Subsea Services News – Page 27
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NewsRaising the bar in wireless diving communications
A wireless personal area network for divers has been expanded to include diver to diver communication raising the bar in underwater wireless control systems.
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NewsGarmin’s first wearable dive computer featuring surface GPS
Garmin’s Descent Mk1 allows divers to plan dives on the watch itself and use GPS waypoints to automatically mark dive entry and exit points to upload a dive log. The Descent Mk1 also offers multiple dive modes, 3-axis compass, in-dive data, as well as additional multi-sport functions like wrist-based heart ...
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NewsOcean Business 2019 – 80% sold with 18 months still to go
With still more than 18 months until the show is due to take place at the National Oceanography Centre, in Southampton UK from 9th - 11th April 2019, the organisers of Ocean Business say they have been overwhelmed by how quickly re-bookings have been flooding in.
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NewsWorld's first USV-supported cable route survey
ASV Global and TerraSond recently successfully completed the world''s first-ever seabed cable route survey supported by an unmanned surface vehicle (USV).
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ABP Humber takes delivery of R2Sonic 2024
Swathe Services has delivered a multibeam sonar solution to the Hydrographic Department at Associated British Ports Humber.
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NewsFinnish Transport Agency selects CARIS software suite
With many lakes, an archipelagic sea and an estimated 40,000 islands, Liikennevirasto - the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA) - has a large and complex portfolio of navigational charts to maintain.
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Sonardyne supplies Magseis with seismic node positioning equipment
The Norwegian seismic services provider, Magseis has awarded the UK subsea technology manufacturer, Sonardyne International Ltd, a major contract for seabed node acoustic positioning technology to support its expanding deepwater survey activities and its vision for fully-automated node handling and efficient back-deck Ocean Bottom Seismic (OBS) operations.
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NewsPolar research aircraft marks tenth year in service
The German Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) has marked the tenth anniversary of the introduction to service of its Polar 5 research aircraft.
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NewsKnowledge of MH370 better than ever
Understanding of where Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 may be located is better than ever, a safety investigation body has found.
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Teledyne Gavia to supply 6000m rated AUV
Teledyne Gavia will supply a 6000m rated Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for search and recovery applications.
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NewsDrone enabling autonomous operations
The world’s first drone company to enable autonomous operations from land-based moving vehicles or at sea is coming to the UK.
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NewsFlight recorder search required portable acoustic technology
A mission to search for the wreckage of an Irish Coast Guard helicopter which crashed into the Atlantic earlier this year killing all four crew members, was supported with underwater locating equipment from Sonardyne International Ltd.
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NewsEmergency diver lifting system has yacht racing to thank
Diver recovery is a meticulously investigated subject but Andy Ash-Vie of Harken admitted it’s called for improvisation along the way.
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NewsTeledyne CARIS releases latest Bathy DataBASE
Marine mapping software specialist Teledyne CARIS has released version 4.4 of its Bathy DataBASE (BDB) suite.
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NewsWorld's first government-owned LNG research vessel for BSH
Currently under construction at the Fassmer Shipyard in Berne, on behalf of the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie, BSH), Atair II will be the world''s first government-owned research vessel to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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IHO seeks input on Standards for Hydrographic Surveys
Almost ten years have passed since the Monaco-based intergovernmental International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) adopted the current (5th) edition of its Special Publication No. 44, Standards for Hydrographic Surveys (S-44) in February 2008.
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Boskalis acquires Gardline
Royal Boskalis Westminster NV, the Dutch services provider to the dredging and maritime infrastructure sectors, recently acquired all shares in the UK-based Gardline Group.
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ROV test tank
M2 Subsea, a global independent provider of ROV services, has unveiled its recently commissioned purpose-built test tank at the company’s base in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, UK.
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NewsUnderwater drone for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab
Aquabotix Ltd has just announced that the US National Aeronautics Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Jet Propulsion Laboratory has placed an order for an unmanned underwater vehicle with Aquabotix’s wholly-owned US subsidiary Aquabotix Technology Corporation.
