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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

In the latest move to upgrade and invest in theinfrastructure the Port of London Authority (PLA) recently awarded a £ 1.5m contract to DredgingInternational (UK ) for the deepening of the Princess…

1st October 2007

Dredging to Improve Access to London

1st October 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Fromits base at Beverley in East Yorkshire UK, SRD Ltd travelled to last months OffshoreEurope exhibition where it introduced a new multibeam seabed visualisation,measurement and control system which produces live 3D images…

1st October 2007

Seabed Visualisation Aids Dredging Precision

1st October 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

ownerDragages Ports. The new 700 m3 grab hopper dredger, built by DamenShipyards Galati yard in Romania, will undertake maintenance duties usingeither its grab crane or its trailing suction pipe at the port…

1st October 2007

Gambe dAmfard Begins Long Haul in Le Havre

1st October 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA)has made special commendations for three sites operated by its member companiesfollowing their contributions to the advancement of marine archaeology and theunderstanding of our past.

1st October 2007

Dredgers Commended for Mammoth Discovery

1st October 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

IHC Holland Merwede has launched the 6,000m3 capacitytrailing suction hopper dredger Abul for Karachi Port Trust of Pakistan.Commissioning works continue in the Netherlands, with formal delivery scheduledfor January 2008.

1st October 2007

IHC Launches Abul for Karachi Port

1st October 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

TideM8 is a combination of the Ohmex TideM8 miniature tidegauge system and Trimbles Juno hand held Mobile PC with integrated GPS. Thesystem is a brand new design based on the Winstrument concept…

1st October 2007

The Tide Turns to Bluetooth

1st October 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Russia originating marine electronics and software company Transas, which has established its international headquarters in Cork and also has a base in Portsmouth, has completed delivery of 139 of its Navi-Sailor…

1st October 2007

Massive ECDIS Delivery for Indian Navy

1st October 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UKHydrographic Office advises that its global network of distributors can nowreceive a permit for Electronic Nautical Charts (ENCs) in less than tenminutes. 

1st October 2007

Quicker ENC Permits

1st October 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

US subsea search and survey systems specialists L-3 Klein, well known in Europe for their series of sidescan sonars, have introduced a new portable digital model designed for search and rescue missions.

1st October 2007

New Klein Sidescan Sonar

1st October 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Sub-bottom profiling specialists Innomar Technologie ofGermany are staging a third annual workshop on Seabed Acoustics in Rostock from15-16 November.

1st October 2007

Innomar Acoustic Workshop

1st October 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The InternationalMarine Contractors Association (IMCA), which now has over 400 offshore, marineand underwater engineering member companies in 47 countries, is presentlyrevising its Digital Video Offshore guidance document first published inSeptember 2005.

1st October 2007

IMCA Revises Digital Video Document

1st October 2007

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The Armourcotedivision of Surface Technology plc and specialist hydraulics componentsmanufacturer Sun Hydraulics both based in Coventry UK,have worked closely together on the development of a new multi-layeranti-corrosion and anti-wear surface coating, TriCem…

1st October 2007

Surface Coating Protects Wave Power System

1st October 2007

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Scotlands AWS Ocean Energy is to receive further supportfrom the Carbon Trust in the development of its Archimedes Wave Swing, the worldsfirst submerged wave energy system. The support is part of the…

1st October 2007

Archimedes Installation at EMEC Next Year

1st October 2007

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Thanet Offshore Wind Limited (TOW) has signed a reservation agreement with Denmark headquartered A2SEA A/S for the long term use of the vessel the Sea Jack for the main construction periods for…

1st October 2007

Forward Planning for Wind Farm Installation

1st October 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A major obstacle to the development of PD Portsproposed Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport UK was removedlast month when agreement was reached with Hutchison Ports (UK) regarding railfreight network capacity. 

1st October 2007

Progress for Northern Gateway Container Terminal

1st October 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The iconic Cunard liner ' Queen Elizabeth 2' berthed at the Port of Tyne on the only scheduled UK stopover of its 40th Anniversary voyage last month, thanks to a £ 4…

1st October 2007

Refurbished Quay Boosts Tyneside Tourism

1st October 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The UKs River Cart has beenused for commercial traffic for the first time in at least 20 years by SteelEngineering, a tenant at the Westway Industrial and Distribution Park inRenfrew.

1st October 2007

: New Dock for River Cart

1st October 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

When a Jersey based marine engineering companyrequired unusual provision for their refuelling needs, Barnsley UK basedCameron Forecourt was able to provide a successful bespoke solution.

1st October 2007

Marine Refuelling Challenge Met on Jersey

1st October 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Qingdao Municipal Government in China isinvesting some $183m this year to upgrade Qingdao Port, which will have amassive container handling capacity of 12m TEU when 23 new deep water berthsare built as…

1st October 2007

Seabed Drilling for Chinese Port Upgrade

1st October 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Wandsworth Riverside Quarter, next to Wandsworth Park onLondons River Thames, is making an additional £ 100,000 investment in mooringsat the new pier which allowed the Putney to Blackfriars river taxi service tostart…

1st October 2007

Pier Works Expand River Transport

1st October 2007