Subsea Services News – Page 43
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NewsAUV-S Euro Distributor
Advanced Undersea Vehicles and Systems (AUV-S) LLC based in Houston, Texas has appointed Cornwall, UK-based Swathe Services as exclusive sales distributor for the UK and Europe.
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NewsHugin finding worldwide orders
Survey providers DOF Subsea of Norway, Fugro Geoservices of the USA, Northwest Maritime of Norway and AXA Engehnaria Submarina of Brazil are the latest survey companies to have chosen Norwegian company, Kongsberg Maritime’s autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Hugin.
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NewsBMT and MSubs collaborate
In the UK, BMT Isis, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd (BMT) and a leading supplier of safety and environmental risk management across sectors and Plymouth based MSubs Ltd, a principal supplier of manned and unmanned underwater submersibles for both military and commercial users are collaborating together to develop a ...
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NewsSabertooth swims into record books
Global engineering services company Hibbard Inshore has set the record for the longest flooded tunnel inspection against flow ever attempted. Success came from using the Saab Seaeye Sabertooth AUV/ROV hybrid, chosen as the only possible vehicle for the job.
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NewsHelium without the squealium
Divex, of Aberdeenshire, UK has been awarded a contract to supply the US Navy with their state-of-the-art helium speech unscrambling diver communications system the HeliCom Matrix.
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NewsUnderwater technology aids search for Franklin expedition shipwrecks
Early in September, a team of Canadian underwater archaeologists discovered the wreck of the ''HMS Erebus'' in the eastern stretches of the Queen Maud Gulf off the coast of Canada.
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OceanWise addresses 5th EIHC
The importance of hydrography and its role in an increasingly geospatially enabled world took centre stage at the 5th Extraordinary International Hydrographic Conference in Monaco recently. UK specialist, OceanWise''s director, John Pepper presented on the status and future of Marine SDI (spatial data infrastructure).
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NewsReef Subsea expands into Blyth
Reef Subsea has signed a service agreement with the Port of Blyth, UK for a new storage, maintenance and mobilisation facility as part of the company’s continued growth plan. The new facility provides 1800m2 of serviced internal and external storage space for asset maintenance and storage combined with office facilities ...
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NewsDSCV Contract
Unique Hydra, a division of Unique Maritime Group, an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, has announced that it has been selected by Ultra Deep Solutions to design, build and integrate the dive system for a multipurpose Diving Support Construction Vessel (DSCV).
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NewsEIVA and VideoRay
Denmark- based EIVA has been appointed as an authorised VideoRay Service Centre. EIVA is an engineering company with more than 35 years’ experience in the offshore construction and survey industry. EIVA is a long-standing authorised representative of VideoRay, having sold numerous underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROV) of the worldwide leader ...
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NewsRobots set sail
A seven-strong fleet of robotic survey boats is about to embark on a 300 mile survey voyage off the UK’s south west. The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) project will utilise vessels fitted with a range of meteorological and oceanographic sensors to collect scientific data about ocean processes and marine life.
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Offshore Survey 2015 papers call
250-word abstracts of papers for presentation at the fifth Offshore Survey conference at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton from 15-16 April next year are now invited by organisers of the biennial event, Diversified Communications UK. The deadline for online submission is Monday 3 November.
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France-Comoros hydrographic agreement
France’s Naval Hydrographic & Oceanographic Service (SHOM), which recently announced completion of nearly 180 electronic nautical charts for Mediterranean coastal regions, is to provide hydrographic support for Comoros, the archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa.
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Brazilian order for Saab Seaeye
UK’s Saab Seaeye, which claims to be the world’s largest manufacturer of electric ROVs, is to supply Oceanica, the leading Brazilian subsea engineering company, with two of its Falcon multifunction ROVs featuring a high-resolution colour camera on a 180-degree tilt platform and a depth rating of 300m.
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NewsPlanet Ocean to distribute ultra-portable ROVs
Surrey, UK-based Planet Ocean has been appointed distributor of the Canadian DTG2 Deep Trekker range of ultra-portable mini-ROVs for UK and Ireland. Weighing under 9kg and powered by onboard rechargeable batteries negating any need for bulky surface power supplies, systems can operate for up to 6-8 hours on a ...
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New Kongsberg acoustic positioning system
Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has extended its range of acoustic positioning systems with introduction of µPAP, a compact and portable unit for operation from surface vessels to track ROVs, tow fish, divers and other subsea targets at depths down to 4,000m. Operating in either SSBL (super short baseline) or LBL ...
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North American equipment market set to grow
The market for hydrographic equipment in North America is expected to increase significantly between now and the end of the decade, according to forecasts by MicroMarketMonitor in the US.
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MH370 surveys extended
Fugro, the Dutch survey conglomerate, has been awarded a £27m contract by the Australian government for a second deep ocean search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing Flight MH370 carrying 239 passengers and crew which is believed to have crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean last March.
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Five-year contracts for NCS Survey
Aberdeen, UK-based NCS Survey, which reckons to have thus far completed over 750 projects in 36 countries, has been awarded a five-year contract by Akofs Wayfarer A/S of Norway for provision of positioning and survey sevices aboard Aker Wayfarer, its offshore construction vessel.
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Franco-Russian Arctic venture
CGG of France and Sovcomflot of Russia have signed an agreement to form a joint-venture company dedicated to conducting high-end 3D seismic acquisition services in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters. CGG will charter a 14-streamer ice-class vessel while Sovcomflot will add the capabilities of a similar 8-streamer vessel.
