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SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Through its Norwegian subsidiary Draeger Safety Norge, Draeger Safety has been contracted to take on the project management, planning, construction and delivery of a complete deep sea diving system, including extensive safety…

1st December 2006

Systems Innovation for Dive Support Vessel

1st December 2006

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Hawaii based Marine Simulation LLC has released ROVsim, an affordable, physics accurate, and visually realistic Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) simulator. Using state of the art technologies originally developed for the video game…

1st December 2006

Realistic ROV Simulator Launched

1st December 2006

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Port of Liverpool has awarded the contract to supply a new hydrographic survey vessel to Irish workboat and pilot boat builder Safehaven Marine. Following an international tender process Safehaven Marine’ s…

1st December 2006

Liverpools Survey Boat is a Wildcat

1st December 2006

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A routine Maritime & Coastguard Agency sonar survey off the Orkney Islands has led to the chance discovery of uncharted wrecks of two first world war German submarines which were originally reported…

1st December 2006

Sonar Survey Finds Lost U-Boats

1st December 2006

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A wireless modem capable of operating underwater which can also relay signals out of water has reportedly been developed by Wireless Fibre Systems of Livingston in Scotland. It will clearly be of…

1st December 2006

Subsea Wireless Modem

1st December 2006

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Innovation4C of Belgium has developed Wavemapper, a heave sensor designed for single beam echosounders based on technology used for space applications.

1st December 2006

Echo Sounder Sensor

1st December 2006

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Morgan Electro Ceramics has opened a new facility at its site in Southampton, UK, dedicated to the design and manufacture of fibre wrapped piezoceramic tubes that are used in commercial and military…

1st December 2006

Sonar Tubes Factory Opens

1st December 2006

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The successful deployment of a new installation system has enabled the placement of the first offshore wind turbine to be installed in a single lift from a floating barge. The Beatrice Offshore…

1st December 2006

BOWTIS Takes Offshore Wind Deeper

1st December 2006

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A new study, commissioned by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western IslesCouncil), investigates the feasibility of creating a fixed transport link across the five mile wide Sound of Harris and the potential for…

1st December 2006

Renewables Study for Western Isles

1st December 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The global boom in port construction and land reclamation works has sparkedconfident fleet renewal programmes by the major international dredging contractors, with the emphasis currently on versatile medium size trailer suction hopper…

1st December 2006

Marine Construction Boom Sparks Dredger Building Response

1st December 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Sovereign Harbour is an exclusive residential development set around a series of complex marinas and tidal basins in Eastbourne, East Sussex UK. The entrance feature to the site consists of a large…

1st December 2006

A Tidal Advantge at Sovereign Harbour

1st December 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Belgian marine construction and dredging contractor Jan De Nul has been awarded two contracts by Aker/Exxon relating to the Adriatic LNG contract. At Algeciras in Spain a berm and tow-out channel must…

1st December 2006

$100m New Marine Works for Jan De Nul

1st December 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

At a value in the region of £ 2.5 million, the order to refurbish the Lowestoft Bridge in Suffolk is Bosch Rexroths single largest order in the UK. Placed in July 2006…

1st December 2006

Bridge Refurbishment Awarded

1st December 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Crown Estate and Greenwich Foundation in the UK have completed therestoration of the historic Queens Stairs on the banks of the River Thames atthe Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. These are…

1st December 2006

Restoration Completed of Queens Stairs

1st December 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Tony Killeen,Minister of State at the Irish Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employmentexpressed concern last month that the north Clare economy and the livelihoodsof dozens of local fishermen are hugely dependent on…

1st December 2006

Development Due for Irelands Doolin Pier

1st December 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Renewable energy generator E.ON UK and Ocean Prospect have agreed to work together to develop proposals for a potential 5MW wave power project in the sea off Cornwall. The pioneering scheme would…

1st December 2006

Team in Place for WestWave Project

1st December 2006

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Belgian operator Dredging International (DI) has obtained a contract extension for the Al Raha Beach development in Abu Dhabi, effectively more than doubling the initial scope of a major reclamation project…

1st December 2006

Dredging International Confirms Al Raha Contract Extension

1st December 2006

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A major new planning and regeneration study for the Holyhead Waterfront in the UK has been commissioned by the Isle of Anglesey County Council, with backing from the Welsh Assembly Government and…

1st December 2006

Royal Haskoning Conducting Study for Holyhead Waterfront

1st December 2006

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Broads Authority in the UK has started dredging South Walsham Fleet Dyke as part of its winter dredging programme. A total of 20,000m3 is to be taken out of the dyke over…

1st December 2006

Dredging Programme On Schedule Says Broads Authority

1st December 2006

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Boaters using the picturesque Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal, in Wales in the UK will benefit from a major dredging programme along a popular section at Llanellen near Abergavenny as part of British…

1st December 2006

Eco-Friendly Dredging in Wales

1st December 2006