Sercel has added SeaPro Design, a new marine survey design software module, to extend the range of capabilities available in SeaPro Nav Suite, its proven marine navigation software portfolio. SeaPro Design is a highly versatile tool for generating everything from simple geometry to complex designs f
The Oregon Department of Land Conservation (ODLC) is planning an amendment to the Oregon Territorial Sea Plan, which will include specification of areas for development of marine renewable energy. So far, the proposed sites include offshore areas of Langlois, Gold Beach, Lakeside, Reedsport, Waldpor
The National Oceanography Center was established on Friday in Xiamen, reports China Daily. The center will speed up the development of the region’s marine technology. It was set up as a joint project by the State Oceanic Administration, the Ministry of Education, the Fujian provincial government, an
Symbiotics Ltd, leading international specialists in human performance assessment and training solutions, has been selected to design and deliver a bespoke training course to operation and maintenance personnel in offshore early warning monitoring and detection systems, to be utilised at various off
Pemamek Ltd delivered highly advanced Column & Booms to Technip in Norway the leading subsea engineering contractor on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Technip is specialised in producing oil and gas pipelines onshore, then for later to reel these lines on a reeling vessel. All pipes are delivered i
The Scottish Government has submitted proposals to the EU that include plans for Europe’s largest marine area of nature conservation in waters west of Scotland. The designation of Hatton Bank as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), located approximately 500 km west of Lewis, would cover an area of
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh publicly unveiled the £19m facility, which contains the country’s most sophisticated wave tank testing facilities, and a state-of-the-art ship simulator used to train the next generation of mariner at the University of Plymouth. The Duke was also awarded an Honorary Doctora
Turner Designs’ new Cyclops Integrator enables easy system integration of the popular Cyclops Submersible Fluorometers and Turbidimeter into AUVs, gliders, floats and other platforms. One, two, or three optical sensors with configurations ranging from deep UV to IR along with the Cyclops Integrator
A series of reports on activities in and around English seas are published by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The four new commissioned publications are part of the MMO’s work to identify and fill gaps in knowledge that marine planners, regulators and users currently face. The reports make
Scott Hiller, Houston Manager and Geophysicist with TerraSond Limited will be speaking on New Technologies For Locating Subsea Cables at the Subsea Survey IRM Conference Tuesday, November 5th, 2012 in Galveston, Texas. “The practice of locating subsea cables, especially those not containing ferrous/
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report (“Marine Power (Wave and Tidal) – Installed Capacity, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Profiles of Technology Developers and Key Country Analysis to 2030”) by GlobalData is available in its catalogue. “Marine Power (Wave and Tidal) – Insta
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report “Global and China Marine (Offshore) Engineering Industry Report, 2012” is available in its catalogue. The shipbuilding industry has been sluggish since H2 2011. In contrast, the offshore engineering industry is in a much better condition.
Further to the Company’s release on 11 June 2012, the Board of Thalassa announced the successful completion by WGP Survey Ltd (“WGPS”) of the seismic data acquisition survey on the Norwegian Continental Shelf for Spring Energy Norway AS (“Spring Energy”). The completion of the Contract, which compri
Around the globe, mariners and navies alike have long observed and included weather and sea states in navigational planning when plotting course or developing military strategy. And although forecasting had become an integral function by the start of the 20th century, these predictions were often cr
