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SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Maritime Journal  came across a rather interesting eco-friendly electric boat on the Seawork pontoon this year, one of two  built by Goodchild Marine Services Ltd of Burgh Castle, UK.

30th July 2009

Goodchild go eco-friendly at Seawork

30th July 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Rovlatis, a new ‘ smart’ ROV designed for international marine applications by the University of Limerick’ s Mobile & Marine Robotics Research Centre (MMRC), which was reported in these columns earlier this…

30th July 2009

Rovlatis completes trials

30th July 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Teledyne TSS of Watford UK, which recently supplied a further eight of its Meridian gyrocompasses for installation aboard Turkish Coast Guard patrol vessels, reports delivery of a Series 440 pipe and cable…

30th July 2009

Teledyne TSS Swedish & Turkish contracts

30th July 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Kongsberg Maritime in Norway has recorded its 100th order for deep water multibeam systems.

30th July 2009

Kongsberg multibeam century

30th July 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

UK National Hydrographer Rear Admiral Ian Moncrieff will be the Keynote Speaker at a one day symposium on Hydrography & Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure organised by The Hydrographic Society UK’ s Southern…

30th July 2009

Hydrography & Marine SDI symposium

30th July 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The GUPC consortium of which Belgian dredging and construction company Jan de Nul forms part is in ‘ pole position’ for a multi-billion dollar contract in Panama.

30th July 2009

GUPC consortium in line for Panama Canal contract

30th July 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Topaz Energy and Marine Ltd, through its subsidiary Nico International, part of the newly established engineering division of the company, has successfully reached the first milestone in a project it is carrying…

30th July 2009

Topaz reaches milestone in Vopak project

30th July 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

As the leading partner in a consortium Royal Haskoning is to assist the municipality of Nijmegen in The Netherlands to draw up a regional planning programme for the ‘ Space for the…

30th July 2009

Royal Haskoning investigates dyke relocation

30th July 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A consortium of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV and Allseas Group SA has been appointed for the construction of a gas pipeline through the Strait of Magellan in Southern Argentina. The agreement was…

30th July 2009

Boskalis wins ¢90 million offshore project in Argentina

30th July 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

ABPmer in the UK has launched a new version of its online reference tool OMReG. This widely used reference database, originally published in 2007, provides site specific lessons across a wide range…

30th July 2009

ABPmer launches new managed realignment reference tool

30th July 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Contractor Odebrecht has completed a major coastal defence scheme in Panama using Xbloc armoured units developed by Delta Marine Consultants in The Netherlands.

30th July 2009

Xblocs used in coast protection project

30th July 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

TTS Port Equipment AB has secured a contract to design, manufacture and fit two double tier linkspans for the contractor Skanska. The linkspans will be installed at Copenhagen Malmö Port in Sweden,…

30th July 2009

New linkspans for Swedish port

30th July 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Van Oord has been awarded two project contracts to reinforce coastal defences in The Netherlands. The first project involves sand replenishment along the coast in the Voorne region, where trailing suction hopper…

30th July 2009

Coastal defence projects for Van Oord

30th July 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Radio communication specialist, Northwest Radio has devised an intelligent radio system to assist in the management of vessel traffic in the busy port of Liverpool.

30th July 2009

Expanded VTS for Port of Liverpool

30th July 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

' A major step towards creating a compliant digital service that not only fulfils the requirements of the mariner, but assists them during the transition towards the proposed ECDIS mandation that comes…

30th July 2009

AVCS on ECDIS ensures digital future

30th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Exeter UK based Lyme Boats has come a long way over the last two years, delivering a series of GRP pilot boats whilst also developing its aluminium workboat range.

30th July 2009

Clever Sea Weasel burrows into wind farm world

30th July 2009

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The expanding market for offshore windfarm support services in Europe was further evidenced by the collection of windfarm support vessels (WSVs) on the pontoon at Seawork last month.

30th July 2009

ABC Excels at Seawork

30th July 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

After extensive testing, the IMO (International Maritime Organisation) has approved the Orion Inertial Navigation System (INS), manufactured by Teledyne TSS Ltd, as meeting the performance standards required by gyrocompasses used for commercial…

29th July 2009

Orion INS receives IMO approval

29th July 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Adventure diver Ben Burville recently trialled Tritech’ s StarFish sidescan sonar off the UK’ s North East coast. Testing its performance, he scanned the seabed at the wreck site of the cargo…

28th July 2009

Diver delights in tiny sidescan

28th July 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The SPE Offshore Europe 2009 oil and gas conference and exhibition, which takes place in Aberdeen UK on 8 – 11 September, is on course to be the largest in the event’…

27th July 2009

Deep well of support for Offshore Europe 2009

27th July 2009