Subsea Services News – Page 54
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Joint Veripos-Sonardyne DP development
Global offshore positioning specialist Veripos of Aberdeen UK has introduced a new inertially aided solution for dynamically positioned vessels.
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New survey ship commissioned
French shipyard H2X in Ciotat, near Marseille, reports that it is to build a 43m monohull survey vessel for an un-named Saudi Arabian university specialising in hydrographic and oceanographic studies.
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News‘Z-Boat’ expands access for hydro survey
For hydrographic surveys in shallow inshore waters such as rivers, canals, lakes and ponds, access to the site can sometimes be the biggest headache of the entire survey.
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Award won for mapping of US west coast
Fugro has completed data acquisition and processing of the entire United States West Coast under a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in support of their National Coastal Mapping Programme.
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NewsScouting for munitions in cruise terminal
Supported by Sonardyne International Ltd’s Scout USBL acoustic positioning technology, ARA Incorporated has recently completed a subsurface survey of Terminal 91 in the Port of Seattle.
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NewsCPT system for marine renewables work
Coastline Surveys has taken delivery of its new Datem 5000 CPT System, C-Pen35.
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Funding for study of sediment properties
Scientists at HR Wallingford in the UK have received research funding for a pilot project aimed at investigating the measurement of cohesive sediment properties using high frequency underwater acoustics.
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News‘Superskid’ gives Cougar a torque tool
A new concept in skid design from Saab Seaeye adds a powerful tooling capability to their technologically advanced Cougar XTi ROV.
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NewsBoat towed detectors assist salvors
A number of archaeological groups and marine service companies are acquiring boat-towed metal detectors to assist in locating shipwrecks and to perform geophysical surveys.
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NewsCatamaran Dive Support Vessel from Incat
Incat Crowther has been contracted to design a 56m Catamaran Dive Support Vessel (DSV) for Bhagwan Marine, to be operated by dive specialists Neptune Marine Services.
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NewsBuoyancy control for renewable energy work
With more than 600 installations in the North Sea alone, the energy industry faces a daunting and hugely costly task in terms of decommissioning, with some putting the figure at £30bn.
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NewsDiver training underway in the Netherlands
Maritime Propeller Repairs (MPR) BV in the Netherlands ran its first comprehensive training programme last week for divers from underwater marine maintenance specialists UMC.
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51st Marine Measurement Forum
Abstracts or proposals for 15-20 minute presentations on any aspect of marine measurement technology are invited by The Hydrographic Society UK as hosts of the 51st Marine Measurement Forum (MMF) in Southampton on Wednesday 5 December.
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Seabed digital elevation model launched
Marine environmental data management and publishing specialists OceanWise of Hampshire UK have launched a series of off the shelf marine mapping datasets claimed to meet the most demanding applications.
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NewsMMT completes German cable route survey
Gothenburg based MMT reports successful completion of a major geophysical cable route survey for the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm project in the German Bight sector of the North Sea.
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PGS to conduct oil surveys off Crete
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) of Norway, which maintains a fleet of 14 offshore seismic survey vessels supported by 21 data processing centres, has been selected by Greece’s Energy Ministry to conduct preliminary research for potential offshore oil and gas deposits south of Crete and off the western mainland.
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Hydro12 Set for Rotterdam
President of the International Hydrographic Organization, Captain Robert Ward is to provide the opening address at the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 17th European conference in Rotterdam from 13-15 November.
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Hydro 12 debut for WASSP multibeam system
WASSP of Auckland plans a first European showing of its new WASSP S multibeam sounder at the Hydro 12 international hydrographic symposium in Rotterdam this November.
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Subsea 7 selects EIVA software
Subsea 7, Aberdeen based seabed to surface engineering, construction and services provider for the offshore energy industry, is to standardise on use of EIVA software for all its vessels requiring a full survey and positioning software package.
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Seismic contracts for Dolphin Geophysical
Oslo based Dolphin Geophysical is to carry out new 3D multi-client surveys offshore Lebanon using its high capacity seismic vessel, Polar Duke. Beginning this September, project coverage comprises an area of around 1,500 sq/km, with data due to be delivered to clients by the end of the year.
