Subsea Services News – Page 87

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    Veripos is a Primary Positioning Provider

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Houston based Veritas Geophysical Company has appointed Veripos of Aberdeen as primary positioning provider for its entire worldwide fleet of seismic survey vessels under a multi-million dollar contract covering a two year period with options for future extension.

  • Hydrex diver technicians prepare for a seal replacement.
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    Specialised Underwater Seal Repairs Go Global

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Antwerp based Hydrex has now launched a new phase in its cooperation with Eagle/Kobelco Marine to do underwater stern tube seal repairs and replacements.

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    Irish Marine Data Website

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Marine Institute of Ireland in Galway has established a new website for scientific data and information on Irish coastal and marine waters (www. marinedataonline. ie).

  • RV Triton, now owned by Gardline Marine Sciences, will be on the quayside at OI 06.
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    Survey Ships Head for OI 06

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    At least six state of the art survey vessels from France, Sweden, Holland and the UK are scheduled to berth at the Royal Victoria Dock alongside the London ExCel Centre at next month''s biennial Oceanology International exhibition and conference from 21 to 23 March. Among them will be RV Triton, ...

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    Hydro Survey Work Wins Prize

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The first ever winner of the new CodaOctopus Prize is Katie Abbott BSc, who won the award for her Marine Geography dissertation which included data acquisition, processing and critical analysis. As part of her Marine Geography degree at Cardiff University, Katie undertook a year''s industrial placement as a hydrographic surveyor ...

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    Royal Opening for WMTC 06

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Duke of Edinburgh is to open the World Maritime Technology Conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on 6 March.

  • DeepOcean and Multraship are continuously enhancing the hydro survey capabilities of Multraship Commander.
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    DeepOcean and Multraship Add Hydro Capability

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The recently merged DeepOcean and Oceanteam Group of companies, now trading as DeepOcean out of Den Helder in the Netherlands, has renewed its arrangement with Multraship Towage & Salvage of Terneuzen for the charter of the latter''s 56.1m LOA vessel ''Multraship Commander''.

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    SA Hydro Society Joins IFHS

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Hydrographic Society of South Africa has joined the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS) which has a worldwide individual and institutional membership in over 60 countries and member organisations in Australasia, Benelux, Denmark and the UK.

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    New Trimble GPS Receiver

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Trimble has introduced a new high-performance modular GPS receiver, the DSM 232, for dynamic real-time positioning at sub-metre and centimetric accuracies. Suitable for dredging as well as harbour and waterway operations, it can be used for positioning over large geographic areas either with or without a base station and external ...

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    CARISKongsberg MoU

    2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Canadian hydrographic software specialists CARIS and Kongsberg Maritime of Norway have signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering collaboration and delivery of CARIS HIPS/SIPS multibeam processing software to existing and prospective Kongsberg clients.

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    Galileo Lift-Off

    2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The first test satellite for the European Union''s Galileo civil navigation system, designed to complement US GPS and Russian Glonass networks, was launched via a Russian Soyuz rocket from Baikonour, Kazakhstan on 28 December.

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    Seminar Hosted by Association of Marine Scientific Industries

    2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Association of Marine Scientific Industries is hosting a seminar on Commercial Opportunities in Marine Science & Technology from Public-Funded Research, at the DTI Conference Centre, Victoria Street, London on Thursday 2 February.

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    UKHO Acquires SevenCs

    2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK Hydrographic Office has acquired SevenCs of Hamburg, a leading European developer and supplier of ECDIS software.

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    AC-CESS Micro ROV Orders

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    AC-CESS has continued its success in selling to international defence markets with the sale of the first AC-ROV to the French Ministry of the Defence after a successful demonstration at the Breast Naval Base. The representatives from the French Navy have asked for a further demonstration to take place at ...

  • Workclass Comanche ROV.
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    6,000m ROV Contract Awarded to Subsea Resources

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    ROV manufacturer Sub-Atlantic Ltd, based in Aberdeen in the UK, has been awarded a contract to deliver a 6,000m depth rated version of its light Workclass Comanche ROV to salvage company Subsea Resources Plc.

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    Atlantas Marine Organise First UK VideoRay Users Conference

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Over 25 owners and operators attended the first UK VideoRay Conference held over two days in Poole, Dorset. The event was organised by UK distributors Atlantas Marine.

  • Seaeye Lynx with manipulator skid.
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    ROVs for Hurricane Hit Gulf

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Hurricane damage and an increased demand for more capable inspection ROVs has led to an urgent order for Seaeye for three systems to be rushed to the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Gloucester UK based Aquadynamic can be towed for rapid mobilisation to any convenient launch site.
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    Early Start for Hydrographic Survey Newbuild

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Demand for Aquatech''s new survey launch Aquadynamic was so great that the vessel was put into service 18 months before its official launch at Oi06 next March.

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    Kongsberg ROV Survey Package

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Kongsberg Maritime in Norway has introduced a new survey package for ROVs, the EM 3002. Comprising a suite of imaging, positioning and communication hardware and software, the company says it is designed for straightforward installation and mobilisation on virtually any ROV for high resolution underwater inspection operations, detailed accurate mapping ...

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    New CARIS Software

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Canadian software specialists CARIS have launched a new suite of products for bathymetric data management, Base Editor 1.0. It enables users to compile, validate and analyse bathymetric data from multiple formats and a variety of sources for 3D visualisation, subset area editing and surface comparison.