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SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Sub-Surface Engineering (SSE) graduate Lindsey Barrett wasthe only woman in a group of 14 trainees to complete an intensive eight weekcommercial diving course with the Professional Diving Academy at Dunoon inScotland.

30th July 2008

Commercial Diving Gets Feminine Touch

30th July 2008

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Irelands Safehaven Marine has launched the eighth Wildcat36ft catamaran for owner Gerry Dowd,who will operate it out of Dover to explore wrecks along the south coast ofEngland.

30th July 2008

Black Cat Goes Diving Off Dover

30th July 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Italian dredger builder Italdraghe SpA delivered and launcheda new, small SGT150C model cutter suction dredger for the beautiful coastaltown of Casal Velino in Southern Italy in July. Casal Velino is within theprotected…

30th July 2008

Dredger Delivers Vroom with a View

30th July 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Jenkins Marine Ltd and Land & challengingproject to dredge the Island Harbour Marina in the Isle of Wight. The works,which started in April, are due for completion by the end of this…

30th July 2008

Dredging Restores Depth at Island Harbour

30th July 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A lowering of the seabed beneath Newbiggin Bay UK isbelieved to have exposed the coastline to serious erosion in recent years. Thebeach had virtually disappeared and damage to the seawall was increasing. 

30th July 2008

Dredgers Delight Community at Newbiggin Bay

30th July 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Dutch specialistmanufacturer of underwater equipment, Seatools, has signed a contract with BelgiumsJan De Nul Group to supply the underwater sensors for monitoring the dredgingprocess on board four hopper dredgers and three…

30th July 2008

Sensor Packages for Seven New Dredgers

30th July 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

TheUK Civil Hydrographic Programmes results for 2006 and plans for this yearunder the auspices of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency is the lead topicfor a one day seminar on Thursday 14 June…

30th July 2008

Coastal and Ports Surveying Seminar

30th July 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Hydrography Unitof the UK Maritime Coastguard Agencys Navigation Safety Branch has released aselection of files on recent bathymetric multibeam surveys for downloading tothe general public using Google Earth, a free add-on…

30th July 2008

MCA Data Available on Google Earth

30th July 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Galileoproject, Europes proposed answer to the USGlobal Positioning System (GPS), is in disarray following the failure of aneight member group of companies to meet a European Commission deadline totransform itself into…

30th July 2008

Galileo Problems

30th July 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

SRDof Beverley, East Yorkshire UKreports delivery of a purpose designed multibeam seabed visualisation,measurement and control system to De Beers Marine in South Africa under a contract worthover £ 500,000.

30th July 2008

South African Contract for SRD

30th July 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Expenditure onROV operations, which has more than doubled since 2002 according to industryestimates, has just risen still further with news that Seaeye, the Fareham UKbased company specialising in development of electrically powered…

30th July 2008

ROV Buyouts

30th July 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

TheUK Hydrographic Office has introduced a new brochure on its programme ofaccredited courses on marine cartography and associated disciplines which areavailable at its training centre in Taunton.

30th July 2008

UKHO Courses

30th July 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The 23m multipurposeresearch and survey vessel MV FlatHolm, owned  by Coastline Surveys Ltd,  hascompleted nearly three months continuous high performance vibrocore sampling inthe Southern North Sea, English Channel and Bristol Channel for…

30th July 2008

Coastline Makes Most of Survey Surge

30th July 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The UK Government gave planning approval earlier this month for theworlds first large scale wave farm off the coast of Cornwall in South WestEngland.

30th July 2008

Planning Approval for Wave Hub

30th July 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

REDS Ltd (Reach Engineering & Diving Services Ltd) have thissummer taken their first steps into the offshore renewable energy sector. In lateJune the Midlands UK based company were contracted to carry out…

30th July 2008

REDS on Renewables Seabeds

30th July 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The 25 turbine Burbo Bank Offshore Windfarm was completedthis summer on behalf of the Danish Company Dong Energy, culminating a hecticbut successful installation period.

30th July 2008

Offshore Renewables Boost Ports Industry

30th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

German authorities investing a total of ¢ 37.5mup to 2009 in the expansion of the growing seaport of Brake on the Lower Weser have now commissioned the construction of anew ¢ 14.5m…

30th July 2008

Germans Commission ¢14.5m Quay/Berth Project

30th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Moroccan authorities definitely met the deadlines on TangerMed port project,as APM Terminals Tangier, a subsidiary of AP-Moller Maersk, inaugurated the firstcontainer terminal of the huge complex on 27th July, the concessionof which…

30th July 2008

Boxport Building at Global Trade Crossroads

30th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Two new expansion projects, one completedand one still to come, will further increase container handling in Germanysbiggest seaport Hamburg.

30th July 2008

New Projects Boost Hamburg Port Capacity

30th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Maritime Journal joins the UK Environment Agency, Birse Coastal,and SCOPAC (Standing Conference On Problems Associated with the Coastline) insponsoring the International Conference on Coastal Management, which will beheld at the Mercure Holland…

30th July 2008

MJ Sponsors International Conference on Coastal Management

30th July 2008