G-tec has participated for the third time to the Oceanology International fair which took place in March 2012 in London.

The exhibition received over than 7700 visitors from over 70 countries.

You can find more information on the official website.

The annual Dredging and Land Reclamation Asia has been held in Singapore on November 23rd and 24^th

This year Prof Dr. Lucien Halleux –Managing Director of G-tec- held a presentation on “Monitoring marine works in real time” and a half a day workshop on “Site investigation for dredging and land reclamation projects”.

During these presentations Lucien not only shared his academic knowledge, but he also shared the experiences he gained through years at G-tec and the high number of projects G-tec has successfully undertaken for the dredging industry worldwide.

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During a survey on an offshore windfarm site, Jean and Samuel from G-tec witnessed a whale jumping in the vicinity of the boat.

The animal was filmed in the vicinity of the Thornton sandbank at 25km off the coast. It is a young humpback.

Apparently it is the first time a humpack whale was observed along the Belgium coast.

This spectacle can be seen on http://www.deredactie.be.

The whale became already a national celebrity :

• http://www.nieuwsblad.be
• http://www.rtbf.be

As part of the joint venture "Schiffwracks Elbe" (G-tec & Melchior+Wittpohl), G-tec is executing a geophysical survey on the Elbe River between Cuxhaven and Hamburg, Germany. The purpose of the survey is to detect and map 31 shipwrecks along the 120 km long access channel, and propose a methodology to remove the wrecks prior to starting the dredging works in the channel. This analysis will be based on the results of Side Scan Sonar, multibeam, reflection seismic, parametric sediment echosounder and magnetometer data.

G-tec finished a geophysical survey in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. In the frame of the development of what will become one of the world's largest liquid natural gas (LNG) ports, G-tec performed an object detection survey in the dredging areas, deploying Side Scan Sonar, Magnetometer and Sub-Bottom Profiler. The results of this survey will enable the dredging contractors (Joint Venture of Van Oord and Dredging International Australia) to reduce downtime caused by unexpected large objects.