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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging majors Boskalis and Van Oord are in a consortium which been awarded work associated with the expansion of the Singapore Tuas Mega Port development.

29th July 2014

Dutch dredging at home and abroad

29th July 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Acquisition of common datasets by leading multibeam manufacturers has begun in Plymouth Sound and Wembury Bay in readiness for final comparison studies at the 7th International Conference on High-Resolution Shallow Water Surveys,…

29th July 2014

Data acquisition for shallow survey 2015 begins

29th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Kongsberg Norcontrol IT has played its part in helping to enhance sea border protection in the EU through automatic identification and tracking of vessels suspected of involvement illegal activity.

29th July 2014

Kongsberg helps enhance sea border protection

29th July 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Vietnamese survey organisation, Thien Nam Positioning JSC, has commissioned a Ranger 2 Ultra Short Baseline (USBL) acoustic positioning system from Hampshire-based Sonardyne International.

29th July 2014

Ranger 2 USBL for Vietnamese surveys

29th July 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The 82-member inter-governmental International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) in Monaco is to host a 5th Extraordinary International Conference from 6-10 October which will formally open with an address by Prince Albert II.

29th July 2014

IHO conference

29th July 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Hamburg-based maritime software company SevenCs has announced official release of its new series of ENC production software first previewed at Oceanology International in London last March.

29th July 2014

ENC production software released

29th July 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

France’s second largest port at Le Havre has commissioned CARIS Bathy Database and Spatial Fusion Enterprise processing suites for management and distribution of bathymetric data for which its hydrographic department conducts approximately…

29th July 2014

CARIS bathymetric software for Le Havre

29th July 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Digital navigation specialists Jeppesen of Norway has been awarded a two-year contract with an optional three year extension to develop and implement an Integrated Hydrographic Management System (IHMS) for the Maritime &…

29th July 2014

Jeppesen management system for Singapore

29th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Next year’s Offshore Energy exhibition will be held on 13 and 14 October 2015 at Amsterdam RAI.

29th July 2014

Offshore Energy 2015

29th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UAE based Unique Maritime Group (UMG), a leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, has obtained a pivotal strategic equity investment from UK based Blue Water Energy.

28th July 2014

Unique gets strategic energy investment

28th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

BMT SMART, a subsidiary of BMT Group, is set to showcase its performance monitoring portfolio at SMM in Hamburg this September.

28th July 2014

Collecting data the SMART way

28th July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Intellian Technologies has quadrupled the size of its logistics centre in Rotterdam, expanding its fulfilment, office, and training facilities to meet increasing global demand for the company’s products.

28th July 2014

Intellian expands

28th July 2014

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

German monitoring specialist Codie is set to offer its tailor-made software solutions for various fields of the maritime industry at the 2014 SMM fair in Hamburg.

28th July 2014

Codie at SMM 2014

28th July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Reflex Marine, a global marine transfer solutions provider to the offshore, marine and renewables industries, has been awarded with the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) development member status.

28th July 2014

Transfer company gains LEEA status

28th July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

CWind Ltd, a UK based provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has been acknowledged at the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2014. The Gold award in the prestigious annual…

28th July 2014

CWind safety award

28th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK-based PC Maritime has upgraded its ECDIS to ensure it meets the requirements of the new VDR Performance Standard.

25th July 2014

PC Maritime upgrades ECDIS

25th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Leading German chart agent specialising in digital maritime data, ChartWorld, has added the innovative OceanWise Marine Themes dataset to its portfolio.

24th July 2014

ChartWorld extends product portfolio

24th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Japan’s Furuno Electric Co has acquired an initial 10% shareholding stake in New Zealand marine electronics company, Electronic Navigation Ltd (ENL), and its wholly-owned subsidiary WASSP Ltd.

24th July 2014

Furuno and ENL join forces

24th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK’s Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has welcomed the latest ‘Managing climate risks to well-being and the economy’ report published by the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change, particularly…

24th July 2014

More comprehensive response to UK flooding needed

24th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

MTU is to provide six of its 12V 2000 M72 engines for three new windfarm support vessels (WFSVs) being built for UK-based Seacat Services.

23rd July 2014

MTU engines for Seacat WFSVs

23rd July 2014