All News articles – Page 667

  • DNV GL has a number of concepts, embracing future matitime challenges, such as the Quantum container ship
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    Alternative future marine fuels

    2014-01-30T11:01:00Z

    DNV GL has published a new position paper, entitled ''Alternative Fuels for Shipping'', which lists a number of long-term options for low carbon, low emission fuels for the industry.

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    Port tools

    2014-01-30T07:30:00Z

    BMT Group’s BMT Asia Pacific has launched two comprehensive tools for assessing port competition and managing commercial risk.

  • High resolution bathymetry displayed in CSAR format. Image courtesy of NOAA
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    Interoperability with the CSAR framework

    2014-01-30T07:30:00Z

    Safe Software and geospatial software developer CARIS have made support for the CARIS Spatial Archive (CSAR) raster format for gridded bathymetry and elevation data in FME 2014, officially released last month.

  • A bathymetric image of dredging scarring of the channel bottom
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    Combined bathymetry and sidescan system

    2014-01-30T07:30:00Z

    The EdgeTech 4600 Combined Bathymetry & Side Scan Sonar System was met with enthusiastic reviews at a recent underwater technology demonstration and training event hosted by Seatronics in Abu Dhabi.

  • Peter Mantel, managing director, BMT SMART Ltd
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    BMT Group new operating company

    2014-01-29T17:14:00Z

    The UK’s maritime design consultancy, BMT Group Ltd (BMT), has launched a new commercial operating company to high value, innovative vessel performance management and decision support solutions for the industry.

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    IADC Seminar

    2014-01-29T07:30:00Z

    The Netherlands based International Association of Dredging Companies’ (IADC) Seminar on Dredging and Land Reclamation will take place this year for the first time in Australia, in Brisbane on 31 March – 4 April.

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    MacArtney France

    2014-01-29T07:30:00Z

    Long standing MacArtney Group member, EurOceanique, has undergone a name change to become MacArtney France.

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    Fos records

    2014-01-29T07:30:00Z

    Total 2013 throughput at Marseilles Fos confirmed containers, steel industry bulks, LNG and cruise traffic as the major growth drivers at the French port.

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    Dredge pump deal

    2014-01-29T07:30:00Z

    Dutch company Dredge Yard and UK based Altair HyperWorks have agreed to cooperate for the design and engineering of dredging and mining pumps.

  • The floating platform carries a suite of instruments commonly used by MRE project development experts
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    Floating platform launched

    2014-01-28T18:21:00Z

    France’s Nass&Wind Offshore has tested a floating platform off Saint-Vaast la Hougue (Manche) which will take environmental and technical measurements at sea for marine renewable energy (MRE) projects.

  • The VMS continuously monitors the shock and vibrations received by the vessel
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    Dyena product proves popular

    2014-01-28T17:32:00Z

    The UK’s Dyena can add another customer to its list of users of its motion recorder, the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS).

  • When completed the lagoon will generate a net annual output of 400GW renewable electricity
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    Tidal lagoon model tested

    2014-01-28T10:56:00Z

    The developer behind the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project in the UK has finishing testing its 2D physical model of the site at HR Wallingford in Oxfordshire.

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    Poseidon plans

    2014-01-28T07:30:00Z

    Poseidon Co, part of Turkey’s Almar Group, has designed a 50m long supply vessel with the multifunctional versatility to serve oil companies, marine construction companies, and offshore platforms.

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    IMCA survey sensor guidelines

    2014-01-28T07:30:00Z

    Guidelines for management of peripheral survey sensors and their requirements for periodic calibration and verification have been published by the Offshore Survey Division of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA).

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    Scandinavian ROV development

    2014-01-28T07:30:00Z

    MMT, the 200 strong survey company in Gothenburg, Sweden, has teamed with Kystdesign AS of Norway in development and production of a new innovative high speed ROV designed for pipeline inspection operations and seabed surveys, Surveyor.

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    HAROPA investment

    2014-01-27T17:22:00Z

    A total of €57m is being invested in the HAROPA Port of Le Havre in preparation for the development of the offshore wind industry in the region.

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    Glonass setback in the US

    2014-01-27T07:30:00Z

    President Barack Obama has signed a bill prohibiting Russia from constructing any stations in the US that could improve the precision of its Glonass network as a worldwide alternative to GPS.

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    Chinese order for Atlas Hydrographic

    2014-01-27T07:30:00Z

    Bremen based Atlas Hydrographic in Germany is to supply China’s State Oceanographic Administration (SOA) in Xiamen with a Hydrosweep multibeam sounder with a depth capability of over 2,000m.

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    UKHO adds QR Codes to standard nautical charts

    2014-01-27T07:30:00Z

    The UK Hydrographic Office has introduced QR (Quick Response) codes to its portfolio of standard nautical charts, allowing users of paper versions to access status information via smart phones or tablets.

  • Oceanscience’s Z-Boat 1800 is designed for remote bathymetric surveys
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    15 Z-Boats for Russian survey fleet

    2014-01-26T16:36:00Z

    California-based Oceanscience, via its project partner, Infax Inc, has delivered 15 of its Z-Boat 1800 remotely operated survey craft to the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology & Environmental Monitoring of Russia (Roshydromet).