Subsea Services News – Page 63
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NewsTen more Falcons fly away to Russia
Ten more Saab Seaeye Falcon ROVs have been ordered by Russia’s JSC Tetis Pro, bringing the total sold into the Russian Federation to 24, and more are planned.
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NewsPowering up for Seafloor Production
ABB’s UK marine services business has won an order to supply transformers and switchgear for one of the world’s first commercial deep sea mining projects.
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NewsHydro12 Call for Papers
Abstracts of papers for presentation at the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 17th European conference in Rotterdam from 13-15 November 2012 are invited by the organisers, Hydrographic Society Benelux.
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NewsUpgrade for inshore data collection
Hampshire UK based OSIL is offering a new upgrade to its MiniBAT underwater towbody system by fitting a custom built splash-proof housing for the electronic controls.
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NewsFull Operational Capability for CDLSE
The Clearance Divers Life Support Equipment (CDLSE) entered into Full Operational Capability (FOC) with the UK Royal Navy recently.
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NewsClear as a bell despite local interference
The demonstration of a novel undersea marking device went well despite the best attempts of the local sailors.
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NewsFinding boxes lost from Rena wreck
A multibeam sonar is being used to good effect by hydrographic surveyors at the grounding site of the 236m cargo vessel MV Rena on the Astrolabe Reef off the coast of New Zealand.
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Online ECDIS training
Ahead of new IMO ECDIS requirements next year, Hamburg based Safebridge says it will shortly introduce the first release of its new online courseware for type-specific training.
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NewsMeercat hits the road to Norway again
Portsmouth UK based steel workboat builder Meercat Workboats Ltd has signed a contract to supply a new Meercat RT15 to Norwegian contractors, ØPD Solutions AS.
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Sonardyne extends transponder range
Sonardyne of Yateley, Hampshire UK has launched the sixth generation of its best selling acoustic positioning transponder, the Wideband Sub Mini 6 (WSM6).
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US Albanian surveys
Hydrographic surveys of Durres harbour and its approaches in the Adriatic Sea, Albania, are presently being completed by a US Navy Fleet Survey Team (FST) under arrangements with the Albanian government.
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UKHO sells SevenCs & ChartWorld
The UK Hydrographic Office has sold SevenCs and its subsidiary, ChartWorld, to Dutch-Belgian-Trading GmbH (DBT), the maritime trading and investment company in Hamburg.
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News€2.3m Norwegian contract for Fugro OSAE
Fugro OSAE of Bremen, Germany has been awarded a €2.3m contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) for surveys of a 12,000 sq/km area of the Barents Sea in the northern-most part of Norway, close to the Russian border.
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Russia completes GLONASS constellation
Russia’s GLONASS satellite navigation system now has a full orbital constellation of 24 satellites following successful launch of the final unit from the Plesetsk spaceport at the beginning of October.
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Norwegian ENC distribution agreement
Navtor, a newly established Norwegian e-navigation company based in Egersund near Stavanger, has signed a distribution agreement with the Norwegian Hydrographic Service’s Primar organisation for supply of its official electronic nautical charts (ENCs).
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New Teledyne TSS motion sensors
Watford UK based Teledyne TSS, whose Meridian Standard and Surveyor gyrocompasses have recently been type approved by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, has launched a new range of motion sensors, the DMS-500 series.
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NewsSubsea trials and testing boom
The Underwater Centre in Scotland has seen a 100% increase in companies using its trials and testing facilities this year.
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NewsSunken Guinness ship detected
High resolution images of W M Barkley, the first Guiness merchant vessel, which was sunk by a German torpedo seven miles off the coast of Dublin in 1917, have been revealed.
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NewsUnderwater works avoid Algeciras drydocking
To save time and money for the owners of a 270m container vessel that was leaking oil, a Hydrex diver/technician team replaced four stern tube seals on site, using one of Hydrex’s flexible mobdocks.
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Calibration-free acoustic positioning
CSA International Inc, an environmental survey company working in the Gulf of Mexico, is the first organisation to purchase the new GyroUSBL calibration-free acoustic positioning system from Sonardyne International of Hampshire UK.
