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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

OceanDTM of Lowestoft, Suffolk UK, has teamed with Isle of Wight based boatbuilders Cheetah Marine to offer a 7.2m catamaran equipped with a fully calibrated and motion-compensated WASSP multibeam sounder for less…

5th July 2012

Turnkey survey solutions in boat package

5th July 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

MMT of Gothenburg, which is currently completing cable route studies for a 711km transmission link between Norway and the UK, has been awarded parts of two separate survey contracts for the EU…

5th July 2012

Finnish and Swedish contracts for MMT

5th July 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Sonardyne International of Yateley, Hampshire UK has received a major order worth £1m for its latest 6G acoustic positioning equipment from Aberdeen based DPS Offshore, the rental business subsidiary of Forum Energy…

5th July 2012

Further Sonardyne positioning orders

5th July 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A new environmental training programme has been launched by the British Safety Council (BSC) which aims to help businesses clean up their act when it comes to implementing good environmental systems and…

4th July 2012

BSC seeks to improve environmental management

4th July 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

E-navigation company NAVTOR has introduced NavSync, claiming an important step change in the way that navigators can gain access to the very latest ENCs.

4th July 2012

Direct upload ENCs

4th July 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Recent Seawork exhibitor ZF Marine has positioned its new ZF 5000 series marine transmission to address today’s market requirements.

4th July 2012

ZF introduces 5000 series marine transmission

4th July 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The last few years have seen peaks and troughs for many commercial craft sectors on the edge or outside the wind farm industry, such as dredgers, ferries and shortsea operations.

4th July 2012

Evening out the peaks and troughs

4th July 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Beta Marine opened the doors of its Quedgeley UK headquarters recently to celebrate 25 years of successful business in the marine engine market.

4th July 2012

Beta Marine celebrates 25 years

4th July 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

IHC Merwede has launched and named Van Oords new self-propelled cutter suction dredger Artemis at its shipyard in Sliedrecht, The Netherlands.

3rd July 2012

New IHC dredger for Van Oord

3rd July 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Energy and telecom cable systems operator Prysmian Group has opened a new submarine cable plant in Finland.

3rd July 2012

Cables for wind

3rd July 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

When ABEKO Marine received a tender to carry out some dredging and land reclamation projects recently it needed new capacity to carry out the work.

3rd July 2012

Dutch do cargo ship to dredger conversion

3rd July 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Cheltenham UK based propulsion systems manufacturer Ultra Dynamics introduced the UltraJet 251HT (High Thrust) specifically for lower speed craft at the recent Seawork exhibition.

3rd July 2012

High Thrust waterjet debuts at Seawork

3rd July 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Netherlands based International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has added Facts About Dredging & Safety to its useful Facts About series, all of which are available free online and in print.

3rd July 2012

Facts About Dredging & Safety

3rd July 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Royal Boskalis Westminster has signed a contract with Central Industry Group NV’s subsidiary Shipkits BV to build a 4,500 m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger.

3rd July 2012

Shipkits to build a trailer for Boskalis

3rd July 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has published a position paper titled ‘Climate Change Adaptation as it Affects the Dredging Community’.

3rd July 2012

CEDA publish paper on climate change

3rd July 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A complete FORAN package has been installed in Guangdong Yuexin Ocean Engineering Co (GYOE) - formerly Yuexin Shipbuilding - after a three month trial.

2nd July 2012

Grand designs for Chinese yard

2nd July 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Following an agreement between Transas Marine and the State Hydrographic Service of Ukraine, Transas’ TX-97 non-official chart collection now includes Ukrainian charts.

2nd July 2012

Inland chart first

2nd July 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Imtech Marine BV and ITC Global Inc have entered into a long term strategic alliance to provide a VSAT satellite communications network for the global maritime industry.

2nd July 2012

Satcomms strategic alliance

2nd July 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Global ship delivery and crewing company Redwise has delivered a newbuild trailing suction hopper dredger from its home country of the Netherlands more than 14,000 nautical miles to China.

2nd July 2012

Long way round for dredger delivery crew

2nd July 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A Damen cutter suction dredger of type CSD500 has been built under license by Canal Naval Construction for the Egyptian General Authority for Fish Resource Development.

2nd July 2012

Damen dredger built from kit in Egypt

2nd July 2012