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NewsClever buoys track oil slicks
In May 2008 Aanderaa Data Instruments AS (AADI) entered an agreement with The Norwegian Clean Sea Association for Operating Companies (NOFO) to develop a small drifting buoy that has similar drift characteristics as an oil slick on the sea surface.
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NewsPingers sleep soundly on the seabed
All sorts of agencies and marine service companies are finding a variety of uses for acoustic pingers and pinger receivers.
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NewsTROLling for radiation at Dounreay
Closing down Britain’ s abandoned fast nuclear reactor experiment has meant addressing Dounreay’ s legacy of radioactive particles in the local marine environment.
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NewsRocks around the clock maintain schedule
Liverpool UK based Hughes Sub Surface Engineering Ltd (HSSE) has been providing support for the Rhyl Flats offshore wind farm for some time. This can cover anything from tower climbs to cable plotting and enough ad hoc requests to keep the teams on their toes.
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NewsScotland set for massive investment in offshore wind power
Scottish Renewables, the voice of the renewables industry in Scotland, has revealed that more than £ 30bn of investment is set to flow from offshore wind power development in Scottish waters.
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NewsNew Valeport tide gauge
Instrumentation specialists Valeport of Totnes, Devon UK have launched TideMaster, a new versatile tide gauge designed for both short and long term applications.
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NewsBlack Sea oceanopgraphic atlas
A single volume bilingual oceanographic atlas of the Black Sea and neighbouring Sea of Azov, providing improved information for regional marine economic activities and scientific research, has been published by the Ukraine State Hydrographic Service (SHS) in Kiev.
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Navis extends range of DP sytems
Finland’ s Navis Engineering has extended its range of dynamic positioning systems with the introduction of a new series, NavDP 4000.
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Seazone Solutions for Crossrail and Scotland
SeaZone Solutions, a subsidiary of the UK Hydrographic Office, has provided Crossrail with detailed mapping of the Thames Estuary.
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NewsDivers defy tide in seabed challenge
Founded in 1991, Seawork Marine Services, now based in Fareham on the UK’ s south coast, is involved in wide range of diving projects. Some of them have taken the company inland to the UK’ s waterways, while others have been notable for their scale.
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An Illuminating Experience
By Gordon Medlicott Published by Whittles Publishing ISBN 978-1-904445-64-7 Paperback, 131 pages Price £ 14.99
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Sailing Barge Master
By Capt. George Winn, Edited by Richard Walsh Published by Chaffcutter Books ISBN 978-0-9560596-0-4 Paperback, 168 pages Price £ 12.95
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Good Beer Guide 2010
Edited by Roger Protz Published by CAMRA books ISBN 978-1-85249-266-3 Paperback, 888 pages Price £ 15.99
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NewsUK Marine and Coastal Access Act becomes law
The UK Marine and Coastal Access Act became law last month, committing the UK to an ambitious new project to help manage the marine environment and protect it from horrors such as sewage, rubbish, overfishing, bottom trawling, and others.
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NewsDeep Green flies kite for tidal energy
As political leaders gather in Copenhagen this week for COP 15 United Nations Climate Change, Saab spin-off Minesto has revealed another step towards tidal energy commercialisation by producing electricity with the Deep Green concept. Minesto is a Swedish and UK based company founded in 2007, with majority owners including the ...
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NewsKiel Canal gets third major port
Construction has begun of a new ‘ heavy lift’ inland port costing about € 32m at Rendsburg on the Kiel Canal, the world’ s busiest manmade waterway, linking the Baltic and the North Sea.
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NewsWismar expansion will up 'alternative port' clout
Headed for completion as the year turns is the first phase of a two stage expansion in Wismar, designed to enable the east German Baltic port to meet anticipated increases in cargo as well as rising logistics demand.
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New PLA Chairman
The UK Secretary of State for Transport, Lord Adonis, has appointed Helen Alexander, CBE, as Chairman of the Board of the Port of London Authority (PLA), with effect from 1 January 2010. She will succeed Simon Sherrard, who has been PLA Chairman since 2001. Helen Alexander is president of the ...
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NewsHamburg port alliance plans for growth
The Port of Hamburg is lowering its fees in an effort to secure future growth. In intensive talks with the port and shipping industry and upon the initiative of Senator Axel Gedaschko at the State Ministry of Economic and Labour Affairs, incentives have been developed to route additional shipping traffic ...
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Cammell Laird clarity
The progress and growth of the separate companies Cammell Laird (Gibraltar) and Cammell Laird Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders Ltd in the UK brought an urgent need for clarification of the relationship between the two. Thus an agreement has been reached. With immediate effect, Cammell Laird (Gibraltar) changes its name to Gibdock. ...
