Hydrographic Survey

US subsea search and survey systems specialists L-3 Klein, well known in Europe for their series of sidescan sonars, have introduced a new portable digital model designed for search and rescue missions.

The UK HydrographicOffice, which has just been retained by the Military Survey Department of theUnited Arab Emirates to advise on planning and management for surveys of localterritorial waters, has introduced a second…

The Aberdeen Division of Denmarks Resonreports sales of SeaBat 8125 shallow water multibeam systems and associatedequipment to PD Ports, Teesport and Peel Ports, which operates the ports ofMersey Docks & Harbour Company…

Edinburghbased SeeByte has launched its new SeeTrack Offshore V2.1 dynamic positioningsystem for ROVs which, it says, can also be retrofitted to existing craft.

The UK National Physical Laboratory at Teddington is once more hosting three Seiche professional development courses on underwater acoustics from 10 to 14 September.

Hydrometric and oceanographic instrumentation specialists Valeport of Totnes have completed a major sound velocity equipment replacement and upgrade programme for the French Navy’ s Hydrographic & Oceanographic Service (SHOM) fleet of survey…

The fiercely competitive multibeam system market now has another contestant, Odom Hydrographic Systems of Baton Rouge in the USA.

SonardyneInternational is branching out from its customary acoustics capability with development of Lodestar, anew solid-state attitude heading and reference system (AHRS) which, it says,will set a new standard of inertial sensor technology…

GardlineGeosciences, a subsidiary of the Great Yarmouth based Gardline Marine SciencesGroup, has extended its marine geotechnical activities with the acquisition ofLankelma Andrews (formerly Andrews Survey) as part of a declared ambition toestablish…

SEA Group, whichemploys over 200 staff at sites in the UKs West Country, has sold three of its234 kHz Swathplus interferometric sonar systems to the Chinese Maritime SafetyAdministration and the Shanghai Water…

Furtherdevelopment by Wireless Fibre Systems of underwater wireless modem technology(first described in this column last December).

Work is underway around the UK coastline to identify areas thatmay be suitable for designation as candidate Special Areas of Conservation(cSACs).

PC Maritime of Plymouth reports further sales of its Navmaster ECDISunits to three new customers, John H Whitaker (Tankers) Ltd of Hull, Scotlinein Romford and Dublinbased Irish Ferries.