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Scotland gets shipshape
Scottish Enterprise, Scotland''s main enterprise, innovation and investment agency, has launched a three year campaign to boost the number of new recruits entering the shipbuilding and engineering industry in Scotland.
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NewsGannet's retirement makes Irish Lights history
A long and proud history of Irish lightships will be concluded at the end of this month when the last vessel in service, the Gannet, is retired from its duties, where it marks the South Rock, on the coast of Co Down. The Commissioners of Irish Lights (CIL) will replace ...
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French turn the tide
Electricite de France (EDF) has chosen Irish renewable engineering company OpenHydro to develop the first tidal current demonstration farm to be connected to the French electricity grid.
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NewsFive projects make Severn tidal power shortlist
A proposed shortlist of schemes to generate clean, green electricity from the power of the tides in the Severn Estuary has been unveiled by the British Government''s Department of Energy and Climate Change. The shortlist includes a mixture of barrages and innovative lagoon schemes.
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News'Forth Linesman' is the first Tri-Meercat
When construction was underway on the first of his multi-role workboats, boatbuilder Peter Smith called time for the workers to have a coffee break. The sight of welders popping up from each of the seven sections which comprise one of the vessel''s hulls reminded him of a small underground burrowing ...
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NewsInstant feedback from tsunami warning system
With the survival of thousands potentially in the balance, UK based Sonardyne International Ltd has delivered the latest batch of acoustic monitoring sensors that will oversee the Indian coastline by providing the early detection and warning of tsunami waves.
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NewsSea Jack takes king of the wind farms
Fluor Limited has awarded a contract to Danish offshore construction company A2SEA A/S for the installation of Siemens turbines at the Greater Gabbard Wind Farm project off the UK east coast.
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NewsREDS on the seabeds with wind farm support
Rugby UK based Reach Engineering & Diving Services Ltd (REDS) has undertaken the diving support works on the Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Wales.
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NewsLowlands expertise lifts New Orleans
Work on a flood barrier to protect New Orleans from future hurricanes started in December.
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NewsPort of Wismar expands to meet growth
Growth in sea and hinterland cargo and port associated industrial settlement prompted a decision in 2005 in the German Baltic seaport of Wismar to go ahead with expansion costing ¢ 13m. That expansion has now begun, even though port growth declined in 2008.
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NewsStrong winds in EU power sector
Statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) this month show that 43% of all new electricity generating capacity built in the European Union last year was wind energy, exceeding all other electricity generating technologies including gas, coal and nuclear power.
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Portchester to Emsworth erosion plans unveiled
The Environment Agency in the UK, in partnership with Fareham Borough, Portsmouth City, Havant Borough and Chichester District Councils, has announced strategic recommendations in order to manage current and future risks along this part of the Hampshire coast. Flooding and erosion are real risks facing people and their properties along ...
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NewsEMGS launches world's first EM survey vessel
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) of Trondheim, Norway has launched the world''s first purpose built EM survey vessel, Boa Thalassa to enhance its global hydrocarbon exploration activities.
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NewsEC presents strategic goals for maritime transport policy
The European Commission presented a comprehensive ten year strategy plan last month to promote safe, secure, clean and efficient shipping.
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Dredging scheduled for River Nene
Dredging work along the River Nene in Northampton UK is due to start shortly in order to improve navigation on the waterway.
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News'MV Norma' dive incident report published
The UK''s Marine Accident and Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a report into the incident that took place last year off of the MV Norma whilst a diver was trying to replace a line beneath the vessel.
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NewsEmergency shoreline protection for Diego Garcia
The consequences of global warming are being felt in the world of marine civil engineering, with consultants Moffatt & Nichol selected by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC Pacific) to perform an emergency shoreline evaluation to protect Diego Garcia''s critical infrastructure from storms and sea level rise.
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NewsTurkish delights at Europort Istanbul
There is so much interest in participating in Europort Istanbul 2009 that an extra hall has to be added to the exhibition area. The event from 25 to 28 March in the Istanbul Expo Centre is organised by Ahoy Rotterdam and NTSR International Exhibition and Congress Organisation in exclusive cooperation ...
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Van Oord wins contract to deepen Niger river
Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract for dredging a navigation channel in the River Niger. The total value of the contract amounts to some ¢ 125m.
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ECOTERRES team wins contract to treat contaminated spoil
The Walloon Minister of Port Infrastructure in Belgium has confirmed that, following a European tender, a contract has been awarded to Ecoterres SA for the treatment of 285,000 m³ of contaminated silt per annum from waterways in the Walloon region over a four year period.
