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  • The linkspan is lifted back into place upon completion
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    Improvisation sees linkspan repair completed

    2012-11-14T07:30:00Z

    The details of the dramatic bridge collapse at Berth 105 at Southampton Port in September of last year is still being investigated, but a few key points are clear.

  • The Z-Boat 1800 portable remotely operated survey boat
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    ‘Z-Boat’ expands access for hydro survey

    2012-11-14T07:30:00Z

    For hydrographic surveys in shallow inshore waters such as rivers, canals, lakes and ponds, access to the site can sometimes be the biggest headache of the entire survey.

  • Helen Mason, project director, Southampton Studio School Academy Trust
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    Marine orientation for 'Studio School'

    2012-11-13T17:38:00Z

    Plans to open a Studio School on the Isle of Wight, UK, focussing on marine manufacturing and offshore energy, have been revealed by the Southampton Studio School Academy Trust.

  • A Sealite GSM web portal deployment map
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    Enhanced reporting for GSM marine lanterns

    2012-11-13T11:12:00Z

    Australia based navaids manufacturer Sealite has release the next generation of its popular GSM web portal.

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    Award won for mapping of US west coast

    2012-11-13T07:30:00Z

    Fugro has completed data acquisition and processing of the entire United States West Coast under a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in support of their National Coastal Mapping Programme.

  • Fugro Seacore’s jack-up barge Excalibur lifted the pile into the water
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    Met mast installed for Rampion Windfarm

    2012-11-13T07:30:00Z

    The metrological mast for the proposed Rampion Offshore Wind Farm in the English Channel has been installed 13km from the port of Shoreham-on-Sea UK.

  • The port is being dredged to 16m, in order to welcome the larger vessels
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    Felixstowe’s fenders for bigger vessels

    2012-11-13T07:30:00Z

    There’s a growing need for ‘super-sized’ fenders brought about by the global rise in vessel sizes, says Richard Hepworth of Trelleborg Marine Systems.

  • The 34m boom of the crane can serve the new T45 destroyer
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    Specialist facility for Portsmouth Harbour

    2012-11-13T07:30:00Z

    Construction of the £18m specialist marine facility in Portsmouth Harbour for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has now been completed.

  • Prysmian Group’s Giulio Verne was built as a cable layer and flexible pipelayer
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    Asia to Europe subsea link to proceed

    2012-11-13T07:30:00Z

    The first ever high voltage submarine power cable link in Turkey is going ahead, connecting Europe and Asia by crossing the Dardanelles Strait.

  • The forum focussed on current and emerging domestic ferry safety issues. Photo: IMO
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    IMO Action Plan addresses ferry safety

    2012-11-12T17:33:00Z

    An Action Plan, organised by the IMO, has been adopted by a forum to address concerns over the safety of domestic ferries in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs).

  • ‘HMS Holland’ – Ship of the Year
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    Damen wins Ship of the Year

    2012-11-12T16:57:00Z

    ''HMS Holland'', built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding and the first of a new class of Royal Netherlands Navy patrol vessels, has been awarded the KNVTS Ship of the Year Award.

  • The course will cover WBV and RS measurement on all types of craft. Photo: Murray Martin.
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    New WBV motion analysis course

    2012-11-12T11:07:00Z

    The UK’s Fast Response Craft (FRC) training company, FRC International, has developed a new Whole Body Vibration (WBV) Motion Analysis course after receiving industry requests for guidance.

  • Engineers prepare the ROUMRS ROV, equipped with a WSM 6 transponder, ready for deployment
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    Scouting for munitions in cruise terminal

    2012-11-12T07:30:00Z

    Supported by Sonardyne International Ltd’s Scout USBL acoustic positioning technology, ARA Incorporated has recently completed a subsurface survey of Terminal 91 in the Port of Seattle.

  • Coastline Surveys deploys CPT Datem 5000 on a North Sea renewables cable route survey
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    CPT system for marine renewables work

    2012-11-12T07:30:00Z

    Coastline Surveys has taken delivery of its new Datem 5000 CPT System, C-Pen35.

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    Funding for study of sediment properties

    2012-11-12T07:30:00Z

    Scientists at HR Wallingford in the UK have received research funding for a pilot project aimed at investigating the measurement of cohesive sediment properties using high frequency underwater acoustics.

  • MST is planning to display a 12m Fast Raiding, Interception and Special Forces Craft
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    MST plans big impact at Seawork 2013

    2012-11-09T12:10:00Z

    “The increasingly wide audience, both in terms of geography and market, means Seawork is becoming more and more important to us as one of the key global exhibitions we attend."

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    Marine careers support for Cornwall’s youth

    2012-11-09T11:13:00Z

    Young people in Cornwall UK will benefit from a new £1.2m EU scheme to raise awareness of marine careers and improve job prospects into the sector.

  • Briggs Marine's ‘Forth Trojan’
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    Briggs Marine gets a new addition

    2012-11-09T10:16:00Z

    Scottish marine contractor Briggs Marine and Environmental Services has further strengthened its marine operations capabilities with the addition of a new 25m multicat to its fleet.

  • The course covers how to measure WBV and RS on all types of craft, including analysis methods and their appropriate use. Photo by Murray Martin
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    WBV motion analysis course explodes myths

    2012-11-09T09:50:00Z

    There are many myths surrounding While Body Vibration (WBV) measurement and analysis on fast craft where the motion is characteristically Repeated Shock (RS) as much as WBV.

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    Investigations completed for Port of Liverpool

    2012-11-09T07:30:00Z

    Coastline Surveys recently completed a geo-environmental investigation on behalf of Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, as part of the Liverpool 2 container terminal development.