Fast Water Bus for Marine Public Transport

01 Jul 2007

Aquabus Water Transport Solutions Ltd was formed in 2006 by Captain Roger Meredith and Steve Woodward, who already own Cardiff Bay Cruises Ltd and Cardiff Baylink Ltd, to operate quality cruse vessels and a water transport system respectively.  

MCA Data Available on Google Earth

18 Feb 2008

The Hydrography Unit of the UK Maritime Coastguard Agency‘s Navigation Safety Branch has released a selection of files on recent bathymetric multibeam surveys for downloading to the general public using Google Earth, a free add-on to the Google search engine.  

Galileo Problems

18 Feb 2008

The Galileo project, Europe’s proposed answer to the US Global Positioning System (GPS), is in disarray following the failure of an eight member group of companies to meet a European Commission deadline to transform itself into a legal entity with a chief executive, headquarters and a strategy.  

South African Contract for SRD

18 Feb 2008

SRD of Beverley, East Yorkshire UK reports delivery of a purpose designed multibeam seabed visualisation, measurement and control system to De Beers Marine in South Africa under a contract worth over £500,000.  

UKHO Courses

18 Feb 2008

The UK Hydrographic Office has introduced a new brochure on its programme of accredited courses on marine cartography and associated disciplines which are available at its training centre in Taunton.  

ROV Buyouts

18 Feb 2008

Expenditure on ROV operations, which has more than doubled since 2002 according to industry estimates, has just risen still further with news that Seaeye, the Fareham UK based company specialising in development of electrically powered systems for the offshore oil and gas industries, has been bought by Saab of Sweden for a reported £13m.