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NewsAVCS on ECDIS ensures digital future
' A major step towards creating a compliant digital service that not only fulfils the requirements of the mariner, but assists them during the transition towards the proposed ECDIS mandation that comes into force from 2012,' is how Mike Robinson, Transas' CEO, describes the new commercial agreement that will see ...
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NewsGoodchild go eco-friendly at Seawork
Maritime Journal came across a rather interesting eco-friendly electric boat on the Seawork pontoon this year, one of two built by Goodchild Marine Services Ltd of Burgh Castle, UK.
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NewsRovlatis completes trials
Rovlatis, a new ‘ smart’ ROV designed for international marine applications by the University of Limerick’ s Mobile & Marine Robotics Research Centre (MMRC), which was reported in these columns earlier this year, has now completed secondary trials and demonstrations in Limerick Dock attended by investors and prospective partners.
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Teledyne TSS Swedish & Turkish contracts
Teledyne TSS of Watford UK, which recently supplied a further eight of its Meridian gyrocompasses for installation aboard Turkish Coast Guard patrol vessels, reports delivery of a Series 440 pipe and cable tracker to MMB AB of Gothenburg.
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Kongsberg multibeam century
Kongsberg Maritime in Norway has recorded its 100th order for deep water multibeam systems.
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Hydrography & Marine SDI symposium
UK National Hydrographer Rear Admiral Ian Moncrieff will be the Keynote Speaker at a one day symposium on Hydrography & Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure organised by The Hydrographic Society UK’ s Southern Region at Bradfield College, Reading on Tuesday 27 October.
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NewsGUPC consortium in line for Panama Canal contract
The GUPC consortium of which Belgian dredging and construction company Jan de Nul forms part is in ‘ pole position’ for a multi-billion dollar contract in Panama.
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NewsTopaz reaches milestone in Vopak project
Topaz Energy and Marine Ltd, through its subsidiary Nico International, part of the newly established engineering division of the company, has successfully reached the first milestone in a project it is carrying out for Vopak Horizon Ltd in Fujairah.
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Royal Haskoning investigates dyke relocation
As the leading partner in a consortium Royal Haskoning is to assist the municipality of Nijmegen in The Netherlands to draw up a regional planning programme for the ‘ Space for the Waal’ project.
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Boskalis wins ¢90 million offshore project in Argentina
A consortium of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV and Allseas Group SA has been appointed for the construction of a gas pipeline through the Strait of Magellan in Southern Argentina. The agreement was signed during an official ceremony attended by the President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
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ABPmer launches new managed realignment reference tool
ABPmer in the UK has launched a new version of its online reference tool OMReG. This widely used reference database, originally published in 2007, provides site specific lessons across a wide range of habitat creation projects. The advice helps all those involved in estuary management and coastal habitat creation.
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Xblocs used in coast protection project
Contractor Odebrecht has completed a major coastal defence scheme in Panama using Xbloc armoured units developed by Delta Marine Consultants in The Netherlands.
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New linkspans for Swedish port
TTS Port Equipment AB has secured a contract to design, manufacture and fit two double tier linkspans for the contractor Skanska. The linkspans will be installed at Copenhagen Malmö Port in Sweden, which is currently undergoing large scale expansion with the building of new port facilities coupled with a move ...
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NewsCoastal defence projects for Van Oord
Van Oord has been awarded two project contracts to reinforce coastal defences in The Netherlands. The first project involves sand replenishment along the coast in the Voorne region, where trailing suction hopper dredgers will deposit more than 2.2 million m3 of sand. The client is the Hollandse Delta Water Board. ...
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NewsOrion INS receives IMO approval
After extensive testing, the IMO (International Maritime Organisation) has approved the Orion Inertial Navigation System (INS), manufactured by Teledyne TSS Ltd, as meeting the performance standards required by gyrocompasses used for commercial shipping.
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Diver delights in tiny sidescan
Adventure diver Ben Burville recently trialled Tritech’ s StarFish sidescan sonar off the UK’ s North East coast. Testing its performance, he scanned the seabed at the wreck site of the cargo ship SS Somali, which sank under German fire in 1941 off Blyth.
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NewsDeep well of support for Offshore Europe 2009
The SPE Offshore Europe 2009 oil and gas conference and exhibition, which takes place in Aberdeen UK on 8 – 11 September, is on course to be the largest in the event’ s 30 year history despite the current difficult economic situation being experienced worldwide, with one third of all ...
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NewsNew German rescue class gets second addition
Germany’ s sea rescue service DGzRS has put the second of a new class of rescue cruisers into operation in the Baltic.
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NewsGermany's first offshore cat in service
Wind Force 1, billed as the first German flag offshore catamaran, has gone into service supplying and maintaining the North Sea Wind Park.
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NewsSwedes refurbish shallow water survey boat
Swedish hydro survey operator MMT AB has recently completed a refurbishment project that allows the company to offer coastal high resolution surveys in shallow waters.
