Sonardyne USBL System for Norway

01 Nov 2006

Yateley UK based Sonardyne International, in association with its local representatives, Aquadyne AS, has delivered its latest Ranger USBL (Ultra-Short Baseline) acoustic positioning system to Artec Subsea AS of Norway.  

Dutch Ocean Group Formed

01 Nov 2006

Nearly 20 leading domestic institutes, agencies and companies concerned with oceanography and related disciplines in Holland have pooled their resources and expertise as part of a new consortium recently established in Delft, the Dutch Ocean Group.  

NMA's Visitor Friendly ROVs

01 Nov 2006

Atlantas Marine of Yeovil UK has supplied two of its VideoRay Pro lll ROVs to the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth. Equipped with Tritech sonars and manipulators, both are now a major feature in the NMAs ExplorOcean water tank where visitors are able to race them against other mini-ROVs over a sub-surface obstacle course.  

Offshore Survey 07

01 Nov 2006

The National Oceanography Centre at Southampton is to host a two day specialist offshore surveying conference addressing European market issues, on 27 and 28 March.  Its joint organisers, Intelligent Exhibitions and TMS International, say that speakers will be drawn from leading international oil and gas organisations as well as global contractors and service providers along with government and academic institutions.