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Kongsberg's DP Digital Survey App Gets Bureau Veritas Approval

;The benefits of the DPDS application to vessel owners are numerous,” says Egil Haugsdal, President, Kongsberg Maritime. “The digital survey tool enables substantial savings to be made because far less time needs to be spent off-hire, and it obviously removes the requirement to cover travel expenses for surveyors. It can also improve crew competence, simplifying DP Annual trials and making the approval process far more efficient and straightforward.“Furthermore, as the application is essentially an add-on to our existing K-IMS application suite, it’s easy for vessels to integrate

Each year, the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) sponsors the Rhodes Academy Submarine Cables Writing Award for a deserving paper addressing submarine cables and their relationship with the law of the sea.

Submarine Cables Writing Award

and the ICPC is proud to support the program. For more information about the Rhodes Academy (including application procedures), visit: https://colp.virginia.edu/Rhodesacademy.The AwardThe award winner will receive either guaranteed admission and a full scholarship (covering the attendance fee, travel expenses, and shared hotel room) to the 2019 Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy, or for a graduate of the Rhodes Academy from a prior year, the winning recipient will receive a cash award of £4,500. The winner will also be invited to speak at the ICPC Plenary meeting in 2020.Eligibility and

MATE At-Sea Internship Opportunity

to support science projects ranging from chemical oceanography, marine biology, GIS/bathymetric surveys (seafloor mapping), geological studies, work with ROVs and much more! The position will last approximately six months and the intern will receive a stipend of $500 per week, plus reimbursement for travel expenses and housing - mostly aboard one of the research vessels. Many successful internships result in a full-time job offer within the UNOLS fleet.For more information on marine technicians and the work that they do please see: www.marinetech.org/files/marine/files/Workforce/KSG.OITfinal.9.10.10lr

The MTS/IEEE OCEANS’17 Aberdeen Student Poster Competition (SPC) award winners, from left to right: Faye Campbell (Conference LOC SPC Chair), Bilal Wehbe (Second Place), Klemen Istenic (First Place), Habib Mirhedayati Rouds (Third Place), and Dr. Philippe Courmontagne (IEEE OES SPC Chair). (Photo courtesy IEEE OES)

60th OCEANS Conference Held in Aberdeen

Istenic from the University of Girona (First Place), Bilal Wehbe from the DFKI Robotics Innovation Center (Second Place) and Habib Mirhedayati Rouds from Dalhousie University (Third Place). The winners of the SPC receive $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000 prizes, respectively, and all 20 competitors’ travel expenses are paid for with funding from competition sponsors U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR), MTS and OES.  

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Help Build the "Space Station of the Sea"

name posted on the website. •     €55 euros Your name will be engraved in the Eye of the SeaOrbiter, your name on the website and receive a SeaOrbiter sewing patch. •     €15,000 euros Invitation for two to the Opening of the SeaOrbiter. (excluding travel expenses) www.kisskissbankbank.com www.seaorbiter.com   (As published in the November/December 2013 edition of Marine Technology Reporter - www.seadiscovery.com

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Capital Campaign Launched for International Oceanic Station

+ your name posted on the website. • €55 euros (about $74): Your name will be engraved in the Eye of the SeaOrbiter, your name on the website and receive a SeaOrbiter sewing patch • €15,000 euros (about $20,140): Invitation for two to the Opening of the SeaOrbiter. (excluding travel expenses) The SeaOrbiter is the culmination of 30 years of innovative research and the work of sea architect Jacques Rougerie, who bases his research and the structures he builds on a bionic architecture inspired by marine forms and a concern for sustainable development. This visionary architect

A previous intern at work: Photo courtesy of MATE

MATE Center Offers At-Sea Technical Internships

but previous interns have worked on projects ranging from chemical oceanography, marine biology, GIS/bathymetric surveys (seafloor mapping), geological studies, work with ROVs and much more! The position will last 6 months, and students will receive a stipend of $500 per week, reimbursement for travel expenses, and on station housing while ashore. More information & application available at: http://www.marinetech.org/internships/

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