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SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Contaminated environments can be something of a diving hazard, and it doesnt end when you get out of the water or the muck. Cable bundles are usually simply hosed down on deck,…

1st September 2008

Clean living with Slick Willie

1st September 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging giants Van Oord and Royal Boskalis Westminster have responded to unprecedented levels of land reclamation works in the Middle East by expanding the capacities of already large trailing suction hopper…

1st September 2008

Dutch jumbos go super-size

1st September 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Damen Dredging Equipment of Nijkerk in the Netherlands has delivered a versatile cutter suction dredger to Sri Lanka, where it was urgently needed to clear small fishery harbours which remain silted by…

1st September 2008

Versatile dredger addresses tsunami legacy

1st September 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The keel laying of the Jan De Nuls mega trailing suction hopper dredger Leiv Eiriksson took place at the shipyard Construcciones Navales del Norte inSestao, Spain, late last month.

1st September 2008

Jumbo big sister on the slipway

1st September 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Transas Marine UK in Portsmouth has been commissioned to supply and install its Navi-Sailor 4000 dual ECDIS systems aboard Cemex UK Marines fleet of seven vessels engaged in supplying dredged marine aggregates…

1st September 2008

Cemex opts for Transas ECDIS

1st September 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A $250,000 calibration laboratory and cable moulding facility doubling the size of its operations has been opened by Seatronics Inc at its Houston premises.

1st September 2008

Seatronics expands Houston base

1st September 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Dutch survey software specialists Quality Positioning Services (QPS) of Zeist have extended their established QINSy 8 series of data acquisition and navigation software modules with introduction of a new low cost suite…

1st September 2008

Single beam survey software

1st September 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The accuracy of Galileo, Europes multi-billion euro satellite positioning network due to become operational around 2014, is better than GPS according to a team of three researchers from Delft Technical Universitys Faculty…

1st September 2008

Galileo signal accuracy measured

1st September 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction was finally starting this month on the ¢ 1bn first phase of Rotterdams giant new North Sea Maasvlakte 2 complex, which will eventually house deepsea container, distribution and chemical industry facilities…

1st September 2008

Rotterdam starts construction at Maasvlakte 2

1st September 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A £ 400m contract was signed last month which will launch the first stage of construction for DP World' s £ 1.5bn London Gateway container port and business park development at the…

1st September 2008

Door opens for London Gateway construction

1st September 2008