Subsea Services News – Page 98
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NewsDivers Deliver Underwater Repairs
Underwater ship maintenance specialists UMC International''s Plymouth UK team has carried out a diagnostic underwater inspection of a reefer ship during a call to the Torbay anchorage. The ship was experiencing vibration and the owners wanted to know why.
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NewsMobdocks Beat Drydock for Thruster Repair
Antwerp based underwater contractors Hydrex won the SMM/Lloyds List 2002 Award for ''Innovation in Naval Shipbuilding and Marine Technology'' last autumn in Hamburg. A significant factor in their victory was the innovative double-Mobdock system, which has again been deployed to repair a container vessel while it was in port loading ...
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Multibeam Proceedings
Of likely interest to shallow water surveying enthusiasts are proceedings of a Hydrographic Society Southern Region multibeam workshop in Reading last November, attended by over 100 specialists from all sectors of industry.
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NewsVT TSS Launches New Pipe Tracker
VT TSS has developed a new TSS 440 pipe and cable tracker with a claimed tracking range of up to 50% more than its predecessor, the TSS 340.
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New Simrad Navaid
Simrad has introduced its GN33 B/W GPS Chart Navigator suitable for all sizes and types of commercial, fishing and coastal vessels. The company says it is the first GPS Navigator with an integral chart plotter to be accorded Wheel Mark approval by the German Maritime & Hydrographic Agency (BSH).
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Sakhalin Shallow Water Surveys
Romona Geosolutions, a joint venture offshoot of Chessington-based Thales GeoSolutions and its Russian partner, J/S Romona, reports successful completion of major shallow water bathymetric surveys off Sakhalin Island, adjacent to the Lunskoye oil field.
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U-Tows For China
WS EnviroTech of Selborne, Hampshire has delivered an advanced version of its U-Tow Mk 3 undulating marine data-gathering vehicle to the Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey in China following a delivery of two earlier systems to the Chinese State Oceanographic Administration (CSOA).
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News'Prince Madog' Available for Charter
RV Prince Madog, the Dutchbuilt research ship jointly operated by VT Ocean Sciences and the University of Wales'' School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor, is available for charter during this spring and summer for commercial survey, research and leisure use.
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Underwater GPS For Hire
Leading equipment distributor MK Services of Leighton Buzzard has acquired a proprietary GIB (GPS Intelligent Buoy) system from French company, Advanced Concept & System Architecture (ACSA), following successful trials of a unit in Weymouth last October.
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New Multiple Subsea Application ROV Series From Thales
Thales GeoSolutions of Chessington has developed what it calls new-generation ROV''s designed for multiple subsea applications from high-end survey work to drill rig support, the G3 series.
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Free ENC Trial for Three Months
Primar Stavanger, the international electronic navigational chart (ENC) co-ordinating centre operated by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service, is offering a free trial for vessels considering joining its service.
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French Order for Seismic Integrated Positioning System
French seismic survey company CGG has acquired three SIPS 2 seismic integrated positioning systems from Yateley-based Sonardyne International for real-time positioning of streamers in support of high-resolution 3D surveys aboard its vessels Mistral, Fohn and Harmattan.
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Completion of Seven-year Irish Deep-water Survey
The Geological Survey of Ireland in Dublin reports completion of the deep-water section of its seven-year Euro 32m National Seabed Survey project aimed at mapping an offshore area ten times larger than Ireland itself.
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Thales Re-brands Products
California-based Thales Navigation has consolidated all its professional GPS products, including the Ashtech series of systems, under its own name by way of streamlining worldwide marketing operations including those in Europe.
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Divers Undertake Repairs on Historic Weir on the River Avon
Techniques more usually used on the ocean floor are currently being applied by British Waterways'' contractor Seastructures Ltd to repair an historic weir on the River Avon at Keynsham near Bristol, which forms part of the Kennet and Avon Canal.
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NewsNew Low-cost Sidescan Sonar European Demos
Destined for demonstrations throughout Europe early in the new year is a new compact low-cost portable sidescan sonar from Marine Sonic Technology (MSTL) of Virginia, the Centurion Sea Scan. Designed for search and recovery operations, it can be operational within minutes and needs only a 12V DC power source.
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Free Trimble GPS CD
Trimble Navigation in the US is offering a free interactive multimedia CD featuring its latest GPS-based marine survey and construction systems.
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UKHO Contract Awarded to LSC Group
LSC Group of Tamworth has been awarded an innovative and high profile contract by the UK Hydrographic Office for digitisation of its archive of navigational data, including software development, scanning, meta-data capture and geo-referencing as part of a proposed state-of-the-art archive repositry at its Taunton base which will be open ...
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NewsCall for Reform at Hydro 2002
Nothing less than a total reform of the inter-governmental International Hydrographic Organization in Monaco is necessary for continued advancement of the hydrographic industry if it is to meet its obligations enshrined in the recently revised Chapter V of the Annex to Solas, said Dr Peter Ehlers in a hard-hitting keynote ...
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Aquatonics Limited Announces Results of Research Effort
Aquatonics Ltd in the UK, a company that has been researching the use of clean dredged clays for removing metals from mine waters and industrial effluents, has released details of the results of its work.
