Subsea Services News – Page 86
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NewsWROV Boosts Underwater Capabilities
Dutch subsea contractor Noordhoek Offshore BV has taken delivery of a light workclass ROV (WROV) to complement its existing fleet of inspection class ROVs. The new Seaeye Panther Plus, which will enable Noordhoek to provide a broader range of services to the market, has gone straight to work on its ...
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NewsVideoRay in Starring Role at Seawork
Atlantas Marine returns to Seawork and can be found on Stand 114 where, amongst other things, it will be showing the VideoRay Micro ROV which HRH The Duke of Edinburgh used to open the recent World Maritime Technology Conference (WMTC 2006) over the internet. By streaming live ''control and video'' ...
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NewsFlexible Mobdocks Make Their Mark
For years cofferdams have needed to be large metallic structures that make a watertight fit to the hull of a vessel in order to seal out water from the area being repaired.
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Gardline Expands Survey Fleet
Gardline Shipping of Great Yarmouth, parent organisation of the world''s largest independently owned survey company, Gardline Marine Sciences, has expanded its fleet of eight multi-role survey vessels with the acquisition of MV Confidante, formerly under charter to the British Royal Navy on behalf of the Marine & Coastguard Agency.
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NewsThales Upgrades Positioning Systems
Thales Navigation has upgraded its marine survey Aquarius, Sagitta and 3011 GPS compass satellite navigation and positioning systems with the introduction of a new back-up feature. With it, marine, dredging and survey organisations can now acquire clear, accurate and reliable positioning results with increased flexibility without any interruptions due to ...
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New Survey Handbooks
London based Clarkson Research Services has published an updated sixth edition of its Survey Vessels of the World register detailing 153 coastal and deepwater hydrographic survey vessels, 174 for seismic survey and 282 for deep ocean research.
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NewsPower Cable Survey for Rathlin Island
Environmental engineers Metoc plc has been appointed by Northern Ireland Electricity (Powerteam) (NIE) as marine consultants for a proposed submarine power cable connection between Rathlin Island and County Antrim in Northern Ireland. The cable length will be between 11 and 17km subject to final route selection by NIE and approval ...
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Hydro 06 Programme Announced
Over 30 papers and more than 20 poster sessions are due to be presented by leading experts from 19 countries at the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies'' (IFHS) 15th biennial international symposium in Antwerp from 6 to 9 November. Proceedings are being supported by an exhibition of equipment and services ...
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News'Diver Change' Anodes Simplify Replacement
An FPSO conversion underway at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore will be protected against hull corrosion using a Cathelco C-Shield ICCP system incorporating the latest ''diver change'' anodes. The Capixaba is being converted from a VLLC tanker and will eventually be operated by Single Buoy Moorings in an oilfield off ...
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Big Contract for Young Company
The Aberdeen based specialist marine and subsea services provider TSMarine (Contracting) Ltd has won a contract worth up to £ 6.5m only 18 months after forming. The contract with SubSea Resources Plc will see TSMarine provide deepwater salvage support from its vessel MV Geomaster.
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NewsNearshore AUV Unveiled at OI06
The Talisman autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), which was a focal point of the recent Oceanology International (OI 06) exhibition in London, is equipped with thrusters supplied by Fareham UK based Seaeye Marine.
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NewsOI06 Launch for Diver Inspection System
Kongsberg Maritime introduced a new integrated diver deployed underwater inspection system at the recent Oceanology International (OI06) exhibition.
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World Hydrography Day Set for June
Wednesday 21 June will mark the inaugural annual World Hydrography Day as a result of a resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly in New York last November under its Oceans & Law of the Sea agenda.
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NewsUKHO-JHA Accord
The UK Hydrographic Office has signed a collaboration agreement with the Japanese Hydrographic Association under which Admiralty customers will now have access to over 600 new electronic navigational charts of Japanese waters as well as the Malacca Strait.
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IMCA Updates Multibeam Guidelines
The Offshore Survey Division of the International Marine Contractors Association has revised its guidelines on The Use of Multibeam Echosounders for Offshore Survey (IMCA S 003 Rev.1).
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RoxAnn System Upgraded
Seabed mapping specialists Sonavision of Aberdeen have re-designed their RoxAnn system with introduction of a smaller and lighter version, the GD-A. It can be powered using a USB connection from a computer, although a 5 volt DC laptop supply unit is also included.
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Glasgow Harbour Surveys
Clydeside Survey reports successful completion of extensive bathymetric surveys of Glasgow Harbour over distances of around 2.5km and in waters where visibility was less than 20cm. Aside from the effects of deformation, a number of construction cracks and rungs of disused ladders were identified.
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NewsHalcrow Assesses Coastal Erosion Risk
Halcrow in the UK is close to completing a study for DEFRA to develop a procedure to provide coastal authorities with the means to better understand, appraise and quantify the coastal erosion risks they are obligated to manage.
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Hydrography Manual
The International Hydrographic Organisation in Monaco has announced that a chapter by chapter English language version of its new definitive Manual on Hydrography (Publication M-13) can now be downloaded for free from its website (www. iho. shom. fr or www. iho. int).
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New TSS Products and Orders
Also at Oi06, TSS International of Watford announced the largest ever single order for its Meridian subsea gyros with the commissioning of 23 units by Oceaneering International of Houston for ROV applications.
