All News articles – Page 760
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NewsScottish wave and tidal energy funding
Funding to the tune of £7.9m has been announced by the Scottish Government for five marine energy developers, intended to further the development and testing of new wave and tidal prototypes in the seas around Scotland.
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NewsJWP completes major land reclamation
One of the biggest land reclamation and dredging projects in German port history officially ended with the inauguration last Friday of first phase operation at the €1bn JadeWeser Port (JWP) container terminal in Wilhelmshaven.
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Heavy duty Hercules takes a bow
A heavy duty bow thruster has joined the range of hydraulic products and services at Hercules Hydraulics.
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NewsInnovation goes to work in the North Sea
The most powerful heavy lift jack-up vessel, Innovation, was named in Bremerhaven in September by Mrs Geertrui Van Rompuy-Windels, Europe''s First Lady and spouse of Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council.
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Further wave and tidal surveys in Scotland
The Partrac marine team has completed a second year of surveys in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters.
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UK renewables to equal thermal by 2025
Growing government support, combined with significant untapped potential, could see the UK’s renewable energy installed capacity almost match that of the traditionally dominant thermal sector by 2025, states new research by alternative energy experts GlobalData.
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Marine surveying HND
The International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS) has been approved by Edexcel to deliver the first educational approved Higher National Certificate (HNC) and Higher National Diploma (HND) in marine surveying.
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NewsComprehensive navcomms package for WFSVs
When Koden distributor Mantsbrite was approached by an established client to fit out new vessels with the latest electronic navigation equipment, a year long process was put in place.
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NewsNew pilot boat under build for Teesport
PD Ports has commissioned the build of a new pilot vessel for Teesport on the North East coast. The construction of the new vessel, an investment of over £1M, has now commenced and delivery is expected late 2013.
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51st Marine Measurement Forum
Abstracts or proposals for 15-20 minute presentations on any aspect of marine measurement technology are invited by The Hydrographic Society UK as hosts of the 51st Marine Measurement Forum (MMF) in Southampton on Wednesday 5 December.
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NewsUKHO appoints new national hydrographer
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has appointed Commodore Tom Karsten RN as its new UK National Hydrographer, Deputy Chief Executive (Hydrography).
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‘Air curtain’ study addresses salinity
Deltares in The Netherlands is to carry out a study designed to optimize the design of a bubble ‘air curtain’ in the Nieuwe Waterweg (‘New Waterway’).
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Seabed digital elevation model launched
Marine environmental data management and publishing specialists OceanWise of Hampshire UK have launched a series of off the shelf marine mapping datasets claimed to meet the most demanding applications.
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PGS to conduct oil surveys off Crete
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) of Norway, which maintains a fleet of 14 offshore seismic survey vessels supported by 21 data processing centres, has been selected by Greece’s Energy Ministry to conduct preliminary research for potential offshore oil and gas deposits south of Crete and off the western mainland.
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NewsMMT completes German cable route survey
Gothenburg based MMT reports successful completion of a major geophysical cable route survey for the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm project in the German Bight sector of the North Sea.
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Hydro12 Set for Rotterdam
President of the International Hydrographic Organization, Captain Robert Ward is to provide the opening address at the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 17th European conference in Rotterdam from 13-15 November.
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Seafarers’ children’s appeal
The King George’s Fund for Sailors charity, formed in 1917 as a result of the devastating impact of lives lost at sea during World War One and the need to support thousands of seafarers’ widows and orphans, has launched an appeal to promote and increase the support it gives to ...
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NewsMotion monitoring for windfarm transfers
Fendercare and Strainstall Marine have received excellent results following work with subsea and offshore development experts Submarine Technology Ltd (STL) to test and validate their new Vessel Motion Monitoring System (VMMS).
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NewsA clear case for condition based maintenance
With the UK heading for inevitable blackouts in 2016, when older coal and nuclear stations must be phased out, marine energy really needs to start coming into its own.
