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British Ports Association to Conduct Major Review of Port Transport And Infrastructure Connectivity
29 July 2020

British Ports Association to Conduct Major Review of Port Transport And Infrastructure Connectivity

The British Ports Association is today launching a major new review of UK port connectivity. This work will highlight to government and local authorities where post-Coronavirus investment in infrastructure can be concentrated in order to maximise economic growth and speed up the recovery....

QinetiQ Achieves UKs First Airborne Manned-Unmanned Team Demonstration
28 July 2020

QinetiQ Achieves UKs First Airborne Manned-Unmanned Team Demonstration

The QinetiQ demonstration featured a manned helicopter and a semi-autonomous drone, working together to identify potential targets in a designated area.  An operator on board the helicopter was able to switch between monitoring the images sent back by the drone’s cameras and allowing...

HR Wallingford Team tests options to extend Belgian breakwater
27 July 2020

HR Wallingford Team tests options to extend Belgian breakwater

HR Wallingford have constructed a 1:40 scale model of an extension to the western breakwater at the Belgian harbour of Blankenberge, and are now running tests in our labs to assess its stability. The Coastal Department of the Flemish Government is considering increasing the existing western...

Barrus appoints three dedicated dealers to drive sales for Yanmar Dtorque outboard
24 July 2020

Barrus appoints three dedicated dealers to drive sales for Yanmar Dtorque outboard

Barrus has strengthened its UK sales and service network with the appointment of three dedicated dealers for the Yanmar Dtorque 111 Turbo Diesel outboard. The new Committed Sales Dealers, named as Inverness-based Caley Marina, Fettes and Rankine in Aberdeen and South Shore Marine in...

AutoNaut USV maps North Sea soundscape during lockdown
23 July 2020

AutoNaut USV maps North Sea soundscape during lockdown

AutoNaut has played a vital role in enabling The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) to seize upon the quiet of lockdown to map the underwater soundscape of the Belgian section of the North Sea.  Using its near silent AutoNaut USV research vessel, Adhemar, VLIZ has been able to record...

Fugro starts Vattenfall site investigations at two UK offshore wind farms
22 July 2020

Fugro starts Vattenfall site investigations at two UK offshore wind farms

Fugro has begun a four-month marine site characterisation campaign for Swedish energy group Vattenfall at two major offshore wind development sites located over 40 km off the coast of Norfolk, UK. The resulting Geo-data from Fugro’s geotechnical investigations will feed into the...

Coltraco - Can mines really afford USD $125m in fire damage?
21 July 2020

Coltraco - Can mines really afford USD $125m in fire damage?

Fires and explosions pose a constant threat to the safety of miners and to the productive capacity of mines. Mine fires and explosions traditionally have ranked among the most devastating industrial disasters. The prevention and control of these in mines is fundamental. On a mine site, fire...

RS Aqua is awarded with Export Champion of the UK South East 2020
20 July 2020

RS Aqua is awarded with Export Champion of the UK South East 2020

Our core market at RS Aqua is the UK and Ireland, but our export business compliments our domestic work. We have a long history of working in the diverse international maritime community. Our ocean wave measurement and underwater noise monitoring technologies have been utilised in research...

France - Plumbing Works Contract
20 July 2020

France - Plumbing Works Contract

Description The present consultation concerns the works and maintenance of the heritage of the Commune of Ermont - Building trades: Plumbing   Opportunity expires: 7 September 2020 APPLY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY

HR Wallingford to help Romania map out its future for flooding
17 July 2020

HR Wallingford to help Romania map out its future for flooding

HR Wallingford is to employ its leading-edge thinking to flood modelling and mapping in Romania, one of the most flood-prone countries in Europe. We will review and evaluate Romania’s existing methods and come up with new and more comprehensive approaches. The key to managing flooding...

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