
Echomax
Echomax was formed in 1998 following the purchase of John Firths third patent which was based on a revolutionary symmetrical three stack twelve corner array. When viewed from the horizon there is a fully open orthogonal corner facing you and one about to open or close. Since then our radar reflectors have become one of the best known passive radar reflectors in the world. From early sales to pleasure vessels they are now fitted by many of the leading buoy manufacturers in Eur


Glamox Supplies LED Lighting for World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Farm
Global LED lighting specialist Glamox has been awarded a contract to supply LED lighting for the wind turbine foundations at Hywind Tampen, the world’s first and largest floating offshore wind power plant. Hywind Tampen is also the world’s first wind farm to power offshore oil and gas platforms. Scheduled to be commissioned in late 2022, Hywind Tampen will be located 140km off the coast of Norway between the Snorre and Gullfaks oil and gas platforms, in water depths of up to


The SMS Group Invests in Diving and Sub‑Surface Engineering
“Long-term partnerships, service agreements and an understanding of the ‘life-time value’ of customer relationships is at the heart of The SMS Group’s growth and this recent investment.” The SMS Group, has an enviable reputation as specialists in ship repair, marine engineering and major fabrication projects in the Commercial Marine, Defence, Cruise and Superyacht sectors. The SMS Group, for many years, has supported its core customer base with diving and sub-surface engineer


Dodge Pick-Up Truck Located Using Underwater Sonar
The James River is a tributary of the Missouri River. It is roughly 710 miles long and spans over 20,000 square miles of North and South Dakota with more than 70% of the river’s drainage occurring in South Dakota. River conditions during normal years include both still-water and flooding on both the James River and its tributaries. Water easily breaches the low banks, and these floods tend to cover a significant portion of the floodplain. When the river is still, water qualit


Marina Expansion in Póvoa de Varzim
The Municipality of Póvoa de Varzim, a fishing port located 34 kms north of Oporto (Portugal), has undertaken a major investment to expand the leisure harbour built some 20 years ago in the southern part of the port.
The new marina will be located on the northern side of the basin and will have a capacity of 200 berths ranging from 6 to 20 metres. Lindley has been selected for the design, manufacture and installation of this new facility with the supply of floating pontoons,


Diverse Marine Completes Early Delivery of ‘Iceni Valour’ to Turner Iceni Despite Pandemic
Diverse Marine, the industry leading workboat constructor and refit/repair provider is delighted to announce the early delivery of the offshore wind crew transfer vessel ‘Iceni Valour’ to Turner Iceni. The vessel arrived successfully ahead of schedule in North Wales, to commence her 10-year charter in the Liverpool Bay area. ‘Iceni Valour’ is a 24m aluminium CTV designed by Walker Marine Design to meet the specific requirements of Turner Iceni and their long term client. Ever


Skandi Vitoria Now Has a Golden Seagoing Solution
A consignment of SOLASAFE navigation safety aid products was recently dispatched from South Shields to Rotterdam, to be installed at the navigation bridge windows of the Brazilian-built pipe-lay support vessel (PLSV), SKANDI VITORIA. The Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel (MPOV) is of an STX OSCV 06 design and was the first pipe-lay vessel built in Brazil, back in 2010. Equipped with vertical and horizontal pipe-lay systems, a 250 mt crane, and two Remotely Operated Vehicles, it i


DLM Tensionmeters for Jan de Nul Crane Vessel
Dynamic Load Monitoring (UK) Ltd. (DLM), of Southampton, UK has provided eight bespoke Running Line Monitors (RLMs) for Jan de Nul’s 236.8m-long Les Alizés, a next generation, 5,000t capacity floating installation crane vessel, currently being built in China. DLM, a specialist in the design, manufacture, repair and calibration of load cells and load monitoring equipment, delivered the RLMs to NOV’s BLM division, which designs and manufactures ship and offshore equipment produ