Subsea Services News – Page 47
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NewsDSCV Contract
Unique Hydra, a division of Unique Maritime Group, an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, has announced that it has been selected by Ultra Deep Solutions to design, build and integrate the dive system for a multipurpose Diving Support Construction Vessel (DSCV).
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NewsEIVA and VideoRay
Denmark- based EIVA has been appointed as an authorised VideoRay Service Centre. EIVA is an engineering company with more than 35 years’ experience in the offshore construction and survey industry. EIVA is a long-standing authorised representative of VideoRay, having sold numerous underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROV) of the worldwide leader ...
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NewsRobots set sail
A seven-strong fleet of robotic survey boats is about to embark on a 300 mile survey voyage off the UK’s south west. The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) project will utilise vessels fitted with a range of meteorological and oceanographic sensors to collect scientific data about ocean processes and marine life.
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Offshore Survey 2015 papers call
250-word abstracts of papers for presentation at the fifth Offshore Survey conference at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton from 15-16 April next year are now invited by organisers of the biennial event, Diversified Communications UK. The deadline for online submission is Monday 3 November.
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France-Comoros hydrographic agreement
France’s Naval Hydrographic & Oceanographic Service (SHOM), which recently announced completion of nearly 180 electronic nautical charts for Mediterranean coastal regions, is to provide hydrographic support for Comoros, the archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa.
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Brazilian order for Saab Seaeye
UK’s Saab Seaeye, which claims to be the world’s largest manufacturer of electric ROVs, is to supply Oceanica, the leading Brazilian subsea engineering company, with two of its Falcon multifunction ROVs featuring a high-resolution colour camera on a 180-degree tilt platform and a depth rating of 300m.
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NewsPlanet Ocean to distribute ultra-portable ROVs
Surrey, UK-based Planet Ocean has been appointed distributor of the Canadian DTG2 Deep Trekker range of ultra-portable mini-ROVs for UK and Ireland. Weighing under 9kg and powered by onboard rechargeable batteries negating any need for bulky surface power supplies, systems can operate for up to 6-8 hours on a ...
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New Kongsberg acoustic positioning system
Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has extended its range of acoustic positioning systems with introduction of µPAP, a compact and portable unit for operation from surface vessels to track ROVs, tow fish, divers and other subsea targets at depths down to 4,000m. Operating in either SSBL (super short baseline) or LBL ...
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North American equipment market set to grow
The market for hydrographic equipment in North America is expected to increase significantly between now and the end of the decade, according to forecasts by MicroMarketMonitor in the US.
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MH370 surveys extended
Fugro, the Dutch survey conglomerate, has been awarded a £27m contract by the Australian government for a second deep ocean search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing Flight MH370 carrying 239 passengers and crew which is believed to have crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean last March.
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Five-year contracts for NCS Survey
Aberdeen, UK-based NCS Survey, which reckons to have thus far completed over 750 projects in 36 countries, has been awarded a five-year contract by Akofs Wayfarer A/S of Norway for provision of positioning and survey sevices aboard Aker Wayfarer, its offshore construction vessel.
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Franco-Russian Arctic venture
CGG of France and Sovcomflot of Russia have signed an agreement to form a joint-venture company dedicated to conducting high-end 3D seismic acquisition services in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters. CGG will charter a 14-streamer ice-class vessel while Sovcomflot will add the capabilities of a similar 8-streamer vessel.
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Pay as you sail with Admiralty vector charts
Norwegian global chart distributor Nautisk Forlag has extended its Pay As You Sail (PAYS) service with addition of the Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS
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NewsAberdeen hosts Hydro14
Over 300 delegates from around the world are expected at the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 22nd Hydro Conference at Aberdeen’s Exhibition & Conference Centre from 28-30 October.
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NewsZ-Boat autonomy
The Oceanscience Z-Boat 1800 remotely-operated hydrographic survey boat has just completed final trials with an on-board autonomous waypoint navigation system, and is now ready to get surveying. The latest GNSS controlled, IMU aided "robo" Z-Boat option is a result of a partnership between The Oceanscience Group (USA), MSubs (UK) and ...
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The wreck of the ‘London’
Over the past three months, a specialist diving team led by experienced Thames Estuary diver Steven Ellis, have undertaken 10 planned dives of one of England''s most important 17th century shipwrecks located off Southend, UK.
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NewsRobot patrols for ports?
Imagine robots that patrol beneath port waters, able not just to notice and then identify security threats, but also able to keep tabs on water pollution, silting up of vulnerable areas and inspect the integrity of underwater assets.
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Data acquisition for shallow survey 2015 begins
Acquisition of common datasets by leading multibeam manufacturers has begun in Plymouth Sound and Wembury Bay in readiness for final comparison studies at the 7th International Conference on High-Resolution Shallow Water Surveys, in Plymouth from 14-18 September next year.
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NewsRanger 2 USBL for Vietnamese surveys
Vietnamese survey organisation, Thien Nam Positioning JSC, has commissioned a Ranger 2 Ultra Short Baseline (USBL) acoustic positioning system from Hampshire-based Sonardyne International.
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IHO conference
The 82-member inter-governmental International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) in Monaco is to host a 5th Extraordinary International Conference from 6-10 October which will formally open with an address by Prince Albert II.
