Hydrographic Survey – Page 12

  • Those were the days:  Pre-GPS position fixing in the 1980s
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    Hydrographic survey: technology advances the charts

    2017-07-27T12:34:00Z

    Thirty years ago signified an era of tapes and magnetic disks with manufacturers plying their latest solid state microprocessor-controlled wonders to expectant users seeking data loggers generating 100 soundings per second supported by 16 and 32-bit desktop computers with 20MB memories.

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    World ECDIS Day

    2017-07-27T09:49:00Z

    Hamburg’s Empire Riverside Hotel is the venue for this second international one-day event on Wednesday 20 September at which over 250 industry leaders are expected to be present.

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    UKHO seeks two new frameworks

    2017-07-27T09:45:00Z

    The UK Hydrographic Office, tasked with conducting surveys in various locations around the world, is looking to establish two new frameworks for provision of lidar and swathe sounding services which will enable it to fulfill in a timely manner obligations mainly in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that are either ...

  • 'Go Electra': 80-metre multi-purpose support vessel
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    £1m UXO survey contract for M² Subsea

    2017-07-27T09:29:00Z

    Worldwide ROV services supplier M² Subsea, which maintains bases in Aberdeen and Houston, has been sub-contracted by Next Geosolutions of Italy under a contract worth over £1m to carry out detailed UXO (Unexploded Ordnance) removal surveys for the Nord Stream 2 twin pipeline system supplying natural gas from Russia to ...

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    Multibeam sounders for new Japanese Coast Guard vessels

    2017-07-27T09:21:00Z

    Denmark’s Teledyne Reson is to provide extensive multibeam equipment assemblies for two new hydrographic survey vessels under construction for the governmental Japan Coast Guard (JCG) organisation.

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    World first remote ROV operations claimed

    2017-07-27T09:17:00Z

    The world’s first commercial ROV operations conducted direct from a newly developed onshore dual control centre at its Norwegian headquarters in Bryne have begun, say subsea specialists IKM Subsea.

  • Planet Ocean’s micro-ECO AUV developed in association with the National Oceanography Centre from a concept originally provided by BP International
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    Micro-AUV development

    2017-07-03T13:05:00Z

    Marine science technology specialists Planet Ocean of Camberley in Surrey, UK, has developed a new range of mini Autonomous Underwater Vehicles claimed to be around three times smaller than any other comparable systems. At around 50cm long, their miniature size allows them to be used in ways not previously ...

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    ‘Celtic Explorer’ interactive virtual tours

    2017-07-03T12:57:00Z

    Opportunities to jump on board the Irish Marine Institute’s multi-purpose research vessel, the 65.5 metre ‘Celtic Explorer’, using new interactive 360 virtual tour facilities have been introduced by the organisation.

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    Seawork debut for iXBlue catamaran

    2017-07-03T12:52:00Z

    iXBlue, the specialist French navigation, positioning and imaging organisation operating in over 30 countries, launched at Seawork International its latest all-purpose catamaran designed for hydrographic, oceanographic and biological missions, iXCat 80.

  • Fugro Venturer is now carrying out operations in Ireland’s Atlantic margin before moving to northern sectors of the Barents Sea
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    New Fugro vessel begins offshore operations

    2017-07-03T12:43:00Z

    Fugro’s latest all-purpose survey vessel, ‘Fugro Venturer’, has begun maiden operations in the deep waters of Ireland’s Atlantic margins followed by far north sectors of the Barents Sea.

  • The Mariner USV is based on a 5.85 metre long Polar Cirkel hard tube RIB
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    USV for seismic operations

    2017-06-08T11:32:00Z

    Norway''s Maritime Robotics specialises in the development of unmanned craft and following extensive trials the company has developed the Mariner USV which is claimed to be a revolutionary tool for seismic operation.

  • Kongsberg’s new transportable GeoSwath Compact Survey Vessel designed
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    Kongsberg enters vessel market

    2017-05-22T09:02:00Z

    Norway’s Kongsberg, the leading equipment manufacturer, has developed its first-ever survey vessel designed for integrating all necessary sensors for rapid operation in shallow and coastal waters as well as waterways, the GeoSwath Compact Survey Vessel (CSV). It was first shown and demonstrated at the recent Ocean Business event in ...

  • Cheetah Marine’s latest catamaran destined for work in support of a multi-purpose bridge project in Bangladesh
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    Cheetah Marine export successes

    2017-05-22T08:56:00Z

    Isle of Wight, UK catamaran builder Cheetah Marine plans to exhibit at Seawork International a new 8.5m hydrographic craft prior to its delivery to SinoHydro, a Chinese hydropower and construction company engaged in building a multi-purpose bridge project in Bangladesh.

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    Anglo-Canadian underwater mapping venture

    2017-05-22T08:43:00Z

    Subsea technology leaders Sonardyne International in Hampshire, UK and 2G Robotics of Ontario, Canada are to formally collaborate on the development and promotion of a dynamic underwater laser mapping system which they say will significantly reduce the time needed to survey seafloor sites and offshore structures.

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    New Caris software

    2017-05-22T08:34:00Z

    Canadian software specialist Teledyne Caris has extended its widely-adopted HIPS and SIPS suite of products with introduction of HIPS Essential designed to meet the needs of ports and waterways, small survey companies and same-size hydrographic organisations.

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    Fugro Mareano survey for Norwegian Hydrographic Service

    2017-05-22T08:26:00Z

    Dutch survey conglomerate Fugro has begun an own-ship survey of approximately 15,000 square km of Norwegian territorial waters on behalf of the government’s Hydrographic Service under a contract reportedly worth around €3.8m.

  • International Hydrographic Organization delegates at its recent general
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    Regal opening for IHO Assembly in Monaco

    2017-05-22T08:22:00Z

    Proclaiming the familiar lament that there’s more and better high-resolution mapping of Venus and Mars than there is of Earth’s deep oceans, Prince Albert II of Monaco, a noted marine science devotee, also reminded a packed audience at the opening of the International Hydrographic Organization’s inaugural three-year Assembly from 24-28 ...

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    World Hydrography Day

    2017-04-24T17:04:00Z

    Mapping Our Seas, Oceans & Waterways - More Important Than Ever is the theme of this year’s UN-sponsored World Hydrography Day due to be marked worldwide on and around 21 June.

  • Hamburg Port Authority’s 'Deepenschriewer IV', newly equipped with a Reson SeaBat multibeam system for shallow water operations
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    Third multibeam assembly for Hamburg Port

    2017-04-24T16:58:00Z

    Hamburg Port Authority (HPA), one of Germany’s leading terminals accustomed to conducting around 900 surveys per year, has acquired a third dual head multibeam echosounder for installation aboard its smallest of three hydrographic vessels responsible for monitoring and documenting shallow water confines, ‘Deepenschriewer IV’.

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    Danish venture for iSurvey

    2017-04-24T16:52:00Z

    Norway’s iSurvey group is to carry out survey and positioning operations under a four-year contract with Maersk Oil in support of rig move operations in the Danish sector of the North Sea.