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OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

In mid-March, the Carbon Trust - via its Offshore Wind Accelerator Programme (OWA) - announced plans to support a state of the art technology trial to understand the viability of using dual…

19th May 2015

Dual doppler radar project aims to provide step change in wind resource measurement

19th May 2015

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

US outboard motor manufacturer Mercury has developed a diesel outboard that is rated at 175 hp making it one of the most powerful diesel outboards now available.

19th May 2015

Mercury’s diesel progress

19th May 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

After 17 years of development and testing the Danish company, Floating Power Plant is ready to offer a tried and tested combined wind and wave power generator. Over the years the concept…

19th May 2015

Combined wind and wave unit ready to go

19th May 2015

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

AtoN specialist Sabik Ltd, in conjunction with Carmanah are launching at Seawork 2015 the new ‘LightGuard Monitor‘, a remote monitoring system for navaids.

19th May 2015

Remote navaid monitoring

19th May 2015

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Timage is returning to Seawork after an absence of a couple of years to launch a raft of new products aimed at the commercial sector including steering wheels, helm seats, pilot seats…

18th May 2015

Commercial sector takes its technology from the leisure side

18th May 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Specialist designers and builders of GRP catamarans Blyth Workcats of Canvey Island, exhibitors at Seawork International on Stand B27, have completed delivery of their very first two-deck boat to Ostend Marine Services,…

18th May 2015

Belgian order for Blyth Workcats

18th May 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

ECDIS manufacturer Martek Marine of Rotherham has teamed with Safebridge and the ECDIS Training Consortium in Hamburg to provide type-specific computer-based training for crew members aboard vessels without internet access while at…

18th May 2015

Anglo-German onboard ECDIS training accord

18th May 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Organisers of the biennial Oceanology International 2016 conference programme at London’s ExCel Centre next March are now inviting abstracts of papers for presentation at an event expect to attract well over 8,000…

18th May 2015

OI 2016 papers call

18th May 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK Hydrographic Office says that some of its most recently acquired UK bathymetry is now available on its Data Archiving Centre (DAC) web portal following refreshing of data-based information.

18th May 2015

UKHO upgrades bathymetry portal

18th May 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Odom Hydrographic, the recently-acquired Teledyne company in the US, has announced development of MB2, a fully integrated multibeam echosounder designed for rapid mobilisation on smaller vessels.

18th May 2015

New Odom multibeam system

18th May 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Responding to increased usage for survey, installation and inspection tasks, the International Marine Contractors Associations Offshore Survey Division has published an introductory guide to inertial navigation systems for offshore applications, IMCA S…

18th May 2015

IMCA inertial navigation guide

18th May 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Teledyne TSS has extended its subsea monitoring expertise with introduction of what it claims is the worlds first tracking system for live seabed power cables, Powertrack. A variant of the Watford-based companys…

18th May 2015

Power cables tracking system

18th May 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Leading supplier of positioning, communications and survey services Nautronix of Aberdeen has been awarded a multi-million pound contract extension for continuing provision of survey services over the next three years to Ocean…

18th May 2015

Major Norwegian contract extension for Nautronix

18th May 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The first trans-Atlantic mapping survey to be carried out under a €70m cooperative research programme jointly convened by the EU, Canada and the US as part of Horizon 2020, the largest-ever EU…

18th May 2015

Trans-Atlantic mapping survey

18th May 2015

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

‘Our Seas and Waterways - Yet to be Charted and Explored’ is the theme chosen by the Monaco-based inter-governmental International Hydrographic Organization for this year’s UN-sponsored World Hydrography Day on 21 June.

18th May 2015

World Hydrography Day

18th May 2015

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Marine operations company Green Marine Energy Support Services, based in Stromness, Orkney (UK), recently took delivery of a Damen Multi Cat 2712 workboat for its offshore wave and tidal activities.

18th May 2015

Multi Cat for wave and tidal

18th May 2015

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Canadian remote monitoring buoy specialist AXYS Technologies has announced that four WatchKeeper metocean buoys were selected by the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) to be used by the Autoridade Publica Olimpica…

18th May 2015

Olympic met buoys

18th May 2015

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Seawork exhibitor Tideland Signal Corporation has introduced the latest addition to its self-contained LED lantern product line. The SolaMAX-3 lantern contains some features that have been designed to meet industry standards and…

18th May 2015

3 mile lantern

18th May 2015

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

IRClass (Indian Register of Shipping), a Classification society and member of IACS, has just completed the new construction survey of a high value, technologically sophisticated Buoy Tender cum multi-purpose vessel built by…

18th May 2015

High-tech buoy tender

18th May 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Hovertravel in partnership with Griffon Hoverworks has launched its new generation MAN diesel powered passenger hovercraft to serve the popular Isle of Wight passenger route.

18th May 2015

Diesel powered hovercraft launch

18th May 2015