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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Hampshire UK based Earlcoate Construction, specialist in rock armour and coastal defence, was recently awarded the contract to undertake works at Pagham, West Sussex, for Arun District Council.

1st February 2014

Pagham Beach scour mitigation scheme underway

1st February 2014

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This year’s Seawork commercial marine exhibition is set to be the largest ever, with the expansion of Hall C to welcome over 7,000 visitors.

31st January 2014

Largest ever Seawork set for 2014

31st January 2014

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands is developing a mobile ballast water treatment unit.

31st January 2014

Damen develops ballast water treatment unit

31st January 2014

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Antwerp based underwater repair specialist Hydrex installed Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF) on two tankers during their respective stops in Ghent and Antwerp.

31st January 2014

Underwater installation saves time and fuel

31st January 2014

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Ontario, Canada based Deep Trekker Inc has been in the business of ROV design and production since 2010.

31st January 2014

Innovative low cost ROV for small companies

31st January 2014

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Denmark headquartered MacArtney has supplied a major consignment of high performance oceanographic winches to JAMSTEC, the Japanese Agency of Marine-Earth-Science and Technology.

31st January 2014

Underwater winch package for research ship

31st January 2014

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Norway-based Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up installation vessel, ‘Brave Tern’, has installed its first Areva M5000 WTG at the Global Tech I windfarm in the German Bight in the North Sea.

30th January 2014

Global Tech I makes progress

30th January 2014

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Maritime by Holland, the joint initiative for 12,000 companies powering the maritime sector in Holland, has published a new study into opportunities for bilateral cooperation between Turkish and Dutch maritime companies.

30th January 2014

Turkish – Dutch maritime cooperation

30th January 2014

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

DNV GL has published a new position paper, entitled Alternative Fuels for Shipping, which lists a number of long-term options for low carbon, low emission fuels for the industry.

30th January 2014

Alternative future marine fuels

30th January 2014

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BMT Group’s BMT Asia Pacific has launched two comprehensive tools for assessing port competition and managing commercial risk.

30th January 2014

Port tools

30th January 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Safe Software and geospatial software developer CARIS have made support for the CARIS Spatial Archive (CSAR) raster format for gridded bathymetry and elevation data in FME 2014, officially released last month.

30th January 2014

Interoperability with the CSAR framework

30th January 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The EdgeTech 4600 Combined Bathymetry & Side Scan Sonar System was met with enthusiastic reviews at a recent underwater technology demonstration and training event hosted by Seatronics in Abu Dhabi.

30th January 2014

Combined bathymetry and sidescan system

30th January 2014

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The UK’s maritime design consultancy, BMT Group Ltd (BMT), has launched a new commercial operating company to high value, innovative vessel performance management and decision support solutions for the industry.

29th January 2014

BMT Group new operating company

29th January 2014

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The Netherlands based International Association of Dredging Companies’ (IADC) Seminar on Dredging and Land Reclamation will take place this year for the first time in Australia, in Brisbane on 31 March –…

29th January 2014

IADC Seminar

29th January 2014

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Dutch company Dredge Yard and UK based Altair HyperWorks have agreed to cooperate for the design and engineering of dredging and mining pumps.

29th January 2014

Dredge pump deal

29th January 2014

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Long standing MacArtney Group member, EurOceanique, has undergone a name change to become MacArtney France.

29th January 2014

MacArtney France

29th January 2014

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Total 2013 throughput at Marseilles Fos confirmed containers, steel industry bulks, LNG and cruise traffic as the major growth drivers at the French port.

29th January 2014

Fos records

29th January 2014

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France’s Nass&Wind Offshore has tested a floating platform off Saint-Vaast la Hougue (Manche) which will take environmental and technical measurements at sea for marine renewable energy (MRE) projects.

28th January 2014

Floating platform launched

28th January 2014

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The UK’s Dyena can add another customer to its list of users of its motion recorder, the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS).

28th January 2014

Dyena product proves popular

28th January 2014

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The developer behind the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project in the UK has finishing testing its 2D physical model of the site at HR Wallingford in Oxfordshire.

28th January 2014

Tidal lagoon model tested

28th January 2014