RV 'Prince Madog' Available for Hire

01 Sep 2007

RV Prince Madog, the 34.9m Dutch built multi-purpose research vessel jointly operated by the University of Wales, Bangor and VT Group, is now available for charter at a special winter rate of £3,463 per day.   

UKHO Guide for Electronic Chart Carriage

01 Sep 2007

The UK Hydrographic Office, which has just been retained by the Military Survey Department of the United Arab Emirates to advise on planning and management for surveys of local territorial waters, has introduced a second edition of its Facts About Electronic Charts & Carriage Requirements  

Seabat Multibeam Systems for UK Ports

01 Sep 2007

The Aberdeen Division of Denmark's Reson reports sales of SeaBat 8125 shallow water multibeam systems and associated equipment to PD Ports, Teesport and Peel Ports, which operates the ports of Mersey Docks & Harbour Company and Clydeport as well as the Manchester Ship Canal. This, the company says, follows earlier sales of similar systems to the ports of Barrow, Bristol, London and Tyne. 

DP System for ROVs

01 Sep 2007

Edinburgh based SeeByte has launched its new SeeTrack Offshore V2.1 dynamic positioning system for ROVs which, it says, can also be retrofitted to existing craft.  

Marine Measurement Forum

01 Sep 2007

The Hilton Brighton Metropole is the venue for the 41st Marine Measurement Forum on Wednesday 31 October. The occasional non-profit venture is dedicated to reviewing a host of issues affecting marine scientific measurements from research, instrumentation and survey perspectives.  

Coastline Makes Most of Survey Surge

30 Jul 2008

The 23m multipurpose research and survey vessel ‘MV FlatHolm’, owned by Coastline Surveys Ltd, has completed nearly three months continuous high performance vibrocore sampling in the Southern North Sea, English Channel and Bristol Channel for a variety of clients, and including works such as marine aggregates prospecting, windfarm geotechnical studies and port development environmental studies.