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Van Oord wins infield cable project
Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract for the infield cabling and cable burial of the DanTysk offshore wind farm project 70km off Sylt, Germany.
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Boskalis wins contract for seabed mining deal
Royal Boskalis Westminster in The Netherlands has been selected by Chatham Rock Phosphate Limited (CRP) to undertake the detailed design of its offshore rock phosphate nodule project at Chatham Rise.
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ABPMer helps visualise coastal changes
Visualisation work undertaken by ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) in association with Archipelago is being used to engage with local communities and visitors to the Dorset coast about coastal change.
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NewsAntwerp hosts Tugnology ‘11 next month
Following the great success of the two previous Tugnology conferences, delegates are eagerly awaiting Tugnology ‘11, to be held in the Antwerp Hilton on 17 and 18 May.
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NewsITC sell the oceangoing tugs Suhaili and Simoon
International Transport Contractors (ITC), a member of the Tschudi Group, based in the Netherlands has sold two of their traditional ‘S-Wind’ class ocean going deepsea tugs.
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UKHO heads for Singapore
The UK Hydrographic Office, which is presently seeking buyers for its German SevenCs and ChartWorld subsidiaries with a combined turnover of €5m, is to open its first overseas office in Singapore.
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Mersey tidal power project unlikely to be funded
A tidal power scheme in the Mersey Estuary could deliver enough electricity to meet the average needs of over 200,000 homes but the high construction costs mean that it is unlikely to go ahead without a change in the way we value renewable energy and security of supply.
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NewsDredging takes Port of Tyne supersize
A major dredging operation is underway at the Port of Tyne UK to deepen the river to accommodate even bigger ships at the Port’s multi-functional berth, Riverside Quay.
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Broads Authority wins funds for innovative dredging project
The Broads Authority in the UK has been awarded some £800,000 from the European Regional Development Fund to develop innovative dredging solutions for the management of the waterways.
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First quay section at Maasvlakte 2 gets wet
In June the first 250m long deep sea quay wall section at the massive Maasvlakte 2 reclamation project in Port of Rotterdam in The Netherlands was dredged free of sand for the first time.
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New IMCA publications
The London based International Marine Contractors Association, which has 750 members in nearly 60 countries, has published a dedicated industry wide checklist for use by survey, ROV and pipeline installation contractors and their clients for mobilisation of offshore survey operations.
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Dredging and wind farm work for Coastline Surveys
Also at Seawork 2011, Coastline Surveys reported that it has been retained locally by Land & Water Services of Guildford to provide survey support for dredging work presently being carried out at Falmouth Marina.
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New Ohmex tide gauge
Gloucester Harbour in the UK, which encounters one of the world’s highest tidal ranges, is among the first customers for Ohmex’s latest low power modular bluetooth tide gauge, TideM8.
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New £1m workboat for Aberdeen
Sea Herald, a new all purpose £1m workboat built by Macduff Shipyards has commenced operations with Aberdeen Harbour Board for whom it will carry out a variety of tasks from debris removal and bed levelling work to hydrographic surveys and occasional pilot duties.
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INIS Hydro project launched
An EU part funded Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland (INIS) hydrographic survey project headed by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) was launched at the Belfast Harbour Commissioners Office at the beginning of July.
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GEO.xyz expands fleet
GEO.xyz of Belgium has added a further survey and support vessel to its growing fleet, Geosurveyor VI.
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Del Norte hosts Hypack and multibeam seminar
PD Teesport at Middlesbrough, one of the UK’s three largest ports, is the venue for a three day Hypack training seminar from 20 to 22 September.
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Norwegian Barents Sea surveys
The first systematic seismic surveys of Norway’s new maritime zone in the Barents Sea East border area has begun.
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News1,000 dives with no Lost Time Incidents
Scotland’s diving and subsea equipment experts Divex have announced that the Seven Atlantic dive support vessel has reached a major milestone in achieving 1,000 dives without lost time incident (LTI).
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NewsCFPA’s master plan for renewable growth
With the advancement of ground breaking innovation in the renewable marine energy industry, the Cromarty Firth Port Authority has had the opportunity to demonstrate that everything is possible.
