Subsea Services News – Page 48

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    ENC production software released

    2014-07-29T15:45:00Z

    Hamburg-based maritime software company SevenCs has announced official release of its new series of ENC production software first previewed at Oceanology International in London last March.

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    CARIS bathymetric software for Le Havre

    2014-07-29T15:39:00Z

    France’s second largest port at Le Havre has commissioned CARIS Bathy Database and Spatial Fusion Enterprise processing suites for management and distribution of bathymetric data for which its hydrographic department conducts approximately 400 new surveys per year in addition to existing operations.

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    Jeppesen management system for Singapore

    2014-07-29T15:27:00Z

    Digital navigation specialists Jeppesen of Norway has been awarded a two-year contract with an optional three year extension to develop and implement an Integrated Hydrographic Management System (IHMS) for the Maritime & Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore.

  • Innovatum's Saab Seaeye Cougar XT Compact
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    Another Cougar for wind power

    2014-07-15T15:50:00Z

    Demand from the offshore wind industry has led Innovatum to add a second Saab Seaeye Cougar XT Compact to its ROV fleet. According to Innovatum this increasing demand comes as a result of their reputation growing in the offshore wind industry for cutting the cost of inshore survey work.

  • MacArtney Triaxus remote underwater towed vehicle
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    ROTV for CSIRO

    2014-07-15T14:08:00Z

    Denmark headquartered MacArtney Group has supplied a Triaxus remotely operated underwater towed vehicle to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. CSIRO is Australia''s national science agency, and one of the largest and most diverse agencies in the world.

  • 'Fugro Proteus' is the first vessel to be built directly by Damen for Fugro
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    ‘Fugro Proteus’ delivered

    2014-07-14T16:24:00Z

    Netherlands headquartered survey multinational Fugro N.V. has taken delivery of the first of three Fugro Offshore Coastal Survey Vessels (FOCSV) being built by Damen. The first of a new class, the ''Fugro Proteus'' is a compact, survey ship capable of undertaking a wide range of survey, monitoring and inspection operations.

  • Chinese Smartsea Technology Co., Ltd has become authorised reseller of Eiva software
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    Eiva expands east

    2014-07-14T16:00:00Z

    The Danish Eiva company has added a new member to its group of authorised resellers in China. Chinese Smartsea Technology Co., Ltd has become authorised reseller of Eiva software and hardware solutions for the offshore industry.

  • Valeport's new Underwater Vehicle – Sound Velocity Profiler
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    Compact SVP launched

    2014-07-09T14:21:00Z

    Production is now underway on Valeport’s latest innovation - the new UV-SVP (Underwater Vehicle – Sound Velocity Profiler) - a small and compact direct reading package aimed primarily at AUV and ROV users, which delivers high accuracy data to compliment survey work.

  • VSMC's marine installation vessels
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    Sub Solent cable replacement

    2014-07-02T13:52:00Z

    The replacement of one of three subsea cables under the UK’s Solent, supplying the Isle of Wight with electricity, is well underway. The £14 million project is being delivered by a specialist joint venture between VolkerWessels companies VolkerInfra and Visser & Smit Marine Contracting (VSMC) and was awarded by Scottish ...

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    Seatronics-OceanWise global agreement

    2014-07-01T16:21:00Z

    Hampshire-based OceanWise, which specialises in all aspects of marine environmental data acquisition and management, has appointed rental and sales organisation Seatronics of Aberdeen as worldwide distributor for its range of oceanographic software and services.

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    Hydromagic upgrade

    2014-07-01T16:19:00Z

    Dutch hydrographic software specialists Eye4Software of Delden have upgraded their Hydromagic package for displaying position, calculating volumes and recording soundings in shallow and inland waters, including rivers and reservoirs.

  • HullWiper's Gothenburg unit undergoing tank testing
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    HullWiper enters European market

    2014-06-23T17:39:00Z

    Gothenburg, Sweden is the latest port to be added to a growing GAC EnvironHull network of bases offering HullWiper, its eco-friendly, brush-and-diver-free hull cleaning service. The port on Sweden’s west coast is the first in Europe to host the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV).

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    Anglo-Australian distributor accord

    2014-06-23T15:18:00Z

    Survey equipment rental specialist Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) of Great Yarmouth (UK) has appointed Western Advance Pty in Perth as its exclusive rental partner in Australia.

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    Del Norte Technology to stage Hypack seminar

    2014-06-20T16:26:00Z

    Brixham (UK) based Del Norte Technology announced at last month’s Seawork that it will once more host a three-day Hypack seminar on the company’s widely-used hydrographic software, at the local Berry Head Hotel in Devon from 7-9 October. A number of the US company’s resident experts will be on ...

  • Fugro America’s new all-purpose survey vessel built by Thoma-Sea Shipbuilders in Louisiana
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    Fugro expands Gulf of Mexico fleet

    2014-06-20T16:02:00Z

    Fugro, the Dutch survey conglomerate, is set to expand its Gulf of Mexico survey fleet with the addition of a new AUV, ''Echo Surveyor VII'', and a new all-purpose vessel, ''Fugro Americas''. Both are due for delivery later this year.

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    SOLAS going electronic

    2014-06-05T12:48:00Z

    Commencing this July, the International Maritime Organisation’s Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention regulations will require all member countries to move towards using electronic navigational charts in their regions for conduct of safe shipping. Around the world, especially in remote areas, the London-based UN organisation notes that work ...

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    Offshore contract for Nautronix

    2014-06-04T17:42:00Z

    Nautronix in Aberdeen, UK has been awarded a five-year £1m contract by Surf Subsea of Houston and sub-contractor Ceona Offshore UK for provision of survey services in support of a new DP3 pipelay support vessel, ‘Polar Onyx’.

  • Coda's Echoscope 3D sonar
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    Coda Software upgraded

    2014-05-30T12:20:00Z

    Edinburgh (UK) based Coda Octopus has launched a new major release (version 6) of the visualization and processing software suite for their Echoscope range of real-time 3D sonars.

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    Water column logging development

    2014-05-29T15:21:00Z

    Hypack Inc, leading US software specialists for worldwide hydrographic and dredging applications, are introducing this summer a new Hysweep water column logging routine for acquisition and logging of data produced by multibeam sounders.

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    Stereo bathymetry from space

    2014-05-28T14:49:00Z

    GAF of Munich, Germany reports development and successful demonstrations of methods for deriving bathymetry from space. The company claims that it can generate bathymetric maps covering large areas by simultaneously using differential spectral attenuation and stereo information from satellite imagery.