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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

IHC Merwede has recently secured orders for advanced vessels and equipment in its core markets of dredging and offshore to the value of €200m.

5th January 2012

€200m orders keep IHC Merwede rolling

5th January 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Sealite’s BargeSafe Solar has been selected by ASMAR (Astillerros y Maestranzas de la Armada) as the preferred navigation lighting system for use on the bulk transportation barges they are building under contract…

5th January 2012

BargeSafe Solar shines in South America

5th January 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Hampshire UK based OSIL is offering a new upgrade to its MiniBAT underwater towbody system by fitting a custom built splash-proof housing for the electronic controls.

5th January 2012

Upgrade for inshore data collection

5th January 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

After taking office on 1 January 2012, the new secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization, Koji Sekimizu, has announced a number of changes in the structure of the IMO Secretariat.

4th January 2012

Changes in Secretariat at IMO

4th January 2012

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The Clearance Divers Life Support Equipment (CDLSE) entered into Full Operational Capability (FOC) with the UK Royal Navy recently.

4th January 2012

Full Operational Capability for CDLSE

4th January 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The demonstration of a novel undersea marking device went well despite the best attempts of the local sailors.

4th January 2012

Clear as a bell despite local interference

4th January 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A multibeam sonar is being used to good effect by hydrographic surveyors at the grounding site of the 236m cargo vessel MV Rena on the Astrolabe Reef off the coast of New…

4th January 2012

Finding boxes lost from Rena wreck

4th January 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Some well known names from the UK marine industry have featured on the Queen’s new year’s honour’s list – including awards for the top bods at the NCI, Solar Solve Ltd and…

3rd January 2012

New year’s honours for UK marine industry

3rd January 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Ahead of new IMO ECDIS requirements next year, Hamburg based Safebridge says it will shortly introduce the first release of its new online courseware for type-specific training.

3rd January 2012

Online ECDIS training

3rd January 2012

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Portsmouth UK based steel workboat builder Meercat Workboats Ltd has signed a contract to supply a new Meercat RT15 to Norwegian contractors, ØPD Solutions AS.

3rd January 2012

Meercat hits the road to Norway again

3rd January 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A new EU funded scheme worth £7.7m (EUR 9m) is providing access for companies and researchers to specialist marine renewable energy testing centres across Europe.

29th December 2011

New EU test scheme for marine renewables

29th December 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Representatives from the Birse Coastal project team collected the prize for Civil Engineering Project 2011 at the British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards ceremony held in London recently.

29th December 2011

Coastal protection project wins BCI Award

29th December 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Sonardyne of Yateley, Hampshire UK has launched the sixth generation of its best selling acoustic positioning transponder, the Wideband Sub Mini 6 (WSM6).

29th December 2011

Sonardyne extends transponder range

29th December 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

VolkerStevin Marine has been awarded the Tay Road Bridge pier collision protection works in Dundee, Scotland, a £15m contract to ensure the bridge is not closed by a serious ship impact at…

28th December 2011

Tay Road Bridge works protect local economy

28th December 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Hydrographic surveys of Durres harbour and its approaches in the Adriatic Sea, Albania, are presently being completed by a US Navy Fleet Survey Team (FST) under arrangements with the Albanian government.

28th December 2011

US Albanian surveys

28th December 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord says its flexible fallpipe vessel (FFPV) Tertnes has been mobilised to the east coast of Mexico (Bay of Campeche).

27th December 2011

Van Oord subsea rock installation project

27th December 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

On the whole, it has to be said that the brand new Jenkins Marine location is a blessing in a well engineered disguise.

27th December 2011

Build your own works yard at Poole

27th December 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK Hydrographic Office has sold SevenCs and its subsidiary, ChartWorld, to Dutch-Belgian-Trading GmbH (DBT), the maritime trading and investment company in Hamburg.

27th December 2011

UKHO sells SevenCs & ChartWorld

27th December 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Fugro OSAE of Bremen, Germany has been awarded a €2.3m contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) for surveys of a 12,000 sq/km area of the Barents Sea in the northern-most part…

26th December 2011

€2.3m Norwegian contract for Fugro OSAE

26th December 2011

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.

24th December 2011

Russia completes GLONASS constellation

24th December 2011