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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Two Dutch organisations, subsea specialists N-Sea and unexploded ordnance experts Bodac, are to jointly market their marine UXO survey, identification and removal resources for projects across Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.

25th October 2016

Dutch team-up for unexploded ordnance services

25th October 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Polar Research Institute of China in Shanghai has commissioned Sonardyne underwater acoustic positioning technology for its new 122.5-metre Finnish-designed 14,300gt research vessel.

25th October 2016

Chinese research order for Sonardyne

25th October 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Teledyne Reson has extended its SeaBat range of multibeam sonar systems with introduction of four new models which the Danish company says can be readily scaled to match the needs of smaller…

25th October 2016

Reson extends SeaBat sonar range

25th October 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Great Yarmouth, UK-based Gardline Marine Sciences, which specialises in worldwide hydrographic, geophysical, environmental, oceanographic and geotechnical surveys, reports that it has so far surveyed in excess of 25,000km of cable routes during…

25th October 2016

Record level of Gardline cable route surveys

25th October 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Birte Noer Borrevik has been appointed Director of the Norwegian Mapping Authority’s Hydrographic Service which is based in Stavanger with a staff of 145 specialist personnel.

25th October 2016

New Hydrographer of Norway

25th October 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

‘RRS Sir David Attenborough’, the new £140m polar research vessel under construction by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, UK for the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), is to be equipped with a composite…

25th October 2016

Advanced survey payload for new NERC research vessel

25th October 2016

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Plans are well advanced for work to start at the Danish port of Kalundborg on a major investment that will see a new container terminal and industry hub developed on the south…

25th October 2016

Expansion at Kalundborg

25th October 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Three Italian entrepreneurs have created Europe’s first marine crowdfunding platform dedicated exclusively to projects that relate to the sea.

24th October 2016

Europes first marine crowdfunding platform

24th October 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A project has been launched to create a 21st Century version of the Mayflower, which will mark the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the vessel out of Plymouth.

24th October 2016

Mayflower Autonomous Ship project

24th October 2016

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

On behalf of its client Boskalis, Dutch subsea technology company Seatools has completed the upgrade of a HighWire survey grade taut wire system. The upgraded position reference system will be deployed to…

24th October 2016

Seatools completes delivery of HighWire taut wire system upgrade for Boskalis

24th October 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Spinlock, a UK-headquartered designer and manufacturer of commercial and leisure lifejackets, recently announced that it has been leading an exciting research and development project with the European Space Agency (ESA).

24th October 2016

Space technology for lifejacket rescue beacons

24th October 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Elcome International is aiming to expand its reach in the global commercial marine market following a new agreement with McMurdo.

21st October 2016

McMurdo and Elcome partnership

21st October 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Gibraltar’s vessel repair expert, Gibdock, has turned around a fast 11-day renewal project on a 142m Seatruck Ferries ro-ro vessel reasserting its market position in the short sea vessel repair market.

20th October 2016

Gibdock delivers for Seatruck

20th October 2016

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Red7Marine, the UK’s leading provider of jack up barges to the near shore marine construction industry, recently announced that Kristen Branford has joined the business in the role of Commercial Director.

19th October 2016

Red7Marine appointment

19th October 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Belgian corrosion repair expert, Subsea Industries, has a product for filling and building up corrosion damage on rudders, stabiliser fins, thrusters and other underwater gear.

19th October 2016

Corrosion damage repair

19th October 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

US-headquartered safety monitoring company Fike, was recently awarded the 2016 SAFETY4SEA Initiative Award during the SAFETY4SEA Forum in Athens, Greece for its pioneering solution to detect oil mist in ship engine rooms…

19th October 2016

Video for engine room oil mist detection

19th October 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy (NVNA) in Varna, Bulgaria, has acquired VSTEP equipment for its new simulation centre.

19th October 2016

Bulgarian Naval Academy acquires VSTEP simulators

19th October 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Following the certification of their new controllable pitch propeller by DNVGL, Piening has announced that the first installation of this new system will be on the dredger ‘Thor R’ as part of…

19th October 2016

Dredger first for Piening CP prop

19th October 2016

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A new cruise terminal at the Greek port of Piraeus has been officially opened adding to the array of cruise terminals in this busy port.

19th October 2016

New cruise terminal at Piraeus

19th October 2016

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

What has been described as a ‘ground breaking underwater Flooded Member Detection system’ has been launched by Impact Subsea in collaboration with UAE-headquartered Unique Group.

19th October 2016

Flooded member detection

19th October 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Clyde Training Solutions (CTS) has opened a dedicated marine and offshore international training centre in central Scotland.

18th October 2016

New CTS training facility

18th October 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK-based Marine and Towage Services Group Ltd. (MTS), has purchased a new vessel to allow it to deliver cargo, construction equipment and other materials directly onto land, without the need for dedicated…

17th October 2016

MTS expands fleet with Terramare

17th October 2016

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

A Modulift spreader has combined with a 45m-long beam attached to a gantry and a crawler crane to develop a solution for lifting 750t monopiles which are set for the Nordsee One…

14th October 2016

Modulift dockside tandem lift

14th October 2016