NORBIT Boosts Hydrographic Support Capability in APAC
NORBIT welcomes onboard Tan Hean Chee, Jerry in the position of the Hydrographic Surveyor responsible for supporting APAC Partners and Clients. He is based in Malaysia and served over 14 years with the Royal Malaysian Navy as a Cat. A Hydrographer. He has since furthered his offshore experience working in the subsea industry with various Clients, including Penang Port as the Port Hydrographer. In his constant effort to diversify his skills and experiences, he was awarded a Master of Business Administration in 2022.
NORBIT Subsea Upgrades WINGHEAD i77h and i79h
NORBIT Subsea announced its WINGHEAD i77h and i79h multibeam sonars have been successfully integrated with the next generation aided inertial navigation system developed by Applanix.This collaboration brings together cutting-edge technology to provide industry-leading performance and accuracy in underwater mapping and navigation.NORBIT Subsea offers two series of multibeam sonar/echo sounder products. The WINGHEAD series provides ultra high resolution bathymetry and imaging, while the WBMS series offers leading resolution in a compact, low power platform.The WINGHEAD series is based on NORBIT’s
Equinor and Kongsberg Digital Team Up to Enhance Offshore Skills and Environmental Protection
, prevent offshore incidents, and perform holistic crisis management in advanced offshore operations.Keyto this collaboration is the deployment of four K-Sim Offshore simulators delivered by Kongsberg Digital. These will be integrated with KONGSBERG’s K-Pos Dynamic Positioning systems and NORBIT’s pioneering Oil Spill Detection system, Aptomar. According to Kongsberg Digital, the tailored configuration will not only enable offshore procedure training for offshore personnel, but also environmental conservation drills, oil spill detection and recovery simulations, and all-encompassing
OET Testing New ROV Cameras for 3D Model Making
; dual-body ROV system consisting of the main ROV Hercules and the towsled Atalanta will be the main focus of the expedition. During each ROV seafloor survey, OET will collect high-resolution (<1 centimeter) visual and acoustic data over the seafloor using a new widefield camera array system and Norbit wideband multibeam sonar. The widefield camera array was co-developed by the Ocean Exploration Trust and Sexton Corporation with funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR). A customized software package for the Norbit sonar was recently developed by Corps of Exploration Navigator Dr. Kristopher
NORBIT Acquires Ping DSP
NORBIT announces an add-on acquisition of the Canadian maritime technology company PING DSP. The acquisition will broaden the product offering in the Oceans segment.“With the target company having developed an interferometric side scan sonar technology, complementary to NORBIT’s current portfolio, this acquisition supports our strategy to broaden product offering in the Oceans domain by capitalizing on our global sales and distribution platform,” said Per Jørgen Weisethaunet, CEO of NORBIT.Known for producing some of the world’s most advanced interferometric sidescan
Port of London Launches Fully-electric Survey Vessel
platform, manufactured by Maritime Robotics, was acquired by the partners, following a successful bid and award of an £263,000 grant from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).The vessel features the most advanced sonar and scanning system from technology manufacturer NORBIT, called a WINGHEAD. This facilitates unparalleled collection of data to create detailed maps of the riverbed, and structures, such as bridges, jetties and shipwrecks that need to be surveyed and inspected to ensure accurate information for safety of navigation or maintenance.The platform will facilitate
DeepOcean Deploys Its First Autonomous Drone for Inspection of Offshore Structures
and data collection.The AID measures 1.25 x 0.85 x 0.77 meters and weighs 320 kilograms in air and can operate in water depths down to 3,000 meters.The inertial navigation system selected from Sonardyne is the Sprint Navigator mini 4K. Live imaging sonar with obstacle tracking and avoidance is from the Norbit WBMS FLS.“We look forward to proving that the AID allows autonomous surveys to be carried out, enabling us to collect data in a smarter way, and gain better support for comparisons and changes over time on subsea equipment. Irrespective of the AID launch platform, we believe that the combination
NORBIT Subsea Launches 'Revolutionary' Stabilised Multibeam Sonar System
NORBIT Subsea has launched its latest fully active stabilized multibeam sonar system. Building on the WBMS platform, the new “iWBMSh Stabilised” system was launched at the NORBIT Subsea Global Partner Day event held in Southampton, UK prior to Ocean Business 2023 exhibition, the company said.The system provides active Roll, Pitch, and Yaw Stabilization as well as Dual Swath capability, and, according to NORBIT Subsea, brings next-generational functionality and capability in a very small compact lightweight form factor. During the product launch presentation, both Seabed BV
NORBIT Launches a New WBMS Family Member: iWBMS Ekinox
NORBIT in partnership with French innovators SBG Systems have launched a new addition to its wideband multibeam sonar (WBMS) family.According to NORBIT, the new iWBMS Ekinox has been designed to deliver greater choice for its increasing global customer base and has already been sold to several different countries.The all-in-one tightly integrated broadband multibeam turnkey solution offers high resolution bathymetry over a wide swath. The high-end sonar with SBG Ekinox GNSS/INS embedded into the unit ensures fast and reliable mobilization and highest quality sounding for surveys in all conditions
February 2024
