Subsea Services News – Page 74
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NewsFlip flash cards for dive trainees
New ' Flip Flash Cards' developed in Australia look set to help commercial and deep sea divers by providing training for those in the modern world of the International Commercial Diving Industry (ICDI).
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NewsRapid response propeller repair
After a 293m cruise ship started experiencing problems with its rudder recently, its owners asked Hydrex to perform a detailed underwater inspection during the ship’ s stay in the Azores and to design a plan for any possible underwater repairs.
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NewsRovlatis completes trials
Rovlatis, a new ‘ smart’ ROV designed for international marine applications by the University of Limerick’ s Mobile & Marine Robotics Research Centre (MMRC), which was reported in these columns earlier this year, has now completed secondary trials and demonstrations in Limerick Dock attended by investors and prospective partners.
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Teledyne TSS Swedish & Turkish contracts
Teledyne TSS of Watford UK, which recently supplied a further eight of its Meridian gyrocompasses for installation aboard Turkish Coast Guard patrol vessels, reports delivery of a Series 440 pipe and cable tracker to MMB AB of Gothenburg.
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Kongsberg multibeam century
Kongsberg Maritime in Norway has recorded its 100th order for deep water multibeam systems.
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Hydrography & Marine SDI symposium
UK National Hydrographer Rear Admiral Ian Moncrieff will be the Keynote Speaker at a one day symposium on Hydrography & Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure organised by The Hydrographic Society UK’ s Southern Region at Bradfield College, Reading on Tuesday 27 October.
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ABPmer launches new managed realignment reference tool
ABPmer in the UK has launched a new version of its online reference tool OMReG. This widely used reference database, originally published in 2007, provides site specific lessons across a wide range of habitat creation projects. The advice helps all those involved in estuary management and coastal habitat creation.
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Diver delights in tiny sidescan
Adventure diver Ben Burville recently trialled Tritech’ s StarFish sidescan sonar off the UK’ s North East coast. Testing its performance, he scanned the seabed at the wreck site of the cargo ship SS Somali, which sank under German fire in 1941 off Blyth.
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NewsSwedes refurbish shallow water survey boat
Swedish hydro survey operator MMT AB has recently completed a refurbishment project that allows the company to offer coastal high resolution surveys in shallow waters.
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NewsUKHO World Hydrography Day Celebration
The UK Hydrographic Office marked World Hydrography Day on 17 June with a formal reception aboard HQS Wellington, headquarters of the Company of Master Mariners on the River Thames in London. The ceremony was one of many held around the globe to mark the annual UN decreed event commemorating the ...
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Cardiff Bay project for Coastline Surveys
Falmouth UK based Coastline Surveys announced at last month’ s Seawork Exhibition that it has been awarded a second two year contract by Cardiff Harbour Authority for surveys of Europe’ s largest waterfront development, housing what was once the world’ s biggest coal exporting port.
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New Ohmex development
Also featured at Seawork was the HydroLite TM, a new portable wireless hydrographic survey system from Ohmex of Sway, near Southampton. Easily assembled and dismantled, it was originally developed for US Army Tactical Dive teams, which are currently operating around 60 units.
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Fugro to acquire Tenix LADS
Tenix LADS, the Australian global supplier of airborne hydrographic services using laser technology to measure water depths, is to be acquired by the Dutch survey combine, Fugro, in a deal expected to be completed this autumn. It will be renamed Fugro LADS and will be part of Fugro’ s Offshore ...
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NewsNew ROVs enhance underwater inspections
Two new compact and lighter ROVs are now available from JW Fishers. The SeaOtter-2 and SeaLion-2 are the next generation of the popular SeaOtter and SeaLion systems.
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NewsUMC offer new underwater stern seal afloat maintenance service
Underwater afloat ship repair and maintenance specialists UMC recently extended its range of services in the commercial, offshore and naval shipping markets by introducing an underwater stern seal replacement and repair service that avoids the need for ships to dry dock.
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NewsHydrex repair saves cargo ship expense
Antwerp based Hydrex Underwater Technology was called upon to help when a 157m general cargo ship ran into trouble when it scraped the rocky bottom of the River Congo.
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NewsTraining launched for emergency dive system
A low cost training course has been launched by Mini B systems that gives seafarers and marine workers the ability to access the underside of their vessel in an emergency.
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NewsNorwegian contract for MMT
Marin Mä tteknik AB (MMT) of Gothenburg has been awarded this year’ s Mareano survey contract covering bathymetric data acquisition and processing over an area of almost 5,000 sq/km of Norway’ s coastal and ocean regions.
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Seawork Coastal & Ports Surveying Conference
The latest developments in coastal and port hydrography are the subject of a one day conference during this year’ s Seawork event in Southampton, on Thursday 18 June. Proceedings are jointly sponsored by The Hydrographic Society UK, The Society for Underwater Technology and the UK Harbour Masters Association, all of ...
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New charting deals
Kelvin Hughes, the UK’ s largest Admiralty Chart Agent as well as a leading manufacturer of navaids, has been appointed by the Japanese Hydrographic Association as official distributor for all Japanese W Series paper charts, sailing directions and special publications issued by the Japanese Coast Guard.
