Subsea Services News – Page 72
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NewsTraining launch for shallow water dive system
The launch of a new training programme from Microdive Ltd of Essex UK is set to transform the way people can learn to dive. A fully approved instruction syllabus has been developed that dramatically reduces the amount of time and cost needed for new divers to qualify.
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NewsDownsizing delivers adaptable deep diving ROV
Flexibility has always been an issue with ROVs, but a new deep swimming 3,000m rated unit has been developed to open up a greater range of applications.
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Oceanology International returns to London
London’s ExCel is once more the venue for this year’s biennial Oceanology International event from 9-11 March.
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Admiralty E-Navigator introduced
Introduced in December, Admiralty E-Navigator is the UK Hydrographic Office’s new integrated digital catalogue, product viewer and passage planning aid for organising, updating and consolidating all paper and digital information needed for planning safe voyages while simplifying essential tasks.
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Cheetah catamarans for Dutch and UK customers
Now in its 20th year for construction of specialist power catamarans, Cheetah Marine of Ventnor on the UK’s Isle of Wight reports the commissioning of two new hydrographic survey vessels by Heuvelman Ibis in Delfzijl, Holland, and British Geological Survey (BGS) in Edinburgh.
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NewsNew Fugro survey vessel launched
Fugro Survey’s first new geophysical survey vessel since the early 1980s, ‘Fugro Searcher’, has been launched in readiness for sea trials before beginning service in March.
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ABPmer assesses breakwater performance in Malta
ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has been awarded a contract to assess the performance of proposed breakwaters in the vicinity of Marsaxlokk fishing village on the island of Malta. The fishing village resides at the rear of Marsaxlokk Bay and although it affords some natural protection from the sea, ...
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Dutch Contract for CodaOctopus - by David Goodfellow
Underwater system specialists CodaOctopus of Edinburgh have been awarded a contract for the supply of a further Echoscope 3D real-time imaging sonar.
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NewsMDL upgrades Fanbeam positioning system - by David Goodfellow
Measurement Devices Ltd has upgraded the tracking and data handling capability of its widely used Fanbeam laser positioning system for hydrographic survey, offshore and dredging control applications.
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Hydro 2010 set for Germany - by David Goodfellow
Warnemunde in northern Germany is to be the venue for Hydro 2010, the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 18th biennial European hydrographic conference, held from 2 to 5 November.
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NewsPingers sleep soundly on the seabed
All sorts of agencies and marine service companies are finding a variety of uses for acoustic pingers and pinger receivers.
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NewsTROLling for radiation at Dounreay
Closing down Britain’ s abandoned fast nuclear reactor experiment has meant addressing Dounreay’ s legacy of radioactive particles in the local marine environment.
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NewsRocks around the clock maintain schedule
Liverpool UK based Hughes Sub Surface Engineering Ltd (HSSE) has been providing support for the Rhyl Flats offshore wind farm for some time. This can cover anything from tower climbs to cable plotting and enough ad hoc requests to keep the teams on their toes.
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NewsNew Valeport tide gauge
Instrumentation specialists Valeport of Totnes, Devon UK have launched TideMaster, a new versatile tide gauge designed for both short and long term applications.
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NewsBlack Sea oceanopgraphic atlas
A single volume bilingual oceanographic atlas of the Black Sea and neighbouring Sea of Azov, providing improved information for regional marine economic activities and scientific research, has been published by the Ukraine State Hydrographic Service (SHS) in Kiev.
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Navis extends range of DP sytems
Finland’ s Navis Engineering has extended its range of dynamic positioning systems with the introduction of a new series, NavDP 4000.
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Seazone Solutions for Crossrail and Scotland
SeaZone Solutions, a subsidiary of the UK Hydrographic Office, has provided Crossrail with detailed mapping of the Thames Estuary.
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NewsDivers defy tide in seabed challenge
Founded in 1991, Seawork Marine Services, now based in Fareham on the UK’ s south coast, is involved in wide range of diving projects. Some of them have taken the company inland to the UK’ s waterways, while others have been notable for their scale.
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NewsGermany's WSV order new survey technology
The Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV) in Germany has ordered new survey equipment which will collect data in real-time to give input to live data models predicting the transport of sediments into shipping channels, with the aim of providing safer navigation.
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German orders for Reson systems
The Port of Hamburg, with more than 40km of quaywalls, is one of three German organisations to have just commissioned a Reson SeaBat multibeam system for hydrographic and research applications. It has been supplied by the Danish manufacturer with a new 7101 unit together with SVP 14 and 70 sound ...
