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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

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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

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Birse Coastal has announced that it recently won the Civil Engineering Project Award 2011 (for projects from £3m to £50m) at the British Construction industry (BCI) awards.

23rd December 2011

Birse Coastal wins BCI award

23rd December 2011

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The varied range of vessels produced by Damen Shipyards is reflected in these two craft, seen on the final assembly and testing quay at the company’s headquarters in Gorinchem.

22nd December 2011

Damen delivers diverse ‘Axe Bow’ duo

22nd December 2011

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Rotterdam based Imtech Marine has announced a contract award to supply the hybrid propulsion system to the world’s first diesel-electric hybrid seagoing ferries.

22nd December 2011

World’s first seagoing hybrid ferries

22nd December 2011

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KEY DEALS

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has announced changes to the approval scheme for UK oil spill treatments, following a review earlier this year.

22nd December 2011

Approval changes for UK oil spill products

22nd December 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Watford UK based Teledyne TSS, whose Meridian Standard and Surveyor gyrocompasses have recently been type approved by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, has launched a new range of motion sensors, the…

22nd December 2011

New Teledyne TSS motion sensors

22nd December 2011

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The Underwater Centre in Scotland has seen a 100% increase in companies using its trials and testing facilities this year.

22nd December 2011

Subsea trials and testing boom

22nd December 2011

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Caterpillar has introduced the Cat C175-16 marine propulsion engine to power vessel designs for all segments of the marine industry.

22nd December 2011

Cat catches versatile new workboat engine

22nd December 2011

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KEY DEALS

E.ON is making another huge leap into green energy with a multi-billion investment of EUR7 billion for three new wind farms in the North and Baltic Seas.

21st December 2011

E.ON makes multi-billion energy investment

21st December 2011

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The recent DeepWater Horizon incident has brought into sharp focus the requirement for current, up to date contingency planning, the correct mix of anti-pollution equipment and well practised recovery techniques and crews.

21st December 2011

DeepWater Horizon spill begets OSRV surge

21st December 2011