Hydrographic Survey – Page 45
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TSS opens new facility in Singapore
Watford UK based Teledyne TSS, manufacturers of inertial navigation systems, gyrocompasses, motion sensors, pipe and cable trackers, has expanded its global sales and support network with the establishment of new premises in Singapore.
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Hydro8 symposium set for success
Over 50 exhibitors and speakers from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and US are among the main features of Hydro8, the 16th European Hydro Symposium being held in this year' s European Capital of Culture, Liverpool, from 4-6 November.
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NewsCemex opts for Transas ECDIS
Transas Marine UK in Portsmouth has been commissioned to supply and install its Navi-Sailor 4000 dual ECDIS systems aboard Cemex UK Marine''s fleet of seven vessels engaged in supplying dredged marine aggregates to domestic and continental European construction industries.
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Seatronics expands Houston base
A $250,000 calibration laboratory and cable moulding facility doubling the size of its operations has been opened by Seatronics Inc at its Houston premises.
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Single beam survey software
Dutch survey software specialists Quality Positioning Services (QPS) of Zeist have extended their established QINSy 8 series of data acquisition and navigation software modules with introduction of a new low cost suite specifically designed to support single beam survey operations, QINSy Inshore.
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Galileo signal accuracy measured
The accuracy of Galileo, Europe''s multi-billion euro satellite positioning network due to become operational around 2014, is better than GPS according to a team of three researchers from Delft Technical University''s Faculty of Aerospace Engineering in the Netherlands.
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IMO sets ECDIS deadlines
The International Maritime Organisation''s Safety of Navigation sub-committee has finally agreed a series of deadlines for mandatory use of electronic chart display and information systems with a comprehensive timetable long-sought by bodies such as the classification authority, Det Norske Veritas (DNV).
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Gardline Irish acquisition
Gardline Marine Sciences Ireland, a subsidiary of its parent UK organisation in Great Yarmouth, has acquired Imar Survey of Conamara, Co Galway, one of Ireland''s leading independent hydrographic and geophysical companies specialising in providing turnkey survey and positioning solutions for both inshore and offshore customers.
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NewsMultibeam system for Dredging International
Dredging and land reclamation specialists Dredging International of Antwerp, recently retained to deepen and widen the Panama Canal, have commissioned a portable ES3-M10 integrated multibeam echosounder and motion sensor from Odom Hydrographic Systems Inc of Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the USA.
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Seazone regional workshops
SeaZone Solutions, a subsidiary of the UK Hydrographic Office, is to hold a series of six local government regional workshops throughout England from 30 September to 9 October.
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Coastal and Ports Surveying Seminar
The UK Civil Hydrographic Programme''s results for 2006 and plans for this year under the auspices of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency is the lead topic for a one day seminar on Thursday 14 June at the Port of Southampton''s Canary Islands Fruit Terminal.
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NewsMCA Data Available on Google Earth
The Hydrography Unit of the UK Maritime Coastguard Agency''s Navigation Safety Branch has released a selection of files on recent bathymetric multibeam surveys for downloading to the general public using Google Earth, a free add-on to the Google search engine.
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Galileo Problems
The Galileo project, Europe''s proposed answer to the US Global Positioning System (GPS), is in disarray following the failure of an eight member group of companies to meet a European Commission deadline to transform itself into a legal entity with a chief executive, headquarters and a strategy.
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South African Contract for SRD
SRD of Beverley, East Yorkshire UK reports delivery of a purpose designed multibeam seabed visualisation, measurement and control system to De Beers Marine in South Africa under a contract worth over £ 500,000.
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ROV Buyouts
Expenditure on ROV operations, which has more than doubled since 2002 according to industry estimates, has just risen still further with news that Seaeye, the Fareham UK based company specialising in development of electrically powered systems for the offshore oil and gas industries, has been bought by Saab of Sweden ...
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UKHO Courses
The UK Hydrographic Office has introduced a new brochure on its programme of accredited courses on marine cartography and associated disciplines which are available at its training centre in Taunton.
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NewsCoastline Makes Most of Survey Surge
The 23m multipurpose research and survey vessel ''MV FlatHolm'', owned by Coastline Surveys Ltd, has completed nearly three months continuous high performance vibrocore sampling in the Southern North Sea, English Channel and Bristol Channel for a variety of clients, and including works such as marine aggregates prospecting, windfarm geotechnical studies ...
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NewsFrench demonstrate sidescan in Plymouth
The French company IXSEA, which designs and manufactures navigation and positioning systems based on its fibre optic gyroscope technology, chose the historic naval port of Plymouth UK to demonstrate their fourth generation Shadows sidescan seabed mapping sonar with Plymouth based GEOSA, an oceanographic and marine innovation support company.
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ABP Southampton orders berthing aids
The Port of Southampton UK confirmed at last month' s Seawork Exhibition that it had ordered two portable E-Sea Fix Hybrid pilot systems from Danish developer, Marimatech. They are currently being used by pilots for berthing of container vessels in conjunction with overlays of electronic charts.
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Del Norte forges ahead
Swindon UK based Del Norte Technology, currently engaged in supplying some 42 UK and Irish ports with hydrographic and associated equipment, reported at Seawork a growing series of overseas ventures with continuation of a four year undertaking at the Port of Maputo on behalf of the Mozambique government' s dredging ...
