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  • Selsey Sea Defence Project Starts (UK)

    6 December 2010

    Work has started on improving flood defences at West Beach in Selsey. The Environment Agency said the work includes strengthening the sea… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, December 6, 2010;

  • UK: Dredging on Walsall Canal Scheduled for November

    28 October 2010

    Laurence Hogg, a member of CanalScape BCN, the Yahoo newsgroup that focuses on the Birmingham Canal Navigations, reports that BW have plans… (waterwaywatch) [mappress] Source: waterwaywatch, October 28, 2010;

  • Plan for Dunbar Harbour Development Unveiled (UK)

    3 February 2011

    A proposed £20 million project to redevelop part of Dunbar harbour could see its all-weather RNLI lifeboat return to a permanent base in the… By Bryan Copland (eastlothiancourier) [mappress] Source: eastlothiancourier, February 3, 2011;

  • UK: Ramsgate Harbour Dredging Makes Progress

    14 April 2011

    Dredging work to remove large amounts of sand from Ramsgate Harbour Marina is being carried out.   (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, April 14, 2011  

  • EU Invests in New Dredging Methods (UK)

    12 December 2011

    The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads will be granted £800,000 to come up with new methods for removing the waterways sediment. The EU will invest in examining new possibilities for sediment dredging and reusing it therewith surpassing the necessity for determining disposal sites. The Broads Authority is also planning to use the funding for expanding the […]

  • UK: Residents Want Cornish Harbour Dredging

    16 May 2011

    A thousand people signed a petition that was handed into Downing Street calling for the dredging of a Cornish harbour to help boost the West… (thisisdevon) [mappress] Source: thisisdevon, May 16, 2011

  • Humber Dredging Works to Continue this Week (UK)

    9 August 2011

    Dredging work will continue this week on a heavily silted up outfall into the Humber to cut the risk of flooding in West Hull and to protect… [mappress] Source: yorkshirepost, August 9, 2011

  • UK: Fleet Pond Dredging Starts Soon

    28 November 2013

    The dredging equipment will soon return to Fleet Pond to begin the next phase of the ongoing Restoration Project. This phase is funded by the Environment Agency’s ‘Water Framework Directive’ and Natural England’s ‘Conservation & Enhancement Scheme’. This season’s main dredging work will take place in Hemelite Bay, the area nearest to the railway station. […]

  • UK: Wallington Flood Defence Wall Strengthened

    23 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    A year to the day since issuing a severe flood warning to a community in Hampshire the Environment Agency has announced that it has strengthened a flood wall and significantly reduced local flood risk. On 20 December 2012, residents in Wallington, near Fareham, had to be evacuated from the village after the River Wallington rose […]

  • HR Wallingford Develops BS 8582 (UK)

    29 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    A new code of practice for surface water management for development sites has been published. Urban drainage experts from HR Wallingford developed this new British Standard (BS 8582) working alongside the British Standards Institute. This new standard will help developers, local authorities, architects and engineers to manage the risks of flooding and reduce resultant pollution. […]

  • Lerwick Harbour Demonstrates Increased Capacity (UK)

    5 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The oil and gas industry has continued to take full advantage of Lerwick Harbour’s expanded deep-water infrastructure which helped attract increased traffic in 2013. The number of oil-related vessels calling jumped 9.6% to 683, compared to 2012, with the tonnage up 28% to 3.8 million gross tonnes and the cargo handled by 36% to 189,090 […]

  • UK: Beach Protection Program Underway in Norfolk

    24 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The development works, undertaken annually to maintain the shingle embankment which protects people and property from tidal flooding between Snettisham and Heacham, started today and will be completed within two weeks. The embankment is a type of ‘soft’ sea defence, designed to be eroded over the autumn and winter, with repairs made early each year […]

  • UK: Parrett and Tone Dredging Kicks Off

    31 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Dredging of the rivers Parrett and Tone has now started. The crucial 8km stretch that was identified by the Environment Agency (EA) modelling following the flood event of 2012 is currently where the operation is taking place. Dredging will start at Moorland House Farm with a long reach excavator. This is one of the key […]

  • Wells Harbour Commissioners: Statement on Dredging (UK)

    23 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Wells Harbour Commissioners (WHC) have received legitimate complaints from fishermen and other users of deeper draught craft regarding the delays to the WHC dredging licence application. WHC are issuing this explanation of the situation, which it is working hard to resolve. Due to a build up of sand in the Channel leading to Wells Harbour, […]

