Subsea Services News – Page 38
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NewsIcelandic connection moves forward with Swedish support
Following an energy sharing scheme between Iceland and the UK first agreed in 2012, Atlantic Superconnection Corporation plans to build a 1000km cable between Iceland and the United Kingdom. Sweden’s MMT has recently begun the route survey contract it was awarded in June.
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NewsSurvey systems for new Norwegian icebreaker
Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has been retained to supply an extensive array of survey and scientific equipment aboard Kronprins Haakon, the new Italian-built Norwegian polar research icebreaker with retractable keels due to begin service in 2017 under the auspices of the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) on behalf of the Norwegian ...
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NewsEnel commissions new inspection class ROV
Enel, the Italian multi-national power organisation operating worldwide in over 30 countries, has commissioned the first of a new series of Sirio+ miniature inspection class ROVs developed by underwater and environmental engineering specialists, Ageotec of Bologna.
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Seabed Acoustics Workshop
German subsea equipment specialist Innomar Technologie of Rostock, is to hold its seventh biennial workshop on Seabed Acoustics from 19-20 November at the local Hotel Neptun. The two-day English language event will begin with wide-ranging reviews of current issues concerning user experiences in high-resolution sub-bottom profiling, acoustics for offshore ...
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World ECDIS Day
Hamburg’s Elb-Panorama Penthouse overlooking the City’s harbour is the venue for the first-ever World ECDIS Day on 16 September. More than 300 marine electronic navigation stakeholders are likely to be present at the non-profit initiative for day-long discussions, seminars, workshops and test labs.
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NewsCanadian rack-mounted computers for Europe
Produced by MarineNav in Canada, a new X1 range of rack-mounted computers using commercial processors and claimed to be 60% faster and more reliable than other comparable systems, is now being marketed throughout Europe by Hampshire-based Eurotask.
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Global audience for Shallow Survey 2015
A worldwide audience of over 300 specialist delegates is expected at the 7th international conference on High-Resolution Surveys in Shallow Water, to be held at Plymouth University, UK from 14-18 September.
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NewsIncat Crowther dive support vessel
Australia-headquartered naval architecture firm Incat Crowther has been contracted to design a pair of 43m Monohull Dive Support Vessels.
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NewsSubsea Vision’s fourth Cougar
UK-based Subsea Vision Limited has recently added a fourth Saab Seaeye Cougar XT, 2000 metre-rated ROV to its unexploded ordnance (UXO) disposal team.
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NewsCommercial technology uncovers wreck
Swedish underwater specialist MMT has announced participation and sponsorship on the investigation on the 530 year old wreck of the ‘Gribshunden’ outside Ronneby, Sweden.
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NewsSicilian secrets revealed
A joint expedition has recently created three-dimensional underwater maps of Roman shipwrecks in the Aeolian Islands. A team of scientists and experts under the direction of the Professor Sebastiano Tusa, Superintendent of the Seas for Sicily, set out to investigate Roman shipwrecks, originally discovered by Aurora Trust Foundation in 2009 ...
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The Hydrographic Society UK elects new chairman
Ian Holden, currently Project Surveyor with DOF Subsea in Aberdeen, has been elected Chairman of The Hydrographic Society UK (THS UK) in succession to David Parker, the UKHO’s Hydrography Manager with particular responsibility for its Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP).
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Survey for world’s longest HVDC route
MMT of Sweden is to carry out bathymetric and geophysical mapping as part of the world’s longest HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) route survey between Iceland and the UK.
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Fugro positioning for DeepOcean Group vessels
DeepOcean Group, the Norwegian subsea organisation recently awarded a five-year contract by BG Group for ROV-based inspection, maintenance and repair work covering UK and Norwegian assets in the North Sea, has in turn appointed Fugro for provision of precise satellite positioning for its entire worldwide fleet of 18 vessels.
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Suitcase surveying
Among novel developments featured on Del Norte Technology’s stand at Seawork International was a fully-laden suitcase-type container providing claimed all-in-one hydrographic solutions with a multitude of functions, GeoSonic.
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NewsABP Humber orders new catamaran
Blyth Workcats announced at last month’s Seawork International event it has been commissioned by UK port operator ABP Humber to design a new 14-metre purpose-designed catamaran for surveys of the Rivers Humber, Ouse and Trent covering the ports of Hull, Goole, Grimsby and Immingham which collectively handle a quarter of ...
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NewsBelgian order for Blyth Workcats
Specialist designers and builders of GRP catamarans Blyth Workcats of Canvey Island, exhibitors at Seawork International on Stand B27, have completed delivery of their very first two-deck boat to Ostend Marine Services, Aqualink. Featuring a high bridge and a wide foredeck, the 18m all-purpose vessel has a cruising speed ...
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Anglo-German onboard ECDIS training accord
ECDIS manufacturer Martek Marine of Rotherham has teamed with Safebridge and the ECDIS Training Consortium in Hamburg to provide type-specific computer-based training for crew members aboard vessels without internet access while at sea.
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OI 2016 papers call
Organisers of the biennial Oceanology International 2016 conference programme at London’s ExCel Centre next March are now inviting abstracts of papers for presentation at an event expect to attract well over 8,000 worldwide visitors. As usual, hydrography and associated disciplines will be among core topics for discussion.
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UKHO upgrades bathymetry portal
The UK Hydrographic Office says that some of its most recently acquired UK bathymetry is now available on its Data Archiving Centre (DAC) web portal following refreshing of data-based information.
