Subsea Services News – Page 61
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NewsLeaner Cougar for wind turbines
Seen as ideal for shallow water wind turbine construction work, four specially designed leaner versions of the Saab Seaeye Cougar XT ROV have been ordered by Pommec, the Netherlands based technology provider to the diving industry.
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UKHO heads for Singapore
The UK Hydrographic Office, which is presently seeking buyers for its German SevenCs and ChartWorld subsidiaries with a combined turnover of €5m, is to open its first overseas office in Singapore.
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New IMCA publications
The London based International Marine Contractors Association, which has 750 members in nearly 60 countries, has published a dedicated industry wide checklist for use by survey, ROV and pipeline installation contractors and their clients for mobilisation of offshore survey operations.
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Dredging and wind farm work for Coastline Surveys
Also at Seawork 2011, Coastline Surveys reported that it has been retained locally by Land & Water Services of Guildford to provide survey support for dredging work presently being carried out at Falmouth Marina.
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New Ohmex tide gauge
Gloucester Harbour in the UK, which encounters one of the world’s highest tidal ranges, is among the first customers for Ohmex’s latest low power modular bluetooth tide gauge, TideM8.
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New £1m workboat for Aberdeen
Sea Herald, a new all purpose £1m workboat built by Macduff Shipyards has commenced operations with Aberdeen Harbour Board for whom it will carry out a variety of tasks from debris removal and bed levelling work to hydrographic surveys and occasional pilot duties.
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Del Norte hosts Hypack and multibeam seminar
PD Teesport at Middlesbrough, one of the UK’s three largest ports, is the venue for a three day Hypack training seminar from 20 to 22 September.
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INIS Hydro project launched
An EU part funded Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland (INIS) hydrographic survey project headed by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) was launched at the Belfast Harbour Commissioners Office at the beginning of July.
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GEO.xyz expands fleet
GEO.xyz of Belgium has added a further survey and support vessel to its growing fleet, Geosurveyor VI.
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Norwegian Barents Sea surveys
The first systematic seismic surveys of Norway’s new maritime zone in the Barents Sea East border area has begun.
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News1,000 dives with no Lost Time Incidents
Scotland’s diving and subsea equipment experts Divex have announced that the Seven Atlantic dive support vessel has reached a major milestone in achieving 1,000 dives without lost time incident (LTI).
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NewsDutch mini-subs available for charter
U-Boat Worx (UBW), the Dutch submersible manufacturer, now has two submersibles available for charter globally.
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NewsWind farms fan diver training boom
With the increase in offshore wind farm projects, a diver training centre in Scotland is reporting an increase in demand for training required to break into a career in the marine energy renewable industry.
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NewsSustainability researchers discover U-boat
The remains of the 252 foot long German submarine, U-513, were recently discovered 245 feet down and 75 miles off the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.
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NewsSpike commemorated with new dive boat
One of Britain’s oldest dive schools, Divers Down in Swanage, has christened a new addition to its workboat force.
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NewsFugro expands ROV fleet
Fugro Subsea Services in Aberdeen has extended its worldwide ROV fleet with the addition of six new craft from Saab Seaeye of Fareham under an order worth nearly £5m.
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NewsA SMART approach to shifting seabeds
ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has developed an integrated approach to manage sediment mobility risk and has now made it available.
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NewsMajor MCA survey contract goes to EMU
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded marine survey specialists EMU Limited (EMU) a multi-million pound hydrographic contract as part of its programme to systematically survey the waters around the UK.
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NewsNew Seafloor Systems sounder
California based Seafloor Systems Inc has developed an inland water integrated sounder for measuring and logging depths, HydroLite.
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NewsInnovatum enjoys overseas success
Successful overseas sales of its Smartrak subsea cable and pipeline survey system were reported by Innovatum at last month’s Seawork International, with 25 models delivered to customers in Abu Dhabi, China, Peru, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan.
