Hydrographic Survey – Page 18
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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.
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NewsTeledyne Reson extends SeaBat range
Teledyne Reson has extended its range of SeaBat sounders with introduction of a miniature high-resolution forward-looking sonar system, SeaBat 7130. The American-owned Danish company says it is primarily intended for use on AUV/UUVs while also being applicable for ROVs and small submarines
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IMCA revises offshore multibeam guidelines
The Offshore Survey Division of the International Marine Contractors Asssociation, the UK-based trade organisation representing over 1,000 companies in more than 60 countries, has revised its Guidelines for Use of Multibeam Echosounders for Offshore Surveys.
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NewsAutonomous charting
The very first use of an Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) to conduct bathymetry for updating US charts on behalf of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been completed this summer in the Alaskan Arctic, reports the geospatial company TerraSond in Houston.
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Italian job
Geological Assistance & Services (GAS) of Bologna, one of Italy’s leading survey and positioning organisations, has been awarded a long-term contract by oil and gas contractor Saipem for supply of services during installation of export and infield pipelines for secondary development of the Shah Deniz field in the Caspian ...
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Fugro expands services
Fugro, the Dutch survey conglomerate with 13,500 employees in over 70 countries, is to extend its integrated hydrographic, geophysical and satellite imaging capabilities under a teaming agreement with EOMAP of Munich, which claims to be the world leader for provision of aquatic remote sensing services.
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Singapore contract for ECDIS Ltd
Hampshire UK-based ECDIS Ltd is to provide Swire Pacific Offshore of Singapore with in-house training courses over a two-year period.
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NewsNew Maersk cable-laying vessel
‘Maersk Connector’, a new purpose-designed cable-laying vessel with full survey and trenching capabilities has been launched by builders Damen Shipyards of Galati, Romania.
