Subsea Services News – Page 36
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NewsRecord-breaking Oceanology International
Now in its 47th year, this customary three-day biennial event at London’s ExCel exhibition and conference centre from 15-17 March will once more provide an essential forum for the global oceanographic industries
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NewsSix AUV order
Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime AS has announced the sale of six Hugin AUV Systems. The vehicles will be operated by SeaTrepid International LLC. of Louisiana, USA and supported by Deep Ocean Search Limited.
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Hydro 2016 set for Germany
Abstracts of papers for presentation at the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ (IFHS) 24th symposium and exhibition to be held in Rostock-Warnemunde from 8-10 November are now required by organisers of the major three-day event, The German Hydrographic Society (DHyG).
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Caris database for Swedish Hydrographic Office
The Swedish Hydrographic Office, part of the governmental Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) in Norrköping, has commissioned a Caris Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) as its basic system for current and future management of spatial data as well as efficient production of paper and electronic charts.
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Kongsberg extends HiPaP range of positioning systems
Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has extended its HiPaP range of widely adopted high precision acoustic positioning and navigation systems with introduction of what it calls a new third-generation model, HiPaP 502.
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NewsTime-tagged lidar for vessel-based surveys
Renishaw, the Gloucestershire, UK-based multinational engineering organisation, has expanded its series of mobile 3D mapping systems with development of a low-cost, low-maintenance laser scanner specifically designed for hydrographic applications.
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NewsFugro Academy opens new Plymouth training centre
Fugro’s new Academy Training Centre at Plymouth’s Turnchapel Wharf in the UK was formally opened at the beginning of November by the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Dr John Mahony.
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NewsDalrymple Award for Chilean hydrographer
Rear Admiral Patricio Carrasco, Director of the Chilean Navy’s Hydrographic & Oceanographic Service (SHOA) in Valparaiso, is this year’s recipient of the UK Hydrographic Office’s annual Alexander Dalrymple Award for outstanding contributions to world hydrography.
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New CARIS development
CARIS, the leading Canadian developer of geospatial software with customers in 85 countries and offices in the Netherlands, UK and elsewhere, has announced a widely-anticipated near real-time processing and mapping application, CARIS Onboard.
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SHOM orders iXBlue sub-bottom profilers
iXBlue of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Framce, which earlier this year recorded over 250 worldwide sales of its USBL acoustic positioning systems, has been awarded a four-year contract by the French Hydrographic Office (SHOM) in Brest for supply and installation of sub-bottom profilers and associated software aboard its fleet of hydrographic coastal vessels ...
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Student internship at the UKHO
Twelve students and graduates from Plymouth University have begun a year-long work place assignment at the UK Hydrographic Office’s headquarters in Taunton, Somerset.
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HR Wallingford to host Marine Measurement Forum
HR Wallingford, the Oxfordshire, UK-based civil engineering and environmental hydraulics organisation, a key participant in the four-year €10m EU-funded Hydralab project studying climate change consequences for rivers, estuaries and coasts across Europe, is to host the 57th Marine Measurement Forum on Thursday 3 March.
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EIVA Brazilian and Italian agreements
EIVA, the Danish offshore engineering survey specialist, has signed exclusive distributor agreements with Macsea in Brazil and Marine One in Italy covering supplies of its widely-adopted hardware and software for offshore construction and subsea surveying operations.
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UXO survey for BorWin 3 wind farm project
N-Sea, the Dutch-based offshore construction support, inspection and maintenance concern, reports successful completion of an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey and disposal project along the 160km cable route of the proposed North Sea BorWin 3 wind farm link with mainland Germany.
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NewsMMT ROV services for Shell
MMT of Sweden has been awarded a call-off contract by Shell for provision of ROV services in support of its European operations for the period 2015-18 with options for a further two annual extensions.
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NewsSafehaven catamaran for Saudi Arabia
Irish specialist boatbuilder Safehaven Marine in County Cork has received an order from King Abdullah Port in Saudi Arabia for a Wildcat 53 catamaran designed for hydrographic survey, ocean research and general harbour duties.
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Malacca Straits survey
Supported by the Malacca Straits Council of Japan, the three littoral States of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have begun a definitive hydrographic survey of the 805km Straits.
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Chesapeake upgrades SonarWiz software
Chesapeake Technology has added a new gridding engine to its widely-adopted SonarWiz software, enabling users to visualise in real-time vast amounts of bathymetry, sub-bottom and sidescan data in one place at one time.
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Major Barents Sea seismic surveys
Norway has announced plans to spend Kr 173m (£13.7m) on seismic surveys in its sector of the Barents Sea. Petroleum & Energy Minister Tord Lien says the government believes there are substantial remaining resources of gas and oil in the area and prospective mapping will be expected to increase activity ...
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NewsSonardyne positioning for MBARI expedition
ROV tracking technology supplied by Sonardyne Inc. in Houston, USA to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has been successfully used during an expedition to study recently discovered deep sea hydrothermal vents in the Gulf of California.
