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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

NCS Survey, also of Aberdeen, has acquired two Gavia type AUVs from designers Hafmynd of Reykjavik in Iceland under a contract worth some $1m. Both swath bathymetry configured systems include GeoSwath sonars…

1st May 2009

Icelandic AUVs for NCS Survey

1st May 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

In a deal concluded at last month’ s Ocean Business 2009 event in Southampton UK, Banbury based NetSurvey has ordered two SeaBat 7125-SV dual head multibeam sonar systems from Reson of Denmark.

1st May 2009

NetSurvey buys further Seabat sonars

1st May 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Specialist course organisers Skilltrade BV of Holland are holding a beginners seminar at € 750 per head for anyone interested in hydrography, at the Fastolff Business Centre, Great Yarmouth on 26 and…

1st May 2009

Introductory hydrography course

1st May 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Valeport in Totnes, one of the UK’ s leading manufacturers of hydrographic and oceanographic instrumentation, is now in its 40th year and has launched a new perpetual warranty programme covering any of…

1st May 2009

Valeport warranty scheme

1st May 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

With the third annual UN decreed World Hydrography Day due on 21 June, the intergovernmental International Hydrographic Organization in Monaco has announced this year’ s theme as ‘ Hydrography - Protecting the…

1st May 2009

World Hydrography Day

1st May 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Benchmarks for best practice have been drawn up for the fast emerging marine energy industry to stimulate the development of wave and tidal power systems.

1st May 2009

Guidelines agreed for marine energy development

1st May 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

UK renewable energy industry leaders welcomed the Government’ s budget presentation last month, which delivered a package of measures to build a low carbon economy and further decarbonise electricity generation.

1st May 2009

British Budget boosts marine renewables

1st May 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A commission has rejected the idea of large Cardiff-Weston barrage between England and Wales and instead recommended a smaller barrage which would offer the best mix of power output with reduced environmental…

1st May 2009

Local interests opt for baby barrage

1st May 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Fluor Limited, the UK operating arm of Fluor Corporation, formed Seagreen Wind Energy Limited with Airtricity, the renewable energy division of Scottish and Southern Energy last month.

1st May 2009

New consortium for Round 3 wind farms

1st May 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A British company is helping to develop the 1GW tidal energy potential of Nova Scotia’ s Bay of Fundy.

1st May 2009

UK tidal turbine targets Bay of Fundy

1st May 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The tender is out to build the Seine Nord Europe Canal, a high capacity water transportation system which will connect the rivers Seine and Scheldt, allowing large vessels to transport goods between…

1st May 2009

Seine Nord Europe Canal out to tender

1st May 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Ceredigion County Council in the UK is carrying out extensive repairs to some of the sea defences at Aberaeron on the west Wales coast of Cardigan Bay.

1st May 2009

Aarsleff goes on the defence

1st May 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Highly accurate 3D digital maps, captured from aircraft mounted lasers, are being used to assess the risk of flooding at critical utility sites across the UK.

1st May 2009

Flying laser plans flood defences

1st May 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Maritime systems supplier Cavotec MSL has received the largest order to date for the vacuum based automated mooring solution, MoorMaster, from the typhoon-ridden Port Hedland in Western Australia.

1st May 2009

More to come from MoorMaster

1st May 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Cargotec says its MacGregor division has recently secured contracts to supply linkspans that are specifically tailored to meet the needs of a number of different ports. The company said it has secured…

1st May 2009

Linkspans are tailored to port requirements

1st May 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The new CIRIA Guide to Cost Standards for Dredging Equipment 2009 offers a standard method to establish the capital and related costs of a wide range of dredging equipment.

1st May 2009

New CIRIA Guide on cost standards for dredging

1st May 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work has begun on the much heralded expansion of Peterhead Harbour in the UK. Stones are being laid at Peterhead port’ s breakwater in advance of a massive £ 30m scheme which…

1st May 2009

Work gets under way at Peterhead Harbour

1st May 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Van Oord has been awarded a contract to construct a quay wall and a dock in Moerdijk in the Rotterdam area of the Netherlands.

1st May 2009

Van Oord to build quaywall at Moerdijk

1st May 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging majors Boskalis and Van Oord have secured a contract for the expansion of the harbour at Gijón in Spain. The project will be executed by Boskalis and Van Oord working…

1st May 2009

Boskalis and Van Oord to extend harbour at Gijón

1st May 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A project at the Caladh Mor ferry terminal in Inish Meain, one of the Aran islands, which used Xbloc armoured units has won the latest Irish Concrete Society Award.

1st May 2009

Xbloc project wins Irish Concrete Society Award

1st May 2009