Hydrographic Survey

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

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.

GeoChirp 3D provides shallow survey operators with a new tool forimaging sub-surface structures and buried objects, say GeoAcoustics of Great Yarmouthwho have developed the system in association with the National OceanographyCentre, Southampton.

The Ministry of Defence has announced a reviewinto the best possible structure and ownership options for the future of the UKHydrographic Office.

Fugro Geos,specialists in providing metocean services for offshore and coastal engineeringapplications, is to host the 40th Marine Measurement Forum at the ShillingfordBridge Hotel, near Wallingford UK on 16 May.

Positioning and subsea specialists NCS Survey in Aberdeen, which claims to be Scotlands largest independent survey contractor after only being in business for 18 months, has secured major rig moving contracts from…

Germanys Shipping & Hydrographic Agency, BSH, is planning to digitise its entire library of nautical material in what it says will be the worlds first system of its type, one which will…

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…

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…

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…

Innovation4C of Belgium has developed Wavemapper, a heave sensor designed for single beam echosounders based on technology used for space applications.

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…