iXblue, ECA Group Demo Subsea Asset Tracking to Polish Naval Academy
iXblue and ECA Group reportedly demonstrated successful subsea asset tracking in shallow waters using iXblue Gaps M7 USBL (Ultra Short BaseLine) positioning system and ECA Group new R7 ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle).Hosted by their local partner THESTA, a Polish company providing maritime navigation services and communication systems for the defense sector, the demonstration was organized for the Polish Naval Academy and NAVSUP 2022 attendees with the aim of showing that accurate positioning of underwater targets is possible in a potentially hostile and fast-approaching environment, in coastal
NOAA HSRP Public Meet Webinar set for September 1-2, 2021
Services Review Panel (HSRP) Federal Advisory CommitteeWhen: Sept 1, 2021, 12:45-5:30pm EST; Sept 2, 2021, 1-5:30pm EST (Time/speakers are subject to change)Register: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5627376790601178124The meeting will focus on issues related to hydrographic and navigation services, observations and positioning including topics affecting the NOS’ Office of Coast Survey, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, National Geodetic Survey, and the University of New Hampshire’s and NOAA’s Joint Hydrographic Center (JHC) and Center for
NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel to Meet in Long Beach
[email protected] or 805-893-7107; or panel coordinator, Lynne Mersfelder-Lewis, at [email protected] or 301-713-2702 ext. 199. NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel is a federal advisory committee that advises the NOAA administrator on carrying out the agency’s navigation services mission—to ensure the safe, efficient, and environmentally sound movement of commerce along America’s marine transportation system—and other related missions
New Lineup for NOAA Hydrographic Services Panel
Committee provides advice on agency’s navigation services NOAA administrator Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., has appointed six members to the Hydrographic Services Review Panel, a federal advisory committee that gives NOAA independent advice for improving a range of services and products that support navigation and coastal resilience. New members of the panel are: Larry Atkinson, Ph.D., Slover professor of oceanography, Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia David Maune, senior project manager, Dewberry Company, Fairfax, Virginia
NOAA Orders Newbuild Navigation Response Boats
to eventually replace all six of the program's small survey boats. The combined cost of both 28-foot vessels is $538,200. "All of the navigation response team survey boats are nearing or have exceeded their designed service life," said Russ Proctor, division chief of Coast Survey's Navigation Services Division. "A phased program to replace the navigation response team boats over the next three to five years will help NOAA maintain the program's crucial capacity for inshore surveys and rapid response in emergencies." The navigation response team (NRT) boats, which accommodate
Shipping Industry Convenes for ACCSEAS Conference
. This year’s event includes a wealth of expert speakers and I am confident that this event will be of enormous value to all participants." The conference will also host a series of workshops that will discuss the future of e-navigation training, the future provision of e-navigation services, including the concept of the Maritime Cloud, and the impact of e-navigation on the wider logistics chain. The ACCSEAS Conference is taking place over three days from 4th to 6th March at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is free to attend
MTR100 '13 Zupt LLC
and high operational costs associated with marine construction, dynamic positioning, and deepwater drilling. Zupt is a U.S. based international integrator of surveying and positioning technologies, specializing in the applications of inertial technologies for both onshore and offshore survey and navigation services. Since the development of its underwater metrology system C-PINS in 2008, it has completed a half century of metrologies. The Tech Zupt delivers operationally aware technologies to improve the productivity associated with high cost operations for oil and gas exploration and field development
China Offshore Fugro Geosolutions to Sign New Contract
When the recently signed 10-year extension comes into effect on 23 August 2013, Fugro will enter the fourth decade of the successful joint venture with China Oilfield Services Ltd (COSL). Services provided include precise navigation services, subsea positioning, construction support services and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services. The joint venture, named China Offshore Fugro Geosolutions (COFG) in which Fugro holds 50%, has been operating successfully offshore China since 1983. The joint venture currently has a staff of over 200 and operates 13 ROVs and various advanced positioning
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