  • UK: Penzance Dredging Gets Green Light

    4 September 2013

    Plans to improve the harbours that connect Cornwall with the Isles of Scilly have received support from Local Transport Minister Norman Baker. The minister announced work at St Mary’s and Penzance harbours can go ahead, subject to final clearances and securing European funding. Norman Baker said: “We are putting at least £8 million into this […]

  • UK: Belfast Harbour Plans Dredging Project

    27 January 2012

    Belfast Harbour wishes to appoint a suitably experienced marine dredging contractor to restore both navigation channels and berths in specified areas of the port to their specified depths and to deepen specified berths and areas of the outer and inner channel. The minimum volume of material to be dredged is estimated at 400,000 m3. As […]

  • Bids Sought for Portsmouth Dredging Project (UK)

    8 March 2013

    Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has invited bidders to submit their offers for a dredging project related to Queen Elizabeth Class Carrier movements at Portsmouth Harbour. The QEC Carrier is to be capable of accessing and departing from the designated berths during the two high water windows per 24 hour period and to have the capability […]

  • UK: Tekmar Achieves Triple ISO Accreditation

    4 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Tekmar, a leading supplier of subsea cable protection, has recently been OHSAS 18001 accredited, enhancing their excellent Health and Safety reputation. This is the third standard they have received in recent months with the renewal of the ISO 9001 Quality Management and ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standards. OHSAS 18001 is an internationally accepted certification for […]

  • MMT Participates at Ocean Business in Southampton, UK

    13 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    MMT, a powerful platform for experience and dedication in acoustic, hydrographic, geotechnical and ROV surveys for marine infrastructure projects worldwide, announced the participation at Ocean Business in Southampton from  9-11 April 2013. MMT will showcase its cost effective survey solutions and the development in MBES and ROTV/ROV mounted sonars. MMT’s management, technical experts and the […]

  • UK: Siadar Wave Energy Project Cancelled

    21 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Development of a wave energy project at Siadar (Shader) on Isle of Lewis, which was planned jointly between RWE npower renewables and Voith Hydro Wavegen, has been cancelled. This happened because of lack of funding and uncertainty surrounding the subsea cable across the Minch, the Stornoway Gazette news site informs. The 20MW project was planned […]

  • OceanSENSE Forges New Subsea Application (UK)

    3 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Recognised across the global subsea industry for its market leading leak detection capabilities, the OceanSENSE Leak Detection System has reinforced its cutting edge technology credentials by forging a new and discreet subsea application. Historically, the detection of seafloor cement returns during the spudding of new wells was an expensive and inexact science. With ROV mounted […]

  • Bennex to Exhibit at Ocean Business 2011 (UK)

    16 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      Bennex, Deepsea Power & Light and Neron will once again be exhibiting at Ocean Business on 5th to 7th April 2011 at the National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton. Visit  Bennex  stand D11 to learn more about their products and services. Bennex representatives will show you the latest additions within Bennex ROV Products using the Neron […]

  • UK: WesternGeco’s ObliQ Improves Seismic Imaging

    24 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    WesternGeco, a geophysical services company and a business branch of Schlumberger, yesterday introduced the ObliQ sliding-notch broadband acquisition and imaging technique, which enhances low-frequency content of marine seismic data without compromising high frequencies. The ObliQ technique increases the penetration depth of seismic imaging and helps geoscientists extract rock properties from seismic data. Optimized seismic bandwidth […]

  • UK: Nautical Petroleum Delighted with Kraken Results

    26 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    Nautical Petroleum plc announces that the Kraken 9/02b-5Z horizontal well, located in UKCS North Sea Block 9/2b, has been successfully completed and tested. The horizontal section of the well was drilled from 5,257 feet Measured Depth (MD) to a total depth of 7,260 feet MD, a horizontal displacement of 2,003 feet. Preliminary log evaluation indicates […]

  • Avance Gas Expands VLGC Fleet, UK

    27 June 2012

    Stolt-Nielsen announced that Avance Gas Holding (AGHL), a joint venture between Sungas Holdings and Stolt-Nielsen Gas has reached an agreement with Transpetrol Shipping whereby Transpetrol will sell its two very large gas carriers (VLGC) to AGHL in return for cash and 33 1/3 equity ownership of AGHL. Post completion ownership of AGHL will be shared […]