Norway Insists on High Speed Craft ECDIS

01 Mar 2004

The Norwegian Maritime Directorate in Oslo is to compel all high-speed craft (HSC's) and vessels with hazardous cargoes to carry IMO-compliant electronic charts by 2007. As a first stage, it intends to require all HSC's of any flag operating along the Norwegian coast to carry an approved Ecdis when sailing in waters covered by electronic navigation charts (ENC's). 

Simrad Multibeam for Fugro

01 Mar 2004

Kongsberg-Simrad has received an order for a second EM 300 deepwater multibeam echosounder from Fugro Survey of Aberdeen. It is being installed on the survey vessel, Fugro Meridian and will complement a similar unit operational aboard Fugro 's Geo Prospector . 

Marine Seismic Survey Database

01 Mar 2004

Supported by EU funding, Euroseismic is a new central meta-database for geophysical data derived from marine seismic surveys for European seas which is now available on the internet www. eu-seased. net Based on data held by marine departments of European geological survey organisations and their partners, it comprises data-entry with online data import modules, online data edit, data quality control and data retrieval via a map interface in combination with numerical extended search facilities, data export and a GIS-based geographical interface for navigation and presentation. 

Sonardyne Fusion for MBARI ROV'S

01 Mar 2004

Sonardyne International ofYateley reports acquisition of two of its Fusion USBL (Ultra-Short Baseline) acoustic tracking systems by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) to provide high-accuracy subsea positioning for its two deepwater ROV's, Ventana and Tiburon . 

New Octopus Heave Processing

01 Mar 2004

Octopus iHeave , a new processing suite for long-period ocean swell compensation, is available from Coda Octopus of Deddington for free integration with its Octopus F180 precision attitude and positioning system.