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Oil Seepage Monitors Watching 'Prestige'
The Chelsea Technologies Group has sold a suite of UV Aquatrackas to assist in monitoring oil seepage from the sunken tanker Prestige off the northwest coast of Spain.
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NewsUAIS Training Launch in Portsmouth
Technical training courses covering all aspects of installation and commissioning of Class A Universal Automatic Identification Systems (UAIS) are now available through Portsmouth UK based manufacturer McMurdo.
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NewsFire Safety Upgrade for 'HMS Belfast'
HMS Belfast, the WWII era light cruiser now preserved as a floating museum on the River Thames in central London, has been equipped with a new intelligent fire detection system based on Apollo fire detectors.
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NewsISPS Code Compliance Achievable, Says Expert
Industry-wide compliance with not only the letter but also the spirit of the ISPS Code by July of next year is not only achievable but also essential, a leading security training provider has told Maritime Journal.
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NewsMake a Date with Mooring Mate at seawork
Bournemouth UK based Mooring Mate (Commercial) travel to seawork with a new UK distribution deal tucked into their kitbag. Mooring Mate was recently appointed as distributors for the Seaflex Mooring System from Seaflex AB (formerly Ancro Marin AB) of Sweden.
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NewsCleopatra Makes seawork Debut
DSMarine, the UK and Ireland distributor for Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar Ltd, will bring that yard''s newest design, the Cleopatra Fast Angler, to seawork2003''s floating exhibition.
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Briggs Lands Three Year Scots Submarine Cable Contract
Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd has been awarded a three year contract to maintain over 100 submarine cable connections for utilities firm Scottish and Southern Energy plc (S&S).
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NewsSuccess for 'Kursk' Upgraded Russian Navy Rescue Service
The Russian Navy Rescue Service have successfully completed a two week operation locating and recovering a Pacific Fleet Ka-27 naval helicopter and its crew that was lost in the Sea of Japan. This was the first operation of its kind to bring together the Russian Navy''s new equipment, technology and ...
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NewsSurge for Seacore's Site Investigation Service
Since developing its original drilling capability into a total site investigation service last year, Seacore has completed five separate geotechnical marine site investigation contracts for offshore oil and gas projects in the North Sea. Four of these projects were carried out using the company''s own in-house designed C100 drill mounted ...
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Veripos DGPS Encryption
Veripos, a subsidiary of Aberdeen-based Subsea 7, is nearing completion of a programme aimed at safeguarding the rights and privileges of users of its European HF Differential GPS network by encrypting signals to prevent unauthorised access.
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NewsUS-Dutch AUV Begins Service
Echo Ranger, a new advanced unmanned autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for deepwater surveying jointly developed by Dutch-based Fugro NV and Boeing and Oceaneering International Inc of the US, has begun service for clients in the Gulf of Mexico.
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German Hydrographic Society Conference
The German Hydrographic Society (DHyG) is to stage its 18th annual conference in Vienna from 16-18 June.
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OMGMultibeam Course
The University of New Brunswick''s Ocean Mapping Group in Canada is convening a specialist Multibeam surveying course at Southampton Oceanography Centre from 16-21 June. Lecturers include leading multibeam experts from Canada and the US.
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EA 600 Sounder Upgraded
Kongsberg Simrad of Norway has upgraded its EA 600 single-beam echosounder for deepwater surveys over depths down to 11,000m, depending on transducer arrangements. The system now features a higher ping rate with accompanying better accuracy in addition to providing an advanced and synchronized passive mode for depth measurements using a ...
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NewsDeep Site Investigations Preface Tallest Tower
A new company formed from the amalgamation of the UK nearshore and onshore geotechnical divsions of Fugro Ltd and Foundation & Exploration Services Ltd, Fugro Engineering Services (FES), has carried out deep site investigations overwater for the Portsmouth Spinnaker Tower.
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NewsNew Pontoon In Place at Brisbane Park
Sherwood Forest Park, often referred to as Sherwood Arboretum, is situated on the Sherwood reach of the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Australia.
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NewsPort of Dover Growth Strategy Study Underway
Consultancy group Halcrow has been appointed by the Dover Harbour Board to help shape the Port of Dover''s future as demand for its services begins to outstrip capacity.
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Hutchison Submits Bathside Bay Planning Application
Hutchison Ports (UK) submitted the planning application last month which, if approved by a public inquiry likely to be held later this year, will see a new deep water container port built on a green field site at Bathside Bay.
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Marina Green Light for Port of Lowestoft
Associated British Ports (ABP) will build a140 berth marina at its East Anglian Port of Lowestoft following planning approval from Waveney District Council.
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NewsComplex Surveys for New Gibraltar Outfall
Gibraltar is at the meeting point of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, a geography which produces a highly complex pattern of currents and tides. When the Government of Gibraltar planned a new main outfall a comprehensive integrated survey was necessary to determine the preferred route of the pipe, ...
