian DGPS Service
Aberdeen-based Veripos has extended the South American sector of its global Differential GPS service with establishment of new facilities in Peru serving offshore users in the Pacific region. They comprise two land-based reference stations at the coastal cities of Chiclayo and Lima providing rapid update rates and low data latency, ...
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MCA Orders Seabat Multi-Beam
The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency has ordered a Reson SeaBat 7125 multibeam echosounder system for installation on its emergency towing vessel, MV Anglian Sovereign . The MCA says the system will enhance the secondary role capabilities of the vessel by adding an object detection capability in support of updating ...
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Primar Stavanger Distributes Italian ENC's
Primar Stavanger international electronic navigational chart service operated by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service is to distribute Italian ENC''s following an agreement with the Italian Hydrographic Office . Since the organisation has been distributing French, Greek and Spanish ENC''s for some time, introduction of Italian variants means that most of the ...
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AIS Chartware for Felixstowe
Fugro Survey ''s GeoSoft Solutions division , also based in Great Yarmouth, has received an order from the Port of Felixstowe for installation and client specification development of its ChartViewAIS technology.
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NewsExpansion Plans at Folkestone Harbour
Development plans for Folkestone Harbour UK include the introduction of two further berths to accommodate larger vessels of up to 7m draft and a harbour dredging programme as well as the ongoing refurbishment of existing berths and the creation of more cargo handling storage space and vehicle standage areas. Port ...
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NewsNew Funding Brings Tidal Stream Energy Project Closer
Bristol UK based Marine Current Turbines has received £ 3.85m from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to help fund their SeaGen tidal energy project. The grant to Sea Generation Ltd , a wholly owned subsidiary of Marine Current Turbines , will go towards developing and testing the device ...
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NewsDuke Opens Dorset Project
The Duke of York has officially opened Costain ''s West Bay project in Dorset, which will provide flood protection and vastly improved harbour facilities for the small Dorset town.
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NewsMacGregor Linkspan Completes Immingham Ro-Ro Access System
MacGregor has strengthened its relationship with Danish ferry operator DFDS by securing a new order for a large linkspan installation at Immingham in the UK, making the inner harbour accessible at all times The MacGregor Group''s ro-ro ships division has signed a contract with DFDS Tor Line to design and ...
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NewsABPmer Helps Secure Planning for New Coastal Habitat
ABPmer , Associated British Ports '' marine environment research subsidiary, has helped secure planning permission for the creation of 108 hectares of new coastal habitat on Wallasea Island on Crouch Estuary in Essex. ABPmer provided the scientific research that supported DEFRA ''s European Wildlife Division ''sapplication to the Planning Authority ...
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Newsiicorr Secures ALWC Work
Corrosion control specialists iicorr in Aberdeen says it has secured contracts worth around £ 400,000 to carry out corrosion control work for a number of Scottish ports including those at Orkney, Wick, Barra and Lochinver.
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NewsThe First Damen Compact Tug in Europe
Damen Shipyards have delivered Adsteam Ferriby , the first of their new compact shiphandling tugs to arrive in Europe. The new ASD Tug 2411 entered service with the fleet of Adsteam Marine Ltd on the south bank of the Humber at Immingham in April.
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NewsEnglish Nature Call for Coastal Action
English Nature released its maritime strategy on the future of seas and coasts last month, calling for new legislation to create a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), a movement from coastal defence to coastal management, and effective marine spatial planning.
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NewsRomanian Service for Two Fassmer Specials
Being sailed to the Black Sea from Germany in April were two special vessels built to order by Fassmer forRomanian authorities - one a survey, surveillance and research vessel and the other a waste collection vessel boat with oil pollution combat capability.
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NewsBerlin Owner Gets Another Ferry from WSM
Satisfied Berlin shipowner Reederei Riedel took delivery of its second passenger ferry in two years in late March when Werft und Servicezentrum Mittelrhein (WSM) completed the state-of-the-art Spree Diamant.
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NewsSemco Starts 2005 With More Good News
Continuing last year''s strong performance, Semco Salvage & Marine of Singapore began the year with another significant assignment - the tow of the FPSO Kizomba B from Ulsan, Korea, to offshore Luanda, Angola.
