Subsea Services News – Page 31
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SHOM digitises historical archives
SHOM, the French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service, has completed digitisation of 10,000 worldwide cartographic documents from its historical maritime and coastal archives.
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NewsMediterranean pipeline inspection project
Swedish subsea contractor MMT has entered into a contract with Medgaz in Spain for inspection of the offshore pipeline between Algeria and Spain.
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NewsFollowing the crowd
Can crowd-sourced bathymetry improve our charts and reduce the cost of surveying? This new data resource appears to be gaining legitimacy in the upper echelons of the hydrographic organisations and one of the main providers is UK-headquartered geo-survey research and development group, TeamSurv.
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Scottish collaboration for improved diver safety
A new on-demand wireless ribbon lighting system, designed to revolutionise diver safety and efficiency in remote subsea locations, has been launched by collaborating Scottish technology companies, WFS Technologies Ltd and PhotoSynergy Ltd (PSL).
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NewsAutonomous rental
Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Norway-headquartered global maritime and subsea technology developer Kongsberg Maritime has recently added the autonomous Seaglider to its rental pool and it is now available for diverse commercial and research applications alongside Kongsberg’s other autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), including Remus and Munin.
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News‘Printed’ ROV puts design within easy reach
At less than 60cm long ArcheoRov seems too small to be holding the key to revolutionising the sector. And though its ability to ‘swim’ like a fish is novel, its groundbreaking advantage isn’t obvious to a cursory glance: it’s the first to be 3D printed.
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NewsOcean Business 2017
A record attendance of over 5,000 visitors from more than 60 countries is expected at this year’s biennial Ocean Business event at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton from 4-6 April, say organisers Diversified Communications UK.
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EU BASE-Platform project
Organisers of BASE-Platform, a two-year EU-funded research project aimed at establishing a new and easily accessible internet platform for provision of bathymetric data products derived from current and upcoming Copernicus and other satellite missions, are now seeking considered user views at www.base-platform .com.
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NewsNew Coda Octopus wide-angle development
Edinburgh, UK-based Coda Octopus, the underwater systems specialist with subsidiary bases in Australia, Norway and the US, has extended its patented series of real-time Echoscope 3D sonars with development of a wide-angle 90 x 40-degree 240kHz XD model.
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13-year Finnish bathymetric agreement
The Finnish Transport Agency Liikennevirasto (FTA) in Helsinki, which is responsible for Hydrography in Finland, has appointed Teledyne Caris for provision of a new bathymetric data management system as part of a continuous 13-year support agreement.
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NewsSTR enters the inspection market
UK subsea technology company STR has released its new SeaGamma Flooded Member Detection System at Subsea Expo Exhibition 2017.
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NewsNational hyperbaric appointment
JFD, a UK-headquartered subsea operations and manufacturing company and a part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has welcomed Graeme M Mackie as Diving Technical Authority at its National Hyperbaric Centre in Aberdeen.
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NewsDeath knell for hydraulics on ROVs?
UK-headquartered ROV manufacturer Saab Seaeye claims that electric robotic systems will perform all tasks in the underwater domain, including those now undertaken by hydraulic systems.
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NewsGeoSwath upgrade
GeoAcoustics of Great Yarmouth in the UK, which has a customer base in over 60 countries and is now a subsidiary of Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime, has launched GeoSwath 4, a fourth generation version of its ten year-old series of GeoSwath shallow water multibeam sounders.
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Near real-time Moroccan seismic surveys
CGG’s prowess as a leading exponent of seismic survey services has been underlined with reports of the French organisation’s recent completion of near real-time imaging results for a 4,200 square-kilometre 3D operation offshore Morocco in only four days.
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New Caris development
Established software specialists Teledyne Caris have announced a new survey suite enabling users to process data in near real-time for reduced conversion and processing times, Caris Onboard 1.1.
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Ports of Jersey multibeam upgrade
Following extensive trials of various systems Ports of Jersey in the Channel Islands has extended its survey capability with acquisition of an R2Sonic Sonic 2024 multibeam system and associated equipment delivered and installed aboard an existing pilot-survey vessel by Swathe Services of Truro, Cornwall. The multi-role vessel is designed ...
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German hydro draws the crowds
A near-record attendance of an estimated 400 delegates from 38 countries was recorded for Hydro 2016, the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 24th symposium held in Rostock-Warnemunde in early November.
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NewsABP launches new vessel
ABP (Associated British Ports) has marked the launch of its latest survey vessel, Humber Sounder, with a naming ceremony at its home port of Hull.
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NewsInflatable survey platform
Calypso, a novel inflatable remote-controlled platform that can carry a wide range of sensors for hydrographic and environmental surveys, has been developed by dotOcean of Brugge.
