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MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

The Chelsea Technologies Group has sold a suite of UV Aquatrackas to assist in monitoring oil seepage from the sunken tanker Prestige off the northwest coast of Spain.

1st May 2003

Oil Seepage Monitors Watching Prestige

1st May 2003

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Bournemouth UK based Mooring Mate (Commercial) travel to seawork with a new UK distribution deal tucked into their kitbag. Mooring Mate was recently appointed as distributors for the Seaflex Mooring System from…

1st May 2003

Make a Date with Mooring Mate at seawork

1st May 2003

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

DSMarine, the UK and Ireland distributor for Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar Ltd, will bring that yards newest design, the Cleopatra Fast Angler, to seawork2003s floating exhibition.

1st May 2003

Cleopatra Makes seawork Debut

1st May 2003

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd has been awarded a three year contract to maintain over 100 submarine cable connections for utilities firm Scottish and Southern Energy plc (S&S).

1st May 2003

Briggs Lands Three Year Scots Submarine Cable Contract

1st May 2003

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The Russian Navy Rescue Service have successfully completed a two week operation locating and recovering a Pacific Fleet Ka-27 naval helicopter and its crew that was lost in the Sea of Japan.…

1st May 2003

Success for Kursk Upgraded Russian Navy Rescue Service

1st May 2003

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Since developing its original drilling capability into a total site investigation service last year, Seacore has completed five separate geotechnical marine site investigation contracts for offshore oil and gas projects in the…

1st May 2003

Surge for Seacores Site Investigation Service

1st May 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Veripos, a subsidiary of Aberdeen-based Subsea 7, is nearing completion of a programme aimed at safeguarding the rights and privileges of users of its European HF Differential GPS network by encrypting signals…

1st May 2003

Veripos DGPS Encryption

1st May 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Echo Ranger, a new advanced unmanned autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for deepwater surveying jointly developed by Dutch-based Fugro NV and Boeing and Oceaneering International Inc of the US, has begun service for…

1st May 2003

US-Dutch AUV Begins Service

1st May 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The German Hydrographic Society (DHyG) is to stage its 18th annual conference in Vienna from 16-18 June.

1st May 2003

German Hydrographic Society Conference

1st May 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The University of New Brunswicks Ocean Mapping Group in Canada is convening a specialist Multibeam surveying course at Southampton Oceanography Centre from 16-21 June. Lecturers include leading multibeam experts from Canada and…

1st May 2003

OMGMultibeam Course

1st May 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Kongsberg Simrad of Norway has upgraded its EA 600 single-beam echosounder for deepwater surveys over depths down to 11,000m, depending on transducer arrangements. The system now features a higher ping rate with…

1st May 2003

EA 600 Sounder Upgraded

1st May 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A new company formed from the amalgamation of the UK nearshore and onshore geotechnical divsions of Fugro Ltd and Foundation & Exploration Services Ltd, Fugro Engineering Services (FES), has carried out deep…

1st May 2003

Deep Site Investigations Preface Tallest Tower

1st May 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Sherwood Forest Park, often referred to as Sherwood Arboretum, is situated on the Sherwood reach of the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Australia.

1st May 2003

New Pontoon In Place at Brisbane Park

1st May 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Consultancy group Halcrow has been appointed by the Dover Harbour Board to help shape the Port of Dovers future as demand for its services begins to outstrip capacity.

1st May 2003

Port of Dover Growth Strategy Study Underway

1st May 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Hutchison Ports (UK) submitted the planning application last month which, if approved by a public inquiry likely to be held later this year, will see a new deep water container port built…

1st May 2003

Hutchison Submits Bathside Bay Planning Application

1st May 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Associated British Ports (ABP) will build a140 berth marina at its East Anglian Port of Lowestoft following planning approval from Waveney District Council.

1st May 2003

Marina Green Light for Port of Lowestoft

1st May 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Gibraltar is at the meeting point of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, a geography which produces a highly complex pattern of currents and tides. When the Government of Gibraltar planned…

1st May 2003

Complex Surveys for New Gibraltar Outfall

1st May 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Millbank Pier, the fifth and final new London pier being built with funding from the Millennium Commission, opens this month.

1st May 2003

A Pier Appears To Be Art

1st May 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A £ 4 million project to rebuild Queens Wharf in Falmouth UK began this month following the removal of a massive crane from the seabed. The wharf was destroyed on the night…

1st May 2003

Rebuild Under Way at Queens Wharf Falmouth

1st May 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The European Marine Sand and Gravel Group (EMSAGG) held a major conference, European marine sand and gravel - shaping the future, in February at Delft University in the Netherlands.

1st May 2003

EMSAGG Conference Throws New Light on Aggregates Business

1st May 2003