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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Trimble has introduced a new high-performance modular GPS receiver, the DSM 232, for dynamic real-time positioning at sub-metre and centimetric accuracies. Suitable for dredging as well as harbour and waterway operations, it…

1st February 2006

New Trimble GPS Receiver

1st February 2006

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The States of Alderney, located eight miles from France, is not part of the UK or EU and has its own elected government which passes its own laws.

1st February 2006

Small Isles, Big Resource as Alderney Explores Tidal Power

1st February 2006

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

KP Renewables plc (KPR) of London and Wave Dragon ApS of Copenhagen have entered into a joint development agreement which provides a framework for the two stage development, financing, construction and operation…

1st February 2006

Jobs Magic with Welsh Wave Dragon

1st February 2006

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney has achieved a world first by gaining United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) accreditation for its unique testing facilities. These provide detailed and highly accurate…

1st February 2006

Approval for Renewables Test Facility

1st February 2006

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The South West of England Regional Development Agency (RDA) named three companies this month which it has chosen as development partners for the proposed £ 15m Wave Hub project from 2007.

1st February 2006

First Wave Hub Participants Chosen

1st February 2006

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Bristol UK based Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) has been granted consent by the Environment & Heritage Service in Northern Ireland to install its next generation tidal energy device, the 1,000kW SeaGen…

1st February 2006

Tidal Energy Turbine for Northern Ireland

1st February 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

When completed, Jamaicas 234km Highway 2000 (H2000) toll road will link towns on the southern coast to the capital Kingston, with further branches to coastal resorts in the North, including Montego Bay.…

1st February 2006

Soft Soils Site Investigation

1st February 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction work started earlier this month on what will be the largest sea jetty in the Port of Rotterdam.

1st February 2006

Largest Sea Jetty for Port of Rotterdam

1st February 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Cornwall UK based marine civil engineering contractors Seacore Ltd has acquired from Lankelma CPT Ltd its 50% shareholding in Lankelma Seacore Offshore, the offshore cone penetrometer testing contractor formed by Lankelma and…

1st February 2006

Seacore Secures Control of Seacone

1st February 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A specially designed pontoon recently completed for a small Argyll community will prove a major attraction for leisure users and help boost the local economy. The 50m long pontoon was installed on…

1st February 2006

Budget Pontoon Boosts Trade on Loch Fyne

1st February 2006