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SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Parker Ribs’ UK distributor AH Parker & Sons (GB) Ltd will be exhibiting at Berth 3 on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2009.

1st April 2009

Seawork in for some Parker ribbing

1st April 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Another level in artificial intelligence is to add its weight to the fight against marine pollution. Robotic fish are being developed that will not only detect potentially hazardous pollutants in the water,…

1st April 2009

Robotic fish will fight pollution

1st April 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

With the spill industry offering more prevention, better response and serving wider markets across Europe and the world, the need for a platform to demonstrate the strengths of the industry and to…

1st April 2009

Interspill Working Together with the IMO

1st April 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Offshore Solutions BV has announced the installation and operation of their third Offshore Access System (OAS) in the Southern North Sea.

1st April 2009

Offshore Solution for North Sea operation

1st April 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Anytec Marine AB of Sweden UK and agent Wave Seven Marine Ltd have been chosen to supply a replacement slipway boat hoist to the Royal Navy’ s training establishment at HMS Raleigh.

1st April 2009

Anytec floats peoples boats

1st April 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Four Sennebogen 870 Mobile Specials have been delivered to Forth Ports PLC in the UK.

1st April 2009

Four (very) mobile cranes for Forth Ports

1st April 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Following the recent launch of the TORO capsule, designed to enhance the safe transfer of personnel by crane, Reflex Marine have announced that the device will soon be operating in the North…

1st April 2009

Reflex look to move people globally

1st April 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Despite the economic climate the work load at specialist dredging and coastal consultants Anthony D Bates Partnership (ADBP) remain buoyant. The Somerset UK based company is undertaking a wide variety of projects…

1st April 2009

Dredging consultancy defies the downturn

1st April 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

‘ Connecting the World through Dredging’ was the theme when sister associations the Central Dredging Association (CEDA), which serves Africa, Europe and the Middle East joined the Western Dredging Association (WEDA), which…

1st April 2009

Panama rendezvous for dredging associations

1st April 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

While many ports are suffering in the current economic downturn Ramsgate is busy preparing for new customers, including work to accommodate the construction and support vessels associated with the Thanet Offshore Wind…

1st April 2009

Ramsgte digs deep for wind farm vessels

1st April 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredger builders IHC Merwede weathered the recessionary storm well last year, reporting an order book which rose to € 2bn, a 40% increase in revenue to € 1.1bn, profit before tax…

1st April 2009

IHC Merwede tops ¢2bn in orders

1st April 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Pioneering technology at Saab Seaeye in Fareham, Hampshire UK has resulted in what is claimed to be the world’ s most advanced electric work class ROV, which will significantly reduce operating costs…

1st April 2009

New Saab ROV development

1st April 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

GeoAcoustics of Great Yarmouth, which was acquired by Kongsberg Maritime last autumn for a reported £ 4.3m, has delivered four of its GeoSwath multibeam systems to the Rijkswaterstaat (RWS), the arm of…

1st April 2009

Geoswath multibeam systems for Rijkswaterstaat

1st April 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Teledyne Technologies in the US, which last year bought TSS’ s inertial sensing systems business in Watford UK, has been on the takeover trail again with news that it has acquired Odom…

1st April 2009

Teledyne acquires Odom Hydrographic Systems

1st April 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a contract for the extension of the cruise terminal in Nassau. The contract was awarded by the Ministry of Works and Transport of the Government of…

1st April 2009

Boskalis wins cruise terminal contract in the Bahamas

1st April 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Rakeen, a leading property developer and master planner, and the real estate development arm of the Ras Al Khaimah Government, has announced that it has completed reclamation work for the US$1bn Al…

1st April 2009

Al Marjan reclamation completed

1st April 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) has confirmed that the first phase of the rehabilitation of the main breakwater at the Port of Poti, Georgia, has recently been completed.

1st April 2009

Port of Poti rehabilitation project completed

1st April 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

COWI has signed a contract to provide the preliminary design for a combined bridge and tunnel link in China. The immersed tunnel will be based on the same tunnel concept which was…

1st April 2009

China to have worlds longest immersed tunnel

1st April 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

DHI Group in Denmark is working with the authorities at the Danish harbour at Thyborøn to address problems caused by wave overtopping. Thyborøn is located on the west coast of Jutland, Denmark.

1st April 2009

DHI addressing wave problems in Danish port

1st April 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Port of Durban’ s 300 million rand harbour entrance widening project, which started in the third quarter of 2007, is due for completion in April 2010, according to Allan Wijnberg, the…

1st April 2009

Durban harbour widening on track for 2010 completion

1st April 2009