Subsea Services News – Page 48
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Chinese order for Atlas Hydrographic
Bremen based Atlas Hydrographic in Germany is to supply China’s State Oceanographic Administration (SOA) in Xiamen with a Hydrosweep multibeam sounder with a depth capability of over 2,000m.
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News15 Z-Boats for Russian survey fleet
California-based Oceanscience, via its project partner, Infax Inc, has delivered 15 of its Z-Boat 1800 remotely operated survey craft to the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology & Environmental Monitoring of Russia (Roshydromet).
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NewsLargest ever Oceanology International
This year’s biennial Oceanology International event at London’s Excel exhibition and conference centre from 11-13 March promises to be the best ever, say organisers Reed Exhibitions.
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Ireland extends Infomar programme
The Irish government’s Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources has extended its Infomar national marine mapping programme with commitment of a further €15m over the next five years.
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Sonardyne INS for Bibby Offshore
Aberdeen UK based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has acquired two Sonardyne Sprint inertial navigation systems to support ROV operations carried out by its new offshore survey division, Bibby Remote Intervention (BRIL).
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Digital Hydrography on Maritime Web proceedings available
Proceedings of the Digital Hydrography on the Maritime Web conference in Southampton last October organised by The Hydrographic Society UK in association with the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS) are now available in bound copy form.
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NewsOsiris Projects expands fleet
Seabed mapping and coastal survey specialist Osiris Projects of Merseyside UK has added a fifth vessel to its fleet with the addition of the new 14m GRP catamaran, MV Proteus.
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Three channel Lidar system launched
Airborne Hydrography AB (AHAB) of Jonkoping, Sweden, has launched what it claims to be the world’s first three channel Lidar (light detection and ranging) system, Hawkeye III.
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Norwegian Arctic to be mapped
Seventeen leading oil companies are teaming up to map the seabed for exploration in an Arctic offshore zone once disputed by Norway and Russia.
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Periplus-Rijkswaterstaat framework agreement
Amsterdam based Periplus Group, which specialises in providing construction support work for the oil and gas industries on the Dutch Continental Shelf with in-house processing of hydrographic and geophysical data, has signed a three year framework hydrography agreement with Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & Environment Department organisation responsible ...
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Dalrymple Award for ABP hydrographic manager
William Heaps, assistant marine advisor and hydrographic manager of Associated British Ports Group at Southampton, is the recipient of this year’s UK Hydrographic Office Alexander Dalrymple Award.
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NewsEuroport success for DutchWorkboats
The first sale of a transportable ready to work fast hydrographic vessel with a top survey speed of 30km per hour was reported at last month’s Europort exhibition in Rotterdam by Muiden based DutchWorkboats BV and its partner, Stema Systems.
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Google maps the Thames
Google has completed mapping 360 different views of the River Thames as part of its global Street View with the aid of specialist survey equipment aboard the Port of London Authority’s hydrographic vessel, Yantlet.
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Fugro EMU completes MCA project
Fugro EMU of Durley, Southampton, which claims to be the UK’s largest commercial marine environmental services organisation, has concluded its involvement in the 2011-2013 Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Civil Hydrography Programme with acquisition of the last of over 15bn bathymetric soundings.
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Latest release of Hydromagic software
Eye4Software BV of the Netherlands has released the latest version of its hydrographic survey package, Hydromagic version 5.2.
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NewsFinnish surveyors order Workcat for Baltic
Finnish survey company FCG (Finnish Consulting Group) Ltd has placed an order for a new GRP survey boat from Blyth Workcats Ltd of Canvey Island, UK.
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NewsDual role survey boat for Belgian operator
Belgium based independent hydrographic survey company GEOxyz took delivery of its latest vessel, Geo Surveyor X, last month.
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NewsChinese type approval for TSS gyros
China Classification Society’s recent type approval of Teledyne TSS’s Meridian ranges of gyro compasses should lead to improved sales prospects in local offshore survey and shipbuilding markets.
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NewsD-Day mapping expedition completed
Ahead of the 70th anniversary next June of the World War 2 D-Day invasion of Normandy by allied forces, the UK Hydrographic Office and its French counterpart, SHOM, are collaborating on updating an international wreck database of the former combat area.
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London P&I ECDIS warning
Poor ECDIS training can be a factor in maritime accidents, says the London P&I Club, one of the world’s leading mutual marine liability insurers acting on behalf of the global shipping community.
