Subsea Services News – Page 62
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Atlas multibeam sounders for China
Atlas Hydrographic of Bremen, Germany reports the sale of a further two of its Fansweep 20 shallow water multibeam echosounders to Shanghai Da Hua Surveying & Mapping, a subsidiary of the Shanghai Dredging Company.
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NewsEmu finds Thames Estuary wreck
Emu of Durley, Southampton UK reports the discovery of a previously unknown 45ml ong seabed wreck in the approaches to Foulger’s Gat in the Thames Estuary. Lying in 4.5m of water, its precise identity and circumstances of loss are not known.
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NewsWatch HD underwater TV at Seawork
UK based C-Tecnics, which specialises in the design and manufacture of underwater video and communication systems for the subsea industry, will be exhibiting at Seawork this year on Stand D11.
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€3.1m Nordic survey contract for Fugro
Dutch survey organisation Fugro has been awarded a €3.1m contract by the Finnish and Swedish Hydrographic Offices for studies of a 13,000 sq/km area covering shipping routes between Finland and Sweden, in the Gulf Bothnia, Baltic Sea.
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NewsS³ acquires new ROV technology
Specialist Subsea Services Ltd (S³), a Scotland based provider of ROV and survey services to the international energy industry, has announced a seven figure acquisition of two new ROV systems to expand its workclass fleet.
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Online ECDIS training
Ahead of mandatory introduction of ECDIS next year, Hamburg based Safebridge plans to launch later this summer an online type specific training programme in association with a number of leading equipment manufacturers.
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NewsMarine screen lets sites be seen
American underwater dive specialists JW Fishers has designed a new VRM-1 video recorder and monitor specifically for overcoming traditional difficulties in viewing pictures from underwater cameras.
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News$50m Brazilian contract for Subsea 7 division
Subsea 7’s Aberdeen based i-Tech division has been awarded a contract worth around $50m by Petrobras, the Brazilian state energy concern, for provision of ROV support and underwater positioning survey services in domestic offshore waters. The five year agreement includes an option to extend for a similar period.
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UKHO award for French hydrographer
Gilles Bessero, the outgoing French Hydrographer, is the recipient of the UK Hydrographic Office’s fifth Alexander Dalrymple Award, presented at a recent ceremony at the British High Commissioner’s residence in Singapore attended by the UK National Hydrographer, Rear-Admiral Ian Moncrieff.
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Wideband sonar UK debut
Claimed to be the world’s first true wideband high resolution shallow water multibeam sounder, US company R2Sonic’s Sonic 2024 is set for demonstrations to UK hire customers for the first time by Swathe Services of Saltash.
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Marine Measurement Forum
Environmental system specialists Planet Ocean in Surrey are to host the 47th Marine Measurement Forum at the Village Hotel, Farnborough on Thursday 18 November.
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Fathoms finds siltation rates
Fathoms, the Somerset and Caithness UK based survey company has successfully completed four interesting and challenging bathymetric surveys in Kenya for the implementation of the Natural Resource Management (NRM) Project.
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World Hydrography Day
The Hydrographic Offices and agencies of France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK are among leading European organisations expected to mark the UN sponsored World Hydrography Day on 21 June with a series of commemorative functions.
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NewsUnderwater digital camera technology advance
Kongsberg Maritime launched its most advanced underwater digital stills camera at the Ocean Business 2011 technology exhibition in Southampton UK last month.
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NewsDonald Duck decoded on Discovery Channel
International diving equipment technology company Divex, has provided assistance to the Discovery Channel for a Mighty Ships episode they are currently working on.
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NewsNewest Panther packs more punch
The new Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus ROV has quickly become a top seller for the company, with four systems already sold for delivery this year.
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NewsNew Gardline vessel mobilised
Geophysical and hydrographic survey specialists Gardline Geosurvey of Great Yarmouth UK have added to their vessel fleet with mobilisation of MV Ivero.
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NewsOsiris’ investments herald offshore growth
Osiris Marine Services, the UK based subsea engineering and commercial diving company, has invested £380k in new bespoke equipment that will launch the business into the next stage of its growth plan.
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NewsNew S-Boom delivers triple the power
Great Yarmouth UK based underwater technology company Applied Acoustics launched an entirely new sub-bottom profiling boomer plate at the recent Ocean Business exhibition in Southampton.
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Swathe Services offers LiDAR capability
Equipment rental specialist Swathe Services of Saltash in Cornwall UK, which recently acquired a third Sonic 2024 broadband multibeam system from R2Sonic in California, is to provide an airborne LiDAR (light detection and ranging) service for coastal and shallow water mapping under a newly formed subsidiary, SAS Ltd.
