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SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The UKs Marine Accident and Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a report into the incident that took place last year off of the MV Norma whilst a diver was trying to replace…

1st February 2009

MV Norma dive incident report published

1st February 2009

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The Swedish Coastguard has recently awarded Applied Acoustic Engineering a contract for two Easytrak Portable subsea tracking systems through its partner CA Clase AB of Göteborg.

1st February 2009

Underwater tracking for Swedish Coastguard

1st February 2009

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Rugby UK based Reach Engineering & Diving Services Ltd (REDS) has undertaken the diving support works on the Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Wales.

1st February 2009

REDS on the seabeds with wind farm support

1st February 2009

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

When the Bollywood movie, Luck, was filmed in South Africa, a Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV was strapped beneath a giant 4.2 metre long latex and polyurethane replica of a tiger shark, then…

1st February 2009

Saab put the bite into Bollywood

1st February 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) of Trondheim, Norway has launched the worlds first purpose built EM survey vessel, Boa Thalassa to enhance its global hydrocarbon exploration activities.

1st February 2009

EMGS launches worlds first EM survey vessel

1st February 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Specialist catamaran builder Cheetah Marine of Ventnor on the Isle of Wight has delivered another of its 7.9m models to an operator in Scotland. The newbuild incorporates Cheetahs proprietary Hydropod survey mount…

1st February 2009

Cheetah Catamaran for Clydeside Surveys

1st February 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Medium term prospects for seismic surveys and drilling offshore Europe still appear to be good following recent award of a record 171 new exploration licenses in the North Sea by the UK…

1st February 2009

Record number of North Sea licenses awarded

1st February 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Organisers Intelligent Exhibitions say there is still time to register for their two day technical conference, being held as part of Ocean Business 2009, on 1 and 2 April at the National…

1st February 2009

Offshore Survey 09

1st February 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Fluor Limited has awarded a contract to Danish offshore construction company A2SEA A/S for the installation of Siemens turbines at the Greater Gabbard Wind Farm project off the UK east coast.

1st February 2009

Sea Jack takes king of the wind farms

1st February 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Edinburgh based Pelamis Wave Power (PWP) has won an order from UK renewable energy generator E.on for the next generation Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, known as the P-2.

1st February 2009

Pelamis P-2 powers on in Orkney

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The consequences of global warming are being felt in the world of marine civil engineering, with consultants Moffatt & Nichol selected by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC Pacific) to perform an…

1st February 2009

Emergency shoreline protection for Diego Garcia

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A new class of hopper barge developed to operate on Londons sometimes restricted waterways has made it possible for waste to be transported from multiple sites within the city to bespoke recycling…

1st February 2009

Olympian ideals aid construction waste transport

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Workboat operators will be heartened by the announcement this month by specialists asset investment company Imera that it plans to build North Sea and Atlantic electricity grids, connecting key markets and offshore…

1st February 2009

€5bn for EU offshore energy grid

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Growth in sea and hinterland cargo and port associated industrial settlement prompted a decision in 2005 in the German Baltic seaport of Wismar to go ahead with expansion costing ¢ 13m. That…

1st February 2009

Port of Wismar expands to meet growth

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) is ploughing millions of Euros into two big container terminal infrastructure projects to expand big ship handling.

1st February 2009

Hamburg expands container facilities

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work on a flood barrier to protect New Orleans from future hurricanes started in December.

1st February 2009

Lowlands expertise lifts New Orleans

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Staffordshire based Durapipe UK has seen its global ambitions fulfilled yet again with a marine installation half way around the world. The companys P-LX secondary contained fuel system pipework has been installed…

1st February 2009

New fuel system for HMAS Cairns

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has urged politicians to look seriously at the option of a new airport in the Thames Estuary after he visited the potential site with engineers and…

1st February 2009

Top engineers back Thames Estuary airport

1st February 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A proposed shortlist of schemes to generate clean, green electricity from the power of the tides in the Severn Estuary has been unveiled by the British Governments Department of Energy and Climate…

1st February 2009

Five projects make Severn tidal power shortlist

1st February 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) and Deltares in The Netherlands are playing a key role in Gijón Port Authoritys plans to extend the port, including construction of new basin seaward of the…

1st February 2009

Key role for MARIN at Port of Gijón

1st February 2009