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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Reef Subsea has been awarded contract by Norske Shell for dredging in the Ormen Lange field. The company will use its newly-built Scanmachine 4 excavator to carry out the work. The objective…

21st May 2012

Ormen Lange field contract for Reef Subsea

21st May 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Londonderry Port Harbour Master has announced that the barge Aoife recently started work on a new marine events pontoon’ in the vicinity of Queens Quay.

21st May 2012

Pontoon under construction at Londonderry

21st May 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Port of London Authority (PLA) crews are laying over three miles of mooring chains for vessels taking part in the Thames river pageant, which takes place on 3 June to mark the…

21st May 2012

Thames being made ready for Jubilee Pageant

21st May 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

As vessel sizes steadily increase, so too do the pressures exerted on port infrastructure.

21st May 2012

Big berthing at Isle of Grain jetties

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The recipient of this year' s annual UK Hydrographic Office Alexander Dalrymple Award for outstanding dedication and contribution to world hydrography is Horst Hecht, Director of the Federal German Maritime & Hydrographic…

21st May 2012

UKHO award for German hydrographer

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Great Yarmouth UK based GeoAcoustics Ltd has delivered four GeoSwath systems to the Netherlands Rijkswaterstaat (RWS), the arm of the Dutch Ministry of Transportation and Water Management whose responsibilities include the construction…

21st May 2012

Rijkswaterstaat enhances shallow water survey

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Navigational chart distributor Datema Delfzijl in Holland has launched a new ‘ pay as you sail’ ENC distribution system, ENCtrack, that for the first time will allow users to pay for chart…

21st May 2012

Pay as you sail EBCs

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Hydrographic survey is just one of many potential uses for a new version of the venerable Cheetah Marine 6.2m catamaran.

21st May 2012

Lightweight Cheetah goes easy on fuel

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Russia’s GLONASS satellite navigation system now has a full orbital constellation of 24 satellites following successful launch of the final unit from the Plesetsk spaceport at the beginning of October.

21st May 2012

Russia completes GLONASS constellation

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A fresh approach to problems of underwater positioning is possible with its new VA500 Altimeter, say oceanographic and instrumentation specialists Valeport of Totnes, Devon UK.

21st May 2012

Valeport underwater positioning development

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Alpine Ocean Seismic Survey, the US subsidiary of UK based Gardline Group with offices in New Jersey and Houston, has expanded its marine data collection facilities with the addition of geotechnical services…

21st May 2012

Gardline US subsidiary expands operations

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A record attendance of over 7,000 delegates from more than 80 countries is expected at this year’s OI event, the world’s leading biennial forum for marine science and ocean technology at London’s…

21st May 2012

Oceanology International 2012 heads for record

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Cadden of Nantes in France, specialist suppliers of electronic systems to domestic hydrographic and oceanographic concerns, is to provide Rouen Harbour and the ferry port of Caen with purpose designed integrated systems…

21st May 2012

French port commissions

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Coastline Surveys of Falmouth UK is to provide single beam and bathymetric surveys of UK south west regions.

21st May 2012

South west coastal monitoring surveys

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY 21st May 2012

Cheaper chart production

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

There is no need to spend a lot of money producing digital charts for navigation, says Hamburg-based SevenCs, the former subsidiary of the UK Hydrographic Office.

21st May 2012

Cheaper chart production

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Offshore Marine Management (OMM), which has offices in Bristol, Cambridge and Hamburg, says it is developing an advanced integrated vehicle for survey and inspection operations down to depths of 100m.

21st May 2012

Survey & inspection platform development

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The inter-governmental International Hydrographic Organization in Monaco, representing 80 member countries, is to hold its five yearly conference from 23 to 27 April.

21st May 2012

IHO XVIIIth Conference

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY 21st May 2012

$1.5m Seatronics-CodaOctopus deal

21st May 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Environmental Scientifics Group (ESG), which claims to be the UK’s leading provider of site investigation services for over-water and land projects, has boosted its resources with the addition of a dedicated inshore…

21st May 2012

ESG enhances survey capabilities

21st May 2012