All News articles – Page 734

  • The MarinaMaster 8000 has been designed for precision dredging in marinas and waterways
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    Italdraghe dredger on pontoon at Seawork commissioning in the UK

    2013-02-18T17:10:00Z

    The first Marina Master dredger from Italian manufacturer Italdraghe will be moored on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2013.

  • World Ocean Council membership nearly doubled in 2012
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    Industry alliance membership grows

    2013-02-18T09:00:00Z

    World Ocean Council (WOC) membership has surged over the past 12 months, with more than 25 new members joining, says the ever the growing international cross-sectoral ocean business alliance.

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    Iv-Groep wins prize for lock gates

    2013-02-18T07:30:00Z

    Iv-Groep in The Netherlands won an InfraTech Innovation Prize in the Applied Innovation category for its work on the new lock gates for the Panama Canal.

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    Work under way on new dock in Orkney Islands

    2013-02-18T07:30:00Z

    The Orkney Islands Council says work is well underway at the Copland’s Dock development in Stromness.

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    Commercial harbours dredging priority

    2013-02-18T07:30:00Z

    Leisure harbours at Moray in Scotland will not be dredged for at least two years when a new council owned dredger will be in service, councillors there have been told.

  • CIRIA is looking to update guidance on the use of masonry walls
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    CIRIA to update waterfront walls publication

    2013-02-18T07:30:00Z

    The Construction Industry Research & Information Association (IRIA) in the UK is planning to update the publication, ‘Old Waterfront Walls – management, maintenance and rehabilitation’ (1992).

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    Repair work underway on De Blauwe Dromer

    2013-02-18T07:30:00Z

    Repair work on the De Blauwe Dromer lock near Zeewolde/Harderwijk in The Netherlands is making steady progress according to consultant Deltares, and a temporary dam required to do the work safely has been installed.

  • Partrac has been involved in a number of important projects in the last 12 months
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    Sediment surveys underpin top trading year

    2013-02-15T07:30:00Z

    Geomarine consultant Partrac has reported a busy 2012 as it enters its 10th year of trading.

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    Public consultation launched on Exe Estuary

    2013-02-15T07:30:00Z

    The Environment Agency in the UK is launching a public consultation on future plans for managing tidal flood risk and coastal erosion around the shores of the Exe Estuary.

  • The Russian 12 man saturation diving system to be supplied by Divex
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    Russian – Scottish sub rescue collaboration

    2013-02-15T07:30:00Z

    International diving equipment technology company Divex has won a multi-million pound contract to supply the Russian Admiralty with a saturation diving system.

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    Plans for world’s longest floating bridge

    2013-02-15T07:30:00Z

    Construction of what would be the world’s longest combined floating/cable-stayed bridge is being proposed in Trondheim, Norway.

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    Drew Marine acquisition

    2013-02-14T17:15:00Z

    Drew Marine has completed the acquisition of Alexander/Ryan Marine and Safety Inc., and it will join the organisation under the name Alexander/Ryan Marine & Safety division of Drew Marine.

  • Shipdock operates ship repair facilities in Amsterdam and Harlingen
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    Damen Group acquires Shipdock

    2013-02-14T16:50:00Z

    Shipdock, a well known Dutch shipyard group with roots dating back to 1877, has been acquired by the Damen Shipyards Group.

  • Norfolk Tern is seen under build at the Aurora Yachts yard in China
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    Irish eyes will be smiling at Seawork

    2013-02-14T15:41:00Z

    Irish marine and commercial diving contractors Norfolk Marine Ltd will be exhibiting alongside the pontoon for the first time at Seawork 2013 with a 17.1m aluminium wind farm support vessel built in cooperation with Aurora Yachts of Dalian in China.

  • Graeme Kidd, managing director at S3
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    Windfarm work helps towards tripled turnover

    2013-02-14T07:30:00Z

    Aberdeen UK based Specialist Subsea Services (S3), a provider of ROV, survey and vessel services to the international energy industry, is celebrating a successful year since winning Subsea UK’s New Enterprise award last year.

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    Smartfind makes Miami debut

    2013-02-14T07:30:00Z

    McMurdo will introduce the Smartfind S20 Survivor Recovery System (SRS) at the 2013 Miami International Boat Show this month.

  • The vessel is intended for North Sea diving operations on a year round basis
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    Cooperation key to dive support vessel design

    2013-02-14T07:30:00Z

    Wärtsilä has signed a contract for the design of a new diving support vessel (DSV) to be built for Subsea 7, the seabed-to-surface engineering, construction, and services contractor to the offshore energy industry.

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    Dive support workboats add operational range

    2013-02-14T07:30:00Z

    Two dive support workboats arrived at the Hydrex headquarters in Antwerp in December. Both vessels can be used for a wide range of operations in Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and France.

  • Philip Bannerman: “We wanted to be closer to where our customers are.”
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    WTS taps into US offshore market

    2013-02-13T16:53:00Z

    Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions (WTS) has opened an office in Houston, Texas, to service growing demand in the offshore energy market in the US Gulf and South America.

  • Neil Mellenchip, business development manager, SeaKing Electrical
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    SeaKing completes West African upgrade

    2013-02-13T15:07:00Z

    UK based marine engineering company, SeaKing Electrical, recently completed a contract to upgrade an offshore support tug for Italy’s Andofe Shipping Management in the Republic of Congo, Western Africa.