Subsea Services News – Page 91
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New ECA ROV
French ROV specialists ECA of Toulon have announced development of a new 3,000m depth-rated system, the Alistar 3000. Designed for deepwater inspection tasks, it is claimed to offer operators greater flexibility and faster operation compared with other systems requiring important infrastructure and equipment aboard a ship.
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News$10 Million Contracts Awarded to Subsea 7
Swiss-based Allseas Group has awarded Subsea 7 ofAbedeen contracts worth in excess of $10m for provision of survey, ROV and positioning services in support of offshore pipelay projects in North West Europe, the Mediterranean, the US and the Caribbean over this year and next, with an additional option for 2006.
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NewsHydroacoustic Solutions at Oceanology International
Oceanology International 2004 , the world''s largest Ocean Technology event will play host to Simrad ''s highly developed range of professional echosounder technology on Stand 243. In addition Simrad in the UK will be focusing on a sophisticated new seafloor mapping system - the Olex 3D chart system.
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Oceanology Exhibition is a Major Attraction
With over 90% of exhibition space already reserved by more than 300 organisations from around the world, this year''s biennial Oceanology International event at London''s ExCel Centre from 16-19 March promises to be a major attraction for hydrographic and oceanographic communities, say organisers Spearhead Exhibitions.
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NewsTake a Long Look at 'Shorty'
Kongsberg Maritime will launch several new products and focus on its range of underwater survey solutions on Stand 650 at this year''s Oceanology International exhibition . The company will launch a new modular ''Short MPT transponder'', depth rated for 4000m in response to the demand from the Offshore Survey & ...
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Partrac Secures Sediment and Particle Tracking Work
Partrac , a recently formed UK-based company, which provides sediment transport consultancy and sediment impact monitoring on a worldwide basis, says it has won several contracts since it was formed in September of last year.
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Test Facilities for Transponders
Sonardyne invites users to ''do more with their Super Sub-Mini (SSM) transponders'' by acquiring new firmware for testing and configuring a host of proprietary subsea positioning transponders.
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NewsVideo Mosaicing Technology Will Expedite Seabed Mapping
Underwater navigation software originally developed for the Royal Navy is set to benefit home users of camcorders and digital video, says QinetiQ , Europe''s largest science and technology organisation employing over 9,000 personnel across the UK and US.
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New HYPACK Software
United States-based Coastal Oceanographics Inc , developers of widely-used software for marine surveying, positioning and navigation, has announced availability of a new HYPACK MAX version 2.12a Gold program for survey design, data collection, graphical editing, plotting, volume computations, surface modelling and contouring.
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Valeport Tide Gauges for RN
Valeport of Totnes reports a repeat order from the Royal Navy for its Model 740 portable tide gauges, to be used in support of survey applications. Also being supplied are miniSVS sound velocity sensors.
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Multibeam Systems for Colombian Navy
Bremen-based Atlas Hydrographic , in association with Ferrostaal de Colombia, has received an order from the Colombian Navy ''sHydrographic Service for a 30kHz Atlas Hydrosweep MD-2 multibeam echosounder with a depth range of 5,000m in addition to a 200kHz Atlas Fansweep 20 shallow water system combining bathymetric and sidescan imaging ...
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CTG Delivers Subsea Buoyancy Tanks
Composite product specialist CTG has won a contract to supply 16 large carbon composite buoyancy tanks to Thales Geosolutions . The filament-wound carbon fibre epoxy tanks have been designed, developed and manufactured at CTG''s Banbury UK facility.
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NewsIndoor Diving Fun at Ocean Frontier Attraction
Europe''s largest indoor dive pool and techquarium has opened on the site of a former sewage works at Fort William in Scotland. The £ 2.5m Ocean Frontier attraction received funding from a variety of sources, including Lochaber Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise , and complements the £ 30m Fort ...
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NewsSales Surge for Shipwreck Oil Recovery System
JLMD Ecologic Group , the French company which has invented and patented the JLMD System for recovering fuel oil from sunken ships, has signed its first three orders for a total of 14 ships after only six weeks of marketing the new product.
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Digital Video Seminar
The Society for Underwater Technology and the Hydrographic Society in Scotland are convening a one-day seminar on Digital Video for Offshore Survey & Inspection , in Aberdeen on 15 January. It will examine latest developments from the perspective of operators and contractors, including likely benefits of integrating digital video methods ...
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NewsDuke of York Opens New UKHO Archive Centre
The UK Hydrographic Office ''snew £ 3.5m Ritchie Archive building at its Taunton headquarters was formally opened by Prince Andrew, Duke of York on 26 November in the presence of Chief Executive and National Hydrographer Dr Wyn Williams and invited guests.
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Fugro Buys Thales GeoSolutions
Fugro NV , the leading Dutch survey concern with over 250 offices in 57 countries, has acquired Thales GeoSolutions for a reported ? 147.5m.
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Knudsen to Launch Sounders
Canadian echosounder specialist Knudsen Engineering is to premiere two new systems at Oceanology International 2004 at London''s ExCel Centre next March.
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IMCA Survey Document
The London-based International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), which has a worldwide membership drawn from more than 40 countries, has published a set of Terms & Conditions for Survey Support Services based on procedures originally set out in its Offshore Survey Contracting Principles document circulated in April 1999.
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Advanced Multibeam Ice Scour Surveys
Net Survey of Claydon, Oxfordshire reports recent completion of two contrasting projects that have ''pushed the boundaries of multibeam technology'', says Managing Director Duncan Mallace.
