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Fugro Iraqi contract extended
Fugro, the Dutch survey combine, has been awarded a three-year contract extension by Basrah Gas Company (BGC) for continuing provision of topographic and geotechnical services as well as bathymetric surveys and metocean services in the Basrah province of Southern Iraq.
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Shallow survey 2015 dataset available
A common dataset comprising tests last summer of seven sonar systems in Plymouth Sound and Wembury Bay is now available for comparison and analysis by the global hydrographic community in readiness for delegate consideration at the 7th International Conference on High Resolution Surveys in Shallow Water, Shallow Survey 2015, at ...
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Free Valeport software released
Oceanographic and hydrographic instrumentation specialists Valeport have released their latest operating software, DataLog X2, which can be downloaded for free from the Totnes based-company’s website (www.valeport.co.uk).
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NewsIrish catamarans for Polish hydrographic office
Irish specialist boatbuilder Safehaven Marine in County Cork has completed delivery of four of its Wildcat 40 survey catamarans with dual operator consoles to the Polish Navy Hydrographic Office for underwater seismic studies in the Baltic Sea.
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Kraftnät crossing
As part of the preparations for a large cable laying campaign in Finland, MMT has completed a cable crossings survey for Kraftnät Åland. The planned submarine cable is 152 km long, and will be laid from Naantali, Finland to Juvik, Åland.
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Innomar student project
Postgraduate students at European universities or scientific institutes with a research project containing a hydrographic element are invited to submit an application for free support from Innomar Technologie of Rostock, Germany.
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Teledyne joint technology workshop
Teledyne Marine in the US plans to host a joint technology workshop featuring 13 of its subsidiary oceanographic companies in San Diego, California from 4-7 October. It will include customer presentations, product and software training, field service meetings, networking opportunities and on-water demonstrations.
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UKHO extends H-Note service
The UK Hydrographic Office has introduced a new digital application enabling mariners from around the world to submit hydrographic data direct to its Taunton headquarters using a mobile device.
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NewsSonardyne equips World’s largest offshore construction vessel
Swiss-based Allseas Group’s Pieter Schelte, at 382 metres long and 124 metres wide the world’s largest offshore pipelay and platform installation vessel, has been equipped with a Sonardyne Ranger 2 USBL acoustic positioning system. It will be used as a high-precision independent reference facility for the vessel’s Kongsberg dynamic ...
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NewsApplied Acoustics 400th USBL sale
Applied Acoustics of Great Yarmouth, UK has recorded the 400th sale of its Ultra Short Baseline Systems (USBL) with delivery of a Spread Spectrum rack-mounted EasyTrak Nexus unit to the Canadian Department of Fisheries & Oceans (DFO) in St John’s, Newfoundland whose central governmental mandate also includes responsibility for the ...
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Third Fugro Vessel Joins MH370 Search
Fugro has provided a third company vessel, ‘Fugro Supporter’, to carry out underwater search operations in the southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft which disappeared last March with the loss of 239 passengers and crew.
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MH370 lecture
This year’s IMarEST (The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology) Stanley Gray Lecture will focus on the technologies being used in the search for Malaysian Airways Flight MH370.
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NewsThe Dead Sea’s fresh water
Engineers from German underwater specialist EvoLogics have recently supported the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research team’s field campaign in Israel, where the EvoLogics Sonobot USV successfully performed detailed hydrographic survey of underwater freshwater springs that flow into the Dead Sea.
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Hydro14 conference proceedings available
Proceedings of Hydro14, the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 22nd conference held in Aberdeen in November under the auspices of The Hydrographic Society UK, are now generally available in a fully-illustrated 220-page publication.
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New vessel for German Waterways Board
''Stickers Gap'', a new purpose-designed survey vessel built by Dutch-based No Limit Ships of Groningen, has begun service with the Federal German Waterways & Shipping Board (WSA).
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Anglo-German bathymetry agreement
UK-based MarineFind and EOMAP of Seefeld, Germany have established a partnership to provide easy access to coastal high-resolution and global bathymetry using new methods for distributing data for pre-processed areas while permitting production of cost-effective custom datasets. Advances in processing of satellite imagery, they say, means that low-cost, accurate, ...
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NewsGEOxyz fleet expansion
GEOxyz, the Belgian survey organisation with subsidiary bases in France, Luxembourg, Netherlands and the UK, has expanded its fleet of vessels with the addition of Geo Ocean II, a specialist offshore support craft accommodating 23 personnel and crew.
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New world ocean floor map
Using previously untapped data from European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA satellites, scientists have created a new map of the world’s seafloor to provide a detailed illustration of the structures that make up the deepest and least-explored parts of oceans. It is claimed to be twice as accurate as ...
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NewsSurveying at speed
MMT Sweden AB and Reach Subsea ASA have jointly invested in developing a new special underwater tool for seabed mapping and pipeline inspection with the Norwegian ROV manufacturer Kystdesign AS.
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NewsModified survey vessel
A recently launched 1640 from Netherlands-based No Limit Ships has been specially modified to sail safely even under the toughest weather conditions on both the shallow waters of the Elbe and the stormy outer Elbe area.
