Primar & IC-ENC Agreement

01 Jan 2005

The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and the UK Hydrographic Office , as operators of Primar Stavanger and the International Centre for Electronic Nautical Charts (IC-ENC) respectively, have signed a letter of intent on closer cooperation for distribution of products. 

2nd International Seabed Acoustics Workshop

01 Jan 2005

German underwater specialist Innomar Technologie is hosting a 2nd international workshop on Seabed Acoustics , in Rostock-Warnemunde from 24-25 February. Following an opening address by Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's Minister for Economic Affairs, F Dorok, there will be a series of presentations by speakers from Germany, Netherlands, Norway and Russia. 

Unmanned Sub With No Engine

01 Jan 2005

Spray , a novel unmanned glider-type submarine with no engine has recently completed extensive crossings of open seas measuring salinity, temperature and pressure in the Gulf stream between the surface and 1,000m depths every seven hours. 

Calls for Satellite Alernative

01 Jan 2005

Concerns over what UK Shipping Minister David Jamieson has called the 'vulnerability' of satellite navigation systems means that a terrestrial alternative is needed, he said. Jamieson made the comments during recent launch of a document setting out the UK and Ireland's strategy for navaids to 2020. He announced that the UK government will work closely with regional lighthouse authorities to adopt asa back-up.