Subsea Services News – Page 55
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Seabeam for latest Alfred Wenger vessel
L-3 ELAC Nautik of Kiel has been commissioned to deliver and install a SeaBeam 1180 shallow water multibeam system aboard Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar & Marine Research’s new 21m vessel being built by Fassmer at its Berne yard in Germany.
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NewsNew Fugro survey vessel
Dutch survey group Fugro has added to its global vessel replacement programme with the recent launch of a third dedicated ship for offshore survey projects in Asia-Pacific waters, Fugro Equator.
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Gardline Baltic wind farm
Great Yarmouth UK based Gardline Geosciences, in association with GEO of Denmark, has been awarded contracts worth €18 million by Spanish combine Iberdrola under which it will carry out preliminary geological surveys for the proposed Wikinger offshore German wind farm in the Baltic.
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UK mapping and monitoring projects
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) at Southampton is to head two projects collectively worth £720,000 for investigating use of robot submarines.
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Entire Malta EEZ surveyed
Remote sensing specialist Terra Imaging, which has bases in France, Germany and Holland, reports successful airborne mapping of the entire Maltese archipelago from ocean floor to church spires.
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NewsRed Sea subsea mount discovered
A hitherto unknown underwater mount the size of the Rock of Gibraltar has been discovered in the southern Red Sea.
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NewsGeo Plus extends vessel fleet
Geo Plus of Scheemda in northern Holland has extended its fleet of survey vessels with the commissioning of a seventh designed for continuous 24 hour operation over periods of up to two weeks, ''Geo Focus''.
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Offshore Survey 13 Call for Papers
Three-hundred word abstracts of papers for the fourth Offshore Survey conference at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton on 10 and 11 April 2013 are now invited.
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New guidance for diving ops with Nitrox
One of the most recent publications from the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is ‘Surface Supplied Diving Operations Using Nitrox’ (IMCA D 048).
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Successful test for pressure tolerant ROV
A new pressure tolerant ROV named Erno2, designed by Enitech GmbH of Rostock in Germany has been successfully tested.
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NewsNew dive site medical equipment details
The Diving Medical Advisory Committee has published a revision to ‘Medical Equipment to be held at the Site of an Offshore Diving Operation’ (DMAC 15 Rev. 3). This supersedes all previous issues which have now been withdrawn.
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Underwater tracking system for SeaFox
A contract for the supply of underwater tracking systems to be used by the US Navy in mine clearance operations has been awarded to Applied Acoustic Engineering Ltd of Great Yarmouth UK, by ATLAS North America.
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NewsHyperbaric Trials Unit back in business
Submarine Escape, Rescue, Abandonment & Survival (SMERAS) Support Services and Diving & Life Support Services provider QinetiQ has re-commissioned its Hyperbaric Trials Unit (HTU) following an extensive refit.
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NewsDDRC’s onboard medical care course success
A new course at Plymouth UK based medical charity DDRC (Diving Diseases Research Centre), which trains people to handle medical care at sea, has awarded its first certificate.
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NewsMONALISA motivates Baltic and Bothnian surveys
Fugro OSAE GmbH of Bremen in Germany has been awarded an allocation of the Baltic Sea and Bothnian Survey for the years 2012-13, consisting of a 7,100km² segment worth €2.1m.
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NewsNew ECDIS developments
With mandatory requirements for ECDIS initially coming into force this month for new passenger vessels over 500gt and tankers above 3,000gt, industry developments continue apace.
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Turnkey survey solutions in boat package
OceanDTM of Lowestoft, Suffolk UK, has teamed with Isle of Wight based boatbuilders Cheetah Marine to offer a 7.2m catamaran equipped with a fully calibrated and motion-compensated WASSP multibeam sounder for less than £150,000 as part of a series of affordable turnkey survey packages featuring a range of vessels and ...
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Finnish and Swedish contracts for MMT
MMT of Gothenburg, which is currently completing cable route studies for a 711km transmission link between Norway and the UK, has been awarded parts of two separate survey contracts for the EU financed Monalisa Motorways of the Sea project for the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA) and Sweden’s Maritime Agency (SMA).
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Further Sonardyne positioning orders
Sonardyne International of Yateley, Hampshire UK has received a major order worth £1m for its latest 6G acoustic positioning equipment from Aberdeen based DPS Offshore, the rental business subsidiary of Forum Energy Technologies Inc.
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NewsTwo fast repairs on bulk carriers
Two bulk carriers needed prompt attention recently from the Hydrex dive and technician teams. Five cracks were found in the flat bottom area of a 130m long bulk carrier while another had damage in a high load area.
