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NewsScience and technology converge at Oceanology International
Over 500 suppliers of the latest technology and service developments covering every element of marine science and ocean technology will gather next month for Oceanology International 2010, being held at ExCeL in London''s Docklands from 9 to 11 March.
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Oceanology International returns to London
London’s ExCel is once more the venue for this year’s biennial Oceanology International event from 9-11 March.
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Admiralty E-Navigator introduced
Introduced in December, Admiralty E-Navigator is the UK Hydrographic Office’s new integrated digital catalogue, product viewer and passage planning aid for organising, updating and consolidating all paper and digital information needed for planning safe voyages while simplifying essential tasks.
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Cheetah catamarans for Dutch and UK customers
Now in its 20th year for construction of specialist power catamarans, Cheetah Marine of Ventnor on the UK’s Isle of Wight reports the commissioning of two new hydrographic survey vessels by Heuvelman Ibis in Delfzijl, Holland, and British Geological Survey (BGS) in Edinburgh.
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NewsNew Fugro survey vessel launched
Fugro Survey’s first new geophysical survey vessel since the early 1980s, ‘Fugro Searcher’, has been launched in readiness for sea trials before beginning service in March.
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NewsLottery funding for restoration of historic tug-tender
Britain''s last steam tug-tender, ‘Daniel Adamson’, has got the crucial go ahead to operate from Liverpool Cruise Liner Terminal.
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NewsCommunity sourced positioning project for Europe
Leisure and commercial boaters could soon benefit from more accurate depth information, thanks to a research and development project awarded to a European consortium.
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NewsOcean challenge prelude to possible marine careers
More than a hundred students from across Cornwall UK will celebrate their nautical achievements at a special awards ceremony today.
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NewsBlack Sea base delivers successful salvage
Multraship Salvage and SVITZER Salvage have refloated the Russian flag cargo ship ''Irtysh 1'' after it had ran aground on the rocky coastline off the Bulgarian Black Sea coast near Bourgas.
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News£22m of new funding for wave and tidal energy
Marine energy will be ready for mass scale deployment and an important new commercial UK industry by 2020 said the Carbon Trust earlier this month.
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NewsSalvors remove navigational hazards in Haiti
A TITAN Salvage team is working in Haiti to remove navigational hazards following the devastating earthquake, including the collapsed Washington gantry crane, in Port-au-Prince for the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), in an effort to increase the cargo throughput in the heavily damaged port.
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NewsStena Line invests £200m in new Scottish port
Stena Line is investing some £200m in a new ferry port facility at Loch Ryan in Scotland on a 28 acre brownfield site two miles north of Cairnryan.
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NewsPeene deepening opens access for bigger ships
Local German authorities have completed the deepening of a 23.7km stretch of the northern Peene River to allow bigger ships to reach Wolgast.
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Scientists awarded €5m for dredging research - by David Foxwell
Two scientists based in Brighton on the south coast of the UK and a Franco-British partnership have been awarded €5 million to find safe disposal methods for dredged marine sediments.
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NewsCuxhaven gets new flood defence barriers
The German North Sea port of Cuxhaven has completed the construction and installation of two new flood barriers which together cost €19m and are the hub of flood defences costing the city about €31m up to 2012.
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News‘Amfibus’ trialled on River Clyde
UK Transport group Stagecoach trialled an innovative amphibious bus which can operate on both water and roads on the River Clyde on Monday.
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NewsAn 'Illustrious' refit for Royal Navy flagship
HMS Illustrious arrived at Rosyth on Monday in preparation for a 13 month docking period to start next month, in a £40m contract awarded under the Surface Ship Support Alliance (the alliance between the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), Babcock and BAE Systems).
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NewsLiDAR monitors Corsican coastal erosion
A new bathymetric survey of the Corsican coastline has been commissioned to provide detailed information about ongoing coastal erosion on the Mediterranean island as well as to assess the impact of manmade structures both on future erosion and navigation safety.
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NewsFunding for ‘Motorways of the Sea’
The European Commission gave its green light last week for public financing from France and Spain to the Fres Mos project. It will link the French port of Nantes-Saint Nazaire with the Spanish port of Gijon, and will be operated by GLD Atlantique.
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NewsJan De Nul launches ‘Zheng He’ in Croatia
Belgian dredging giant Jan De Nul continued its major fleet expansion on Saturday with the launch of the cutter suction dredger ''Zheng He'' at the Uljanik Brodogradiliste d.d. Shipyard in Pula, Croatia.
