Hydrographic Survey

TheUK Civil Hydrographic Programmes results for 2006 and plans for this yearunder the auspices of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency is the lead topicfor a one day seminar on Thursday 14 June…

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…

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…

Offshore survey software specialists SeeByte have completed inspection of an uninterrupted 10km length of subsea oil pipeline off the Orkney coast, claiming a new world distance record for tracking of a two…

US satellite positioning specialist C-Nav, recently retained by the National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) of Abu Dhabi to provide its Globally Corrected GPS (GcGPS) service on long term contract to users in…

Dutch survey conglomerate Fugro has commissioned Fr. Fassmer of Berne-Motzen near Bremen in north Germany to design and construct a new 65m geophysical survey vessel, Fugro Searcher.

Subsea equipment specialists Sonardyne have acquired Wavefront Systems Ltd of Sherborne, Dorset, a design company similarly specialising in sonar and underwater technology on behalf of commercial and military clients.

SevenCs of Hamburg has announced that its widely adopted ENC digitising software, ENC Designer, is now available as freeware.

The latest UK coastal and port hydrography developments as well as the effects of the new Marine Bill due to become law by the end of this year are to be the…

Two Scottish companies, SeeByte and Subsea 7, are to collaborate in development of a new generation Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for the offshore oil and gas industries.

SEA in Somerset, which specialises in seabed classification and other underwater systems, has been chosen to develop a deep ocean low frequency swath survey sonar for the UK National Oceanography Centre' s…

Concerned that graduates from survey courses recruited into the offshore industry do not necessarily have the requisite levels of knowledge to begin a successful career, the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has…