Australian Video Recorder Contract

01 Aug 2006

NETmc Marine in Aberdeen reports an order worth more than US$100,000 for its range of digital video recorders from SureSpek of Western Australia, an inspection, maintenance and repair consultancy retained by Australia's largest publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production concern, Woodside Petroleum. 

Intelligent GPS Units

01 Aug 2006

French company Cadden has launched a multipurpose system for synchronising data from differing sensors in UTC (Universal Time Clock) time and space with a facility for integrating high-precision GPS positioning, data acquisition and measurement functions. 

Gardline Continues Survey Fleet Expansion

01 Aug 2006

Great Yarmouth UK based Gardline Shipping continues its acquisitive fleet expansion programme with the successful purchase of RRS Charles Darwin. The 69m LOA vessel, renamed RV Ocean Researcher, follows RV Triton and MV Confidante as the third ship purchased by Gardline in the past 18 months. It was delivered in June following a preparatory period in dry dock. 

Positioning & Surveying Courses

01 Aug 2006

University of Nottingham's Institute of Engineering Surveying & Space Geodesy (IESSG) says it has funding available to support UK and EU students on MSc courses in satellite positioning and navigation technology as well as geodetic surveying. 

Thales Navigation Takeover

01 Aug 2006

GPS equipment specialist Thales Navigation, whose European headquarters are in Carquefou, France, has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by Shah Capital Partners (SCP), a private equity consortium based in Santa Clara, California. 

Kongsberg Maritime Extends its Acoustic Range

01 Aug 2006

Kongsberg Maritime in Norway has extended its HiPAP series of acoustic positioning and underwater navigation systems with introduction of a portable 350P model which, it says, heralds a new era of positioning for vessels of opportunity. 

BGS-UKHO Mapping Agreement

01 Aug 2006

The UK Hydrographic Office, whose new chief executive Mike Robinson assumed office last month (see inset), has signed an agreement with British Geological Survey for joint production of new digital seabed geological maps covering UK continental shelf regions.