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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Portia Management Services , the international port management and consultancy arm of the Mersey Docks Group , has won a contract to advise on the development of a major grain terminal in…

1st June 2004

Mersey Beats Route to China

1st June 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A 284ft long Australian built catamaran claimed to be the worlds fastest diesel powered high speed vehicle ferry was commissioned in April onto the commuter service between Rochester, New York and Toronto,…

1st June 2004

Fastest Diesel Ferry Makes American Debut

1st June 2004

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Hampshire UK based IGTIndustries has produced the data positioning consoles and propulsion and thrust controller panels for Cunard snew flagship Queen Mary 2 .

1st May 2004

IGT Lights Up Queen Mary 2s Controls

1st May 2004

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

A recent report from the Nautical International Marine Accident Reporting Scheme (MARS) described an incident in which four stevedores died.

1st May 2004

Avoid Unnecessary Suffocation

1st May 2004

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Sonardyne Inc of Houston USA has sold two Fusion USBL (Ultra-Short BaseLine) acoustic positioning systems to the US Navy Office of the Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV).

1st May 2004

Precise Underwater Positioning for US Navy

1st May 2004

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

When Raymond Ruth, Director of Aberdeen UK based Ruco Limited , saw Sonotronics EMT pingers on show at the recent Oceanology International exhibition in London he immediately saw their potential.

1st May 2004

Pings Can Only Get Better

1st May 2004

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Fareham UK based Subsea Vision reports that they have just successfully completed an environmental seabed inspection and sampling contract for ERT (Scotland) Ltd on behalf of BP that also involved collecting Modiolus…

1st May 2004

Seaeye Falcon Mussel Power

1st May 2004

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Chichester Harbour Conservancy , the statutory harbour authority for Chichester Harbour UK, has in association with the marinas in the harbour initiated a trial into the beneficial disposal of dredged sediments.

1st May 2004

Chichester Harbour Authoritys Green Dredging Scheme

1st May 2004

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Oranje , the second of two new 16,000m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredgers for Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster , was launched recently at the Merwede Shipyard at Hardinxveld-Giessendam in the…

1st May 2004

Oranje Ready for Boom

1st May 2004

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Damen Dredging Equipment (formerly De Groot Nijkerk ) has delivered a knock-down package for a Type CZ600 monohull cutter suction dredger to Middle East dredging and reclamation contractor Gulf Cobla LLC .…

1st May 2004

Dutch Expertise Goes East

1st May 2004

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Leicester UK based welding and metal fabrication specialists AceArc have developed heavy duty armour which is protecting cutter suction dredgers engaged in creating the worlds largest two man made islands off the…

1st May 2004

Dredging Armour Does Dubai

1st May 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The International Centre for Electronic Nautical Charts (ENCs) has established a new, improved catalogue on its website (www. ic-enc. org) which displays not only ENCs within its database, but also the latest…

1st May 2004

ENC Website Upgraded

1st May 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Imperial College London is convening three short courses on technical developments in underwater acoustics, from fundamentals to applications, from 6-10 September.

1st May 2004

Imperial College London Acoustics Courses

1st May 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Technical and project management specialists Metoc of Liphook has strengthened its portfolio of marine and coastal data services with the acquisition of Compass Data Systems , also in Hampshire, which is a…

1st May 2004

Metoc Buys Compass Data Systems

1st May 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

New ranges of multibeam echosounders for shallow water applications have been announced separately by Kongsberg Maritime of Norway and Atlas Hydrographic ofGermany. Operating on one of three available frequencies in the 300kHz…

1st May 2004

New Multibeam Systems Announced

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

On the same day last month that the British Government rejected Associated British Ports plans for a new container terminal at Dibden Bay in Southampton, the Public Inquiry got underway into the…

1st May 2004

Bathside Bay Inquiry Opens

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The largest container ship ever to be handled in an Irish port called at Marine Terminals in Dublin Port last month after the facility had received a 23m make-over. The 2,450 teu…

1st May 2004

Busy Days at Dublin Port

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Cornwall UK based Seacore has successfully completed the construction of a new wastewater sea outfall pipeline at Girvan, on the exposed west coast of Scotland, about 100km south of Glasgow.

1st May 2004

Seacore Digs In At Girvan

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A new freight-only canal linking the Seine on the outskirts of Paris to the Dunkirk-Escaut canal in northern France is to be built at a cost of 2.6 billion.

1st May 2004

France Makes a €2.6 Billion Push for Barges

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Following on from their successful debut conference at seawork last year, Mackaoui Communications are organising a full day programme on the first day of seawork2004 , Tuesday 22 June, entitled Regeneration of…

1st May 2004

Mackaoui Magic Returns to seawork

1st May 2004