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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Following a successful show debut in 2006 which saw 200 exhibitors from over 30 countries attract some 8,000 visitors, the Navalia International Shipbuilding and Maritime Industries Exhibition and conference returns to the…

8th May 2008

Fast growing Navalia returns to Vigo

8th May 2008

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Sonardyne International Ltd has completed the latest stage of a programme to upgrade a unique monitoring system that it installed aboard nuclear fuel transport ships over 20 years ago.

1st May 2008

Monitoring upgrade for nuclear fuel vessels

1st May 2008

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Flexible and easily adjusted to suit the specific requirements of different personal monitoring applications, the new Draeger X-am gas detection instrument provides accurate, reliable measurement of one to five gases.

1st May 2008

Maintenance free personal monitoring instrument

1st May 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Subsea visualisation specialist SRD has introduced Eclipse, a new sonar imaging system with 3-dimensional measurement capability.

1st May 2008

imaging for small subsea vehicles

1st May 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK Hydrographic Office has launched its new Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS) which, it says, will provide an integrated global set of electronic navigational charts designed for the 21st century mariner.

1st May 2008

UKHO launches new vector chart service

1st May 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Reson has extended its SeaBat series of multibeam sounders with the introduction of a small, lightweight model for mounting on underwater vehicles or boats of opportunity, the SeaBat 7101.

1st May 2008

Reson extends multibeam range

1st May 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Dutch survey conglomerate Fugro has commissioned Fr. Fassmer of Berne-Motzen near Bremen in north Germany to design and construct a new 65m geophysical survey vessel, Fugro Searcher.

1st May 2008

Fugro orders new vessel

1st May 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Subsea equipment specialists Sonardyne have acquired Wavefront Systems Ltd of Sherborne, Dorset, a design company similarly specialising in sonar and underwater technology on behalf of commercial and military clients.

1st May 2008

Sonardyne acquires Waterfront Systems

1st May 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction work is beginning this month on one of the most prestigious port civil engineering projects ever undertaken in Germany, the planned € 1bn JadeWeser deepwater container facility in Wilhelmshaven.

1st May 2008

Delayed JadeWeser Port construction underway at last

1st May 2008

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

International Salvage Union (ISU) president Arnold Witte has called on all sectors of the shipping and insurance industries to approach the issue of salvage and spill prevention with ' fresh thinking and…

1st May 2008

ISU calls for new Lloyds Form

1st May 2008