News

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Suitable for newbuilds and refits of marine vessels, the fully tested and certified GHM frame avoids expensive welding, speeds installation and reduces possible hazards.Recent events with the sinking of the Prestige polluting…

1st January 2003

Internet Site Cleans Up

1st January 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Vosper Thornycroft Shipbuilding launched the second of three Offshore Patrol Vessels for the British Royal Navy from its Woolston, Southampton shipyard last month. The vessel is due to be handed over in…

1st January 2003

Severn Turns the Tide of Naval Procurement

1st January 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Destined for demonstrations throughout Europe early in the new year is a new compact low-cost portable sidescan sonar from Marine Sonic Technology (MSTL) of Virginia, the Centurion Sea Scan. Designed for search…

1st December 2002

New Low-cost Sidescan Sonar European Demos

1st December 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

French seismic survey company CGG has acquired three SIPS 2 seismic integrated positioning systems from Yateley-based Sonardyne International for real-time positioning of streamers in support of high-resolution 3D surveys aboard its vessels…

1st December 2002

French Order for Seismic Integrated Positioning System

1st December 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Geological Survey of Ireland in Dublin reports completion of the deep-water section of its seven-year Euro 32m National Seabed Survey project aimed at mapping an offshore area ten times larger than…

1st December 2002

Completion of Seven-year Irish Deep-water Survey

1st December 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

California-based Thales Navigation has consolidated all its professional GPS products, including the Ashtech series of systems, under its own name by way of streamlining worldwide marketing operations including those in Europe.

1st December 2002

Thales Re-brands Products

1st December 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

As part of its plans to develop a modern container terminal at Bathside Bay, Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited, owner of Harwich International Port, is proposing to create compensatory intertidal mudflat through alterations…

1st December 2002

Compensation Land Earmarked for Bathside Bay Development

1st December 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Highland Council in Scotland in the UK is taking immediate steps to ensure that work is completed as quickly as possible on new berthing facilities at the Small Isles of Muck…

1st December 2002

Civic Work at Muck and Rum

1st December 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A new deep water jetty for the ro-ro ferries - the Hjaltland and Hrossey - has achieved minimum berthing status at Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands, and is on course for completion…

1st December 2002

Deep Water Jetty for New Orkney Ferry Service

1st December 2002

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Techniques more usually used on the ocean floor are currently being applied by British Waterways contractor Seastructures Ltd to repair an historic weir on the River Avon at Keynsham near Bristol, which…

1st December 2002

Divers Undertake Repairs on Historic Weir on the River Avon

1st December 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The EmuDome Joint Venture - a joint venture is between Emu Ltd in the UK and Dome International, headquartered in Abu Dhabi - has been awarded a three-year contract to monitor the…

1st December 2002

Three-year Contract Will Monitor Stability of Dubai Coastline

1st December 2002

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The success accruing after only three years for the Trinity House Lighthouse Estate Business Plan in the UK recently attracted a visiting party of 17 national and local government officials from Norway…

1st December 2002

Isnt It Good, Norwegians Would (Use It If They Could)

1st December 2002

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

South Tyneside College has become the first institution to receive MCA approval for VTS Supervisor Advancement Training. The breakthrough comes less than two years after the College was first to receive accreditation…

1st December 2002

Breakthrough in VTS Training at South Tyneside

1st December 2002

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Somerset UK based Atlantas Marine Ltd, well known for their distribution of the very useful VideoRay mini-ROV, have entered the IMO mandated growth arena for Automatic Identification Systems (AIS).

1st December 2002

Atlantas Marine and Nauticast AG Launch New AIS

1st December 2002

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The British Army Powerboat Team, supported by radio distributor Icom UK Ltd, circumnavigated Britain this summer in only ten days with 13 young soldiers crewing two 6.5m Humber Ocean Pro RIBs. Some…

1st December 2002

Its Good to Talk In a Force 8 Gale

1st December 2002

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A new attitude and heading reference system combining gyrocompass and motion sensor in one box has been launched by the recently re-branded VT TSS Ltd of Whitney UK.

1st December 2002

One-Box Gyrocompass and Motion Sensor from TSS

1st December 2002

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

AIMS MIII, the universal automatic identification system (UAIS) from Marine Data Systems (MDS) of South Africa has recently completed a successful trial on the Solent conducted by Trinity House in collaboration with…

1st December 2002

Southampton UAIS Trial Adds Weather and Hydro Data

1st December 2002

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Netherlands based Oil Control Systems (OCS) have provided silt curtains to protect a famous diving area in Malta from siltation originating at the nearby construction of a ferry teminal extension.

1st December 2002

Silt Curtains Please Malta Divers

1st December 2002

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Oil from the sunken tanker Prestige continued to wash onto the beaches and pollute the rich fishing waters of north west Spain earlier this month as a major oil pollution response operation…

1st December 2002

Prestige Disaster Launches Massive Response

1st December 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

.Turkish builder Sanmar has signed a contract with Canadian designer Robert Allan to develop a new series of twin screw tugs 22.00m in length and 8.20m beam.

1st December 2002

Towlines

1st December 2002