AAM Delivers Survey Vessel for NV5-Geodynamics
of this twin-engine hull design is fundamental for Geodynamics’ continuing expansion of their specialized nearshore / mid-shelf hydrographic and geophysical survey operations, the builder said. To reduce survey mobilization costs, the Shackleford is outfitted with fully dedicated and redundant survey systems, including the Kongsberg EM 2040 MKII Multibeam Echosounder that is deployed through the vessel’s moonpool via retractable strut. Dimensional Control (DimCon) surveys utilizing applied metrology techniques orient the Shackleford’s primary IMU / multibeam reference systems, and a network
Vessel Autonomy in Offshore Wind: Scaling up Ops via Tech, Regulation
and stand-by operations with the goals of enhanced safety and alleviating crew fatigue.Going forward, ABS believes the OSW industry will see an increasing number of projects focused on addressing the challenges of autonomous and remote-control functions. Interest is already growing in uncrewed survey systems, seabed analysis and collecting underwater acoustic data. By providing support to industry through certification with Approval In Principle (AIP), and ABS’s Technology Qualification, it paves the way for operators to qualify autonomous systems and their operations to improve their safety
USVs Eye Offshore Wind Opportunities
King. “Once you’ve got those platforms in place you can use them for an awful lot of things,” not least operating in deeper, harsher waters, but also for longer with fewer port Ocean Infinity’s Armada offshore wind operating concept. Image from Ocean Infinity.Phil Hart, Survey Systems Integration Specialist, at Ocean Infinity, says it’s enabling as much acquisition and processing work flow as possible to be done on the vessels, only transmitting small amounts of data for quality control in near real time to validate collected data specification and quality. It&rsquo
Ashtead Technology to Sell NORBIT Subsea Products in Middle East
digital signal processing with products that provide wide coverage monitoring combined with high sensitivity and accuracy.David Mair, Ashtead Technology’s Business Development Director, said: “We are delighted to partner with NORBIT Subsea for the exclusive sale of their multibeam sonar survey systems across the Middle East. These systems are industry-renowned for their exceptional performance, innovation and reliability and are in high demand with our customers."The Middle East is a key growth market for Ashtead Technology and we are excited to be able to broaden our product and service
Seafloor Systems Orders Teledyne RESON’s New SeaBat T51-R
Seafloor Systems is a long-time agent, customer and integrator of Teledyne sonars for a wide array of remote survey applications.John Tamplin, president, Seafloor Systems, Inc., said, “At Seafloor Systems, we strive to provide our customers with the highest quality and most capable hydrographic survey systems in the world, adding the SeaBat T51-R multibeam echosounder to our USV capability, continues this trend.&rdquo
Swathe Services Expands Rental Pool with GeoAcoustics
Swathe Services expanded its equipment rental pool capability with a suite of GeoAcoustics products.“Traditionally we have supported our customers’ survey requirements with pure Hydrographic equipment but with the acquisition of the GeoAcoustics suite of survey systems we can now offer a wider Geophysical support capability," said James Williams, Managing Director, Swathe Services. "There are also plans underway to integrate these systems into both the ‘Inception’ and ‘Accession’ class Unmanned Survey Vessel’s (USV’s) through our sister company
VIDEO Interview: Subsea Europe Services: Driving the ‘Survey System-as-a-Service’ Business Model
point, we need to take autonomy of the platform and autonomy of the sensor system to the next level. So from our perspective, the roadmap to real autonomy will lead from automated platforms and sensor systems to autonomous platforms and sensor systems and then finally only to integrated autonomous survey systems.A step in between will be remote services, which is something we're (and many others are) working on right now. So this is where automated systems are assisted, with an expert sitting in the offices far away from the action, for example. We see clear examples of this with Fugro's office
VIDEO Interview: Steve Hall, Chief Executive, Society for Underwater Technology
of offshore wind, which is now transitioning to being offshore floating wind. In China, I’ve seen the first examples of floating solar, and I think that’s going to end up being a huge industry as well. We’re seeing this massive take-up of autonomy both from things like the offshore survey systems, but also in the defense field. And the other industry which I think is going to be absolutely vast, and we’re just at the very beginnings of it now, is hydrogen. That is going to be massive. Whether it be blue hydrogen, the hydrogen that’s being derived from natural gas, and then
New Survey Boat Launched for South African Navy
to recover sample material from the sea-floor and underlying sub-strata for detailed analytical and testing purposes. The vessel capabilities allow for nearshore shallow water surveys in depths of up to 300m.Training has additionally been provided for the Survey Motor Boat’s multifaceted survey systems.A spokesperson of Veecraft Marine, stated: “Despite the operational challenges presented by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the successful delivery of the first in a fleet of Survey Motor Boats is a testament to the ingenuity and steadfast dedication of our team. This boat is the most advanced
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