Subsea Services News – Page 94
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IESSG Funding Grants
The Institute of Engineering Survey & Space Geodesy at Nottingham University is offering a range of funding opportunities for its postgraduate degree, diploma and short courses for 2003-4.
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Century of Global Tidal Records Archive Inherited
Archival news from Liverpool Museum, which has inherited a century of global tidal records from Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory at Bidston (formerly the Liverpool Observatory & Tidal Institute).
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NewsNew Royal Navy Survey Vessel Comissioned
HMS Echo, the UK Royal Navy''s new multi-role hydrographic and oceanographic survey vessel, was formally commissioned at a ceremony in Devonport on 7 March. Built by Appledore Shipbuilders in Bideford under contract to Vosper Thornycroft, the 3,500dwt, 90.6m-long vessel will begin operational deployment later this year; it will also be ...
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New Joint Venture Company Established
Innovation 4C, a new European joint venture company which aims to be a ''technology hothouse for the marine industry'' according to its Chief Executive, Stuart Heaver, has been established with headquarters at Whitstable, Kent. It''s an amalgam of Verhaert of Antwerp, Belgium, 02 Marine Services in Kent and Fairwater Technology ...
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Soil Erosion and Sediment Redistribution in River Catchments
A new conference, ''Soil erosion and sediment redistribution in river catchments, '' is to take place on September 11 2003 at the National Soil Resources Institute (NSRI), Silsoe, UK.
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UKHO Routeing Charts
The UK Hydrographic Office at Taunton has published the first of a series of five routeing charts with updated meteorological data, initially covering the Red Sea and Persian Gulf and a greater overlap of the Indian Ocean.
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BGS Bathymetric Software
The British Geological Survey has released the first version of a vector-attributed digital bathymetry software covering UK and adjacent European waters, DigiBath 250.
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Electronic Chart Handbook
The Electronic Chart: Functions, Potential & Limitations of a New Marine Navigation System is the title of a new specialist handbook from GITC of the Netherlands, publishers of the monthly Hydro International.
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NewsNewSonardyne Transponder
Underwater acoustics specialist Sonardyne International has developed a new subsea transponder, Compatt 5.
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NewsDivers Deliver Underwater Repairs
Underwater ship maintenance specialists UMC International''s Plymouth UK team has carried out a diagnostic underwater inspection of a reefer ship during a call to the Torbay anchorage. The ship was experiencing vibration and the owners wanted to know why.
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NewsMobdocks Beat Drydock for Thruster Repair
Antwerp based underwater contractors Hydrex won the SMM/Lloyds List 2002 Award for ''Innovation in Naval Shipbuilding and Marine Technology'' last autumn in Hamburg. A significant factor in their victory was the innovative double-Mobdock system, which has again been deployed to repair a container vessel while it was in port loading ...
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Multibeam Proceedings
Of likely interest to shallow water surveying enthusiasts are proceedings of a Hydrographic Society Southern Region multibeam workshop in Reading last November, attended by over 100 specialists from all sectors of industry.
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NewsVT TSS Launches New Pipe Tracker
VT TSS has developed a new TSS 440 pipe and cable tracker with a claimed tracking range of up to 50% more than its predecessor, the TSS 340.
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New Simrad Navaid
Simrad has introduced its GN33 B/W GPS Chart Navigator suitable for all sizes and types of commercial, fishing and coastal vessels. The company says it is the first GPS Navigator with an integral chart plotter to be accorded Wheel Mark approval by the German Maritime & Hydrographic Agency (BSH).
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Sakhalin Shallow Water Surveys
Romona Geosolutions, a joint venture offshoot of Chessington-based Thales GeoSolutions and its Russian partner, J/S Romona, reports successful completion of major shallow water bathymetric surveys off Sakhalin Island, adjacent to the Lunskoye oil field.
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U-Tows For China
WS EnviroTech of Selborne, Hampshire has delivered an advanced version of its U-Tow Mk 3 undulating marine data-gathering vehicle to the Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey in China following a delivery of two earlier systems to the Chinese State Oceanographic Administration (CSOA).
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News'Prince Madog' Available for Charter
RV Prince Madog, the Dutchbuilt research ship jointly operated by VT Ocean Sciences and the University of Wales'' School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor, is available for charter during this spring and summer for commercial survey, research and leisure use.
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Underwater GPS For Hire
Leading equipment distributor MK Services of Leighton Buzzard has acquired a proprietary GIB (GPS Intelligent Buoy) system from French company, Advanced Concept & System Architecture (ACSA), following successful trials of a unit in Weymouth last October.
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New Multiple Subsea Application ROV Series From Thales
Thales GeoSolutions of Chessington has developed what it calls new-generation ROV''s designed for multiple subsea applications from high-end survey work to drill rig support, the G3 series.
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Free ENC Trial for Three Months
Primar Stavanger, the international electronic navigational chart (ENC) co-ordinating centre operated by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service, is offering a free trial for vessels considering joining its service.
