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  • Robin Bjorøy, Sonardyne's new Managing Director
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    Sonardyne MD

    2015-11-10T11:49:00Z

    Subsea technology company, Sonardyne International Ltd., UK, has appointed Robin Bjorøy as its new Managing Director.

  • A McMurdo MEOSAR ground station
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    Asia Pacific’s first MEOSAR station

    2015-11-10T11:21:00Z

    French-owned McMurdo Group, has announced that it has completed the installation of a six-antenna next-generation Medium-Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) satellite ground station system in New Zealand.

  • Sea-Fire pre-engineered system used on Gobbler offshore 290 OSRV
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    Eco-friendly Novec used on Gobbler vessel

    2015-11-09T17:16:00Z

    UK-based Gobbler Boats has installed a pre-engineered system and 3M’s innovative Novec 1230 Fire Protection Fluid from US-headquartered Sea-Fire, on its offshore 290 oil spill recover vessel (OSRV).

  • The new Piriou WFSVs are powered by twin waterjets offering a transit speed of 25kn
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    Piriou pair for windfarm support duties

    2015-11-09T16:24:00Z

    French boatbuilder Piriou has delivered two 21m offshore windfarm support vessels called ‘Challenger’ and ‘Excalibur’ to UK-based North Sea Logistics. Built in Vietnam, the vessels will be operated in the North Sea.

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    Polish distribution hub

    2015-11-09T16:07:00Z

    Greencarrier Freight Services has expanded its presence in Poland with the opening of a 1,000 sq m distribution hub in the major port of Szczecin, in the north-west of the country.

  • DeepOcean’s T3200 mechanical and jetting trenching vehicle reminds us of a giant mechanical crab
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    Nemo interconnector link

    2015-11-09T15:50:00Z

    DeepOcean 1 UK, a British subsidiary of Dutch DeepOcean Group Holding BV has announced that it has been awarded a contract by J-Power Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd., for the provision of all marine works for the Nemo Link Interconnector Project.

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    Tideland acquisition

    2015-11-09T15:24:00Z

    US-headquartered navaids specialist Tideland Signal Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the IMT B.V. Group of Companies.

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    Imtech renamed RH Marine

    2015-11-09T14:06:00Z

    Following its recent acquisition by Parcom Capital and Pon Holdings, Imtech Marine has now been renamed as RH Marine Group.

  • In the WASSP system the tender is fitted with a sophisticated multi-beam sounder system that can generate a 3-D picture of the sea bottom
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    Safe surveying

    2015-11-09T11:45:00Z

    Survey ships and many marine construction vessels are often required to go into areas of shallow water where the chart may not always show reliable information. The margins for safe navigation can be quite small in these circumstances partly because there is little incentive to survey areas that ships do ...

  • The site is a 38 hectare brownfield site that was reclaimed 10 years ago by the Government of Gibraltar
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    £1.1bn Gibraltar development

    2015-11-09T11:33:00Z

    A major marina development that is scheduled to start construction on the east side of Gibraltar is being undertaken as part of a significant development to make Gibraltar a more attractive home for super yachts. Previously all of the marina development in this British Overseas Territory has been focussed on ...

  • An isometry view of EWP's Gibraltar plant
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    Eco wave power in Gibraltar

    2015-11-09T11:17:00Z

    Eco Wave Power (EWP) is an Israeli company that has developed a unique form of electricity generation using wave power. Rather than have a wave generator moored in the open ocean where complex moorings and connection systems are required, the EWP system utilises existing land structures as the attachment point ...

  • DEME Group organises 13 supply chain events to support UK offshore wind market
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    DEME organises supply chain events

    2015-11-06T16:08:00Z

    Belgian dredging, marine engineering and environmental group, DEME, has organised supply chain events to support the UK offshore wind industry.

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    Student internship at the UKHO

    2015-11-06T15:51:00Z

    Twelve students and graduates from Plymouth University have begun a year-long work place assignment at the UK Hydrographic Office’s headquarters in Taunton, Somerset.

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    HR Wallingford to host Marine Measurement Forum

    2015-11-06T15:50:00Z

    HR Wallingford, the Oxfordshire, UK-based civil engineering and environmental hydraulics organisation, a key participant in the four-year €10m EU-funded Hydralab project studying climate change consequences for rivers, estuaries and coasts across Europe, is to host the 57th Marine Measurement Forum on Thursday 3 March.

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    EIVA Brazilian and Italian agreements

    2015-11-06T15:49:00Z

    EIVA, the Danish offshore engineering survey specialist, has signed exclusive distributor agreements with Macsea in Brazil and Marine One in Italy covering supplies of its widely-adopted hardware and software for offshore construction and subsea surveying operations.

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    UXO survey for BorWin 3 wind farm project

    2015-11-06T15:49:00Z

    N-Sea, the Dutch-based offshore construction support, inspection and maintenance concern, reports successful completion of an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey and disposal project along the 160km cable route of the proposed North Sea BorWin 3 wind farm link with mainland Germany.

  • MMT's high-speed ROV, Surveyor Interceptor, which features dual inspection modes
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    MMT ROV services for Shell

    2015-11-06T15:49:00Z

    MMT of Sweden has been awarded a call-off contract by Shell for provision of ROV services in support of its European operations for the period 2015-18 with options for a further two annual extensions.

  • Safehaven Marine’s Wildcat 53 survey catamaran which has been ordered by King Abdullah Port in Saudi Arabia for delivery next May.  The Port is one of the world’s deepest and most advanced terminals with 18 metres depth of berth
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    Safehaven catamaran for Saudi Arabia

    2015-11-06T15:48:00Z

    Irish specialist boatbuilder Safehaven Marine in County Cork has received an order from King Abdullah Port in Saudi Arabia for a Wildcat 53 catamaran designed for hydrographic survey, ocean research and general harbour duties.

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    Malacca Straits survey

    2015-11-06T15:48:00Z

    Supported by the Malacca Straits Council of Japan, the three littoral States of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have begun a definitive hydrographic survey of the 805km Straits.

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    Chesapeake upgrades SonarWiz software

    2015-11-06T15:47:00Z

    Chesapeake Technology has added a new gridding engine to its widely-adopted SonarWiz software, enabling users to visualise in real-time vast amounts of bathymetry, sub-bottom and sidescan data in one place at one time.