Irish Marine Data Website

01 Feb 2006

The Marine Institute of Ireland in Galway has established a new website for scientific data and information on Irish coastal and marine waters (www. marinedataonline. ie). 

Survey Ships Head for OI 06

01 Feb 2006

At least six state of the art survey vessels from France, Sweden, Holland and the UK are scheduled to berth at the Royal Victoria Dock alongside the London ExCel Centre at next month's biennial Oceanology International exhibition and conference from 21 to 23 March. Among them will be RV Triton, the world's largest motor powered trimaran, originally built by Vosper Thornycroft on behalf of QinetiQ for research into development of the Royal Navy's new Type 45 frigates and other technologies (including some for the US Department of Defense). 

Hydro Survey Work Wins Prize

01 Feb 2006

The first ever winner of the new CodaOctopus Prize is Katie Abbott BSc, who won the award for her Marine Geography dissertation which included data acquisition, processing and critical analysis. As part of her Marine Geography degree at Cardiff University, Katie undertook a year's industrial placement as a hydrographic surveyor with Gardline Surveys. 

Royal Opening for WMTC 06

01 Feb 2006

The Duke of Edinburgh is to open the World Maritime Technology Conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on 6 March. 

DeepOcean and Multraship Add Hydro Capability

01 Feb 2006

The recently merged DeepOcean and Oceanteam Group of companies, now trading as DeepOcean out of Den Helder in the Netherlands, has renewed its arrangement with Multraship Towage & Salvage of Terneuzen for the charter of the latter's 56.1m LOA vessel 'Multraship Commander'. 

SA Hydro Society Joins IFHS

01 Feb 2006

The Hydrographic Society of South Africa has joined the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS) which has a worldwide individual and institutional membership in over 60 countries and member organisations in Australasia, Benelux, Denmark and the UK. 

New Trimble GPS Receiver

01 Feb 2006

Trimble has introduced a new high-performance modular GPS receiver, the DSM 232, for dynamic real-time positioning at sub-metre and centimetric accuracies. Suitable for dredging as well as harbour and waterway operations, it can be used for positioning over large geographic areas either with or without a base station and external radio modems, so eliminating any need for multiple GPS receivers.