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Pay as you sail EBCs
Navigational chart distributor Datema Delfzijl in Holland has launched a new ‘ pay as you sail’ ENC distribution system, ENCtrack, that for the first time will allow users to pay for chart licences starting from the time their vessels enter chart coverage areas, and not from the time that cells ...
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NewsNOC's New AUV Completes First Trials
Following a brief test deployment in Falmouth Bay, Autosub6000, the new 5.5m long, 2,800kg deepwater Autonomous Underwater Vehicle developed by National Oceanography Centre engineers at Southampton, has successfully completed its first sea trials in the North Atlantic from aboard the UK' s largest general purpose oceanographic research vessel, RRS Discovery.
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Russia completes GLONASS constellation
Russia’s GLONASS satellite navigation system now has a full orbital constellation of 24 satellites following successful launch of the final unit from the Plesetsk spaceport at the beginning of October.
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Valeport underwater positioning development
A fresh approach to problems of underwater positioning is possible with its new VA500 Altimeter, say oceanographic and instrumentation specialists Valeport of Totnes, Devon UK.
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Gardline US subsidiary expands operations
Alpine Ocean Seismic Survey, the US subsidiary of UK based Gardline Group with offices in New Jersey and Houston, has expanded its marine data collection facilities with the addition of geotechnical services using globalised expertise provided by Gardline Geosciences of Great Yarmouth.
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Oceanology International 2012 heads for record
A record attendance of over 7,000 delegates from more than 80 countries is expected at this year’s OI event, the world’s leading biennial forum for marine science and ocean technology at London’s ExCel exhibition centre from 13 to 15 March.
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French port commissions
Cadden of Nantes in France, specialist suppliers of electronic systems to domestic hydrographic and oceanographic concerns, is to provide Rouen Harbour and the ferry port of Caen with purpose designed integrated systems for installation on two new survey vessels commissioned by the authorities.
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South west coastal monitoring surveys
Coastline Surveys of Falmouth UK is to provide single beam and bathymetric surveys of UK south west regions.
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Cheaper chart production
There is no need to spend a lot of money producing digital charts for navigation, says Hamburg-based SevenCs, the former subsidiary of the UK Hydrographic Office.
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Survey & inspection platform development
Offshore Marine Management (OMM), which has offices in Bristol, Cambridge and Hamburg, says it is developing an advanced integrated vehicle for survey and inspection operations down to depths of 100m.
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IHO XVIIIth Conference
The inter-governmental International Hydrographic Organization in Monaco, representing 80 member countries, is to hold its five yearly conference from 23 to 27 April.
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NewsESG enhances survey capabilities
Environmental Scientifics Group (ESG), which claims to be the UK’s leading provider of site investigation services for over-water and land projects, has boosted its resources with the addition of a dedicated inshore survey vessel, MV Pulsar.
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Orders for Unique System and Sonardyne
Unique System (UK), part of Unique Maritime Group based in Sharjah, UAE, has expanded its inventory of rental equipment with acquisition of 6G acoustic positioning systems worth over £1m from Sonardyne International.
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Prototype sidescan broadens the view
A prototype Wideview 3D interferometric sidescan sonar providing high resolution images over a 120° field of view is to be launched later this year by Marine Electronics.
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NewsCoastline completes vibrocoring for Hanson
MV Flatholm was on site 24/7 during the aggregates vibracoring campaign.The scope of the first works comprised 58 core locations off Norfolk UK. The specialist geotechnical survey vessel MV Flatholm was mobilised and the work was completed using Coastline’s high powered vibrocore, ‘C-Core-HP’, in 5m configuration. The average overall recovery ...
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NewsSurvey for longest HVDC link in the world
Statnett SF and National Grid International Ltd have awarded MMT (Sweden) the marine survey contract for the NSN Seabed survey, a power transmission link between Norway and the UK.
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Survey success for windfarm off IoW
Following the success of the preliminary geotechnical coring programme in 2010, Fugro has successfully performed a detailed geophysical survey of Navitus Bay for Eneco Round 3 Development Ltd.
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NewsNew UIS for Rijkswaterstaat
The survey department of the Netherlands’ Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) has taken receipt of its first integrated Underwater Inspection System (UIS) from CodaOctopus.
