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NOC's New AUV Completes First Trials
27 Jan 2008
Following a brief test deployment in Falmouth Bay, Autosub6000, the new 5.5m long, 2,800kg deepwater Autonomous Underwater Vehicle developed by National Oceanography Centre engineers at Southampton, has successfully completed its first sea trials in the North Atlantic from aboard the UK's largest general purpose oceanographic research vessel, RRS Discovery.
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Liverpool to Host Hydro8 Symposium
27 Jan 2008
The Hydrographic Society UK, on behalf of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies, is to stage the 16th International Hydrographic Symposium, Hydro8, in Europe's 2008 Capital of Culture, Liverpool, from 4 to 6 November 2008.
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Subsea 7 Norwegian Contract
27 Jan 2008
Extensive survey operations in support of installation of subsea structures, control umbilicals, tie-in and pre-commissioning of all flowlines are among the main requirements of a $140m contract placed by BP Norge with Subsea 7 of Aberdeen for general subsea construction work in the Idun and Skarv fields in the Northern North Sea.
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Greek Chart Dispute
27 Jan 2008
Louis Hellenic Cruises has blamed inaccurate charts for the loss of its ship Sea Diamond off the Greek island of Santorini. The vessel hit a reef and sank last April, killing two French passengers.
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