IMCA Revises Multibeam Echosounds Guidelines
‘Guidelines for the Use of Multibeam Echosounders for Offshore Surveys’ (IMCA S 003 Rev 2) has been extensively revised by members of the International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) Offshore Survey Division Management Committee, to bring it up-to-date with current technology and practice, and is now available for downloading free of charge for members and non-members alike from the IMCA website. “The growth in the use of multibeam echosounders (MBES) in the past two decades has been in part due to the ability of these instruments to cover wide swathes of the
IMCA Publishes Introduction to Inertial Navigation
inertial navigation technology used offshore. The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published ‘An Introduction to Inertial Navigation Systems’ (IMCA S 022) produced for the association by Gordon Johnson under the direction of the IMCA Offshore Survey Division Management Committee. Jane Bugler, IMCA’s Technical Director explained, “This new document provides a broad overview of INS technology currently in use in surface and subsurface positioning solutions, giving a general overview of the technologies, the applications and a
IMCA to Hold ROV Training at Oceanology International
International itself at www.oceanologyinternational.com (entrance to the South Gallery Rooms is through the exhibition). IMCA at the OI 2014 Conference IMCA’s Technical Adviser Offshore Survey and Safety, Nick Hough will be giving a technical overview ‘The IMCA Offshore Survey Division Management Committee – A Brief Work Programme Update’ in the OI conference on Underwater Positioning and Metrology on Tuesday 11 March, which in the morning session embraces a series of presentations on the theme of project specific applications of underwater positioning and measurement
IMCA Publishes Peripheral Survey Sensors Guidelines
The newly published "Guidelines for the management of peripheral survey sensors" (IMCA S 021) has been developed under the direction of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Offshore Survey Division management committee. Since the 1970s technology has been developed and applied in the offshore surveying industry to provide better and improved accuracy, quality, reliability and resolution of data and results. The current use and application of the various core technologies and the developments in related peripheral devices require users to maintain an understanding of
August 2025
