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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

In June the first 250m long deep sea quay wall section at the massive Maasvlakte 2 reclamation project in Port of Rotterdam in The Netherlands was dredged free of sand for the…

29th September 2011

First quay section at Maasvlakte 2 gets wet

29th September 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Broads Authority in the UK has been awarded some £800,000 from the European Regional Development Fund to develop innovative dredging solutions for the management of the waterways.

29th September 2011

Broads Authority wins funds for innovative dredging project

29th September 2011

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A tidal power scheme in the Mersey Estuary could deliver enough electricity to meet the average needs of over 200,000 homes but the high construction costs mean that it is unlikely to…

29th September 2011

Mersey tidal power project unlikely to be funded

29th September 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The London based International Marine Contractors Association, which has 750 members in nearly 60 countries, has published a dedicated industry wide checklist for use by survey, ROV and pipeline installation contractors and…

29th September 2011

New IMCA publications

29th September 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Also at Seawork 2011, Coastline Surveys reported that it has been retained locally by Land & Water Services of Guildford to provide survey support for dredging work presently being carried out at…

29th September 2011

Dredging and wind farm work for Coastline Surveys

29th September 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Gloucester Harbour in the UK, which encounters one of the world’s highest tidal ranges, is among the first customers for Ohmex’s latest low power modular bluetooth tide gauge, TideM8.

29th September 2011

New Ohmex tide gauge

29th September 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Sea Herald, a new all purpose £1m workboat built by Macduff Shipyards has commenced operations with Aberdeen Harbour Board for whom it will carry out a variety of tasks from debris removal…

29th September 2011

New £1m workboat for Aberdeen

29th September 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

PD Teesport at Middlesbrough, one of the UK’s three largest ports, is the venue for a three day Hypack training seminar from 20 to 22 September.

29th September 2011

Del Norte hosts Hypack and multibeam seminar

29th September 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

An EU part funded Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland (INIS) hydrographic survey project headed by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) was launched at the Belfast Harbour Commissioners Office at the…

29th September 2011

INIS Hydro project launched

29th September 2011

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

GEO.xyz of Belgium has added a further survey and support vessel to its growing fleet, Geosurveyor VI.

29th September 2011

GEO.xyz expands fleet

29th September 2011

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Scotland’s diving and subsea equipment experts Divex have announced that the Seven Atlantic dive support vessel has reached a major milestone in achieving 1,000 dives without lost time incident (LTI).

29th September 2011

1,000 dives with no Lost Time Incidents

29th September 2011

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

With the advancement of ground breaking innovation in the renewable marine energy industry, the Cromarty Firth Port Authority has had the opportunity to demonstrate that everything is possible.

29th September 2011

CFPA’s master plan for renewable growth

29th September 2011

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Neptune Renewable Energy Ltd has been given UK parliamentary approval for the deployment of its tidal stream power device.

29th September 2011

Green light for Neptune tidal stream device

29th September 2011

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) marked Thursday’s occasion of IMO World Maritime Day by addressing the piracy crisis in the Indian Ocean, this year’s chosen IMO theme.

29th September 2011

Piracy theme for IMO World Maritime Day

29th September 2011

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The first centre block section for HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of two new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, was lifted onto the lower mid-block at the Rosyth dockyard in Scotland last…

29th September 2011

First QE Class blocks joined at Rosyth

29th September 2011

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

European clothing chain C&A has marked its 100th birthday by converting a 40 year old inland motor ship into an event and party boat and sending it on a 5,000 km celebration…

29th September 2011

Celebration tour for converted motor ship

29th September 2011

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

IHC Merwede has entered the international rental market with its standard IHC Beaver dredgers and DMC work boats.

29th September 2011

Beavers move into dredger rental market

29th September 2011

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

A local Freedom of Information request has provided an update on the condition of a sunken munitions ship that presents a potential risk to a large area of east Kent UK.

28th September 2011

Sunken munitions ship survey released

28th September 2011

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A traditionally built dinghy was launched at the Southampton Boat Show last month as part of the project Traditional Maritime Skills (TMS), which is currently recording wooden boatbuilding skills that are in…

27th September 2011

Traditional Marine Skills project launch

27th September 2011

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Swedish based MJP Waterjets has succeeded in combining steering and reversing of two jets simultaneously into a central column operating both jets in parallel by means of a single hydraulic control.

26th September 2011

Dual control for Swedish waterjets

26th September 2011