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NewsTidal turbine feeds 100 MWh to grid
Rolls-Royce has achieved a milestone in the deployment of tidal energy technology with confirmation that its prototype tidal turbine has fed over 100 megawatt hours of electrical power into the national grid.
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NewsLerwick pressing ahead with new facilities
The continuing development of facilities and services at Lerwick Harbour in Scotland is reinforcing and evolving the port’s role in supporting the offshore oil and gas industry across its range of operations.
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NewsFelixstowe provides boost to UK economy
The Port of Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, formally opened a new deep water shipping terminal on 28 September 2011.
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NewsWalcon completes marina projects
Walcon Marine recently completed two major projects in the UK, at Poole and Woolverstone respectively.
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NewsChemring roadmaps the industry
Chemring Marine is lending its support to a new study to better improve support for the UK marine industry.
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NewsA new compact tug for a new Canadian company
The first tug for the newly formed company Samson Tug Boats, on the Fraser River near Vancouver BC, is now in service.
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NewsFairplay Towage takes over of Polish operator WUZ
Fairplay BV of Rotterdam, a company within the Fairplay Towage Group, completed the takeover process to acquire the Polish towage provider ‘WUZ - Shipping and Port Services Gdynia Co Ltd’ on 1 September 2011.
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NewsTwo new Shoalbusters enter service
Much has been written in Tugs & Towing over the years on the subject of the Damen Shoalbuster shallow draft multipurpose tug and its development.
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NewsFoss unveil their second Hybrid tug
One of America’s major towage organisations, the Foss Maritime Company, unveiled its second true ‘Hybrid’ tug at an event held on 20 September at the company’s Rainier shipyard in Oregon.
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NewsTsunami debris set to hit the US
A 25 million tonne marine debris field created by the Japanese tsunami back in March currently afloat in the North Pacific is set to reach Hawaii by this winter, according to experts.
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Calibration-free acoustic positioning
CSA International Inc, an environmental survey company working in the Gulf of Mexico, is the first organisation to purchase the new GyroUSBL calibration-free acoustic positioning system from Sonardyne International of Hampshire UK.
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49th Marine Measurement Forum
Partrac, the Glasgow based marine data acquisition company specialising in oceanographic, environmental and geoscience surveys, is to host the 49th UK Marine Measurement Forum at the city’s prestigious Science Centre on Wednesday 9 November.
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Monitoring study of Western Med
Researchers in the Balearic Islands and beyond will soon gain a better understanding of the environmental conditions in the Western Mediterranean Sea.
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NewsRenewables focus attention on nearshore seabed
Aspect Surveys Ltd of Irvine in Scotland has added an Inshore Boomer System to its equipment pool to survey the sub-seabed layers.
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MCA contract for Netsurvey
Netsurvey of Banbury UK, now part of the Swedish MMT Group, has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency for hydrographic survey work under Lot 2 of its Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP).
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New Dutch Chief Hydrographer
Captain Peter Kortenoeven, until recently a staff officer for maritime planning at NATO’s headquarters in Brussels, has been appointed Chief Hydrographer of the Royal Netherlands Navy, in succession to Captain Floor de Haan.
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UTEC opens Italian subsidiary
UTEC Survey, which claims to be one of the world’s largest independent offshore survey companies with offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Singapore and the UK, has established an Italian presence in Naples with the formation of UTEC Survey Mediterranean Srl.
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Mystery Baltic Sea find
A team from Stockholm based Ocean Explorer headed by researcher and treasure hunter Peter Lindberg has found what some are suggesting is either a crashed flying saucer or a subsea version of Stonehenge.
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Offshore positioning guidelines
The former UKOOA (UK Offshore Operators Association) document, Guidelines for the Use of GPS in Offshore Surveying, has been jointly revised by the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (OGP) and the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA).
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NewsWind farm wins for Birkenhead and Mostyn
RWE Innogy signed agreements earlier this month for the use of areas at Birkenhead port near Liverpool which it will use as a base port for constructing the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm.
