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    Dredging and wind farm work for Coastline Surveys

    2011-09-29T15:56:00Z

    Also at Seawork 2011, Coastline Surveys reported that it has been retained locally by Land & Water Services of Guildford to provide survey support for dredging work presently being carried out at Falmouth Marina.

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    New Ohmex tide gauge

    2011-09-29T15:55:00Z

    Gloucester Harbour in the UK, which encounters one of the world’s highest tidal ranges, is among the first customers for Ohmex’s latest low power modular bluetooth tide gauge, TideM8.

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    New £1m workboat for Aberdeen

    2011-09-29T15:55:00Z

    Sea Herald, a new all purpose £1m workboat built by Macduff Shipyards has commenced operations with Aberdeen Harbour Board for whom it will carry out a variety of tasks from debris removal and bed levelling work to hydrographic surveys and occasional pilot duties.

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    Del Norte hosts Hypack and multibeam seminar

    2011-09-29T15:54:00Z

    PD Teesport at Middlesbrough, one of the UK’s three largest ports, is the venue for a three day Hypack training seminar from 20 to 22 September.

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    INIS Hydro project launched

    2011-09-29T15:54:00Z

    An EU part funded Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland (INIS) hydrographic survey project headed by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) was launched at the Belfast Harbour Commissioners Office at the beginning of July.

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    GEO.xyz expands fleet

    2011-09-29T15:54:00Z

    GEO.xyz of Belgium has added a further survey and support vessel to its growing fleet, Geosurveyor VI.

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    Norwegian Barents Sea surveys

    2011-09-29T15:53:00Z

    The first systematic seismic surveys of Norway’s new maritime zone in the Barents Sea East border area has begun.

  • :  SATCON used onboard the Seven Atlantic, the Divex designed and built saturation system.
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    1,000 dives with no Lost Time Incidents

    2011-09-29T15:51:00Z

    Scotland’s diving and subsea equipment experts Divex have announced that the Seven Atlantic dive support vessel has reached a major milestone in achieving 1,000 dives without lost time incident (LTI).

  • An aerial view of turbine laydown at the Invergordon Service Base..
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    CFPA’s master plan for renewable growth

    2011-09-29T15:50:00Z

    With the advancement of ground breaking innovation in the renewable marine energy industry, the Cromarty Firth Port Authority has had the opportunity to demonstrate that everything is possible.

  • The Neptune Proteus is seen undergoing tests. Photo courtesy of Ship Support Ltd.
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    Green light for Neptune tidal stream device

    2011-09-29T15:48:00Z

    Neptune Renewable Energy Ltd has been given UK parliamentary approval for the deployment of its tidal stream power device.

  • If increasing numbers of ships decide to divert around the Cape of Good Hope, this will almost certainly have a major impact on inventories and costs throughout the whole supply chain.
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    Piracy theme for IMO World Maritime Day

    2011-09-29T12:13:00Z

    The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) marked Thursday’s occasion of IMO World Maritime Day by addressing the piracy crisis in the Indian Ocean, this year’s chosen IMO theme.

  • The first of the four CB03 sections, weighing some 850 tons and measuring 40m by 26m by 7m was lifted onto the LB03 block last Friday.
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    First QE Class blocks joined at Rosyth

    2011-09-29T12:08:00Z

    The first centre block section for HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of two new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, was lifted onto the lower mid-block at the Rosyth dockyard in Scotland last Friday.

  • The wonderfully named MS Caring & Amazing will host 38 parties for 15,000 C&A employees on its first tour following conversion.
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    Celebration tour for converted motor ship

    2011-09-29T11:56:00Z

    European clothing chain C&A has marked its 100th birthday by converting a 40 year old inland motor ship into an event and party boat and sending it on a 5,000 km celebration tour of German rivers and canals.

  • The IHC Beaver 40 dismountable cutter suction dredger can now be rented to meet short term dredging requirements.
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    Beavers move into dredger rental market

    2011-09-29T11:45:00Z

    IHC Merwede has entered the international rental market with its standard IHC Beaver dredgers and DMC work boats.

  • The Liberty Ship SS Richard Montgomery, loaded with munitions, lies only a quarter of a mile from the main channel into the River Medway.
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    Sunken munitions ship survey released

    2011-09-28T09:00:00Z

    A local Freedom of Information request has provided an update on the condition of a sunken munitions ship that presents a potential risk to a large area of east Kent UK.

  • The work of Cornish wooden boatbuilder Marcus Lewis has been thoroughly recorded by the Traditional Marine Skills project.
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    Traditional Marine Skills project launch

    2011-09-27T09:00:00Z

    A traditionally built dinghy was launched at the Southampton Boat Show last month as part of the project Traditional Maritime Skills (TMS), which is currently recording wooden boatbuilding skills that are in danger of becoming extinct.

  • The vessel is able to operate at the impressive speed of 10 knots in reverse at full load in open seas.
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    Dual control for Swedish waterjets

    2011-09-26T11:30:00Z

    Swedish based MJP Waterjets has succeeded in combining steering and reversing of two jets simultaneously into a central column operating both jets in parallel by means of a single hydraulic control.

  • An aerial view of Hvide Sande Harbour with the current harbour design.
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    DHI helps maintain Danish fishing harbour

    2011-09-23T09:00:00Z

    DHI Group in Denmark recently helped local fisherman at Hvide Sande harbour on Denmark’s western coast whose businesses were threatened by sand bars that were reducing the draught in the harbour.

  • XBloc armoured units have been selected for projects in Abu Dhabi and Poland.
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    New contracts signed for Xbloc

    2011-09-23T09:00:00Z

    Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) has signed a number of contracts recently for the use of its innovative Xbloc concrete armour units.

  • An artist’s impression of the to be area created by the project, which will include a lagoon and new wetlands.
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    Options studied for Fehmarnbelt materials

    2011-09-23T09:00:00Z

    DHI Group in Denmark is playing an important role in the proposed Fehmarnbelt project, a submerged tunnel between Denmark and Germany.