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  • A Hydrex workboat with equipment is seen next to a tanker in Antwerp
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    Underwater installation saves time and fuel

    2014-01-31T07:30:00Z

    Antwerp based underwater repair specialist Hydrex installed Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF) on two tankers during their respective stops in Ghent and Antwerp.

  • The DTG2 lends itself to any situation where rapid and easy deployment is critical, such as SAR operations
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    Innovative low cost ROV for small companies

    2014-01-31T07:30:00Z

    Ontario, Canada based Deep Trekker Inc has been in the business of ROV design and production since 2010.

  • R/V Shinsei Maru will work for the recovery of marine ecosystems and fisheries in post earthquake disaster coastal Japan
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    Underwater winch package for research ship

    2014-01-31T07:30:00Z

    Denmark headquartered MacArtney has supplied a major consignment of high performance oceanographic winches to JAMSTEC, the Japanese Agency of Marine-Earth-Science and Technology.

  • The ship is scheduled to be finished in 2015 and will operate in the Groningen Seaports of Eemhaven and Delfzijl.  Image: Damen Shipyards
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    Damen develops ballast water treatment unit

    2014-01-31T07:30:00Z

    Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands is developing a mobile ballast water treatment unit.

  • The 'Brave Tern' will install a further 44 WTG’s on the Global Tech I windfarm
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    Global Tech I makes progress

    2014-01-30T14:23:00Z

    Norway-based Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up installation vessel, ‘Brave Tern’, has installed its first Areva M5000 WTG at the Global Tech I windfarm in the German Bight in the North Sea.

  • Boran Dekbulat (Damen Shipyards), Martin Bloem (Bloem Doze Nienhuis), Sandra van Putten (Panteia), Ron Keller (Ambassador of the Netherlands in Turkey), Roel de Graaf (IHC Technology Services), Terry van Velzen (Imtech Marine), Martin de Bruijn ...
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    Turkish – Dutch maritime cooperation

    2014-01-30T12:28:00Z

    Maritime by Holland, the joint initiative for 12,000 companies powering the maritime sector in Holland, has published a new study into opportunities for bilateral cooperation between Turkish and Dutch maritime companies.

  • DNV GL has a number of concepts, embracing future matitime challenges, such as the Quantum container ship
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    Alternative future marine fuels

    2014-01-30T11:01:00Z

    DNV GL has published a new position paper, entitled ''Alternative Fuels for Shipping'', which lists a number of long-term options for low carbon, low emission fuels for the industry.

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    Port tools

    2014-01-30T07:30:00Z

    BMT Group’s BMT Asia Pacific has launched two comprehensive tools for assessing port competition and managing commercial risk.

  • High resolution bathymetry displayed in CSAR format. Image courtesy of NOAA
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    Interoperability with the CSAR framework

    2014-01-30T07:30:00Z

    Safe Software and geospatial software developer CARIS have made support for the CARIS Spatial Archive (CSAR) raster format for gridded bathymetry and elevation data in FME 2014, officially released last month.

  • A bathymetric image of dredging scarring of the channel bottom
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    Combined bathymetry and sidescan system

    2014-01-30T07:30:00Z

    The EdgeTech 4600 Combined Bathymetry & Side Scan Sonar System was met with enthusiastic reviews at a recent underwater technology demonstration and training event hosted by Seatronics in Abu Dhabi.

  • Peter Mantel, managing director, BMT SMART Ltd
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    BMT Group new operating company

    2014-01-29T17:14:00Z

    The UK’s maritime design consultancy, BMT Group Ltd (BMT), has launched a new commercial operating company to high value, innovative vessel performance management and decision support solutions for the industry.

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    IADC Seminar

    2014-01-29T07:30:00Z

    The Netherlands based International Association of Dredging Companies’ (IADC) Seminar on Dredging and Land Reclamation will take place this year for the first time in Australia, in Brisbane on 31 March – 4 April.

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    Dredge pump deal

    2014-01-29T07:30:00Z

    Dutch company Dredge Yard and UK based Altair HyperWorks have agreed to cooperate for the design and engineering of dredging and mining pumps.

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    MacArtney France

    2014-01-29T07:30:00Z

    Long standing MacArtney Group member, EurOceanique, has undergone a name change to become MacArtney France.

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    Fos records

    2014-01-29T07:30:00Z

    Total 2013 throughput at Marseilles Fos confirmed containers, steel industry bulks, LNG and cruise traffic as the major growth drivers at the French port.

  • The floating platform carries a suite of instruments commonly used by MRE project development experts
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    Floating platform launched

    2014-01-28T18:21:00Z

    France’s Nass&Wind Offshore has tested a floating platform off Saint-Vaast la Hougue (Manche) which will take environmental and technical measurements at sea for marine renewable energy (MRE) projects.

  • The VMS continuously monitors the shock and vibrations received by the vessel
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    Dyena product proves popular

    2014-01-28T17:32:00Z

    The UK’s Dyena can add another customer to its list of users of its motion recorder, the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS).

  • When completed the lagoon will generate a net annual output of 400GW renewable electricity
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    Tidal lagoon model tested

    2014-01-28T10:56:00Z

    The developer behind the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project in the UK has finishing testing its 2D physical model of the site at HR Wallingford in Oxfordshire.

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    Scandinavian ROV development

    2014-01-28T07:30:00Z

    MMT, the 200 strong survey company in Gothenburg, Sweden, has teamed with Kystdesign AS of Norway in development and production of a new innovative high speed ROV designed for pipeline inspection operations and seabed surveys, Surveyor.

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    IMCA survey sensor guidelines

    2014-01-28T07:30:00Z

    Guidelines for management of peripheral survey sensors and their requirements for periodic calibration and verification have been published by the Offshore Survey Division of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA).