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SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Hawaii based Marine Simulation LLC has released ROVsim, an affordable, physics accurate, and visually realistic Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) simulator. Using state of the art technologies originally developed for the video game…

1st December 2006

Realistic ROV Simulator Launched

1st December 2006

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Port of Liverpool has awarded the contract to supply a new hydrographic survey vessel to Irish workboat and pilot boat builder Safehaven Marine. Following an international tender process Safehaven Marine’ s…

1st December 2006

Liverpools Survey Boat is a Wildcat

1st December 2006

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A routine Maritime & Coastguard Agency sonar survey off the Orkney Islands has led to the chance discovery of uncharted wrecks of two first world war German submarines which were originally reported…

1st December 2006

Sonar Survey Finds Lost U-Boats

1st December 2006

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A wireless modem capable of operating underwater which can also relay signals out of water has reportedly been developed by Wireless Fibre Systems of Livingston in Scotland. It will clearly be of…

1st December 2006

Subsea Wireless Modem

1st December 2006

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Innovation4C of Belgium has developed Wavemapper, a heave sensor designed for single beam echosounders based on technology used for space applications.

1st December 2006

Echo Sounder Sensor

1st December 2006

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Morgan Electro Ceramics has opened a new facility at its site in Southampton, UK, dedicated to the design and manufacture of fibre wrapped piezoceramic tubes that are used in commercial and military…

1st December 2006

Sonar Tubes Factory Opens

1st December 2006

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The successful deployment of a new installation system has enabled the placement of the first offshore wind turbine to be installed in a single lift from a floating barge. The Beatrice Offshore…

1st December 2006

BOWTIS Takes Offshore Wind Deeper

1st December 2006

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A new study, commissioned by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western IslesCouncil), investigates the feasibility of creating a fixed transport link across the five mile wide Sound of Harris and the potential for…

1st December 2006

Renewables Study for Western Isles

1st December 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The global boom in port construction and land reclamation works has sparkedconfident fleet renewal programmes by the major international dredging contractors, with the emphasis currently on versatile medium size trailer suction hopper…

1st December 2006

Marine Construction Boom Sparks Dredger Building Response

1st December 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Sovereign Harbour is an exclusive residential development set around a series of complex marinas and tidal basins in Eastbourne, East Sussex UK. The entrance feature to the site consists of a large…

1st December 2006

A Tidal Advantge at Sovereign Harbour

1st December 2006