Subsea Services News – Page 75
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Galileo Problems
The Galileo project, Europe''s proposed answer to the US Global Positioning System (GPS), is in disarray following the failure of an eight member group of companies to meet a European Commission deadline to transform itself into a legal entity with a chief executive, headquarters and a strategy.
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South African Contract for SRD
SRD of Beverley, East Yorkshire UK reports delivery of a purpose designed multibeam seabed visualisation, measurement and control system to De Beers Marine in South Africa under a contract worth over £ 500,000.
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ROV Buyouts
Expenditure on ROV operations, which has more than doubled since 2002 according to industry estimates, has just risen still further with news that Seaeye, the Fareham UK based company specialising in development of electrically powered systems for the offshore oil and gas industries, has been bought by Saab of Sweden ...
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UKHO Courses
The UK Hydrographic Office has introduced a new brochure on its programme of accredited courses on marine cartography and associated disciplines which are available at its training centre in Taunton.
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NewsCoastline Makes Most of Survey Surge
The 23m multipurpose research and survey vessel ''MV FlatHolm'', owned by Coastline Surveys Ltd, has completed nearly three months continuous high performance vibrocore sampling in the Southern North Sea, English Channel and Bristol Channel for a variety of clients, and including works such as marine aggregates prospecting, windfarm geotechnical studies ...
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NewsFrench demonstrate sidescan in Plymouth
The French company IXSEA, which designs and manufactures navigation and positioning systems based on its fibre optic gyroscope technology, chose the historic naval port of Plymouth UK to demonstrate their fourth generation Shadows sidescan seabed mapping sonar with Plymouth based GEOSA, an oceanographic and marine innovation support company.
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ABP Southampton orders berthing aids
The Port of Southampton UK confirmed at last month' s Seawork Exhibition that it had ordered two portable E-Sea Fix Hybrid pilot systems from Danish developer, Marimatech. They are currently being used by pilots for berthing of container vessels in conjunction with overlays of electronic charts.
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Del Norte forges ahead
Swindon UK based Del Norte Technology, currently engaged in supplying some 42 UK and Irish ports with hydrographic and associated equipment, reported at Seawork a growing series of overseas ventures with continuation of a four year undertaking at the Port of Maputo on behalf of the Mozambique government' s dredging ...
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Seebyte claims world record
Offshore survey software specialists SeeByte have completed inspection of an uninterrupted 10km length of subsea oil pipeline off the Orkney coast, claiming a new world distance record for tracking of a two man portable AUV.
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NewsNew Jaguar dives into ROV market
A major order has been placed by international ROV operations company Fugro with Saab Seaeye for a total of 15 ROV systems complete with TMS, launch and recovery equipment and control cabins where required.
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NewsMobile Dry Dock Called to South Korea
While still under warranty, a three-month old, 260m long container ship developed a worrying oil leak from its stern tube seal.
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NewsIMCA warns of falsified diver qualifications
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has expressed concern over an increasing number of cases where divers have used, or attempted to use, falsified qualifications to gain employment or as a prerequisite for further training.
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NewsHydroacoustic suite for new research vessel
Kongsberg Maritime will supply an extensive suite of hydroacoustic research and positioning equipment for a sophisticated new 71.3m research vessel, the Medusa Project, which will be built for the Chilean Navy by ASMAR starting shortly.
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NewsSubsea 7 expands fleet
Subsea 7 of Aberdeen has launched the fourth of a series of seven new vessels costing a total of $200m. Seven Seas was designed and built by Merwede Shipyard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Holland, and is capable of operating over depths down to 3,000m.
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C-Nav extends GNSS positioning service
US satellite positioning specialist C-Nav, recently retained by the National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) of Abu Dhabi to provide its Globally Corrected GPS (GcGPS) service on long term contract to users in the Arabian Gulf and India, has extended its capability with introduction of a secondary independent high accuracy format, ...
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NewsSeawork Supports Hydro8
The recent Seawork International 2008 exhibition joined Ocean Business 2009, International Ocean Systems and Ocean Scientific Instruments (OSIL) as an official supporter of Hydro8, the 16th European Hydrographic Symposium which is being held in Europe' s present Capital of Culture, Liverpool, from 4 to 6 November.
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NewsUnderwater Technology Convention launches in Hamburg
The first Underwater Technology Convention held in Hamburg last month was well attended and placed the emphasis firmly on the key procedures of ' Joining and Cutting' , key procedures for the maintenance of technical underwater installations and indispensable for harbour construction, hydraulic engineering, flood defence and ship operation ...
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NewsUMC awarded enabling contract for MoD
Underwater repair and maintenance specialists UMC International have been awarded an enabling contract with the Salvage & Marine Operations IPT/DCS for the provision of diving and ROV underwater survey services for the UK coastal and inland waters.
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NewsDeep dive wing development rewarded
One of the problems in towing an instrument underwater is the long length of cable required to get the device down to depth. JW Fishers have developed a universal wing called the DDW-1 Deep Dive Wing to help overcome this problem.
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Newsimaging for small subsea vehicles
Subsea visualisation specialist SRD has introduced Eclipse, a new sonar imaging system with 3-dimensional measurement capability.
