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NewsWireless security buoys have WOW factor
In its ongoing quest to find and stop weapons of mass destruction, the US Department of Defense is expanding the role of elite commando units.
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NewsEnergy opportunities prompt Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction, the cluster of organisations representing Teesside’s growing renewable energy sector and its associated supply chain, held a strategy meeting in Middlesbrough recently.
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NewsScots group seizes local opportunity
The completion of a new generation wave power device at Invergordon in Scotland signals the growing diversification of Port Services Group (PSG) into the renewable energy sector.
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NewsReliability is first priority for project
An excavator formed an unusual yet highly effective partnership with a dredging vessel on the Lincolnshire coast in the UK last summer.
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NewsArtificial islands for UAE
Dredging International and affiliate MEDCO have been awarded a contract for the dredging and civil engineering works required to build two artificial ‘energy islands’ for the Satah al-Razboot (SARB) offshore oilfield.
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NewsMega-crane readied for Round 3 wind farms
An innovative crane being built in Rostock is destined for a new heavy lift jack-up vessel for Beluga Hochtief Offshore, a joint venture of Hochtief Construction AG and Beluga Shipping GmbH.
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NewsCutting costs for marine energy survey
An inshore cable survey system that cleverly senses the presence of cables, and uses a smaller ROV than usual, is set to significantly cut the cost of survey work in the burgeoning marine energy industry.
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NewsBudget water radar cuts flood risk
West Sussex based VEGA Controls Ltd has launched a new, low cost radar technology for level measurement in open water.
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NewsProgress made on Marine Conservation Zones
The ‘Marine Conservation Zone Project’ has published its third set of progress reports showing the latest iterations in the project to identify Marine Conservations Zones (MCZs).
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NewsNavy divers fail to beat Sentinel
UK based subsea acoustic systems designer and manufacturer Sonardyne has completed a successful week at the inaugural NAVDEX defence exhibition in Abu Dhabi.
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NewsIn training for the ECDIS mandate
Digital technology is transforming the way that mariners access and use navigational information, writes Michael Cauter, deputy chief executive at the UKHO.
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NewsOcean Business booming in Southampton
The third Ocean Business event is being held at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton UK from 5 to 7 April 2011.
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NewsMotion sensors launch at Ocean Business
A new addition to the Teledyne TSS range of DMS motion sensors is being launched at the Ocean Business exhibition in Southampton next month.
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NewsGain AC-CESS at Ocean Business
Aberdeen based AC-CESS will be demonstrating its AC-ROV 100 Underwater Inspection System with options and the AC-ROV 3000 Fly Out System on Stand A16 at Ocean Business 2011.
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Scottish merger heads for expansion
ROV and survey specialists Specialist Subsea Services (S3) of Aberdeen plan a major expansion of activities in the UK as well as in the Mediterranean and West Africa following acquisition of Caledonian Geotech, the Dundee company engaged in a wide range of hydrographic, geographic, geological and oceanographic activities for onshore ...
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Italian and UK contract extensions for Veripos
Naples based GeoLab Srl, one of Europe’s foremost turnkey offshore survey and construction support organisations, has extended an agreement for continued use of a full range of Veripos GNSS positioning facilities in support of its dedicated multi-role survey vessels operating worldwide on behalf of major construction and telecommunications companies.
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Cable survey system cuts costs
Smartrak 9, an inspection system that intuitively senses the presence of subsea cables and pipelines using a smaller than usual ROV is set to significantly reduce costs of survey work in the burgeoning marine energy industry, says Submagnetix, the survey division of Innovatum.
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NewsSeamless bathymetric data for UK waters
SeaZone Solutions, the subsidiary of HR Wallingford specialising in supplying marine geographic information to over 850 organisations, has launched a new range of TruDepth survey bathymetry products covering UK waters.
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NewsGLA Coastal Beacon monitoring
Zeework Ltd, the Trimble Marine dealer for UK and Ireland, has been awarded the contract to supply GNSS receivers to the General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland.
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NewsRenewable UK campaign for marine energy
Britain''s renewable energy trade association RenewableUK launched a campaign on Wednesday urging the Government not to cut vital financial support for the marine energy sector.
