Hydrographic Survey – Page 49
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BP and Shell Rig Moving Contracts for NCS Survey
Positioning and subsea specialists NCS Survey in Aberdeen, which claims to be Scotland''s largest independent survey contractor after only being in business for 18 months, has secured major rig moving contracts from both BP and Shell Exploration & Production.
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NewsIHFS and IHO Sign MoU
The International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS), whose six member organisations represent the interests of individuals as well as commercial and institutional organisations in over 70 countries, has concluded a joint Memorandum of Understanding with the International Hydrographic Organisation, the Monaco based intergovernmental consultative and technical body coordinating the national ...
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BSH Digitises its Library of Nautical Material
Germany''s Shipping & Hydrographic Agency, BSH, is planning to digitise its entire library of nautical material in what it says will be the world''s first system of its type, one which will later be adopted by other hydrographic offices.
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Ocean Business 07
Over 120 exhibitors from a dozen countries and a host of free training and demonstration workshops are just two of the main attractions of this three day event at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton UK from 27-29 March.
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NewsSouthampton Survey Team Updates GPS
The port survey team at the ABP port of Southampton has acquired a new GPS system to replace outdated equipment and introduce a new era of improved capabilities.
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NewsSwedes Meet Needs for Multibeam
A new multibeam system will be delivered for the survey vessel 'M/V Franklin'The EM 710 multibeam echo sounder is a high resolution seabed mapping system capable of meeting all relevant survey standards. The mounted system will be capable of seafloor mapping down to 2,000m and allows a choice of beam ...
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NewsTSS Launches New INS Equipment
Last month''s Ocean Business Exhibition and Conference in Southampton saw TSS International introduce its latest Orion series of Inertial Navigation Systems, providing precise attitude, heading and heave data for applications ranging from support of multibeam surveys and ROV operations to construction of major seabed installations.
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NewsEverard Aims for Paperless Bridges
''MV Speciality'', the first of four new 4,426dwt diesel-electric short sea product tankers built for Dartford UK based F T Everard & Sons by the Qingshan Shipyard in China, has been authorised to operate without paper charts.
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CARIS Upgrades Bathymetric Software
Canadian hydrographic software specialists CARIS, who will be staging their 11th annual user group conference in Kuala Lumpur at the beginning of March, have introduced a new version of Bathy DataBase for creation and management of bathymetric surfaces.
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New DVRs from NETmc Marine
73fifty, a new range of low cost digital video recorder/players which can typically download a half hour file in less than four minutes for marine as well as ROV and diving inspection operations, has been launched by NETmc Marine of Aberdeen.
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Subsea 07
Aberdeen''s ,Exhibition & Conference Centre is the venue for what is claimed to be Europe''s largest subsea event, Subsea 07, on Thursday 8 February. Over 80 exhibitors and 800 visitors are expected to participate in the day long proceedings aimed at bringing together operators, contractors, suppliers and small niche technology ...
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NewsABPmer Reaps Environmental Award
ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer), Associated British Ports''Southampton-based marine research arm, was commended at the Environment Agency''s Project Excellence Awards when it was awarded Joint-Runner-Up in the ''Innovation and Technical Excellence'' category.
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NewsLiverpool's Survey Boat is a 'Wildcat'
The Port of Liverpool has awarded the contract to supply a new hydrographic survey vessel to Irish workboat and pilot boat builder Safehaven Marine. Following an international tender process Safehaven Marine’ s Wildcat catamaran design was chosen. Ian Holden, the Port’ s hydrographic manager opted for a twin hull design ...
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NewsSonar Survey Finds Lost U-Boats
A routine Maritime & Coastguard Agency sonar survey off the Orkney Islands has led to the chance discovery of uncharted wrecks of two first world war German submarines which were originally reported missing in 1918 after apparently sinking somewhere in the Northern Barrage, a British minefield between Orkney and Shetland.
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Subsea Wireless Modem
A wireless modem capable of operating underwater which can also relay signals out of water has reportedly been developed by Wireless Fibre Systems of Livingston in Scotland. It will clearly be of interest to, among others, divers and AUVs transmitting data to waiting vessels.
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Echo Sounder Sensor
Innovation4C of Belgium has developed ''Wavemapper'', a heave sensor designed for single beam echosounders based on technology used for space applications.
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Sonar Tubes Factory Opens
Morgan Electro Ceramics has opened a new facility at its site in Southampton, UK, dedicated to the design and manufacture of fibre wrapped piezoceramic tubes that are used in commercial and military sonar instruments. The facility, which is the only one of its kind in the UK, has been set ...
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NewsSonardyne USBL System for Norway
Yateley UK based Sonardyne International, in association with its local representatives, Aquadyne AS, has delivered its latest Ranger USBL (Ultra-Short Baseline) acoustic positioning system to Artec Subsea AS of Norway.
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Dutch Ocean Group Formed
Nearly 20 leading domestic institutes, agencies and companies concerned with oceanography and related disciplines in Holland have pooled their resources and expertise as part of a new consortium recently established in Delft, the Dutch Ocean Group.
