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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The construction of the Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 expansion has been recognised by the award of the Prof. dr. ir. J.F. Agema Prize, which is awarded every five years to an…

5th January 2016

Award for Maasvlakte 2

5th January 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Italy-based dredger and dredging equipment manufacturer Italdraghe has reported a busy and successful 2015, with activity reaching record setting dimensions.

5th January 2016

Diversity drives Italdraghe’s record year

5th January 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK based AST Maritime Sciences has won a contract to supply CWind with AST-Planned Maintenance System software on board its fleet of vessels.

5th January 2016

AST Marine contract to supply CWind

5th January 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards Group has launched an ice class trailing suction hopper dredger for the Russian Port Agency, FSUE Rosmorport.

5th January 2016

Damen launches Russian trailer in Vietnam

5th January 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Barcelona, Spain-based MTG Systems used the occasion of the recent Europort exhibition to introduce DMET, a hammerless system for replacing cutter suction dredger teeth which promises to maximise productivity.

5th January 2016

MTG gets its teeth into Europort

5th January 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Nearly 250 members of the dredging community gathered in Rotterdam last November for CEDA Dredging Days, which ran concurrently with the Europort exhibition.

5th January 2016

Dredging solutions abundant in Rotterdam

5th January 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Abstracts of papers for presentation at the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ (IFHS) 24th symposium and exhibition to be held in Rostock-Warnemunde from 8-10 November are now required by organisers of the…

4th January 2016

Hydro 2016 set for Germany

4th January 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Swedish Hydrographic Office, part of the governmental Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) in Norrköping, has commissioned a Caris Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) as its basic system for current and future management of…

4th January 2016

Caris database for Swedish Hydrographic Office

4th January 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has extended its HiPaP range of widely adopted high precision acoustic positioning and navigation systems with introduction of what it calls a new third-generation model, HiPaP 502.

4th January 2016

Kongsberg extends HiPaP range of positioning systems

4th January 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Renishaw, the Gloucestershire, UK-based multinational engineering organisation, has expanded its series of mobile 3D mapping systems with development of a low-cost, low-maintenance laser scanner specifically designed for hydrographic applications.

4th January 2016

Time-tagged lidar for vessel-based surveys

4th January 2016