All News articles – Page 751

  • Para Anchor and Para Drogue with robust stowage and deployment bags
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    Ocean Safety acquires Para Anchor

    2012-11-15T15:09:00Z

    UK based independent marine safety equipment supplier Ocean Safety has acquired the assets and rights of Australian brand Para Anchor.

  • Current offshore vessels from different backgrounds will gradually make way for more dedicated vessels in the future (Peter Barker)
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    Marine renewables twenty-five years from now

    2012-11-15T11:09:00Z

    As MJ celebrates its 25th birthday, we dig out the crystal ball and try to predict what the next 25 years of marine renewables will bring Europe’s maritime industries.

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    Hydrographic Society UK Fellowship Scheme

    2012-11-15T07:30:00Z

    The Hydrographic Society UK, which represents organisations and individuals of the domestic hydrographic profession and associated disciplines at all levels of expertise as well as a sizeable overseas membership, has launched a Post-Nominal & Fellowship Scheme open to student, graduate, individual and retired members.

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    Joint Veripos-Sonardyne DP development

    2012-11-15T07:30:00Z

    Global offshore positioning specialist Veripos of Aberdeen UK has introduced a new inertially aided solution for dynamically positioned vessels.

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    New survey ship commissioned

    2012-11-15T07:30:00Z

    French shipyard H2X in Ciotat, near Marseille, reports that it is to build a 43m monohull survey vessel for an un-named Saudi Arabian university specialising in hydrographic and oceanographic studies.

  • UKHO chief executive Ian Moncrieff with Dr Hideo Nishida
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    UKHO Award for Japanese hydrographer

    2012-11-15T07:30:00Z

    Dr Hideo Nishida of the Japan Hydrographic Association is the recipient of this year’s prestigious UK Hydrographic Office Alexander Dalrymple Award.

  • Torqeedo's Deep Blue system has been recognised at the most important innovation of the year
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    Electric outboard takes top award at METS

    2012-11-14T15:54:00Z

    German based electric outboard manufacturer, Torqeedo, has won the DAME Award for its new 80 hp electric outboard system Deep Blue, at the Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS), taking place this week in Amsterdam.

  • ASL will no doubt benefit from Vosta's innovative products, including the Greenport Ball Joint
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    Vosta LMG conditionally sold to ASL Marine

    2012-11-14T15:23:00Z

    The Netherlands based Vosta LMG Group of companies has been conditionally sold to the Singapore headquartered ASL Marine Group, global shiprepair, build and charter experts.

  • The Polaris wheelhouse is an example of common style panels, monitors and controls
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    Comprehensive navcomms package for Dutch pilots

    2012-11-14T11:11:00Z

    Rotterdam based Alphatron Marine BV has delivered a comprehensive electronics package to a series of new Dutch pilot station vessels.

  • The linkspan is lifted back into place upon completion
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    Improvisation sees linkspan repair completed

    2012-11-14T07:30:00Z

    The details of the dramatic bridge collapse at Berth 105 at Southampton Port in September of last year is still being investigated, but a few key points are clear.

  • Tulloch Developments is constructing the 75m quay extension
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    Busy Lerwick gets new deepwater berth

    2012-11-14T07:30:00Z

    Lerwick Port Authority has a number projects underway, including a common user quay and a new fish landing.

  • The Z-Boat 1800 portable remotely operated survey boat
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    ‘Z-Boat’ expands access for hydro survey

    2012-11-14T07:30:00Z

    For hydrographic surveys in shallow inshore waters such as rivers, canals, lakes and ponds, access to the site can sometimes be the biggest headache of the entire survey.

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    Groundbreaking at King Abdul Aziz Port

    2012-11-14T07:30:00Z

    A groundbreaking ceremony has marked the official start of construction of the second container terminal in the King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam.

  • Helen Mason, project director, Southampton Studio School Academy Trust
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    Marine orientation for 'Studio School'

    2012-11-13T17:38:00Z

    Plans to open a Studio School on the Isle of Wight, UK, focussing on marine manufacturing and offshore energy, have been revealed by the Southampton Studio School Academy Trust.

  • A Sealite GSM web portal deployment map
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    Enhanced reporting for GSM marine lanterns

    2012-11-13T11:12:00Z

    Australia based navaids manufacturer Sealite has release the next generation of its popular GSM web portal.

  • Fugro Seacore’s jack-up barge Excalibur lifted the pile into the water
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    Met mast installed for Rampion Windfarm

    2012-11-13T07:30:00Z

    The metrological mast for the proposed Rampion Offshore Wind Farm in the English Channel has been installed 13km from the port of Shoreham-on-Sea UK.

  • The 34m boom of the crane can serve the new T45 destroyer
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    Specialist facility for Portsmouth Harbour

    2012-11-13T07:30:00Z

    Construction of the £18m specialist marine facility in Portsmouth Harbour for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has now been completed.

  • The port is being dredged to 16m, in order to welcome the larger vessels
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    Felixstowe’s fenders for bigger vessels

    2012-11-13T07:30:00Z

    There’s a growing need for ‘super-sized’ fenders brought about by the global rise in vessel sizes, says Richard Hepworth of Trelleborg Marine Systems.

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    Award won for mapping of US west coast

    2012-11-13T07:30:00Z

    Fugro has completed data acquisition and processing of the entire United States West Coast under a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in support of their National Coastal Mapping Programme.

  • Prysmian Group’s Giulio Verne was built as a cable layer and flexible pipelayer
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    Asia to Europe subsea link to proceed

    2012-11-13T07:30:00Z

    The first ever high voltage submarine power cable link in Turkey is going ahead, connecting Europe and Asia by crossing the Dardanelles Strait.