Subsea Services News – Page 51
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NewsDive monitoring debut at Oceanology
Integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider Unique System (UK) Ltd is participating at Oceanology International 2014, to be held at ExCel West in London, from 11 to 13 March.
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NewsSubmarine Races encourage underwater engineers
Twelve teams from universities in six countries and on three continents will be meeting in July 2014 to take part in the 2nd biennial European International Submarine Races (eISR) at QinetiQ’s Ocean Basin in Gosport UK, the biggest covered water space in Europe.
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Clean, green hull cleaning machine
GAC EnvironHull, part of global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Group, has launched HullWiper, its new innovation offering diver-free, cost effective and eco-friendly underwater hull cleaning.
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NewsUnderwater installation saves time and fuel
Antwerp based underwater repair specialist Hydrex installed Propeller Boss Cap Fins (PBCF) on two tankers during their respective stops in Ghent and Antwerp.
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NewsInnovative low cost ROV for small companies
Ontario, Canada based Deep Trekker Inc has been in the business of ROV design and production since 2010.
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NewsUnderwater winch package for research ship
Denmark headquartered MacArtney has supplied a major consignment of high performance oceanographic winches to JAMSTEC, the Japanese Agency of Marine-Earth-Science and Technology.
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NewsInteroperability with the CSAR framework
Safe Software and geospatial software developer CARIS have made support for the CARIS Spatial Archive (CSAR) raster format for gridded bathymetry and elevation data in FME 2014, officially released last month.
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NewsCombined bathymetry and sidescan system
The EdgeTech 4600 Combined Bathymetry & Side Scan Sonar System was met with enthusiastic reviews at a recent underwater technology demonstration and training event hosted by Seatronics in Abu Dhabi.
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Scandinavian ROV development
MMT, the 200 strong survey company in Gothenburg, Sweden, has teamed with Kystdesign AS of Norway in development and production of a new innovative high speed ROV designed for pipeline inspection operations and seabed surveys, Surveyor.
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IMCA survey sensor guidelines
Guidelines for management of peripheral survey sensors and their requirements for periodic calibration and verification have been published by the Offshore Survey Division of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA).
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Glonass setback in the US
President Barack Obama has signed a bill prohibiting Russia from constructing any stations in the US that could improve the precision of its Glonass network as a worldwide alternative to GPS.
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UKHO adds QR Codes to standard nautical charts
The UK Hydrographic Office has introduced QR (Quick Response) codes to its portfolio of standard nautical charts, allowing users of paper versions to access status information via smart phones or tablets.
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Chinese order for Atlas Hydrographic
Bremen based Atlas Hydrographic in Germany is to supply China’s State Oceanographic Administration (SOA) in Xiamen with a Hydrosweep multibeam sounder with a depth capability of over 2,000m.
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News15 Z-Boats for Russian survey fleet
California-based Oceanscience, via its project partner, Infax Inc, has delivered 15 of its Z-Boat 1800 remotely operated survey craft to the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology & Environmental Monitoring of Russia (Roshydromet).
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NewsLargest ever Oceanology International
This year’s biennial Oceanology International event at London’s Excel exhibition and conference centre from 11-13 March promises to be the best ever, say organisers Reed Exhibitions.
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Ireland extends Infomar programme
The Irish government’s Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources has extended its Infomar national marine mapping programme with commitment of a further €15m over the next five years.
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Sonardyne INS for Bibby Offshore
Aberdeen UK based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has acquired two Sonardyne Sprint inertial navigation systems to support ROV operations carried out by its new offshore survey division, Bibby Remote Intervention (BRIL).
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Digital Hydrography on Maritime Web proceedings available
Proceedings of the Digital Hydrography on the Maritime Web conference in Southampton last October organised by The Hydrographic Society UK in association with the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS) are now available in bound copy form.
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NewsOsiris Projects expands fleet
Seabed mapping and coastal survey specialist Osiris Projects of Merseyside UK has added a fifth vessel to its fleet with the addition of the new 14m GRP catamaran, MV Proteus.
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Three channel Lidar system launched
Airborne Hydrography AB (AHAB) of Jonkoping, Sweden, has launched what it claims to be the world’s first three channel Lidar (light detection and ranging) system, Hawkeye III.
