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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The ethical savings and investment bank Triodos is making its first ever investment in marine renewable energy as a contributor towards £ 7.5m of new funding for Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT),…

1st August 2007

New Funding for Tidal Turbines

1st August 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Hydrometric and oceanographic instrumentation specialists Valeport of Totnes have completed a major sound velocity equipment replacement and upgrade programme for the French Navy’ s Hydrographic & Oceanographic Service (SHOM) fleet of survey…

1st August 2007

Anglo-French Contracts for Valeport

1st August 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Swiss based pipelay specialists Allseas Group has commissioned Sonardyne International’ s wideband deepwater Long BaseLine acoustic positioning systems, initially to support field wide operation of its fleet of vessels due to be…

1st August 2007

Sonardyne Acoustics for Allseas Group

1st August 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The fiercely competitive multibeam system market now has another contestant, Odom Hydrographic Systems of Baton Rouge in the USA.

1st August 2007

Odom Enters Multibeam Market

1st August 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK National Physical Laboratory at Teddington is once more hosting three Seiche professional development courses on underwater acoustics from 10 to 14 September.

1st August 2007

Underwater Acoustics Courses

1st August 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The first project in Europe to make use of the Xbloc interlocking armoured sea defence unit has recently been completed.

1st August 2007

First Xbloc Project in Europe Completed

1st August 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging and marine construction contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract for the  re-design of Dubai Promenade.

1st August 2007

Dubai Award for Van Oord

1st August 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Van Oord’ s major Dutch rival, Royal Boskalis Westminster, has secured a large order from the Russian operation Rosstroy for the final phase in the completion of the storm barrier for St…

1st August 2007

Boskalis wins major order in Russia

1st August 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

South African construction company Group Five has won 1.8bn Rand contract from Transnet to widen Durban’ s existing harnour by 100m and to increase the depth by 6m.

1st August 2007

Joint Venture Wins Transnet Contract

1st August 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dutch researcher Joris van den Berg has developed a mathematical model to predict the movement of sand waves. Sand waves are formed by an interaction between the tidal current and sand.

1st August 2007

Safer Shipping by Predicting Sand Wave Behaviour

1st August 2007