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The delicate operation to relocate the wreck of a WW1 German submarine began mid-June in the Dover Strait, the world’ s busiest shipping lane.

3rd July 2008

Dover Strait U-Boat wreck being relocated

3rd July 2008

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Maritime shipwrecks will be on a register of the country' s neglected or decaying historic treasures when English Heritage launches its Heritage At Risk project this month.

3rd July 2008

Marine sites on Heritage At Risk list

3rd July 2008

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Tidal stream technology pioneer Marine Current Turbines Ltd has consolidated the successful   installation of its 1.2MW SeaGen tidal energy system in Strangford Narrows in Northern Ireland (see MJ May) and is…

3rd July 2008

Tidal turbine moves towards grid

3rd July 2008

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Following government approval for the Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport in North East England and before construction work has started, shippers and retailers are already anticipating the benefits of direct…

3rd July 2008

Portcentric vision for Teesports planning

3rd July 2008

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Bradford UK based Centa Transmissions launched a number of new and diverse power transmission products at Seawork International 2008 in Southampton last month.

1st July 2008

Power products aplenty at Seawork 2008

1st July 2008

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

At the end of the opening day of Seawork 2008, Hamilton Jet (UK) were presented with an award from client Tzvika Hendler Ltd for their contribution to the Protector, a remote controlled…

1st July 2008

Protector scoops award at Seawork

1st July 2008

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Halyard (M & I) Ltd, are celebrating another successful year at Seawork, having showcased two of its newest products at the show, launching the CV48 Aquadrive and also showing their new water…

1st July 2008

Halyard propel ahead following Seawork 2008

1st July 2008

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Diesel and gas powered engines and generating manufacturer Lister Petter officially announced the forthcoming marine version of their Omega diesel engine range at the Seawork International 2008 exhibition in Southampton last month.

1st July 2008

Alpha seen, Omega announced at Seawork

1st July 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The prestigious Spirit of Innovation Award was presented at the Seawork Gala Dinner last month to Fowey UK based Triskel Marine Ltd (TML) for their dredge monitoring DataBuoy. Their product won against…

1st July 2008

DataBuoy dredges up Seawork Award

1st July 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Torild Jørgensen of the Oslo Port Authority and her co-author, Kjetil Lønborg Jensen of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute won the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) CEC Best Paper Award 2008 for their paper…

1st July 2008

Oslo remediation plan wins CEDA Award

1st July 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Hamburg based hydraulic engineering and port construction company Möbius AG is poised to expand its activities by investing millions of Euros in the construction of two new trailing suction hopper dredgers.

1st July 2008

Möbius invests millions in new ships

1st July 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Port of Southampton UK confirmed at last month' s Seawork Exhibition that it had ordered two portable E-Sea Fix Hybrid pilot systems from Danish developer, Marimatech. They are currently being used…

1st July 2008

ABP Southampton orders berthing aids

1st July 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Swindon UK based Del Norte Technology, currently engaged in supplying some 42 UK and Irish ports with hydrographic and associated equipment, reported at Seawork a growing series of overseas ventures with continuation…

1st July 2008

Del Norte forges ahead

1st July 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Offshore survey software specialists SeeByte have completed inspection of an uninterrupted 10km length of subsea oil pipeline off the Orkney coast, claiming a new world distance record for tracking of a two…

1st July 2008

Seebyte claims world record

1st July 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The family owned tug company Herman Sr BV of Zwindrecht in the Netherlands is well known in the dredging and marine construction industries both in Europe and further afield.

1st July 2008

Yogi, A first for Herman Sr BV

1st July 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Pembroke Dock based Mustang Marine has delivered a new 16m aluminium pilot cutter to the Port of Tyne Authority. Collingwood was completed in time to appear on the floating pontoon at Seawork…

1st July 2008

Mustangs ali pilot flies at Seawork

1st July 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Rochester based Coastal Bulk Shipping Ltd. (previously known as R. Lapthorn and Company Limited) own and operate a fleet of 13 coastal and short sea dry bulk vessels, familiar visitors to UK…

1st July 2008

Refit and new name for coastal bulker

1st July 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh officially rededicated the Queen Elizabeth Dock at A& P Falmouth in the UK last month, fifty years after he first opened the dock in 1958.

1st July 2008

Falmouth Docks repair facility rededicated

1st July 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

An innovative automated hull and surface cleaner that could take the pain out of regular cleaning and reduce maintenance downtime for a number of vessels came all the way from Norway to…

1st July 2008

Get a scrubber on board

1st July 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

No, it isn' t quite clairvoyance, but finding faults before they happen is almost as useful. And failing that, finding out what fault has just happened comes a good second. Marine hydraulics…

1st July 2008

Successfully predicting failure

1st July 2008