Subsea Services News – Page 34
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NewsValeport launch of new tidal solution at Seawork
Leading manufacturer of hydrographic and oceanographic instrumentation Valeport of Totnes, Devon, UK chose last month’s Seawork International for the launch of its latest self-contained tidal observation system, TideStation.
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NewsNexus 2 launched
Applied Acoustic Engineering of Great Yarmouth, UK has launched Nexus 2, a second generation two-way digital Ultra Short Base Line (USBL) system claimed to provide unrivalled levels of performance.
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Sonardyne Brazilian MoU
Sonardyne International’s custom-built Brazilian subsidiary in Rio das Ostras in Macae has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Guidance Marine, Leicester UK-based global developers of position reference systems for offshore DP applications, covering local servicing, repair and training support for its widely used Artemis microwave position reference sensors for long ...
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New Veripos developments
Leading GNSS offshore positioning specialist Veripos in Aberdeen, UK reports an extension to its widely-used Apex service with introduction of Apex 5 which is said to be capable of securing observations from no less than four other satellite constellations in addition to GPS. They are Galileo (EU), Glonass (Russia), ...
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French-Built vessels for Indonesia
‘KRI 934 Spica’, the second of two 60-metre hydrographic and oceanographic vessels designed and built by Ocea in France, has been handed over to the Indonesian Navy’s hydrographic service following a formal commissioning ceremony in Jakarta.
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Fugro to provide survey services to the CHS
The Canadian Hydrographic Service, one of the world’s foremost national survey authorities as part of the governmental Department of Fisheries & Oceans, has awarded Fugro of the Netherlands a supply arrangement contract for provision of vessel-based survey services.
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NewsAnglo-Australian joint venture
Great Yarmouth, UK-based Gardline Geosurvey has established a strategic partnership with Neptune in Perth, Australia under which its 69 metre multi-role DP2 survey vessel ‘MV Kommandor’ is to be jointly operated following additional installation of Neptune’s Explorer 06 100HP ROV together with a new dedicated control centre.
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Quicker tank inspections
ROVs are now being used to look inside drinking water tanks without emptying them.
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NewsAnswering the AUV dilemma
The AUV market is getting caught in the middle of contradictory requirements Luc Simon of France-based RTsys told MJ. At its heart there’s a truly elemental conflict: tidal flow and positioning.
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NewsSulphur provides AUV breakthrough
One of the big issues confronting underwater craft has been the power source. Cables (literally) only get you so far, and established lithium ion batteries have been bumping up against certain issues: not just the expense but also power-per-kilo limitations which impact range.
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NewsInto the dark
“You always have to have a backup plan when working offshore,” Alain Sebregts of Holland-based C-Ventus Offshore Windfarm Services told MJ, and often the best are the simplest.
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NewsSpace-age idea goes deep
It’s a game changing idea: rather than trying to tool a ROV up to the nines, why not deploy a ‘shuttle’ kitted out with the necessary payload packages cutting time, weight and costs?
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Teledyne to acquire CARIS
Teledyne Technologies, the ever-acquisitive US conglomerate, has announced a proposed outright purchase of CARIS of New Brunswick, Canada, one of the world’s foremost developers of geospatial software designed for the hydrographic and marine communities.
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NewsVideo tool for ROV surveys
Underwater inspection specialist Atlantas Marine of Yeovil, UK has made its ROV instrumentation debut with development and manufacture of a video overlay tool for simplifying and increasing speeds of cathodic protection surveys.
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NewsNew WASSP multibeam system
Multibeam sounder manufacturer WASSP of Auckland, New Zealand has extended its range of units with introduction of S3, an entry-level system incorporating an all-in-one digital DRX transceiver, touch-screen compatible software for 2D/3D mapping and a flexible transducer cable for added portability.
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Norwegian Mareano project for Finnish company
The Norwegian Hydrographic Service, a division of the Norwegian Mapping Authority, has commissioned the Finnish state-owned organisation Meritaito to carry out its annual Mareano bathymetric surveying project designed to provide sufficient knowledge for ecosystem-based management of domestic coastal and ocean areas while promoting knowledge-based sustainable exploitation of ocean resources.
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€15m Adriatic survey contract for Next Geosolutions
Next Geosolutions, the Anglo-Italian turnkey geoscience and engineering combine with bases in London and Naples, has been awarded a €15m contract by Prysmian Group for survey work in the Adriatic Sea as part of the Monita 500kV power cable project linking Montenegro and Italy.
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World Hydrography Day
‘Our Seas and Waterways - Yet to be Chartered and Explored’ is the theme selected by the International Hydrographic Organization as the focal point for this year’s UN-sponsored World Hydrography Day on 21 June.
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NewsEel-inspired swimming robot
Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime and Statoil have signed an agreement with Eelume, a NTNU spin-off company, to accelerate new technology that they think will significantly reduce costs related to subsea inspection, maintenance and repair operations.
