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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

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Antwerp based shipping company EXMAR NV has applied tothe Zeebrugge Port Authority (MBZ) fora domain concession for the construction of a discharging and ship to shiptransfer installation for LNG and high…

30th July 2008

New LNG Infrastructure for Zeebrugge

30th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A metocean design has been completed for the proposed Round2 Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, planned for the southern North Sea offthe UKs North Norfolk coast, just inside the 12 mile territorial…

30th July 2008

Extensive Design Study Prefaces Wind Farm

30th July 2008

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The Marine Environment Protection Fund in the UK has published the findings of over £ 9m of research related to marine aggregate dredging.

30th July 2008

Results of Marine Aggregate Research Published

30th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A risk assessment framework for marine aggregate extraction has been developed by HR Wallingford in association with Royal Haskoning and the University of Newcastle.

30th July 2008

Assessing the Risks Posed by Marine Aggregate Extraction

30th July 2008

SECURITY

SECURITY

The requirement for rapidly deployable and portable x-ray systems that can be used in public places such ports, airports, railways and underground stations has grown substantially in the last year.

30th July 2008

X-Ray Specs Enhance Port Security

30th July 2008

SECURITY

SECURITY

Securewest International, which has specialised in maritimesecurity for more than 20 years, has received official approval of its securitytraining operations from both the UKs Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) and theclassification society Det…

30th July 2008

MCA Approves Marine Security Training

30th July 2008