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    Van Oord wins contract in Azerbaijan

    2011-03-14T15:09:00Z

    Van Oord in the Netherlands has confirmed that it has signed a contract with the Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan for the new Baku International Sea Trade Port in the Alat settlement in Azerbaijan. The value of the contract is approximately €80m.

  • Mott MacDonald is designing groynes for the Felixstowe project.
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    Ongoing role for Mott MacDonald at Felixstowe

    2011-03-14T15:05:00Z

    Mott MacDonald is playing an ongoing role in a project to help manage and protect the coast of Felixstowe in the UK from coastal erosion. The client for the project is Suffolk Coastal District Council.

  • A barge carrying monopile foundations arrives at Ramsgate for the Thanet Offshore Windfarm.
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    Foundation designs under the spotlight

    2011-03-10T11:34:00Z

    Classification society Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has recently published a Joint Industry Project (JIP) report into offshore wind turbine foundation structures.

  • The Goliath crane is seen on its delivery vessel between the Forth road and rail bridges as it approaches the Rosyth dockyard.
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    UK’s largest crane arrives at Rosyth

    2011-03-10T11:32:00Z

    The Goliath crane ordered by Babcock for the final assembly of Britain’s new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers at Rosyth arrived at the dockyard last week.

  • The fishing vessel Nieuwpoort 28 was transported to Flushing in Cormorant’s slings. Photo: Peter Buteijn
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    ‘Cormorant’ salvages trawler off Dunkirk

    2011-03-10T11:31:00Z

    Dutch towage and salvage specialist Multraship has undertaken the salvage of fishing trawler Nieuwpoort 28 (N28), which capsized off Dunkirk on 1 March.

  • Berths 201 and 202 (foreground) at the Port of Southampton.
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    Consent for new berth at Southampton

    2011-03-10T11:28:00Z

    Associated British Ports (ABP) has been granted consent from the Marine Management Organisation for the construction of a new quay wall at Berths 201 and 202 in the Port of Southampton.

  • Both the TideM8 and WeatherM8 WiFi products will be on display at Ocean Business.
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    Ohmex brings variety to Ocean Business

    2011-03-09T16:35:00Z

    The Hampshire UK based manufacturer and distributor of hydrographic survey and other marine electronic equipment, Ohmex, will not have far to travel to exhibit at Ocean Business.

  • Sonardyne Sound Surveyor will host demonstrations at Ocean Business.
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    Catch onboard demos at Ocean Business

    2011-03-09T14:03:00Z

    Industry professionals have been receiving details of the live demonstrations to be held aboard Sonardyne’s research vessel Sound Surveyor during Ocean Business.

  • Profits from the sale of Bill Bishop’s ‘Approach to Trafalgar’ will go to Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society.
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    Marine art sale helping seafarers in need

    2011-03-08T17:18:00Z

    Well known marine artist Bill Bishop is calling on admirers of his work and maritime enthusiasts to help support some of the UK’s impoverished seafarers.

  • A computer generated image shows a Seajacks vessel carrying wind turbine blades on its blade rack.
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    Blade racks contract for A&P Falmouth

    2011-03-08T15:44:00Z

    The A&P Group, which has seven drydocks in three UK locations, has won a multi-million pound contract for the renewable industry with work being carried out at their shipyard in Falmouth.

  • The Buccaneer Launcher can deploy line, netting, or various projectiles to disable approaching pirate craft.
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    Buccaneer is bad news for pirates

    2011-03-08T10:56:00Z

    Pirate attacks have become increasingly common, not least in the Somali region.

  • The wireless security buoys provide a high capacity communications network grid to provide real-time monitoring for marine environments.
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    Wireless security buoys have WOW factor

    2011-03-07T16:28:00Z

    In its ongoing quest to find and stop weapons of mass destruction, the US Department of Defense is expanding the role of elite commando units.

  • Teesside has the skills, infrastructure, heritage and a deep sea port critical to for the huge scale engineering required for offshore wind developments.
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    Energy opportunities prompt Chain Reaction

    2011-03-07T15:02:00Z

    Chain Reaction, the cluster of organisations representing Teesside’s growing renewable energy sector and its associated supply chain, held a strategy meeting in Middlesbrough recently.

  • PSG has supplied engineering, fabrication, logistical and heavy lift support to the project as lead contractor to OPT.
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    Scots group seizes local opportunity

    2011-03-07T11:53:00Z

    The completion of a new generation wave power device at Invergordon in Scotland signals the growing diversification of Port Services Group (PSG) into the renewable energy sector.

  • The crawler excavator at work on the Lincshore project.
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    Reliability is first priority for project

    2011-03-07T11:30:00Z

    An excavator formed an unusual yet highly effective partnership with a dredging vessel on the Lincolnshire coast in the UK last summer.

  • DEME and MEDCO are to build two artificial islands offshore Abu Dhabi.
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    Artificial islands for UAE

    2011-03-07T11:30:00Z

    Dredging International and affiliate MEDCO have been awarded a contract for the dredging and civil engineering works required to build two artificial ‘energy islands’ for the Satah al-Razboot (SARB) offshore oilfield.

  • The crane and the heavy lift jack-up vessel will load, transport and install up to 80 wind energy plants per year, with heights of up to 120m.
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    Mega-crane readied for Round 3 wind farms

    2011-03-07T11:10:00Z

    An innovative crane being built in Rostock is destined for a new heavy lift jack-up vessel for Beluga Hochtief Offshore, a joint venture of Hochtief Construction AG and Beluga Shipping GmbH.

  • The Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV is seen fitted with the SMARTRAK system.
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    Cutting costs for marine energy survey

    2011-03-06T16:46:00Z

    An inshore cable survey system that cleverly senses the presence of cables, and uses a smaller ROV than usual, is set to significantly cut the cost of survey work in the burgeoning marine energy industry.

  • The new water level measurement radar is seen positioned to monitor possible flood conditions in a river environment.
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    Budget water radar cuts flood risk

    2011-03-06T16:15:00Z

    West Sussex based VEGA Controls Ltd has launched a new, low cost radar technology for level measurement in open water.

  • Stakeholders work together to make decisions for the Irish Sea project.
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    Progress made on Marine Conservation Zones

    2011-03-04T20:30:00Z

    The ‘Marine Conservation Zone Project’ has published its third set of progress reports showing the latest iterations in the project to identify Marine Conservations Zones (MCZs).