Subsea Services News – Page 100
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New Systems from MK Services
Specialist distributors MK Services of Leighton Buzzard showed a number of advanced systems at seawork.
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NewsRapid Data Gathering for 'Prince Madog'
The UK''s latest oceanographic research ship Prince Madog has had a new automated metocean data logging system from W S EnviroTech Ltd installed.
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News'Svitzer' Successfully Completes EEZ Surveys
Great Yarmouth-based Svitzer has successfully completed the first stage of Mauritius continental shelf survey operations in the West Indian Ocean using its specialist hydrographic vessel L''Espoir.
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NewsFugro Puts DGPS Chart Updates on Web
Fugro has introduced a web service (www.surveyplanner.com) for updated coverage charts of its worldwide Differential GPS services, enabling users to produce customised maps for any location and service.
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Pangea Software for Italian HO
Pangea of Bologna, which specialises in design of static, dynamic and real-time geographical data management software, has completed delivery of 323 new sub-modules to the Italian Navy''s Hydrographic Office in Genoa. They will enable the Office to increase its chart production capacity while also improving current automation processes.
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Seabed Classification Software Demos
Atlantas Marine of Langport, Somerset is currently hosting a series of demonstrations of new seabed classification systems developed by Canadian software specialists, Quester Tangent.
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UKHO Dutch Licence Agreement
The UK Hydrographic Office has signed a licencing agreement with Nautical Information Services BV for direct electronic transmission of Admiralty Notices to Mariners to vessels at sea under the Digital Folio and Notice Service (DFANS).
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EU Go-ahead for Galileo
European Union Transport Ministers meeting in Brussels have given an official go-ahead for continued development of the Galileo satellite positioning system which will provide an alternative to the comparable GPS network operated by the US Department of Defense.
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Win a Portable Echosounder
Southampton-based environmental equipment specialists, Ohmex, is sponsoring a free photographic competition, Extreme Hydrography, for which camera enthusiasts are invited to submit a picture illustrating any taxing hydrographic operation typically in cold climates, shallow waters or at high altitudes.
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Imtech Systems for Dutch Vessels
Two new survey vessels being built at the Royal Schelde yard in Flushing for delivery to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 2004 are to be equipped with integrated bridge systems designed by Imtech Marine & Offshore of Rotterdam.
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NewsNew Klein Advanced All-digital Sonar
US sidescan sonar specialist Klein has launched a new advanced all-digital Model 3000 system featuring improved transducers, circuitry and designs adapted from its Model 5000 multibeam-focused sonar equipment.
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UKHO Contract for Gardline
Gardline Surveys of Great Yarmouth has been awarded a further two-year contract by the Ministry of Defence for surveys in support of updating UK nautical charts on behalf of the UK Hydrographic Office.
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New IHO Officials Elected
Rear Admiral Alexandros Maratos, Director of the Greek Navy''s Hydrographic Services, has been elected President of the International Hydrographic Organization''s Bureau Directing Committee which will oversee the Monaco-based inter-governmental body''s work for the next five years.
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METOCUKHO Licensing Agreement
Metoc of Liphook, Hampshire has signed a licensing agreement with the UK Hydrographic Officer under which it will supply Admiralty charts in a geographical information system (GIS)-compatible vector format.
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NewsNew Diving Operations Vessel Honours Lost Colleague
A new, extended version of the Portland 10 Workboat developed specifically to be a diving boat went into service last month with Dorset UK based 2good2btrue Charters.
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International Events Generates New Contracts
No OI event would be complete without its customary spate of contract announcements and this year''s round of awards proved no exception.
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NewsOI 2002 A Predictable Success
Oceanology International 2002 at London''s ExCel Centre at the beginning of March predictably lived up to expectations as the world''s foremost marine science conference and exhibition forum, attracting a near-record attendance of 6,118 visitors from 60 countries.
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Russian Order for Atlas Systems
Bremen-based Atlas Hydrographics has received an order from the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow for supply of deepsea multibeam and parametric echosounders together with associated software for installation aboard the multi-purpose research vessel, R/V Akademik Boris Petrov, operated by the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry & Analytical Chemistry.
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NewsNew Multibeam Offshore Guidelines Published
New guidelines for offshore use of multibeam echosounders have been published by the London-based International Marine Contractors Association.
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New Software Maintains Hydrographic Source Data
Canadian software specialist Caris has begun distribution of its new Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) with first users including Germany''s Maritime & Hydrographic Agency, the Peruvian Department of Hydrography & Navigation, and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration in the US.
