Subsea Services News – Page 85
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NewsAcoustic Underwater Trials in Falmouth
Falmouth UK based BayMarine has successfully carried out acoustic sea trials on behalf of a major British defence contractor. The trials were carried out in 60m deep water in Falmouth Bay from Bay Marine''s multi-talented workboat Redeemer .
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NewsInternational Cooperation Saves Trapped Submariners
James Fisher Rumic Ltd , which operates the British Royal Navy ''s submarine rescue service, completed a successful four day operation to rescue the Russian Priz AS-28 submersible, saving the lives of seven Russian sailors trapped in the mini-submarine 625ft below the Pacific on the ocean floor off Russia''s far ...
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NewsSeawork Feedback Inspires Subsea Cleaner
Following a successful visit to Seawork 2005 , Surrey UK based Fraer Pump and Engineering have responded to customer requests and refined two existing products to develop a subsea cleaning system which can be deployed to remove harbour corrosion both above and below water. Many visitors to the stand at ...
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Marine Mapping Advances
SeaZone Solutions , the Metoc and Admiralty Holdings joint venture company, is set to launch SeaZone Hydrospatial , which it claims will be the most detailed and comprehensive maps of UK territorial waters containing information never before featured in nautical charts.
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NewsNew Atlas Sounder
Atlas Hydrographic in Bremen has extended its DESO range of survey echosounders with the introduction of a new advanced three channel system featuring a networked Windows interface with associated software.
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Subsea 7 Sells Survey Vessel
Global subsea contractor Subsea 7 of Aberdeen has sold its survey/ROV support vessel, DSND Surveyor , to Berkon Shipping NV in the Dutch Antilles for a reported US$3.5m.
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NewsArtificial Reefs Could Protect Dutch Coast
Royal Haskoning in the Netherlands has put forward an innovative solution in the form of an offshore artificial island designed to provide protection to coastlines that are in danger of being eroded.
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NewsAtlas Reveals New Products at Seawork 2005
New ranges of software for seabed classification were unveiled at Seawork 2005 byYeovil based Atlantas Marine, UK and Irish distributors for the developers, Quester Tangent ofCanada. They included QTCMultiview for classifying sediment types and defining acoustic diversity with an emphasis on image quality control and sophisticated data filtering.
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NewsReson to Be Cheerful
Southampton UK based hydrographic surveyors Emu Ltd have taken delivery of a Reson SeaBat 8101 multibeam echosounder. The integrated multibeam system is also comprised of Reson PDS2000 data acquisition and processing software, Reson SVP-15 sound velocity probe and a TSS MAHRS attitude and heading sensor.
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Shallow Survey 2005
Over 300 delegates are expected at the 4th International Conference on High Resolution Surveys in Shallow Water , in Plymouth from 12-15 September.
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Approval Sought for WinChart ECDIS
On prominent display at Seawork 2005 was the WinChart flat-panel ECDIS system from Gosport based Chartwork , the UK subsidiary of Norwegian software specialists, Navtech.
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Ohmex Tide Gauge Orders
On the Ohmex stand, director Ted Read reported strong interest from Dutch dredging contractors in the Lymington company''s latest Mk 4 Tidalite portable tide gauge system, three of which have recently been commissioned by ABP at Barrow-in-Furness.
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Souvenir UKHO Charts
Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in October, the UKHydrographic Office has produced the Trafalgar Chart reproduced from the original held in its Taunton archives.
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Mandatory ECDIS for HSC's
High speed craft could soon be required to carry ECDIS by 1 July 2008 following recommendations last month by the IMO ''s Safety of Navigation sub-committee.
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IHO Draft Manual
The International Hydrographic Organisation in Monaco, which represents the interests of 75 member states, has published the final draft of its proposed IHO Manual on Hydrography and now invites public comment.
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NewsNew UKHO Chairman
David Palmer, current chairman of two printing groups, executive trustee of the Mary Rose project and a yachtsman of repute, has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman of the UK Hydrographic Office .
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NewsSeawork Success for Survey Systems Supplier
As a result of Seawork 2004 , Del Norte Technology Ltd canadd another port authority to its growing list of customers.
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NewsDivers Stabilise Ferry Bad Situation
On a Friday night last month, Gary Canning was on duty at Salvesen UK Ltd when he received a call from the technical department of an Irish Sea ferry operator.
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NewsInspection Reveals Wales' Underwater Dragons
Fareham UK based Sub Surface Engineering is engaged in a long-term programme inspecting the dock structures of South Wales.
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NewsBravery Award for UMC Divers
Two UMC diving supervisors have been presented with a Naval Base Commanders commendation for an act of outstanding bravery following an incident at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard late last year.
