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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

In the UK, The Crown Estate’ s Marine Communities Fund provides funding for community projects which contribute to development of best practice and make a significant contribution to the environmental management and…

4th December 2008

January deadline for next Marine Communities funding round

4th December 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Cargo operations at the Finnish port of Helsinki saw a major transformation last week with the inauguration of a new cargo harbour on a site in the eastern Helsinki district of Vuosaari.

4th December 2008

Helsinki opens a new cargo harbour in Vuosaari

4th December 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

International seafaring charity the Sailors’ Society is asking people to spare a thought for those away from their homes and families this Christmas.

4th December 2008

Sailors Society launches Christmas Appeal

4th December 2008

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

Dales Marine Services has successfully completed a £ 300,000 contract at its Aberdeen facility for general annual maintenance and other work on the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry, Lord of the Isles, which operates…

1st December 2008

Dales Marine complete Lord of the Isles

1st December 2008

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

Seatruck Ferries Ltd and Federicia Shipping have announced the a new ro-ro trailer cargo service to be called Fredericia-Moss, which will run   between Fredericia in Denmark and Moss in Norway. The…

1st December 2008

Dedicated Denmark-Norway ro-ro in New Year

1st December 2008

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Northern Divers Ltd appreciated the convenience of their new Norwegian Miko magnets during a recent repair job at Immingham.

1st December 2008

Magnetic attraction aids Northern Divers

1st December 2008

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

International diving equipment technology company Divex is celebrating a double century manufacturing milestone after completion of its 200th Divers Environmental Conditioning System, known as the ECS.

1st December 2008

Divex celebrates double century manufacturing milestone

1st December 2008

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Participating at the UK’ s recent Emergency Services Show 2008 was British Divers Marine Life Rescue, a registered charity which has over 5,000 volunteer marine mammal medics across England, Wales and Scotland.

1st December 2008

Divers dedicated to marine mammal rescue

1st December 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Norwegian Hydrographic Service’ s PRIMAR organisation, which currently provides over 8,000 electronic nautical charts globally via an international network of distributors, has recorded its first commercial user for its new ECDIS…

1st December 2008

First user for new Primar online service

1st December 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

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1st December 2008

Online seabed mapping

1st December 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Proceedings of last month’ s Hydro8 Symposium in Liverpool, which featured 60 exhibitors and drew over 350 delegates from 18 countries, are now available direct from the event’ http://www.ths.org.uk' , ' 1228125156717'…

1st December 2008

Hydro8 proceedings available

1st December 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has recently taken delivery of their new survey vessel Kelpie. Built by Cheetah Marine, Kelpie is based on the successful Cheetah 7.9m catamaran hull.

1st December 2008

Trailerable Kelpie takes to the high road

1st December 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Some 80% of the greenhouse gas emissions in Europe still come from the energy sector, warns a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) released recently.

1st December 2008

Change needed says European Environment Agency

1st December 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Progress with the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm is continuing with two separate recent announcements concerning the awarding of a project management contract and the selection of Ramsgate Port as the operations and…

1st December 2008

Progress with Thanet Offshore Wind Farm

1st December 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Bristol UK based tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) confirmed last month that it intends to apply for a lease from the Crown Estate to deploy its tidal technology in…

1st December 2008

Tidal turbine proposal for Pentland Firth

1st December 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The dredger/pumping station Sliedrecht 27 has been repositioned to Jaywick, near Clacton on the Essex coast, where it has been deployed as a booster station on a € 13m beach nourishment contract…

1st December 2008

Replenishing beaches on the Essex coast

1st December 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction has begun in Kiel of the € 16m Schwedenkai Terminal, the third ferry and cruise ship handling facility in the Baltic port city which says it is Germany’ s most popular…

1st December 2008

Kiel breaks ground for third passenger terminal

1st December 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Energy companies, civil engineers, shipbuilders and regional development agencies met in London last month to discuss the feasibility of building clean energy wind farms in deep waters offshore of the UK.

1st December 2008

A solid foundation for deepwater wind

1st December 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The final precast units supplied by Macrete, the specialist Northern Ireland based precast concrete engineers, have been lowered into place recently for the 1,000m wave wall being constructed by BAM Nuttall Ltd…

1st December 2008

Great Yarmouths wave wall completed

1st December 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Europe’ s first artificial surf reef is being built in Boscombe, Bournemouth and is set to put Bournemouth firmly on the UK surf map. It will act as a ramp, pushing waves…

1st December 2008

Surfs up at Boscombes artificial reef

1st December 2008