How Integration Can Optimize ASV Operations
Kongsberg Maritime Ltd is teaming up with ASV Global at Ocean Business 2017 to demonstrate how the deep integration of sophisticated Kongsberg survey, communication and positioning technology is vital to leveraging the power of a new generation of advanced Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV). In addition to on-water demonstrations, Kongsberg is also planning a booth packed with new technology at Ocean Business, based on the theme of ‘Delivering data from the seabed to your office’. Alongside the first showing at a UK event of the ground-breaking Eelume swimming robot, the company will
Creature From the Deep: Kongberg's Monster Discovery
Time after time the search has been made, and time after time, they’ve all come back empty handed. However this week, Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, the UK division of Kongsberg Maritime, has achieved the unimaginable and uncovered the elusive Nessie. That is, the long lost model of Nessie which was used during filming of 1970’s “The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes”. The discovery was made during a survey of Loch Ness, led by Kongsberg Maritime Ltd and supported by The Loch Ness Project and VisitScotland. Operation Groundtruth is the first survey of its kind in Scotland, making
Oceanology International 2016 in Review
contract from Prysmian SLR for the MONITA project in the Adriatic Sea. Subsea 7 and 3D at Depth announced the completion of several metrology projects using subsea LiDAR technology in new configurations to help increase overall efficiencies in offshore oil and gas applications. Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, the U.K. division of Kongsberg Maritime, expanded its subsea Aberdeen-based rental pool, with the addition of its new MUNIN AUV. ASV has completed the construction of four C-Worker 5 vehicles. Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) recently shipped a network
Kongsberg's APOS Survey Installed on Bibby Offshore Vessel
Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, the U.K. division of Kongsberg Maritime, has completed its first ever APOS Survey installation on Bibby Offshore’s long term charter vessel, the Olympic Bibby. Launched this December, the new APOS Survey operator station enables surveyors to leverage the power of Kongsberg Maritime’s HiPAP High Precision Acoustic Positioning system, to deliver accurate survey results simultaneously, while the HIPAP is still utilized as a DP position reference. With state-of-the-art new generation of positioning software for flexible, cost effective subsea survey and construction
Kongsberg Names New Manager for Offshore Production
Global marine technology company, Kongsberg Maritime has appointed a new business manager for the Offshore Production division of its Kongsberg Maritime Ltd base in Aberdeen. David Wilson brings to the role more than 27 years of experience in the marine engineering industry, the vast majority of which has been spent with Kongsberg Maritime. He has played an integral role within a number of teams, holding key positions within technical sales and business development, covering offshore support, offshore survey and construction, merchant shipping, marine research and naval markets, the comapny said.
Kongsberg Appoints Maclean as GM
Global marine technology company, Kongsberg Maritime has appointed a new general manager for the offshore division of its Kongsberg Maritime Ltd base in Aberdeen. Frank Maclean has over 35 years’ experience within the oil and gas industry, the vast majority of that time spent with Kongsberg Maritime, where he has played an integral role within the team by holding key positions within sales, customer support and training. Since 2010, he has held the position of business manager: offshore and merchant, and deputy general manager. Maclean succeeds Dave Shand, who is retiring after playing a
Offshore Surveyor Training: Kongsberg's New Workboat
Kongsberg Maritime says it has introduced a series of new on-water training courses for offshore surveyors and survey engineers following the launch of its own chartered vessel, 'True North'. The vessel will enable Kongsberg Maritime Ltd to introduce a practical element to the courses already offered at its training centre in Westhill, Aberdeen, on the company's products for the offshore survey industry. True North, which works out of Stonehaven just a few miles from the training centre, will initially support courses on the HiPAP (High Precision Acoustic Positioning) system. The vessel, which
Kongsberg Makes Multiple Debuts in London at Oceanology 2014
Kongsberg Maritime announced at OI ‘14 that it will add the new MUNIN AUV to its subsea equipment rental pool in Aberdeen. Expected to be available for hire in October 2014, the MUNIN AUV will further enhance the existing portfolio of Kongsberg Maritime Ltd rental equipment, which supports customers within the offshore oil and gas, environmental and renewable energy markets. The MUNIN AUV is designed to collect high resolution sonar data geo-referenced by a survey grade positioning system. Capable of providing the same high-level performance and survey accuracy as the established KONGSBERG AUV
Kongsberg Camera Systems for OOI
The Kongsberg Maritime Ltd. Camera group Systems & Projects Team delivered the first set of cabled IP Digital Still Camera Stations (CAMDS) to the University of Washington. The delivery is for the regional cabled observatory component of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) program in the northeast Pacific Ocean off the West Coast of the United States of America. Further cabled systems are scheduled for delivery in the coming months to Oregon State University as part of the coastal Endurance Array component of the OOI program. The OOI is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Designed
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