Subsea Services News – Page 76
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Teledyne acquires Odom Hydrographic Systems
Teledyne Technologies in the US, which last year bought TSS’ s inertial sensing systems business in Watford UK, has been on the takeover trail again with news that it has acquired Odom Hydrographic Systems of Baton Rouge, Louisiana for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsTritech launches low cost sonar
A plug and play hull mounted towfish sidescan sonar less than 15 inches in length and costing just £ 1,699 has been launched by Tritech International of Aberdeen UK.
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Partners sought for Irish ROV development
Prospective partners are sought for continuing refinement and development of Rovlatis, a new generation ''smart'' ROV constructed for international marine applications by the University of Limerick''s Mobile & Marine Robotics Research Centre (MMRC).
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Damen Dredging - Trimble OEM agreement
Damen Dredging Equipment of Nijkerk in the Netherlands and Trimble Europe have signed an OEM agreement under which the Dutch company will fit Trimble positioning systems to its standard range of cutter suction dredgers and associated instrumentation and automation products.
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NewsGIS solutions for Marine Bill requirements
Marine geographic information solutions provider SeaZone is offering a ready made information solution to help organisations affected by the UK government''s Marine and Coastal Access Bill.
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NewsDigital mapping for Marine Protected Area planning
ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer) has been awarded a major contract to develop digital mapping / spatial information layers that will help identify Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) in UK waters.
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News'MV Norma' dive incident report published
The UK''s Marine Accident and Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a report into the incident that took place last year off of the MV Norma whilst a diver was trying to replace a line beneath the vessel.
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NewsUnderwater tracking for Swedish Coastguard
The Swedish Coastguard has recently awarded Applied Acoustic Engineering a contract for two Easytrak Portable subsea tracking systems through its partner CA Clase AB of Göteborg.
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NewsREDS on the seabeds with wind farm support
Rugby UK based Reach Engineering & Diving Services Ltd (REDS) has undertaken the diving support works on the Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Wales.
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NewsSaab put the bite into Bollywood
When the Bollywood movie, ''Luck'', was filmed in South Africa, a Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV was strapped beneath a giant 4.2 metre long latex and polyurethane replica of a tiger shark, then sent to eat luckless victims trying to escape a sinking container. All in the name of nail-biting movie ...
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NewsEMGS launches world's first EM survey vessel
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) of Trondheim, Norway has launched the world''s first purpose built EM survey vessel, Boa Thalassa to enhance its global hydrocarbon exploration activities.
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Cheetah Catamaran for Clydeside Surveys
Specialist catamaran builder Cheetah Marine of Ventnor on the Isle of Wight has delivered another of its 7.9m models to an operator in Scotland. The newbuild incorporates Cheetah''s proprietary Hydropod survey mount moonpool system together with a Reson Seabat 7125 multibeam sounder and a CodaOctopus 185R motion sensor.
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Record number of North Sea licenses awarded
Medium term prospects for seismic surveys and drilling offshore Europe still appear to be good following recent award of a record 171 new exploration licenses in the North Sea by the UK government.
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Offshore Survey 09
Organisers Intelligent Exhibitions say there is still time to register for their two day technical conference, being held as part of Ocean Business 2009, on 1 and 2 April at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton UK.
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ECOTERRES team wins contract to treat contaminated spoil
The Walloon Minister of Port Infrastructure in Belgium has confirmed that, following a European tender, a contract has been awarded to Ecoterres SA for the treatment of 285,000 m³ of contaminated silt per annum from waterways in the Walloon region over a four year period.
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NewsKey role for ABPmer in Wallasea Island project
ABP Marine Environmental Research Limited (ABPmer) has played a lead role in the Environmental Impact Assessment and Planning Application submission work for the RSPB’ s Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project in the UK.
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NewsUKHO Chinese agreement
The UK Hydrographic Office has signed a new bilateral agreement with China’ s Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) under which it is to distribute all 257 Electronic Nautical Chart (ENC) cells covering Chinese domestic waters via its Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS).
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Caris survey software for Italy and the UK
The Italian Hydrographic Institute in Genoa, the official nautical charting agency of the Italian Navy since 1872, has selected CARIS HIPS and SIPS geospatial software for processing of all its survey data. Applications will cover a workflow ranging from processing information, management of bathymetric and hydrographic data and charting to ...
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New Fugro GNSS positioning service
Fugro in the Netherlands is to launch G2 on 1 February, a new satellite based precise positioning service combining data from both the US GPS constellation and the Russian Glonass network for what it says will be composite position solutions.
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IFHS elects new chairman
William Heaps, Assistant Marine Advisor & Hydrographic Manager of Associated British Ports (ABP), has been elected chairman of the six member International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS) in succession to Commander Paul Hornsby of the Royal Australian Navy. Also elected, as Vice-Chairman, is Aubrey Price, President of The Hydrographic Society ...
