All News articles – Page 853
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NewsNavy divers fail to beat Sentinel
UK based subsea acoustic systems designer and manufacturer Sonardyne has completed a successful week at the inaugural NAVDEX defence exhibition in Abu Dhabi.
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NewsIn training for the ECDIS mandate
Digital technology is transforming the way that mariners access and use navigational information, writes Michael Cauter, deputy chief executive at the UKHO.
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NewsOcean Business booming in Southampton
The third Ocean Business event is being held at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton UK from 5 to 7 April 2011.
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NewsMotion sensors launch at Ocean Business
A new addition to the Teledyne TSS range of DMS motion sensors is being launched at the Ocean Business exhibition in Southampton next month.
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NewsGain AC-CESS at Ocean Business
Aberdeen based AC-CESS will be demonstrating its AC-ROV 100 Underwater Inspection System with options and the AC-ROV 3000 Fly Out System on Stand A16 at Ocean Business 2011.
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Scottish merger heads for expansion
ROV and survey specialists Specialist Subsea Services (S3) of Aberdeen plan a major expansion of activities in the UK as well as in the Mediterranean and West Africa following acquisition of Caledonian Geotech, the Dundee company engaged in a wide range of hydrographic, geographic, geological and oceanographic activities for onshore ...
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Italian and UK contract extensions for Veripos
Naples based GeoLab Srl, one of Europe’s foremost turnkey offshore survey and construction support organisations, has extended an agreement for continued use of a full range of Veripos GNSS positioning facilities in support of its dedicated multi-role survey vessels operating worldwide on behalf of major construction and telecommunications companies.
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Cable survey system cuts costs
Smartrak 9, an inspection system that intuitively senses the presence of subsea cables and pipelines using a smaller than usual ROV is set to significantly reduce costs of survey work in the burgeoning marine energy industry, says Submagnetix, the survey division of Innovatum.
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NewsSeamless bathymetric data for UK waters
SeaZone Solutions, the subsidiary of HR Wallingford specialising in supplying marine geographic information to over 850 organisations, has launched a new range of TruDepth survey bathymetry products covering UK waters.
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NewsGLA Coastal Beacon monitoring
Zeework Ltd, the Trimble Marine dealer for UK and Ireland, has been awarded the contract to supply GNSS receivers to the General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland.
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NewsRenewable UK campaign for marine energy
Britain''s renewable energy trade association RenewableUK launched a campaign on Wednesday urging the Government not to cut vital financial support for the marine energy sector.
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News‘Single Window’ to EU ports communication
A detailed White Paper being developed by the European Port Community Systems Association will define the role that they can play in the move towards the European ‘Single Window’ concept.
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NewsGrant funding for underwater kites trials
Tidal energy device developer Minesto UK Ltd is receiving a grant of up to £350,000 from the Carbon Trust funded by Invest Northern Ireland to deploy the first seagoing prototype of its seakite technology, ''Deep Green''.
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NewsNew largest kite propelled vessel
Cargill Ocean Transportation has signed an agreement with SkySails GmbH & Co. KG (SkySails) to use wind power technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the shipping industry.
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NewsNew tugs for Shetland: Late but worth the wait
Two of the most powerful tanker handling and escort tugs in Europe, with Voith Schneider propulsion systems, have arrived in the Shetland Islands.
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NewsTowlines FEB11
UK based Marine and Towage Services provider the MTS Group Ltd has acquired the twin-screw seagoing tug Multratug 7.
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NewsVan Oord purchases the ‘Pushbuster’ quartet
Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord BV has purchased the fleet of four Damen Pushbusters formerly operated by Damen Marine Contractors (DMS).
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NewsFairplay sells its last traditional deepsea tug
Hamburg based Fairplay Towage has sold Fairplay IX, its last traditional deepsea tug to a Greek operator.
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NewsCapilano design for Shaver
Capilano Maritime Design Ltd, naval architects and designers based in North Vancouver, Canada have announced the completion of the design for a 24m (80 foot) ASD shiphandling tug for the Shaver Transportation Company based in Portland, Oregon, USA.
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News‘KL Sandefjord’ breaks bollard pull record
Although the massive and fast developing world of offshore operations is usually outside the scope of this regular feature, the recent delivery of the anchorhandling tug supply vessel KL Sandefjord is of special interest.
