Hydrographic Survey – Page 27
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NewsChinese type approval for TSS gyros
China Classification Society’s recent type approval of Teledyne TSS’s Meridian ranges of gyro compasses should lead to improved sales prospects in local offshore survey and shipbuilding markets.
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NewsD-Day mapping expedition completed
Ahead of the 70th anniversary next June of the World War 2 D-Day invasion of Normandy by allied forces, the UK Hydrographic Office and its French counterpart, SHOM, are collaborating on updating an international wreck database of the former combat area.
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London P&I ECDIS warning
Poor ECDIS training can be a factor in maritime accidents, says the London P&I Club, one of the world’s leading mutual marine liability insurers acting on behalf of the global shipping community.
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Korean Hydrographic Society joins IFHS
The Hydrographic Society of Korea (HySK) has been elected a member of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS).
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NewsReady to work survey boat at Europort
DutchWorkboats BV and Stema Systems BV introduced the Fast Surveyboat 7.50, fitted with fully calibrated survey equipment, at Europort 2013 in Rotterdam this month.
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NewsAnother survey SWATH for Osiris Projects
Osiris Projects, part of Bibby Marine Survey Services, is building a sister ship to Bibby Tethra, named Bibby Athena, to be launched in winter 2014.
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Free map widgets for website embedding
Marine data leaders SeaZone Solutions of Wallingford have introduced a series of map widgets for embedding into web pages.
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53rd Marine Measurement Forum
Water quality and flow monitoring instrumentation specialists Xylem Analytics UK of Letchworth are to host the 53rd Marine Measurement Forum at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton on Thursday 28 November.
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Digital Hydrography on the Maritime Web
Speakers from Denmark, Germany, France, UK and the US are among leading experts presenting seminal papers at the two day Digital Hydrography on the Maritime Web conference at Southampton Solent University Conference Centre on 29-30 October.
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NewsNew NERC research vessel named
The UK Natural Environment Research Council’s new 100m Royal Research Vessel (RRS) Discovery was formally named earlier this month (October) alongside the National Oceanography Centre’s waterfront campus in Southampton.
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New offshore survey AUV
Kongsberg Maritime’s Subsea Division in Norway reports development of a new AUV accommodating a complete subsea survey payload, called Munin.
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NewsCoastal Guardians fleet now fully deployed
Briggs Marine’s 15 year contract to provide the UK’s Environment Agency with a fleet of coastal survey vessels came to full fruition with a naming ceremony for the last of five, the Solent Guardian.
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Baltic Sea Bathymetry Database
The Baltic Sea Bathymetry Database, offering complete, homogeneous and up to date Baltic Sea bathymetry data from official sources, has been developed as part of the EU TEN-T project MONALISA (Motorways & Electronic Navigation by Intelligence at Sea).
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NewsFrench survey boats delivered to Congo
Alu Marine of France has completed the construction of two survey launches for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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New Valeport sensor
Hydrographic and oceanographic instrumentation specialist Valeport of Totnes in Devon UK has developed a new radar pulsed k-band radar level sensor designed to operate seamlessly with its TideMaster tidal logger, the VRS-20.
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Klaipeda Harbour seabed mapped
The Lithuanian Coastal Research & Planning Institute (CORPI) reports successful completion of the first ever total coverage survey of Klaipeda Harbour, one of the few ice-free ports in northernmost Europe.
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MCA five year contract awards
Three five year contracts for work under its UK Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP) have been awarded by the Martitime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) to EGS, Gardline Geosurvey and MMT UK.
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Multibeam cuts survey costs at Rotterdam
Estimated annual savings of around €150,000 due to more effective maintenance dredging surveys at Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port and the world’s tenth biggest container terminal, are partly attributable to use of upgraded SeaBat 7101 and 7125 multibeam sounders.
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Del Norte Technology to stage Hypack workshop
Del Norte Technology in Doncaster UK, announced a three day Hypack workshop next month which will cover the US company’s widely used hydrographic software, comprising its Hypack, Hysweep and Dredgepack modules.
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NewsUpgrades for oceanographic winches range
The MacArtney Group mas made several significant upgrades to its long established range of CORMAC electric stainless steel winches.
