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Meeting on Navigation Services for the Arctic  17/05/2012
The public is invited to NOAA's Hydrographic Services Review Panel meeting from 22 May to 24 May in Anchorage, USA. The panel will discuss improvements for navigation services for Alaska and the Arctic, including new nautical charts, emerging commercial shipping needs, accuracy of land elevation data for coastal management, improvements to foundational geospatial data, and natural hazard warning and response for the region. »» 0 comment(s)
Arctic Gas Hydrate Sampling  17/05/2012
Arctic Gas Hydrate Sampling German marine research centre, GEOMAR, have placed an order for HyBIS, an underwater inspection and sampling vehicle, from UK subsea tooling and manipulator manufacturers, Hydro-Lek Ltd. The GEOMAR system will be used later this year off the Svalbard archipelago in the European Arctic to sample gas hydrates and map ecosystems related to this environment. HyBIS, a mnemonic for Hydraulic Benthic Interactive Sampler, enables seabed sampling in depths of up to 6,000m, together with video instrumentation observation. »» 0 comment(s)

Woods Hole Group to Review Palm Beach Coastal Protection Plan

  17/05/2012
Woods Hole Group, USA, has been awarded a contract to review the Coastal Protection Plan for the Town of Palm Beach, Florida. Woods Hole Group has been asked to do a thorough review of the town’s long-term Coastal Protection Program, and to provide recommendations for future projects. »» 0 comment(s)
 

Management Change for SevenCs

  16/05/2012
Mr. John Humphrey, director of both ChartWorld GmbH and SevenCs GmbH is going to leave the companies during the month of May 2012. The newly appointed management team consists of sales and marketing director Stephan Dimke, director of finance Steven v.d. Schootbrugge, operations director Seamus Knox and director of development Andrey Vorobiev. »» 0 comment(s)

Acoustic Positioning System for Ultra-Deepwater Drillship

  16/05/2012
Nautronix, UK, has secured an order to supply its NASDrill RS925 deepwater acoustic positioning system for Noble Corporation’s fourth new ultra-deepwater drillship after orders for three of its ships in 2011. The rigs will have DP-3 station keeping abilities and the capacity to handle two complete BOP systems allowing for operation in water depths of up to 12,000 feet. »» 0 comment(s)
 

Global Ocean Drifter Deployed Off Santa Cruz Island

  16/05/2012
Global Ocean Drifter Deployed Off Santa Cruz Island Two students from Oak Park High School in Oak Park, USA, have deployed a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ocean drifter into the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, contributing to a global array that yields vital environmental data. Calvin Earp and Nirupam Nigam deployed the buoy from the Sanctuary's research vessel Shearwater. »» 0 comment(s)
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