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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

UK-based ABIS Holdings Energy Services will support the development and operation of an offshore supply base operating in the Port of Arinaga, on Spain’s Gran Canaria island.

27th July 2017

ABIS supports Spanish port development

27th July 2017

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Mercator Media Ltd, the producer of Seawork International - Europe’s largest commercial marine and workboat exhibition, are pleased to announce new dates for Seawork 2018.

27th July 2017

New dates for Seawork 2018

27th July 2017

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Hamburg’s Empire Riverside Hotel is the venue for this second international one-day event on Wednesday 20 September at which over 250 industry leaders are expected to be present.

27th July 2017

World ECDIS Day

27th July 2017

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK Hydrographic Office, tasked with conducting surveys in various locations around the world, is looking to establish two new frameworks for provision of lidar and swathe sounding services which will enable…

27th July 2017

UKHO seeks two new frameworks

27th July 2017

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Worldwide ROV services supplier M² Subsea, which maintains bases in Aberdeen and Houston, has been sub-contracted by Next Geosolutions of Italy under a contract worth over £1m to carry out detailed UXO…

27th July 2017

£1m UXO survey contract for M² Subsea

27th July 2017

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Denmark’s Teledyne Reson is to provide extensive multibeam equipment assemblies for two new hydrographic survey vessels under construction for the governmental Japan Coast Guard (JCG) organisation.

27th July 2017

Multibeam sounders for new Japanese Coast Guard vessels

27th July 2017

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The world’s first commercial ROV operations conducted direct from a newly developed onshore dual control centre at its Norwegian headquarters in Bryne have begun, say subsea specialists IKM Subsea.

27th July 2017

World first remote ROV operations claimed

27th July 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Seatools will produce an anode cage installation tool for GeoSea, part of installation operations for the Hohe See offshore wind farm (OFW), off the coast of Germany.

26th July 2017

Seatools delivers anode cage installation tool

26th July 2017

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The biggest expansion yet to service port users at Lerwick Harbour, Shetland Islands, UK was officially opened in mid July.

26th July 2017

New £16.5 million pier for Lerwick

26th July 2017

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

McMurdo, the French-owned specialist in emergency readiness and response has announced that it has won two US search and rescue technology awards.

26th July 2017

McMurdo awards

26th July 2017

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Jan De Nul Group’s fall pipe vessel ‘Simon Stevin’ recently arrived at the Visnes Eklogitt quarry in Norway to load and transport a first batch of 32,000 tonnes of rock to the…

26th July 2017

Scour protection load

26th July 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Construction of a floating wind farm off Scotland’s north east coast is near completion and will enable wind energy to be generated in deep water unsuitable for conventional turbines.

26th July 2017

Turbine arrives for floating wind farm

26th July 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

International cable seal manufacturer Roxtec has delivered a sealing solution to support a new £1.3billion offshore windfarm in the English Channel

26th July 2017

Offshore windfarm seal solution

26th July 2017

SECURITY

SECURITY

UK-headquartered Ocean Marine Systems (OMS) has completed the factory installation of Atlas Elektronik UK’s Cerberus Yacht Sonar system at its premises, in partnership with a UK-based security consultant.

24th July 2017

Cerberus sonar installation at OMS

24th July 2017

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

As air quality in cities worldwide, and the ticking time bomb it could represent for public health, rises to the top of many news agendas, the Port of London Authority (PLA) in…

24th July 2017

Thames air quality research

24th July 2017

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Vileo Marinas of Finland has signed an agreement to supply the town of Klaksvik, on the Faroe Islands, with a small boat marina.

24th July 2017

Marina build in demanding conditions

24th July 2017

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

UK project partners recently demonstrated autonomous launch and recovery of multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) from an Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) as the closing part of their Innovate UK project.

24th July 2017

Underwater drone autonomous launch and recovery

24th July 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Netherlands-owned Acta Marine’s construction support vessel Acta Orion is carrying out accommodation and walk-to-work duties for Siemens on Dong Energy’s Norfolk offshore wind farm, Race Bank.

21st July 2017

Acta Orion serves turbine installation

21st July 2017

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Austria-headquartered Frequentis is to provide a maritime distress communication solution for South Africa.

21st July 2017

First Frequentis coastal maritime system

21st July 2017

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

US-headquartered Iridium Communications Inc. has announced that two key milestones along the path to becoming the second recognized provider of Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) services have been reached.

21st July 2017

Iridium GMDSS milestones

21st July 2017

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

C Data Services, a leading provider of professional IT Solutions to marine related industries, was showcasing its new application BSafe at Seawork 2017.

21st July 2017

Safety certificates all in one place

21st July 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

LiDARs have replaced met masts to become the sole wind measurement tool used for offshore resource assessment and power curve verification purposes, wind measurement experts at a London conference claim.

20th July 2017

LiDARs sole wind measurement tool

20th July 2017

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

When Tower Bridge in London UK was due for an upgrade, after its management team identified a problem with their bascule raise mechanical drives, it brought in a team of international civil…

20th July 2017

Upgrading Tower Bridge

20th July 2017