Hydrographic Survey – Page 15
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NewsTime-tagged lidar for vessel-based surveys
Renishaw, the Gloucestershire, UK-based multinational engineering organisation, has expanded its series of mobile 3D mapping systems with development of a low-cost, low-maintenance laser scanner specifically designed for hydrographic applications.
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NewsFugro Academy opens new Plymouth training centre
Fugro’s new Academy Training Centre at Plymouth’s Turnchapel Wharf in the UK was formally opened at the beginning of November by the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Dr John Mahony.
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NewsDalrymple Award for Chilean hydrographer
Rear Admiral Patricio Carrasco, Director of the Chilean Navy’s Hydrographic & Oceanographic Service (SHOA) in Valparaiso, is this year’s recipient of the UK Hydrographic Office’s annual Alexander Dalrymple Award for outstanding contributions to world hydrography.
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New CARIS development
CARIS, the leading Canadian developer of geospatial software with customers in 85 countries and offices in the Netherlands, UK and elsewhere, has announced a widely-anticipated near real-time processing and mapping application, CARIS Onboard.
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SHOM orders iXBlue sub-bottom profilers
iXBlue of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Framce, which earlier this year recorded over 250 worldwide sales of its USBL acoustic positioning systems, has been awarded a four-year contract by the French Hydrographic Office (SHOM) in Brest for supply and installation of sub-bottom profilers and associated software aboard its fleet of hydrographic coastal vessels ...
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Student internship at the UKHO
Twelve students and graduates from Plymouth University have begun a year-long work place assignment at the UK Hydrographic Office’s headquarters in Taunton, Somerset.
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HR Wallingford to host Marine Measurement Forum
HR Wallingford, the Oxfordshire, UK-based civil engineering and environmental hydraulics organisation, a key participant in the four-year €10m EU-funded Hydralab project studying climate change consequences for rivers, estuaries and coasts across Europe, is to host the 57th Marine Measurement Forum on Thursday 3 March.
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EIVA Brazilian and Italian agreements
EIVA, the Danish offshore engineering survey specialist, has signed exclusive distributor agreements with Macsea in Brazil and Marine One in Italy covering supplies of its widely-adopted hardware and software for offshore construction and subsea surveying operations.
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UXO survey for BorWin 3 wind farm project
N-Sea, the Dutch-based offshore construction support, inspection and maintenance concern, reports successful completion of an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey and disposal project along the 160km cable route of the proposed North Sea BorWin 3 wind farm link with mainland Germany.
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NewsMMT ROV services for Shell
MMT of Sweden has been awarded a call-off contract by Shell for provision of ROV services in support of its European operations for the period 2015-18 with options for a further two annual extensions.
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NewsSafehaven catamaran for Saudi Arabia
Irish specialist boatbuilder Safehaven Marine in County Cork has received an order from King Abdullah Port in Saudi Arabia for a Wildcat 53 catamaran designed for hydrographic survey, ocean research and general harbour duties.
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Malacca Straits survey
Supported by the Malacca Straits Council of Japan, the three littoral States of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have begun a definitive hydrographic survey of the 805km Straits.
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Chesapeake upgrades SonarWiz software
Chesapeake Technology has added a new gridding engine to its widely-adopted SonarWiz software, enabling users to visualise in real-time vast amounts of bathymetry, sub-bottom and sidescan data in one place at one time.
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Major Barents Sea seismic surveys
Norway has announced plans to spend Kr 173m (£13.7m) on seismic surveys in its sector of the Barents Sea. Petroleum & Energy Minister Tord Lien says the government believes there are substantial remaining resources of gas and oil in the area and prospective mapping will be expected to increase activity ...
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Shallow Survey 2015
The UK Hydrographic Office and the Maritime Coastguard Agency, joint organisers of the 7th biennial shallow water survey conference involving detailed assessments of a common dataset derived from testing of individual multibeam systems, report a successful world gathering last month at Plymouth University attended by over 200 delegates.
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Hydro 2015
Developing sustainable hydrography in Africa and elsewhere is one of the principal themes of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies'' 23rd Hydro conference at Cape Town''s International Convention Centre from 23-25 November.
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UK west coast offshore surveys
Bibby HydroMap, the UK-based hydrographic and land survey organisation, reports successful completion of major surveys for the €30m Swedish-owned Deep Green tidal current marine energy project offshore Holyhead, west of Anglesey, UK.
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3D map of Antarctica
Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute, the Helmholtz Centre for Polar & Marine Research (AWI) and Dresden Technical University’s Instititute for Cartography have jointly produced a 3D map of the Antarctic continent and the seafloor of the Southern Ocean.
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Shell commissions DeepOcean ROV services
DeepOcean, the Norwegian offshore services organisation with subsidiary concerns in Brazil, Holland, Mexico, Singapore and the UK, has been commissioned by Shell for provision of ROV-based survey services in the North Sea under a three-year contract plus options.
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NewsOmani continental shelf contract for Gardline CGG
Gardline CGG, the Anglo-French specialist survey organisation based in Singapore, has been awarded a contract by Oman’s Foreign Affairs Ministry for studies of a proposed extension to its continental shelf limits in accordance with UN Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) regulations.
