Subsea Services News – Page 45
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Sonar school
Subsea 3D visualisation specialist Coda Octopus has announced that it has launched what it has called its ‘Knowledge Transfer Centre’ (KTC).
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NewsUnderwater thickness monitoring
A team of divers from the A7 Project in the UK have been using a Cygnus DIVE underwater ultrasonic thickness gauge so that they could measure the metal thickness of a century old Royal Navy submarine wreck to determine the current condition of the remains and to monitor its deterioration ...
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MH370 lecture
This year’s IMarEST (The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology) Stanley Gray Lecture will focus on the technologies being used in the search for Malaysian Airways Flight MH370.
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NewsROV key to salvage safety
With the ill-fated cruise liner ‘Costa Concordia’ finally in dock, Italian marine contractor Micoperi reports that the Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV played a vital role in diver safety during the largest maritime salvage operation in history.
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NewsThe Dead Sea’s fresh water
Engineers from German underwater specialist EvoLogics have recently supported the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research team’s field campaign in Israel, where the EvoLogics Sonobot USV successfully performed detailed hydrographic survey of underwater freshwater springs that flow into the Dead Sea.
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Hydro14 conference proceedings available
Proceedings of Hydro14, the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 22nd conference held in Aberdeen in November under the auspices of The Hydrographic Society UK, are now generally available in a fully-illustrated 220-page publication.
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New vessel for German Waterways Board
''Stickers Gap'', a new purpose-designed survey vessel built by Dutch-based No Limit Ships of Groningen, has begun service with the Federal German Waterways & Shipping Board (WSA).
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Anglo-German bathymetry agreement
UK-based MarineFind and EOMAP of Seefeld, Germany have established a partnership to provide easy access to coastal high-resolution and global bathymetry using new methods for distributing data for pre-processed areas while permitting production of cost-effective custom datasets. Advances in processing of satellite imagery, they say, means that low-cost, accurate, ...
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NewsGEOxyz fleet expansion
GEOxyz, the Belgian survey organisation with subsidiary bases in France, Luxembourg, Netherlands and the UK, has expanded its fleet of vessels with the addition of Geo Ocean II, a specialist offshore support craft accommodating 23 personnel and crew.
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New world ocean floor map
Using previously untapped data from European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA satellites, scientists have created a new map of the world’s seafloor to provide a detailed illustration of the structures that make up the deepest and least-explored parts of oceans. It is claimed to be twice as accurate as ...
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NewsSurveying at speed
MMT Sweden AB and Reach Subsea ASA have jointly invested in developing a new special underwater tool for seabed mapping and pipeline inspection with the Norwegian ROV manufacturer Kystdesign AS.
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NewsModified survey vessel
A recently launched 1640 from Netherlands-based No Limit Ships has been specially modified to sail safely even under the toughest weather conditions on both the shallow waters of the Elbe and the stormy outer Elbe area.
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USV acquisition
Atlas North America LLC. (ANA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Elektronik GmbH, Germany, has acquired the business of Marine Sonic Technology (MSTL), Ltd., based in Yorktown, Virginia, USA, via an asset deal. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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NewsEchosounder to the rescue
The inspection vessel ‘Ejnar Mikkelsen’ from the Royal Danish Navy recently tested a new Multibeam Echosounder (MBES) during a hydrographic survey, and also experienced that it was very helpful in a rescue operation.
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Ocean Business 2015 registration open
Expected to attract over 5,000 visitors from over 65 countries, registration is now open for Ocean Business 2015 at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK from 14-16 April.
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UKHO launches ENC Maintenance Record
The UK Hydrographic Office has launched what it calls the Admiralty ENC Maintenance Record (NP 133C), designed to streamline management of paper records of Electronic Nautical Charts (ENC) and ECDIS maintenance aboard ships and thus make information on official digital charts more accessible for bridge crews.
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MMT cable route surveys
MMT of Sweden reports it is presently completing detailed route survey operations for the planned Monita 119km subsea cable installation in the Mediterranean linking Italy and Montenegro. Work is being carried out under contract to Nexans Norway AS, which is responsible for supply and installation of the power cable for ...
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New QPS processing suite
Dutch software specialists QPL of Zeist have announced plans to introduce early next year a new multibeam bathymetric processing suite providing a dynamic and guided processing workflow, Qimera.
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IMarEST acquires Hydrographic Academy
The London-based Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST), which has a worldwide membership of more than 15,000 individuals in over 100 countries, has acquired Plymouth University’s Hydrographic Academy now known from the beginning of November as Marine Learning Alliance Ltd.
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NewsGlobal audience for Hydro14
George Adam, Lord Provost of Aberdeen, welcomed well over 300 delegates from more than 25 countries at the opening of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ (IFHS) 22nd Hydrographic Conference in Aberdeen, UK at the end of October.
