Subsea Services News – Page 47

  • Subsea Tech’s 3m CAT Surveyor catamaran-type unmanned surface vessel
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    French catamaran USV for inland waters

    2014-04-02T07:30:00Z

    CAT-Surveyor, a new battery powered catamaran-type drone with a payload of 80kg and either tele-operated or automatic navigation modes, has been developed by Marseille based Subsea Tech.

  • Fugro’s new marine training centre is located on the Helford River in Cornwall UK
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    Fugro launches training centre

    2014-04-02T07:30:00Z

    Dutch survey conglomerate Fugro has launched a new UK marine training centre to address the development needs of its operational staff.

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    Teledyne TSS previews AHRS & INS systems

    2014-04-02T07:30:00Z

    Watford UK based Teledyne TSS has previewed its new series of advanced Saturn fibre-optic AHRS and INS (Attitude and Heading Reference and Inertial Navigation Systems) units, the outcome of a two year development programme.

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    Hydro 14 Call for Papers

    2014-03-05T07:30:00Z

    Abstracts of papers for presentation at the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 22nd conference and exhibition at Aberdeen’s Exhibition & Conference Centre from 28-30 October 2014 are now invited by the organisers, The Hydrographic Society UK.

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    Off the shelf digital bathymetry

    2014-03-04T07:30:00Z

    Eomap, the aquatic earth observation company in Gilching, Germany, has launched an off the shelf, high resolution, satellite-derived bathymetry service available via dedicated online portals as well as its business partners.

  • Students from hydrographic organisations in many countries attended the UK Hydrographic Office’s recent fifth cartography course, sponsored by Japan’s Nippon FoundationStudents from hydrographic organisations in many countries attended the UK Hy...
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    UKHO international training success

    2014-03-04T07:30:00Z

    The UK Hydrographic Office at Taunton reports successful completion of its fifth annual international cartography training course for overseas students, drawn this time from hydrographic organisations in Algeria, Bulgaria, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago and Japan.

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    iSurvey expands

    2014-03-04T07:30:00Z

    iSurvey, the 100 strong Norwegian survey and positioning organisation in Oslo, has invested £500,000 in establishing an offshore division in Aberdeen.

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    Next generation diving equipment

    2014-02-13T09:00:00Z

    Wigan UK based Northern Diver is unveiling its latest generation Hot Water Suit at Oceanology International 2014, which takes place in London on 11-13 March.

  • The newly designed Unique Hydra eDMS100 dive monitoring system
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    Dive monitoring debut at Oceanology

    2014-02-11T07:30:00Z

    Integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider Unique System (UK) Ltd is participating at Oceanology International 2014, to be held at ExCel West in London, from 11 to 13 March.

  • École de Technologie Supérieure (Quebec, Canada) team's submarine Omer 8 was the overall winner in 2012
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    Submarine Races encourage underwater engineers

    2014-02-10T07:30:00Z

    Twelve teams from universities in six countries and on three continents will be meeting in July 2014 to take part in the 2nd biennial European International Submarine Races (eISR) at QinetiQ’s Ocean Basin in Gosport UK, the biggest covered water space in Europe.

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    Clean, green hull cleaning machine

    2014-02-03T07:30:00Z

    GAC EnvironHull, part of global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Group, has launched HullWiper, its new innovation offering diver-free, cost effective and eco-friendly underwater hull cleaning.

  • A Hydrex workboat with equipment is seen next to a tanker in Antwerp
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    Underwater installation saves time and fuel

    2014-01-31T07:30:00Z

    Antwerp based underwater repair specialist Hydrex installed Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF) on two tankers during their respective stops in Ghent and Antwerp.

  • The DTG2 lends itself to any situation where rapid and easy deployment is critical, such as SAR operations
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    Innovative low cost ROV for small companies

    2014-01-31T07:30:00Z

    Ontario, Canada based Deep Trekker Inc has been in the business of ROV design and production since 2010.

  • R/V Shinsei Maru will work for the recovery of marine ecosystems and fisheries in post earthquake disaster coastal Japan
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    Underwater winch package for research ship

    2014-01-31T07:30:00Z

    Denmark headquartered MacArtney has supplied a major consignment of high performance oceanographic winches to JAMSTEC, the Japanese Agency of Marine-Earth-Science and Technology.

  • High resolution bathymetry displayed in CSAR format. Image courtesy of NOAA
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    Interoperability with the CSAR framework

    2014-01-30T07:30:00Z

    Safe Software and geospatial software developer CARIS have made support for the CARIS Spatial Archive (CSAR) raster format for gridded bathymetry and elevation data in FME 2014, officially released last month.

  • A bathymetric image of dredging scarring of the channel bottom
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    Combined bathymetry and sidescan system

    2014-01-30T07:30:00Z

    The EdgeTech 4600 Combined Bathymetry & Side Scan Sonar System was met with enthusiastic reviews at a recent underwater technology demonstration and training event hosted by Seatronics in Abu Dhabi.

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    Scandinavian ROV development

    2014-01-28T07:30:00Z

    MMT, the 200 strong survey company in Gothenburg, Sweden, has teamed with Kystdesign AS of Norway in development and production of a new innovative high speed ROV designed for pipeline inspection operations and seabed surveys, Surveyor.

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    IMCA survey sensor guidelines

    2014-01-28T07:30:00Z

    Guidelines for management of peripheral survey sensors and their requirements for periodic calibration and verification have been published by the Offshore Survey Division of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA).

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    Glonass setback in the US

    2014-01-27T07:30:00Z

    President Barack Obama has signed a bill prohibiting Russia from constructing any stations in the US that could improve the precision of its Glonass network as a worldwide alternative to GPS.

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    UKHO adds QR Codes to standard nautical charts

    2014-01-27T07:30:00Z

    The UK Hydrographic Office has introduced QR (Quick Response) codes to its portfolio of standard nautical charts, allowing users of paper versions to access status information via smart phones or tablets.