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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The UK’ s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report into the MSC Napoli incident has shown that mis-declaration of the weight and contents of containers was a contributory factor to the accident.

1st June 2008

Insurance implications of Napoli findings

1st June 2008

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Since the recent Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act became law this April in the UK, a significant responsibility has been placed on managers of almost all organisations to ensure that the most…

1st June 2008

Deep water for managers

1st June 2008

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The UK' s draft Marine Bill, published for consultation on 3 April, provides key proposals to amend the marine planning system and strengthen marine conservation powers. These proposals aim to give a…

1st June 2008

Marine Bill, streamlined planning or not?

1st June 2008

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A major order has been placed by international ROV operations company Fugro with Saab Seaeye for a total of 15 ROV systems complete with TMS, launch and recovery equipment and control cabins…

1st June 2008

New Jaguar dives into ROV market

1st June 2008

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

While still under warranty, a three-month old, 260m long container ship developed a worrying oil leak from its stern tube seal.

1st June 2008

Mobile Dry Dock Called to South Korea

1st June 2008

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has expressed concern over an increasing number of cases where divers have used, or attempted to use, falsified qualifications to gain employment or as a prerequisite…

1st June 2008

IMCA warns of falsified diver qualifications

1st June 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Cheltenham UK based Wave Seven Marine returns to Seawork and will be showing off some American dredging innovation amongst other products on Stand 144 at the 2008 show. .

1st June 2008

Dredged slurry not a worry at Seawork

1st June 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Romania is proving to be an excellent new market for Italian dredger manufacturer Italdraghe SpA. The number of dredgers delivered to Romania since its entry into the EU has increased considerably, with…

1st June 2008

Romanias electric dredger is a green machine

1st June 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A Damen type CSD500 cutter suction dredger was undergoing normal maintenance in a Port Harcourt shipyard when the harbour crane crashed, smashing the dredger' s operating cabin.

1st June 2008

Rapid replacement for crushed dredger wheelhouse

1st June 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch specialist vessel builder IHC Merwede had another record breaking year in 2007, with profits doubling to € 65m, a 50% increase in revenue to € 774m and an order book which…

1st June 2008

Record breaking year for Dutch vessel builder

1st June 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Westminster Dredging' s trailing suction hopper dredger Waterway is carrying out the first phase of a £ 12m project to deepen and widen access to the Shetland' s Lerwick Port and reclaim…

1st June 2008

Lerwick Harbour dredging progressing well

1st June 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Kongsberg Maritime will supply an extensive suite of hydroacoustic research and positioning equipment for a sophisticated new 71.3m research vessel, the Medusa Project, which will be built for the Chilean Navy by…

1st June 2008

Hydroacoustic suite for new research vessel

1st June 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

US satellite positioning specialist C-Nav, recently retained by the National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) of Abu Dhabi to provide its Globally Corrected GPS (GcGPS) service on long term contract to users in…

1st June 2008

C-Nav extends GNSS positioning service

1st June 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The recent Seawork International 2008 exhibition  joined Ocean Business 2009, International Ocean Systems and Ocean Scientific Instruments (OSIL) as an official supporter of Hydro8, the 16th European Hydrographic Symposium which is being…

1st June 2008

Seawork Supports Hydro8

1st June 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE) has ordered eight Fugro Oceanor Seawatch Mini II buoys to form the core of an instrumentation network at the Wave Hub site off…

1st June 2008

Buoy reporters at Wave Hub site

1st June 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A partnership between Cornwall based wave energy developer Orecon; Peter Brotherhood Ltd, a leader in the design and manufacture of turbines; Converteam, the UK’ s largest supplier of electrical systems to the…

1st June 2008

Funding for Oscillating Water Column development

1st June 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The German Government has approved spending of € 420m up to 2018 to upgrade the spectacular Kiel Canal, which links the North Sea and the Baltic and is the world’ s busiest…

1st June 2008

Germany to upgrade Kiel Canal for ¢420m

1st June 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The restoration of sea locks and a lifting road bridge at the historic Brunswick Dock in Liverpool was completed earlier this month. The dock was originally built in 1838 to handle timber…

1st June 2008

: Restoration completed at Liverpools Brunswick Dock

1st June 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Torbay Harbour Authority in the UK is the first Solent Marine client to benefit from the company' s new solution in modular walkway pontoon design for marina construction.

1st June 2008

Simbro walks on water at Seawork

1st June 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work starts this month on the new £ 12m Raasay Ferry Terminal, which will accommodate the Caledonian MacBrayne service sailing to Sconser.

1st June 2008

Work starts on new Raasay Ferry Terminal

1st June 2008