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NewsStepping lightly through conflicting demands
Concerns over ports'' energy outputs are rising. It isn''t just the price that is giving port authorities pause for thought, there are two other sets of clashing public and political demands. One of them is improved security and the other is for greener practices. They are not the most natural ...
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NewsSlick Sleuth is spill-proof
International oceanographic marine instrument and systems provider Ocean Scientific International Limited (OSIL), in conjunction with MS Industrial Services, has supplied aluminium and packaging solutions provider Alcan with a Slick Sleuth Oil Spill Detector.
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NewsRubber 'barges' for oil spill containment
The Dracone barge may not be a household name, but for coast guards around the world, this gigantic rubber bladder is part of the first response kit in an oil spill.
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NewsCammel Laird apprentices keep it in the family
Merseyside shipyard Cammell Laird is strengthening its workforce with the recruitment of 20 new young apprentices.
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NewsInstant feedback from tsunami warning system
With the survival of thousands potentially in the balance, UK based Sonardyne International Ltd has delivered the latest batch of acoustic monitoring sensors that will oversee the Indian coastline by providing the early detection and warning of tsunami waves.
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NewsPiloting a new approach to Kiel Canal training
The Kiel Canal Pilots have called upon the services of BMT SeaTech and their PC Rembrandt ship simulation system to provide a flexible, cost effective and onsite training solution to their pilots'' training requirements.
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News'MV Norma' dive incident report published
The UK''s Marine Accident and Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a report into the incident that took place last year off of the MV Norma whilst a diver was trying to replace a line beneath the vessel.
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NewsUnderwater tracking for Swedish Coastguard
The Swedish Coastguard has recently awarded Applied Acoustic Engineering a contract for two Easytrak Portable subsea tracking systems through its partner CA Clase AB of Göteborg.
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NewsREDS on the seabeds with wind farm support
Rugby UK based Reach Engineering & Diving Services Ltd (REDS) has undertaken the diving support works on the Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Wales.
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NewsSaab put the bite into Bollywood
When the Bollywood movie, ''Luck'', was filmed in South Africa, a Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV was strapped beneath a giant 4.2 metre long latex and polyurethane replica of a tiger shark, then sent to eat luckless victims trying to escape a sinking container. All in the name of nail-biting movie ...
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NewsEMGS launches world's first EM survey vessel
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) of Trondheim, Norway has launched the world''s first purpose built EM survey vessel, Boa Thalassa to enhance its global hydrocarbon exploration activities.
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Cheetah Catamaran for Clydeside Surveys
Specialist catamaran builder Cheetah Marine of Ventnor on the Isle of Wight has delivered another of its 7.9m models to an operator in Scotland. The newbuild incorporates Cheetah''s proprietary Hydropod survey mount moonpool system together with a Reson Seabat 7125 multibeam sounder and a CodaOctopus 185R motion sensor.
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Record number of North Sea licenses awarded
Medium term prospects for seismic surveys and drilling offshore Europe still appear to be good following recent award of a record 171 new exploration licenses in the North Sea by the UK government.
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Offshore Survey 09
Organisers Intelligent Exhibitions say there is still time to register for their two day technical conference, being held as part of Ocean Business 2009, on 1 and 2 April at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton UK.
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NewsStrong winds in EU power sector
Statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) this month show that 43% of all new electricity generating capacity built in the European Union last year was wind energy, exceeding all other electricity generating technologies including gas, coal and nuclear power.
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NewsSea Jack takes king of the wind farms
Fluor Limited has awarded a contract to Danish offshore construction company A2SEA A/S for the installation of Siemens turbines at the Greater Gabbard Wind Farm project off the UK east coast.
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NewsPelamis P-2 powers on in Orkney
Edinburgh based Pelamis Wave Power (PWP) has won an order from UK renewable energy generator E.on for the next generation Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, known as the P-2.
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NewsEmergency shoreline protection for Diego Garcia
The consequences of global warming are being felt in the world of marine civil engineering, with consultants Moffatt & Nichol selected by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC Pacific) to perform an emergency shoreline evaluation to protect Diego Garcia''s critical infrastructure from storms and sea level rise.
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NewsOlympian ideals aid construction waste transport
A new class of hopper barge developed to operate on London''s sometimes restricted waterways has made it possible for waste to be transported from multiple sites within the city to bespoke recycling facilities.
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News€5bn for EU offshore energy grid
Workboat operators will be heartened by the announcement this month by specialists asset investment company Imera that it plans to build North Sea and Atlantic electricity grids, connecting key markets and offshore wind farms as the foundation for a pan-European offshore electricity network.
