Subsea Services News – Page 40
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NewsSelf-charging ocean sensor
A unique sensor platform that is designed to recharge its own batteries has been developed by Canadian company Seaformatics. This new unit has been designed to sit on the ocean floor for long periods to measure a wide variety of data from the ocean floor but its main application is ...
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NewsDivers to the rescue
RS Divers Ltd were called by Solent Towage to salvage their sunken tug ''Asterix'' on 30-03-15. The Tug had gone down, narrowly avoiding incurring loss of life at Fawley Refinery on Southampton Water, as reported in last month’s ‘Maritime Journal’.
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NewsDoppler log order
Sonardyne International Ltd., UK, has announced that Subsea Technology and Rentals Ltd (STR), a multi-disciplinary technology expert specialising in the design, production and rental of innovative marine survey equipment, has become the first company to invest in their new ‘Syrinx’ Doppler Velocity Log (DVL).
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56th Marine Measurement Forum
The National Oceanography Centre in Liverpool is to host the 56th Marine Measurement Forum at the University of Liverpool’s Foresight Centre on Wednesday 15 July. The agenda for the day-long event will feature a series of 20-minute talks by leading representatives of research institutions and commercial organisations on topics ...
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Fugro expands AUV fleet
Fugro, the Dutch survey organisation, has expanded its AUV fleet with the addition of a Kongsberg Hugin 1000 craft featuring an extended depth rating of 4,500m, Echo Surveyor VII. The state-of-the-art acquisition will provide improved multibeam swathe coverage while supporting acquisition of sidescan sonar, sub-bottom profiler and CTD profiler ...
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Unexploded ordnance surveys seminar
Immediately following Seawork International 2015 in Southampton, The Hydrographic Society UK is to stage a one-day seminar and table-top exhibition at Southampton Solent University’s Conference Centre on Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Surveys, on Friday 19 June.
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New Kongsberg multibeam sounder
Kongsberg Maritime has announced development of an advanced Mk 2 version of its widely-adopted EM710 multibeam sounder which it says will set new standards for seabed surveys by increasing range and swathe coverage possible with the earlier model by up to 40%.
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Nautisk e-publications system
Norwegian chart distributor Nautisk, which also has bases in Hong Kong, Singapore, UK and the US, has introduced a system designed to replace a vessel’s onboard navigational publications library with an electronic database housed on a tablet computer, NaviTab.
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Novel compact sonar launched
Launched by Marine Electronics of Guernsey at this month’s Ocean Business 15 in Southampton is a new 2D imaging sonar specifically developed for AUV and ROV applications, Dolphin See View. Evolved from the company’s Dolphin 3001 model, the 700kHz system is claimed to feature a number of key advantages, ...
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UKHO digitises further publications
A further eight of its Admiralty Nautical Publications are now available in an electronic format, says the UK Hydrographic Office. The e-Nautical Publications (e-NPs) use the same certified data as their paper counterparts and are designed to comply with SOLAS carriage requirements. They are approved for use by the ...
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NewsCommercial success for latest ECA AUV
France’s Toulon-based ECA Group, which specialises in robotics, automation and simulation systems, reports the first sale of its latest A18 AUV for “several million euros”. It will be delivered to the un-named customer next year.
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Offshore Survey 2015
Twenty papers over five sessions are to be presented at Offshore Survey 2015, the parallel two-day conference from 15-16 April as part of the biennial Ocean Business event at the National Oceanography Centre organised by Diversified Communications.
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6G orders for Sonardyne
Sonardyne International has received a £1m order from Abedeen-based distributor Seatronics for its 6G acoustic positioning technology comprising multi-function Compatt 6 transponders, Ranger 2 USBL positioning systems and high-performance gyro-USBL receivers.
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Fugro Iraqi contract extended
Fugro, the Dutch survey combine, has been awarded a three-year contract extension by Basrah Gas Company (BGC) for continuing provision of topographic and geotechnical services as well as bathymetric surveys and metocean services in the Basrah province of Southern Iraq.
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Shallow survey 2015 dataset available
A common dataset comprising tests last summer of seven sonar systems in Plymouth Sound and Wembury Bay is now available for comparison and analysis by the global hydrographic community in readiness for delegate consideration at the 7th International Conference on High Resolution Surveys in Shallow Water, Shallow Survey 2015, at ...
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Free Valeport software released
Oceanographic and hydrographic instrumentation specialists Valeport have released their latest operating software, DataLog X2, which can be downloaded for free from the Totnes based-company’s website (www.valeport.co.uk).
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NewsIrish catamarans for Polish hydrographic office
Irish specialist boatbuilder Safehaven Marine in County Cork has completed delivery of four of its Wildcat 40 survey catamarans with dual operator consoles to the Polish Navy Hydrographic Office for underwater seismic studies in the Baltic Sea.
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NewsUnderwater robot captures images of Antarctic sea ice
A team of scientists from the UK, USA and Australia have used an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to capture ''detailed, high-resolution 3D maps'' of Antarctic sea ice and provide accurate ice thickness measurements in areas previously too difficult to access.
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NewsNuclear industry ‘eyeballs’
Right from the start, ROVs have been designed to get into places where it’s impractical or impossible to place a human being. And no man-made environment needs them more than a nuclear reactor.
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Kraftnät crossing
As part of the preparations for a large cable laying campaign in Finland, MMT has completed a cable crossings survey for Kraftnät Åland. The planned submarine cable is 152 km long, and will be laid from Naantali, Finland to Juvik, Åland.
