Subsea Services News – Page 71
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World Hydrography Day - by David Goodfellow
’Hydrographic Services - The Essential Element for Maritime Trade’ is the theme for this year’s UN-sponsored World Hydrography Day on 21 June.
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NewsSee SMS demonstrate its underwater capabilities at Seawork
UK based Seawork Marine Services (SMS), has been demonstrating its ability to fulfil a wide variety of underwater repair services, from fender work at petrochemical terminals to replacing lock gate sills.
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NewsIn-situ seal replacement avoids drydocking
Belgian based underwater specialists Hydrex came to the rescue of a general cargo vessel recently that was leaking oil, averting the need for the vessel to drydock for repairs.
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NewsDivex take the plunge in diver communication
International diving equipment technology company Divex has launched a communication system for the saturation diver that claims a new benchmark for offshore safety and wellbeing worldwide.
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NewsProtecting underwater cables from ship damage
The Channel Islands Electricity Grid (CIEG) is the first organisation to deploy a new web based Infoterra service called ‘AssetMonitor’ in order to protect its critical power lines between France and the Channel Islands.
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NewsDivers deliver power to remote island monks
Swathe Services of Cornwall in the UK recently undertook the pre-lay survey of a 4km submarine power cable installation between Tenby and Caldey Island in Wales, assisting part of a larger operation to upgrade power supplies to a remote island community of monks in Wales, carried out by Falmouth Divers.
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NewsGardline group gathers offshore wind work
Gardline Hydro (a division of Gardline Geosurvey) has been awarded a geophysical survey contract by RWE npower renewables for the Atlantic Array Offshore Wind Farm site in the Bristol Channel.
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NewsHigh resolution bathymetry model of English Channel
Marine GIS services provider SeaZone took a major step forward towards its aim to create a high resolution and accurate bathymetry model of the UK Continental Shelf by completing the first phase of its Bathymetry Improvement Programme for the northern English Channel between South Foreland and Land’s End.
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NewsSmoothed best estimate of trajectory in Hamburg
Hamburg Port Authority regularly carries out multi-beam echosounder surveys of the harbour and approaches within the limits of the City of Hamburg in order to control its dredging operations, an essential process in ensuring the safety of navigation within its confines.
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NewsNOAA knows best with multibeam order
The National Ocean Service (NOS) of America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded Reson a contract for the delivery of seven Reson SeaBat multibeam sonar systems for hydrographic and research applications
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NewsSonardyne upgrades systems – by David Goodfellow
Underwater system specialist Sonardyne International of Hampshire UK launched what it calls its 6th Generation (6G) product range at last month’s Oceanology International at London’s ExCel, an event which attracted well over 6,000 visitors from nearly 100 countries.
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NCS Survey saipem contract – by David Goodfellow
Aberdeen UK based NCS Survey has been awarded a major contract worth between €2m to €3m by Saipem SpA for pipelay support during the inshore phase of the Nord Stream Pipeline Project, comprising two gas pipelines linking Russia and the EU via the Baltic Sea.
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GEMS and Pelydryn form strategic alliance – by David Goodfellow
Geotechnical Engineering & Marine Surveys (GEMS), which has bases in Belgium, Africa, the Middle East and the UK, has formed a strategic alliance with airborne bathymetric LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) company Pelydryn of Newport, Gwent.
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Pangeo Subsea opens UK base – by David Goodfellow
PanGeo Subsea of Newfoundland, Canada, has extended its European operations with the opening of premises in Aberdeen UK, complementing those in Denmark and Norway.
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Further ECDIS Ltd training partnerships – by David Goodfellow
Chelmsford UK based ECDIS Ltd, the specialist ECDIS training concern which last autumn concluded an agreement with PC Maritime of Plymouth, has extended its services to Sweden following signing of a partnership agreement with Adveto of Stockholm.
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New Magellan GNSS receiver – by David Goodfellow
US global positioning specialists Magellan Navigation, whose European bases are in Moscow and Nantes, France, have developed a new state of the art receiver with patented means to use multiple GNSS constellations for high accuracy positioning and surveying solutions, ProFlex 500.
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Seabeam for new Russian research ship – by David Goodfellow
Under an agreement with Transas Russian Fleet Ltd, L-3 ELAC Nautik of Kiel in Germany is to deliver and install a Seabeam 3020 multibeam sounder aboard a new icebreaking research vessel presently under construction at the Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg for the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology & Environmental ...
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NewsMajor US orders for Reson – by David Goodfellow
Seven hydrographic survey launches operated by the US National Ocean Survey, an agency of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are to be equipped with SeaBat-7125 SV multibeam sonar systems from Denmark’s Reson A/S.
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NewsCarousel innovation aids underwater power link
The recent laying of the first and only power interconnector between the UK and the Netherlands meant a 260km cable connection between the Maasvlakte in Holland and the Isle of Grain in Kent.
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NewsDirty diving brings merciful results
Divers volunteering on board the ''Africa Mercy'', the world’s largest charity hospital ship, plunge into murky, polluted water every week to prevent obstructions from blocking the ship’s seawater intake valves.
