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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Suitable for newbuilds and refits of marine vessels, the fully tested and certified GHM frame avoids expensive welding, speeds installation and reduces possible hazards.Recent events with the sinking of the Prestige polluting…

1st January 2003

Internet Site Cleans Up

1st January 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Vosper Thornycroft Shipbuilding launched the second of three Offshore Patrol Vessels for the British Royal Navy from its Woolston, Southampton shipyard last month. The vessel is due to be handed over in…

1st January 2003

Severn Turns the Tide of Naval Procurement

1st January 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Destined for demonstrations throughout Europe early in the new year is a new compact low-cost portable sidescan sonar from Marine Sonic Technology (MSTL) of Virginia, the Centurion Sea Scan. Designed for search…

1st December 2002

New Low-cost Sidescan Sonar European Demos

1st December 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

French seismic survey company CGG has acquired three SIPS 2 seismic integrated positioning systems from Yateley-based Sonardyne International for real-time positioning of streamers in support of high-resolution 3D surveys aboard its vessels…

1st December 2002

French Order for Seismic Integrated Positioning System

1st December 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Geological Survey of Ireland in Dublin reports completion of the deep-water section of its seven-year Euro 32m National Seabed Survey project aimed at mapping an offshore area ten times larger than…

1st December 2002

Completion of Seven-year Irish Deep-water Survey

1st December 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

California-based Thales Navigation has consolidated all its professional GPS products, including the Ashtech series of systems, under its own name by way of streamlining worldwide marketing operations including those in Europe.

1st December 2002

Thales Re-brands Products

1st December 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

As part of its plans to develop a modern container terminal at Bathside Bay, Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited, owner of Harwich International Port, is proposing to create compensatory intertidal mudflat through alterations…

1st December 2002

Compensation Land Earmarked for Bathside Bay Development

1st December 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Highland Council in Scotland in the UK is taking immediate steps to ensure that work is completed as quickly as possible on new berthing facilities at the Small Isles of Muck…

1st December 2002

Civic Work at Muck and Rum

1st December 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A new deep water jetty for the ro-ro ferries - the Hjaltland and Hrossey - has achieved minimum berthing status at Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands, and is on course for completion…

1st December 2002

Deep Water Jetty for New Orkney Ferry Service

1st December 2002

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Techniques more usually used on the ocean floor are currently being applied by British Waterways contractor Seastructures Ltd to repair an historic weir on the River Avon at Keynsham near Bristol, which…

1st December 2002

Divers Undertake Repairs on Historic Weir on the River Avon

1st December 2002