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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

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Port operator DP World reportedly plans to  invest in  the Port of Fujairah to make it suitable for larger container ships.

1st August 2007

DP World to Upgrade Terminal in Fujairah

1st August 2007

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Trinity House’ s new vessel, ‘ THV Galatea’ , arrived in its home port of Harwich in Essex UK for the first time on 23rd July, docking alongside the Trinity House pier…

1st August 2007

Galateas Arrival Complete GLA Trio

1st August 2007

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

UK based aids to navigation specialist Tideland Signal has supplied a variety of LED lanterns to help ensure the safety of the new ships serving the South Hook LNG Terminal under construction…

1st August 2007

Navaids Light the Way to South Hook LNG

1st August 2007

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The biggest reorganisation of aids to navigation in UK waters for 30 years came into effect last month with the introduction of a new maritime Traffic Separation Scheme at the Sunk.

1st August 2007

Sunk Traffic Separation Scheme Reorganised

1st August 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Winchester UK based Seawork exhibitor Standard Horizon used this year’ s show to launch a new medium sized chart plotter, the CP300, which features a sunlight viewable 7” colour widescreen display, a…

1st August 2007

Seawork Debut for New Chart Plotter

1st August 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Portsmouth based marine electronics supplier Raymarine was well represented at Seawork 2007, with all the latest equipment on its own stand within the show but also with a full integrated package of…

1st August 2007

NavComms in Action at Seawork 2007

1st August 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Bristol UK based Marine Electronic Services Ltd is introducing the new Wetterbox WIB-Europe weather receiver at the Southampton Boat Show next month. 

1st August 2007

Boat Show Debut for Wetterbox

1st August 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

America’ s Jeppesen Marine has launched Jeppesen Workboat Navigator, a piloting solution for commercial boats operating in coastal areas and inland waterways which provides mariners with a combination of detailed vector-based digital…

1st August 2007

Workboat Navigator Launches in America

1st August 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA) has taken into service what it describes as a revolutionary oil spill response catamaran, the first of its kind for such work.

1st August 2007

New Oil Spill Combat Cat for Rotterdam

1st August 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) recently sent a clear signal to polluters that thanks to modern technology and the commitment of EU Member States to tackle head on any threat to…

1st August 2007

EMSA Exercises Oil Spill Muscle

1st August 2007