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SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Underwater repair and maintenance specialists UMC International have been awarded an enabling contract with the Salvage & Marine Operations IPT/DCS for the provision of diving and ROV underwater survey services for the…

8th May 2008

UMC awarded enabling contract for MoD

8th May 2008

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

One of the problems in towing an instrument underwater is the long length of cable required to get the device down to depth. JW Fishers have developed a universal wing called the…

8th May 2008

Deep dive wing development rewarded

8th May 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Further evidence that UK renewable energy developers are far ahead of their government comes with news that tidal power company Lunar Energy has signed an agreement with Korean Midland Power Co which…

8th May 2008

Lunar lands largest tidal power deal

8th May 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Europe’ s first container terminal to be built inland entirely for operation by global shipping majors has been completed and inaugurated in Europe’ s biggest inland port, Duisburg, after construction costing around…

8th May 2008

New Rhine terminal is first of its kind

8th May 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Work was due to begin last month on the largest single capital project yet at Lerwick Harbour, providing improved vessel access, deeper berths and new opportunities through land reclamation for future development.

8th May 2008

Dredging gets underway at Port of Lerwick

8th May 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dredging International of Belgium has confirmed that it has been awarded the  contract to widen and deepen the Panama Canal. Notification of the contract was given by the Audoridad del Canal de…

8th May 2008

Dredging International confirms Panama Canal contract

8th May 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

TTS has carried out a major upgrade project to extend the life of access ramps serving a Stena Line route.

8th May 2008

TTS revamps Stena linkspans

8th May 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Evelop, part of the  sustainable energy company Econcern, has signed a contract with Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord that will see  the companies build four offshore windfarms in Western Europe.

8th May 2008

Evelop and Van Oord to build offshore windfarms

8th May 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The  Rijkswaterstaat, part of the Dutch Ministry of Transportation and Water Management, and Coentunnel Company BV in the Netherlands have  signed a contract for the  Capacity Expansion Coentunnel Route, a project which…

8th May 2008

Dredging International a key partner in Coentunnel project

8th May 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Broads Forum has welcomed a commitment by the Environment Agency in the UK to continue to maintain the defences of The Norfolk Broads for at least the next 50 years.

8th May 2008

Broads Forum welcomes coast defence commitment

8th May 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Dutch engineering consultancy DHV has been commissioned, together with the Chinese planning institute Qinghua and the Arup consultancy from the UK, to carry out a prestigious coastal and urban development project…

8th May 2008

DHV in The Netherlands has been commissioned to carry out the Caofeidian coastal development project in China.

8th May 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Belgium' s Jan De Nul Group has recently been awarded several contracts around the world which together are worth in excess of € 1bn. The  projects will be executed in  markets such…

8th May 2008

Jan de Nul awarded ¢1bn in contracts

8th May 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Commercial shipping in the Arctic is poised to prosper from energy exports, cruise tourism and new ice free routes due to climate change, but even if the industry can solve its own…

8th May 2008

Regulation vital to prevent Arctic shipping race

8th May 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Following a successful show debut in 2006 which saw 200 exhibitors from over 30 countries attract some 8,000 visitors, the Navalia International Shipbuilding and Maritime Industries Exhibition and conference returns to the…

8th May 2008

Fast growing Navalia returns to Vigo

8th May 2008

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Sonardyne International Ltd has completed the latest stage of a programme to upgrade a unique monitoring system that it installed aboard nuclear fuel transport ships over 20 years ago.

1st May 2008

Monitoring upgrade for nuclear fuel vessels

1st May 2008

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Flexible and easily adjusted to suit the specific requirements of different personal monitoring applications, the new Draeger X-am gas detection instrument provides accurate, reliable measurement of one to five gases.

1st May 2008

Maintenance free personal monitoring instrument

1st May 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Subsea visualisation specialist SRD has introduced Eclipse, a new sonar imaging system with 3-dimensional measurement capability.

1st May 2008

imaging for small subsea vehicles

1st May 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK Hydrographic Office has launched its new Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS) which, it says, will provide an integrated global set of electronic navigational charts designed for the 21st century mariner.

1st May 2008

UKHO launches new vector chart service

1st May 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Reson has extended its SeaBat series of multibeam sounders with the introduction of a small, lightweight model for mounting on underwater vehicles or boats of opportunity, the SeaBat 7101.

1st May 2008

Reson extends multibeam range

1st May 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Dutch survey conglomerate Fugro has commissioned Fr. Fassmer of Berne-Motzen near Bremen in north Germany to design and construct a new 65m geophysical survey vessel, Fugro Searcher.

1st May 2008

Fugro orders new vessel

1st May 2008