Subsea Services News – Page 89
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NewsNew Valeport Tide Gauge
Among new developments on show at seawork was Midas TMS from Valeport , which the Totnes-based company claims to represent an evolution in the field of tide gauges and environmental monitoring stations.
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New UKHO Developments £1.5m Order for Sonardyne
The UK Hydrographic Office and Metoc in Hampshire are to further collaborate with the formation of SeaZone Solutions Ltd, a joint venture between Metoc and Admiralty Holdings Ltd (AHL), the latter operated by the UKHO on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
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Swathe Check
Bath UK based PCAL Technology Ltd has just released ''BDHA for Windows, a software system well suited for coastal engineering projects and asset management for port authorities.
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NewsSOC Discovers New Seabed Features
New and unusual seabed features have been discovered in the Mediterranean just beyond the River Rhone''s mouth in France by a team from the Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC).
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CARIS Workshop
The Dutch arm of Canadian software specialists CARIS is organising a ninth international user workshop in Hamburg from 22-25 November with an agenda featuring hands-on training, presentations, demonstrations, discussions and networking opportunities. Electronic charting, hydrography and system integration are among main topics with abstracts of papers invited for consideration by ...
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NewsNew Kit for Underwater Corrosion Monitoring
Specialist test equipment manufacturer Buckleys (URVAL) Ltd has launched a Marine Survey Kit to enhance its existing underwater corrosion analysis range.
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NewsUnderwater Shaft Sealing Averts Drydock
UMC International recently designed and applied an innovative underwater temporary shaft sealing system, which allowed the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) to successfully undertake afloat modifications to the design of the inboard shaft seal system fitted to the Royal Navy''s amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean .
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Follow That Diver With Easytrak
Applied Acoustic Engineering of Great Yarmouth UK has launched a new ultra-short baseline (USBL) tracking system which it designed as an economical solution for tracking a variety of underwater targets including ROVs, towfish and divers.
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Twelve Year High for Diving Incidents
Figures released by the UK''s Maritime and Coastguard Agency show that diving related incidents dealt with by HM Coastguard last year had their highest total in the last 12 years, with 12 fatalities representing a doubling of the 2002 figure.
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Underwater Repairs in Le Havre
A large vessel laden with cargo was sailing through the English Channel in April when it was involved in a collision and went into the port of Le Havre in need of urgent repairs.
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Chart Training Package
Meridian Chartware of Norwich, a subsidiary of Norcom Technology, is developing an electronic chart training package and a low cost entry electronic chart plotter in a project also involving the UK Hydrographic Office and the Royal Yachting Association .
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NewsFugro Opts for Airborne Bathymeter
Dutch survey conglomerate Fugro, which maintains nearly 9,000 staff in over 60 countries, is to acquire an Optech International Shoals-1000T airborne Lidar bathymetry system under the auspices of its US subsidiary, Fugro Pelagos Inc of San Diego.
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Gardline Begins CHP Project
Great Yarmouth-based Gardline Hydro has begun a two-year Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP) to survey western approaches to the English Channel on behalf of the government body responsible for safety of navigation in domestic waters, the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). Its purpose is to update Admiralty Charts andother publications.
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New ENC Standard
Packaging and distribution of electronic navigational charts are to be further standardised following a recent workshop sponsored by ChartWorld inHamburg attended by ECDIS manufacturers, ENC retailers and representatives of the International Hydrographic Bureau .
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NewsPrecise Underwater Positioning for US Navy
Sonardyne Inc of Houston USA has sold two Fusion USBL (Ultra-Short BaseLine) acoustic positioning systems to the US Navy Office of the Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV).
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NewsPings Can Only Get Better
When Raymond Ruth, Director of Aberdeen UK based Ruco Limited , saw Sonotronics EMT pingers on show at the recent Oceanology International exhibition in London he immediately saw their potential.
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NewsSeaeye Falcon Mussel Power
Fareham UK based Subsea Vision reports that they have just successfully completed an environmental seabed inspection and sampling contract for ERT (Scotland) Ltd on behalf of BP that also involved collecting Modiolus (horse mussels) in the vicinity of the Sullom Voe oil terminal in the Shetland Isles.
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ENC Website Upgraded
The International Centre for Electronic Nautical Charts (ENC''s) has established a new, improved catalogue on its website (www. ic-enc. org) which displays not only ENC''s within its database, but also the latest status of production around the world. It additionally guides users on where charts can be purchased with links ...
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Imperial College London Acoustics Courses
Imperial College London is convening three short courses on technical developments in underwater acoustics, from fundamentals to applications, from 6-10 September.
