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NewsResearch highlights North Sea safety concerns
An EU part-funded project suggests e-Navigation technologies and services will be crucial for offshore wind turbines, oil/gas platforms, and shipping traffic to co-exist safely in the North Sea Region.
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NewsGrandweld contract with Kuwait Oil Company
Dubai based shipbuilder, Grandweld Shipyards, has won a contract to build a series of four heavy duty crane/workboat class vessels for Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).
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NewsSeawork duo combine for Multi-purpose Vessel
Two Seawork exhibitors are teaming up for the design and build of a new concept offshore support vessel, the first of which will make its debut later this year.
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NewsWork begins on King Point Marina
Work has begun at the new King Point Marina in Plymouth in the UK – when completed, the new marina at Millbay with have berthing facilities for 171 vessels.
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NewsFlexible Meercat can move its own wheelhouse
The latest and largest Meercat was launched last month at Portchester UK before being transported to its new workplace in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, where it will be used for servicing offshore navigation aids and for dredging support.
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Sea-Fire in Portugal
Marine fire suppression technology specialist Sea-Fire has added Previnave of Portugal to its team of distributors.
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NewsDefence calls on commercial world for help
The defence forces are, says Chris Broadbent of the UK’s Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL), looking toward the commercial world to help them with a very large fuel bill.
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NewsLight and buoy rental service
With an increasing number of companies needing lights and buoys for short term projects or suffering budgetary constraints, a new rental service has just been launched which is already proving popular with wind farm projects.
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NewsRemembering the Alum Chine disaster
March 2013 sees the centenary of the SS Alum Chine tragedy which claimed the lives of more than sixty people, writes Lee Middleton. Just like today, it can be hard to find out exactly what happened.
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NewsCTruk invests in Kudos software
SOFTWARE: Brigtlingsea based high speed marine craft builder, CTruk Boats, has invested in Devon based marine software company, Kudos’ Workshop + software for its shipyard, in a bid to effectively manage thousands of stocked parts.
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NewsNordic Yards to build transformer platform
German maritime project manufacturer, Nordic Yards, has signed a contract with global power transmission company, Alstom Grid, to build an offshore transformer platform.
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NewsNoisy errors cost satellites clarity
It’s something that maritime operations can no longer do without, “but the increasing demand for satellite services is also leading to increased interference”, says David Hartshorn, Secretary General, the Global VSAT Forum (GVF).
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NewsKentish Flats offshore windfarm extension approved
The Department of Energy & Climate Change has given the go-ahead for the Kentish Flats offshore windfarm extension, part of the UK Rounds 1 or 2 extension programme, aimed at maintaining momentum between Rounds 2 and 3.
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Italian Hydro Society joins IFHS
Following an interim two years as an associate member, the Italian Hydrographic Society (IHS) has been elected a full member of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies comprising national organisations in Australasia, Benelux, Denmark, Germany, South Africa and the UK.
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52nd Marine Measurement Forum
Underwater system specialists MacArtney UK are to host the 52nd Marine Measurement Forum at its Aberdeen premises on Wednesday 1 May.
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NewsECDIS training available in India and the Philippines
Global maritime safety company, Furuno, has set up two new training facilities in India and the Philippines.
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Cable route survey for MMT
MMT of Sweden has been awarded a contract by Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission (SHE Transmission) for a high voltage direct-current (HVDC) cable re-route survey from Shetland to Caithness on the Scottish mainland.
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NCS adds AUVs
With acquisition of a further two Teledyne Gavia AUVs from their Icelandic manufacturer, Aberdeen based NCS Survey now claims to be operating the world’s largest commercial fleet of portable systems for offshore applications.
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NewsReson extends range
Reson, the Danish specialist supplier of echosounders and associated equipment, which is currently being acquired by Teledyne Technologies of the US, has extended its range of multibeam systems with introduction of a new portable or hull mountable model, the SeaBat 7160.
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Offshore Survey 2013
This year’s hydrographic conference season opens with a major two day event at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton UK from 10-11 April.
