Subsea Services News – Page 52

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    Novel pipeline tracking system

    2013-05-03T11:00:00Z

    Subsea cable and pipeline specialist Innovatum of Bury St Edmunds UK has developed a novel area survey system, or ‘Wing’, as a complement to its magnetic cable and tracking systems.

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    World Hydrography Day

    2013-05-02T07:30:00Z

    ‘Hydrography - Underpinning the Blue Economy’ is the theme chosen by the International Hydrographic Organization for this year’s UN World Hydrography Day on 21 June.

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    ENC web service launched

    2013-05-02T07:30:00Z

    French company Geomod and its UK partner OceanWise in Hampshire, which in collaboration with Valeport and Wood & Douglas is set to deliver a tidal monitoring, telemetry and display system with eight monitoring stations to the Port of London Authority, have launched an Electronic Navigational Chart web service for delivery ...

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    Stick with GPS

    2013-05-02T07:30:00Z

    Now available from Norwich UK based Norcom Technology is Navistick 4Gb, a USB dongle with a built-in GPS receiver and 4 Gigabytes of storage.

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    Multiple seismic ventures for Dolphin

    2013-04-26T07:30:00Z

    Dolphin Geophysical of Bergen is currently completing 5,000 sq/km of seismic surveys in sectors of the UK Continental Shelf.

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    Belgian contract for TerraStar

    2013-04-26T07:30:00Z

    DEME, the Belgian dredging and hydraulic engineering group, is to use Aberdeen based TerraStar GNSS’s TerraStar-D precise point positioning service (PPP) in support of worldwide nearshore operations of its multi-functional fleet of dredgers and auxiliary vessels.

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    Two in one ECDIS training

    2013-04-26T07:30:00Z

    ECDIS Ltd of Fareham in Hampshire UK is now offering a course combining generic and type specific training on ECDIS operations.

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    UKHO & Royal Navy underwater discoveries

    2013-04-15T11:15:00Z

    Spectacular images from a survey of the underwater remains of Mulberry B, a secretive artificial harbour off the north western French coast used in World War 2 to support Allied landings in Normandy, have been released by the UK Hydrographic Office.

  • Sonne will be one of the biggest and most sophisticated research ships ever built
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    ‘Sonne’ construction goes back to Meyer Werft

    2013-03-07T15:17:00Z

    Construction of one of Germany’s biggest hydrographic research ships has been transferred back from subsidiary Neptun Werft to parent firm Meyer just a short time after steel cutting began on the €124.4m newbuilding.

  • The SBRI programme is designed to use the power of government procurement to drive innovation. Image copyright: Intrepid Minds Ltd
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    Contract awarded for ocean robot project

    2013-03-07T15:17:00Z

    A project to develop ocean-going robotic vehicles that will carry out sustained marine research over long periods has awarded a contract to Intrepid Minds Ltd under the UK Government-backed Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI).

  • Southampton’s National Oceanography Centre is an ideal venue for Ocean Business
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    Hydrographic heaven awaits at Ocean Business

    2013-03-06T07:30:00Z

    The organisers of Ocean Business 2013, taking place from 9-11 April at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton UK, are pleased that the ocean technology community has chosen the show as the place to hold some of the biggest industry events of the year.

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    Onboard multi-beam demos at Ocean Business

    2013-03-06T07:30:00Z

    R2SONIC and their UK distributors, Swathe Services, have teamed up with MSDS Marine and their dedicated survey vessel Shogun to demonstrate the SONIC 2024 and SONIC 2020 multi-beam echosounders at Ocean Business 2013.

  • A survey image of the 1916 wreck of HMS Kaphreda
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    Coastline completes high-res surveys

    2013-03-06T07:30:00Z

    Coastline Surveys Ltd (CSL) has completed three high resolution multi-beam hydrographic surveys in the Southern North Sea, using the latest generation R2SONIC 2024 combined with an IxBlue Octans MKIII Gyro / MRU and C-NAV 3050 RTK GPS positioning.

  • The Fassmer yard will deliver three newbuild hydro survey boats this year
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    Broad range for Fassmer hydrographic trio

    2013-02-28T15:29:00Z

    Busy small ship and boat yard Fassmer in Berne/Motzen in north Germany is delivering a trio of specialist newbuildings for a range of hydrographic duties up to about autumn of this year.

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    Italian Hydro Society joins IFHS

    2013-02-26T07:30:00Z

    Following an interim two years as an associate member, the Italian Hydrographic Society (IHS) has been elected a full member of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies comprising national organisations in Australasia, Benelux, Denmark, Germany, South Africa and the UK.

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    52nd Marine Measurement Forum

    2013-02-26T07:30:00Z

    Underwater system specialists MacArtney UK are to host the 52nd Marine Measurement Forum at its Aberdeen premises on Wednesday 1 May.

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    Cable route survey for MMT

    2013-02-25T16:07:00Z

    MMT of Sweden has been awarded a contract by Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission (SHE Transmission) for a high voltage direct-current (HVDC) cable re-route survey from Shetland to Caithness on the Scottish mainland.

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    NCS adds AUVs

    2013-02-25T16:06:00Z

    With acquisition of a further two Teledyne Gavia AUVs from their Icelandic manufacturer, Aberdeen based NCS Survey now claims to be operating the world’s largest commercial fleet of portable systems for offshore applications.

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    Offshore Survey 2013

    2013-02-25T16:05:00Z

    This year’s hydrographic conference season opens with a major two day event at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton UK from 10-11 April.

  • Reson’s new SeaBat 7160 multibeam system, with a transducer assembly comprising linear receive and transmit arrays mounted together on a support base
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    Reson extends range

    2013-02-25T16:05:00Z

    Reson, the Danish specialist supplier of echosounders and associated equipment, which is currently being acquired by Teledyne Technologies of the US, has extended its range of multibeam systems with introduction of a new portable or hull mountable model, the SeaBat 7160.