Subsea Services News – Page 68
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GEMS and Pelydryn form strategic alliance – by David Goodfellow
Geotechnical Engineering & Marine Surveys (GEMS), which has bases in Belgium, Africa, the Middle East and the UK, has formed a strategic alliance with airborne bathymetric LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) company Pelydryn of Newport, Gwent.
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Pangeo Subsea opens UK base – by David Goodfellow
PanGeo Subsea of Newfoundland, Canada, has extended its European operations with the opening of premises in Aberdeen UK, complementing those in Denmark and Norway.
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Further ECDIS Ltd training partnerships – by David Goodfellow
Chelmsford UK based ECDIS Ltd, the specialist ECDIS training concern which last autumn concluded an agreement with PC Maritime of Plymouth, has extended its services to Sweden following signing of a partnership agreement with Adveto of Stockholm.
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New Magellan GNSS receiver – by David Goodfellow
US global positioning specialists Magellan Navigation, whose European bases are in Moscow and Nantes, France, have developed a new state of the art receiver with patented means to use multiple GNSS constellations for high accuracy positioning and surveying solutions, ProFlex 500.
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Seabeam for new Russian research ship – by David Goodfellow
Under an agreement with Transas Russian Fleet Ltd, L-3 ELAC Nautik of Kiel in Germany is to deliver and install a Seabeam 3020 multibeam sounder aboard a new icebreaking research vessel presently under construction at the Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg for the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology & Environmental ...
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NewsMajor US orders for Reson – by David Goodfellow
Seven hydrographic survey launches operated by the US National Ocean Survey, an agency of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are to be equipped with SeaBat-7125 SV multibeam sonar systems from Denmark’s Reson A/S.
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NewsCarousel innovation aids underwater power link
The recent laying of the first and only power interconnector between the UK and the Netherlands meant a 260km cable connection between the Maasvlakte in Holland and the Isle of Grain in Kent.
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NewsDirty diving brings merciful results
Divers volunteering on board the ''Africa Mercy'', the world’s largest charity hospital ship, plunge into murky, polluted water every week to prevent obstructions from blocking the ship’s seawater intake valves.
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NewsTraining launch for shallow water dive system
The launch of a new training programme from Microdive Ltd of Essex UK is set to transform the way people can learn to dive. A fully approved instruction syllabus has been developed that dramatically reduces the amount of time and cost needed for new divers to qualify.
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NewsDownsizing delivers adaptable deep diving ROV
Flexibility has always been an issue with ROVs, but a new deep swimming 3,000m rated unit has been developed to open up a greater range of applications.
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Oceanology International returns to London
London’s ExCel is once more the venue for this year’s biennial Oceanology International event from 9-11 March.
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Admiralty E-Navigator introduced
Introduced in December, Admiralty E-Navigator is the UK Hydrographic Office’s new integrated digital catalogue, product viewer and passage planning aid for organising, updating and consolidating all paper and digital information needed for planning safe voyages while simplifying essential tasks.
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Cheetah catamarans for Dutch and UK customers
Now in its 20th year for construction of specialist power catamarans, Cheetah Marine of Ventnor on the UK’s Isle of Wight reports the commissioning of two new hydrographic survey vessels by Heuvelman Ibis in Delfzijl, Holland, and British Geological Survey (BGS) in Edinburgh.
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NewsNew Fugro survey vessel launched
Fugro Survey’s first new geophysical survey vessel since the early 1980s, ‘Fugro Searcher’, has been launched in readiness for sea trials before beginning service in March.
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ABPmer assesses breakwater performance in Malta
ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has been awarded a contract to assess the performance of proposed breakwaters in the vicinity of Marsaxlokk fishing village on the island of Malta. The fishing village resides at the rear of Marsaxlokk Bay and although it affords some natural protection from the sea, ...
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Dutch Contract for CodaOctopus - by David Goodfellow
Underwater system specialists CodaOctopus of Edinburgh have been awarded a contract for the supply of a further Echoscope 3D real-time imaging sonar.
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NewsMDL upgrades Fanbeam positioning system - by David Goodfellow
Measurement Devices Ltd has upgraded the tracking and data handling capability of its widely used Fanbeam laser positioning system for hydrographic survey, offshore and dredging control applications.
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Hydro 2010 set for Germany - by David Goodfellow
Warnemunde in northern Germany is to be the venue for Hydro 2010, the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 18th biennial European hydrographic conference, held from 2 to 5 November.
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NewsPingers sleep soundly on the seabed
All sorts of agencies and marine service companies are finding a variety of uses for acoustic pingers and pinger receivers.
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NewsTROLling for radiation at Dounreay
Closing down Britain’ s abandoned fast nuclear reactor experiment has meant addressing Dounreay’ s legacy of radioactive particles in the local marine environment.
