Subsea Services

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has expressed concern over an increasing number of cases where divers have used, or attempted to use, falsified qualifications to gain employment or as a prerequisite…

The first Underwater Technology Convention held in Hamburg last month was well attended and placed the emphasis firmly on the key procedures of ' Joining and Cutting' ,   key procedures for…

Underwater repair and maintenance specialists UMC International have been awarded an enabling contract with the Salvage & Marine Operations IPT/DCS for the provision of diving and ROV underwater survey services for the…

One of the problems in towing an instrument underwater is the long length of cable required to get the device down to depth. JW Fishers have developed a universal wing called the…

An Easytrak USBL subsea tracking system from Great Yarmouth UK based Applied Acoustics is being used by integrated survey services company Gardline Environmental Limited, which is active in deep water, coastal and…

Maps and images of seabed habitat, geology and biological data in the seas around North West Europe can now be viewed online. This huge resource has been created by the Joint Nature…

American environmental services company Clean Harbors has successfully completed two more inspection projects using their SeaOtter ROV.

Marine Simulation LLC has released Volume One of the ROVsim Undersea Pilot Series, which is a collection of physics accurate, visually realistic and highly configurable ROV simulators intended for ROV and marine…

To avoid the drydocking of a 126m LPG tanker, Hydrex was recently hired to remove the vessel’ s thruster and bring it to the manufacturer for repairs while it was berthed at…

As the ROV market is expanding rapidly, many ROV operators are forced to focus mainly on their direct operational performance, leaving them struggling with the maintenance and support for their valuable systems.…

The new Sentinel Diver Detection System from Sonardyne International successfully completed a four-day series of intensive trials at the US Naval Underwater Warfare Center, Newport, Rhode Island during October. Although full details…

When a fishing line and net became stuck between the seal rings of a 168m container ship, the underwater repair company, Hydrex, flew a highly qualified diving team to Salalah, Oman, to…

On a momentous day in 1987, Maritime Journal leapt into the lives of anyone interested or involved in any aspects of the maritime oriented disciplines, and little did we know then that…

This summer the Netherlands Seatec UnderwaterSystems BV provided several underwater monitoring systems , subsea pump units,various subsea components and engineering assistance which enabled MammoetSalvage to recover part of a cargo of aluminium…

At the 9th International Conference on Nearshore andEstuarine Cohesive Sediment Transport Processes (INTERCOH)  at Brest inFrance  last month, researchers from HR Wallingford  delivered resultsfrom broad ranging studies in estuary processes. Amongst these…

Having taken eight years to perfect, Seaglider is a buoyancydriven autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by scientists andengineers at the University of Washingtons School of Oceanography and AppliedPhysics Laboratory in the USA.

Close cooperation between the Norwegian tug andsalvage company Busker og Berging AS and Seawork 2007 exhibitorMiko Marine AS has given birth to a new product.

During the blizzard conditions on the weekend of19th March 2007,the wildlife cruiser MV Alpha Betasank at its moorings in the sheltered and picturesque Tobermory Bayon the Isle of Mull.