Subsea Services News – Page 82
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Intelligent GPS Units
French company Cadden has launched a multipurpose system for synchronising data from differing sensors in UTC (Universal Time Clock) time and space with a facility for integrating high-precision GPS positioning, data acquisition and measurement functions.
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NewsGardline Continues Survey Fleet Expansion
Great Yarmouth UK based Gardline Shipping continues its acquisitive fleet expansion programme with the successful purchase of RRS Charles Darwin. The 69m LOA vessel, renamed RV Ocean Researcher, follows RV Triton and MV Confidante as the third ship purchased by Gardline in the past 18 months. It was delivered in ...
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Positioning & Surveying Courses
University of Nottingham''s Institute of Engineering Surveying & Space Geodesy (IESSG) says it has funding available to support UK and EU students on MSc courses in satellite positioning and navigation technology as well as geodetic surveying.
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Thales Navigation Takeover
GPS equipment specialist Thales Navigation, whose European headquarters are in Carquefou, France, has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by Shah Capital Partners (SCP), a private equity consortium based in Santa Clara, California.
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Kongsberg Maritime Extends its Acoustic Range
Kongsberg Maritime in Norway has extended its HiPAP series of acoustic positioning and underwater navigation systems with introduction of a portable 350P model which, it says, heralds a new era of positioning for vessels of opportunity.
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NewsBGS-UKHO Mapping Agreement
The UK Hydrographic Office, whose new chief executive Mike Robinson assumed office last month (see inset), has signed an agreement with British Geological Survey for joint production of new digital seabed geological maps covering UK continental shelf regions.
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NewsBMT SeaTech Studies Re-Design of Portsmouth Harbour Channel
BMT SeaTech Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Ltd, has recently completed a comprehensive study for Defence Estates South West. Forming part of the Portsmouth Harbour Regeneration Project, the study looks at the re-design of the deep water channel for Portsmouth Harbour in the light of its use by large future ...
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NewsLights, Cameras, Action at Seawork
Kongsberg Maritime''s camera division will be showing several new cameras for divers at Seawork 2006.
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NewsWROV Boosts Underwater Capabilities
Dutch subsea contractor Noordhoek Offshore BV has taken delivery of a light workclass ROV (WROV) to complement its existing fleet of inspection class ROVs. The new Seaeye Panther Plus, which will enable Noordhoek to provide a broader range of services to the market, has gone straight to work on its ...
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NewsVideoRay in Starring Role at Seawork
Atlantas Marine returns to Seawork and can be found on Stand 114 where, amongst other things, it will be showing the VideoRay Micro ROV which HRH The Duke of Edinburgh used to open the recent World Maritime Technology Conference (WMTC 2006) over the internet. By streaming live ''control and video'' ...
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NewsFlexible Mobdocks Make Their Mark
For years cofferdams have needed to be large metallic structures that make a watertight fit to the hull of a vessel in order to seal out water from the area being repaired.
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Gardline Expands Survey Fleet
Gardline Shipping of Great Yarmouth, parent organisation of the world''s largest independently owned survey company, Gardline Marine Sciences, has expanded its fleet of eight multi-role survey vessels with the acquisition of MV Confidante, formerly under charter to the British Royal Navy on behalf of the Marine & Coastguard Agency.
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NewsThales Upgrades Positioning Systems
Thales Navigation has upgraded its marine survey Aquarius, Sagitta and 3011 GPS compass satellite navigation and positioning systems with the introduction of a new back-up feature. With it, marine, dredging and survey organisations can now acquire clear, accurate and reliable positioning results with increased flexibility without any interruptions due to ...
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New Survey Handbooks
London based Clarkson Research Services has published an updated sixth edition of its Survey Vessels of the World register detailing 153 coastal and deepwater hydrographic survey vessels, 174 for seismic survey and 282 for deep ocean research.
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NewsPower Cable Survey for Rathlin Island
Environmental engineers Metoc plc has been appointed by Northern Ireland Electricity (Powerteam) (NIE) as marine consultants for a proposed submarine power cable connection between Rathlin Island and County Antrim in Northern Ireland. The cable length will be between 11 and 17km subject to final route selection by NIE and approval ...
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Hydro 06 Programme Announced
Over 30 papers and more than 20 poster sessions are due to be presented by leading experts from 19 countries at the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies'' (IFHS) 15th biennial international symposium in Antwerp from 6 to 9 November. Proceedings are being supported by an exhibition of equipment and services ...
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News'Diver Change' Anodes Simplify Replacement
An FPSO conversion underway at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore will be protected against hull corrosion using a Cathelco C-Shield ICCP system incorporating the latest ''diver change'' anodes. The Capixaba is being converted from a VLLC tanker and will eventually be operated by Single Buoy Moorings in an oilfield off ...
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Big Contract for Young Company
The Aberdeen based specialist marine and subsea services provider TSMarine (Contracting) Ltd has won a contract worth up to £ 6.5m only 18 months after forming. The contract with SubSea Resources Plc will see TSMarine provide deepwater salvage support from its vessel MV Geomaster.
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NewsNearshore AUV Unveiled at OI06
The Talisman autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), which was a focal point of the recent Oceanology International (OI 06) exhibition in London, is equipped with thrusters supplied by Fareham UK based Seaeye Marine.
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NewsOI06 Launch for Diver Inspection System
Kongsberg Maritime introduced a new integrated diver deployed underwater inspection system at the recent Oceanology International (OI06) exhibition.
