Subsea Services News – Page 44
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Novel compact sonar launched
Launched by Marine Electronics of Guernsey at this month’s Ocean Business 15 in Southampton is a new 2D imaging sonar specifically developed for AUV and ROV applications, Dolphin See View. Evolved from the company’s Dolphin 3001 model, the 700kHz system is claimed to feature a number of key advantages, ...
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UKHO digitises further publications
A further eight of its Admiralty Nautical Publications are now available in an electronic format, says the UK Hydrographic Office. The e-Nautical Publications (e-NPs) use the same certified data as their paper counterparts and are designed to comply with SOLAS carriage requirements. They are approved for use by the ...
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NewsCommercial success for latest ECA AUV
France’s Toulon-based ECA Group, which specialises in robotics, automation and simulation systems, reports the first sale of its latest A18 AUV for “several million euros”. It will be delivered to the un-named customer next year.
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Offshore Survey 2015
Twenty papers over five sessions are to be presented at Offshore Survey 2015, the parallel two-day conference from 15-16 April as part of the biennial Ocean Business event at the National Oceanography Centre organised by Diversified Communications.
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6G orders for Sonardyne
Sonardyne International has received a £1m order from Abedeen-based distributor Seatronics for its 6G acoustic positioning technology comprising multi-function Compatt 6 transponders, Ranger 2 USBL positioning systems and high-performance gyro-USBL receivers.
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Fugro Iraqi contract extended
Fugro, the Dutch survey combine, has been awarded a three-year contract extension by Basrah Gas Company (BGC) for continuing provision of topographic and geotechnical services as well as bathymetric surveys and metocean services in the Basrah province of Southern Iraq.
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Shallow survey 2015 dataset available
A common dataset comprising tests last summer of seven sonar systems in Plymouth Sound and Wembury Bay is now available for comparison and analysis by the global hydrographic community in readiness for delegate consideration at the 7th International Conference on High Resolution Surveys in Shallow Water, Shallow Survey 2015, at ...
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Free Valeport software released
Oceanographic and hydrographic instrumentation specialists Valeport have released their latest operating software, DataLog X2, which can be downloaded for free from the Totnes based-company’s website (www.valeport.co.uk).
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NewsIrish catamarans for Polish hydrographic office
Irish specialist boatbuilder Safehaven Marine in County Cork has completed delivery of four of its Wildcat 40 survey catamarans with dual operator consoles to the Polish Navy Hydrographic Office for underwater seismic studies in the Baltic Sea.
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NewsUnderwater robot captures images of Antarctic sea ice
A team of scientists from the UK, USA and Australia have used an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to capture ''detailed, high-resolution 3D maps'' of Antarctic sea ice and provide accurate ice thickness measurements in areas previously too difficult to access.
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NewsNuclear industry ‘eyeballs’
Right from the start, ROVs have been designed to get into places where it’s impractical or impossible to place a human being. And no man-made environment needs them more than a nuclear reactor.
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Kraftnät crossing
As part of the preparations for a large cable laying campaign in Finland, MMT has completed a cable crossings survey for Kraftnät Åland. The planned submarine cable is 152 km long, and will be laid from Naantali, Finland to Juvik, Åland.
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Innomar student project
Postgraduate students at European universities or scientific institutes with a research project containing a hydrographic element are invited to submit an application for free support from Innomar Technologie of Rostock, Germany.
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Teledyne joint technology workshop
Teledyne Marine in the US plans to host a joint technology workshop featuring 13 of its subsidiary oceanographic companies in San Diego, California from 4-7 October. It will include customer presentations, product and software training, field service meetings, networking opportunities and on-water demonstrations.
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UKHO extends H-Note service
The UK Hydrographic Office has introduced a new digital application enabling mariners from around the world to submit hydrographic data direct to its Taunton headquarters using a mobile device.
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NewsSonardyne equips World’s largest offshore construction vessel
Swiss-based Allseas Group’s Pieter Schelte, at 382 metres long and 124 metres wide the world’s largest offshore pipelay and platform installation vessel, has been equipped with a Sonardyne Ranger 2 USBL acoustic positioning system. It will be used as a high-precision independent reference facility for the vessel’s Kongsberg dynamic ...
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NewsApplied Acoustics 400th USBL sale
Applied Acoustics of Great Yarmouth, UK has recorded the 400th sale of its Ultra Short Baseline Systems (USBL) with delivery of a Spread Spectrum rack-mounted EasyTrak Nexus unit to the Canadian Department of Fisheries & Oceans (DFO) in St John’s, Newfoundland whose central governmental mandate also includes responsibility for the ...
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Third Fugro Vessel Joins MH370 Search
Fugro has provided a third company vessel, ‘Fugro Supporter’, to carry out underwater search operations in the southern Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft which disappeared last March with the loss of 239 passengers and crew.
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NewsNew ‘hybrid’ underwater vehicle prototype
Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. and the University of Hawaii (UH) have jointly developed a novel autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that can effectively deploy seafloor sensing equipment by combining features of a free-swimming AUV and those of a bottom crawling vehicle.
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NewsAn innovative dive support vessel
Australian work catamaran specialist Incat Crowther claim that their new Catamaran Dive Support Vessel, ‘Bhagwan Dryden’, has set a new standard for catamaran dive support vessels since its launch and delivery last year.
