Subsea Services News – Page 95
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NewsNew Low-cost Sidescan Sonar European Demos
Destined for demonstrations throughout Europe early in the new year is a new compact low-cost portable sidescan sonar from Marine Sonic Technology (MSTL) of Virginia, the Centurion Sea Scan. Designed for search and recovery operations, it can be operational within minutes and needs only a 12V DC power source.
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French Order for Seismic Integrated Positioning System
French seismic survey company CGG has acquired three SIPS 2 seismic integrated positioning systems from Yateley-based Sonardyne International for real-time positioning of streamers in support of high-resolution 3D surveys aboard its vessels Mistral, Fohn and Harmattan.
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Completion of Seven-year Irish Deep-water Survey
The Geological Survey of Ireland in Dublin reports completion of the deep-water section of its seven-year Euro 32m National Seabed Survey project aimed at mapping an offshore area ten times larger than Ireland itself.
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Thales Re-brands Products
California-based Thales Navigation has consolidated all its professional GPS products, including the Ashtech series of systems, under its own name by way of streamlining worldwide marketing operations including those in Europe.
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Divers Undertake Repairs on Historic Weir on the River Avon
Techniques more usually used on the ocean floor are currently being applied by British Waterways'' contractor Seastructures Ltd to repair an historic weir on the River Avon at Keynsham near Bristol, which forms part of the Kennet and Avon Canal.
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Free Trimble GPS CD
Trimble Navigation in the US is offering a free interactive multimedia CD featuring its latest GPS-based marine survey and construction systems.
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UKHO Contract Awarded to LSC Group
LSC Group of Tamworth has been awarded an innovative and high profile contract by the UK Hydrographic Office for digitisation of its archive of navigational data, including software development, scanning, meta-data capture and geo-referencing as part of a proposed state-of-the-art archive repositry at its Taunton base which will be open ...
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NewsCall for Reform at Hydro 2002
Nothing less than a total reform of the inter-governmental International Hydrographic Organization in Monaco is necessary for continued advancement of the hydrographic industry if it is to meet its obligations enshrined in the recently revised Chapter V of the Annex to Solas, said Dr Peter Ehlers in a hard-hitting keynote ...
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Aquatonics Limited Announces Results of Research Effort
Aquatonics Ltd in the UK, a company that has been researching the use of clean dredged clays for removing metals from mine waters and industrial effluents, has released details of the results of its work.
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CorrOcean Wins Contract for Belfast Harbour
CorrOcean Ltd Aberdeen has been awarded a major contract by Belfast Harbour Commissioners to supply and install cathodic protection systems for the Port of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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NewsNearshore Component to Longest Pipeline Survey
Corrintec have commenced their longest ever subsea pipeline cathodic protection survey programme in the Gulf of Mexico. The survey, commissioned by PEMEX and operated by Oceanografia, will cover a total of 4,620km over a period of 54 months concentrating on pipelines within the South West sector of the Bay of ...
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NewsBespoke Cofferdams Enable Rapid Underwater Repair
Antwerp based underwater contractors Hydrex have developed the capability to produce bespoke mobile mini-drydocks (mobdocks) to effect major repairs underwater to vessels which would otherwise require drydocking.
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NewsVT Ocean Sciences' Ship-Time Prize
VT Ocean Sciences, the joint venture between VT Group and the University of Wales at Bangor, has launched a scheme for applicants within the European marine science community who want funded ship-time aboard its research ship launched in the summer of last year, RV Prince Madog.
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IMarEST Accreditation
The London-based Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST), the international professional body and learned society which claims to be the largest marine organisation of its kind with a worldwide membership of 16,000 in over 100 countries, is now offering accredited membership to hydrographers, geologists and oceanographers among others.
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Suez Canal Contract
Atlas Hydrographic, based in Cairns, Australia and Bremen, Germany, has been awarded a contract worth more than ¢ 500,000 by the Suez Canal Authority in Ismailia for supply of multibeam echosounding facilities and associated equipment. According to the company, the equipment will be primarily used aboard a survey launch for ...
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NewsChallenging Underwater Hull Repair 'Routine' Off Malta
UMC''s challenge to ship owners to throw technical afloat problems at them has resulted in a successful underwater repair. The job was carried out as a joint effort between UMC''s head office in Chandlers Ford UK and the branch in Rotterdam.
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Farewell GLORIA
One of the UK''s major scientific successes of recent times, the GLORIA (Geological Long Range Inclined Asdic) sidescan sonar, has been retired from active service after having surveyed 5% of the world''s oceans.
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NewsUKHO Launches New ENC Service
The UK Hydrographic Office, which claims to be the world''s leading publisher of navigational information, has launched a new ENC (Electronic Nautical Chart) service designed to complement its present portfolio of Admiralty products and services. It packages ENC''s from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the UK on a ...
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NewsWesternGeco North Sea Surveys
WesternGeco, which claims to be the world''s largest seismic company, is currently using its Q-Marine single-sensor seismic acquisition and processing system aboard its vessel, GECO Topaz, for 3D surveys of the Buzzard Field in the North Sea.
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Marine Technology Market Survey
The London-based Association of Marine Scientific Industries (AMSI) plans to commission a survey of market trends for hydrographic and oceanographic products and services as the basis of a detailed report which will be available free to all members.
