Operations of cable controlled ‘work-class’ remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) is a business worth US$600 million worldwide and this is forecast to grow to US$725 million by 2008 according to...

Romona GeoSolutions, the joint venture between Thales GeoSolutions and its partner in Russia, Romona Ltd, has been awarded its first major geoscience contract. The contract comes from the Rosneft and...

The Marine Division of the British-based SEA Group has a new range of wide-swath, shallow-water sonar: the SWATHplus. SEA acquired the rights to what was the Submetrix system in May...

From Valeport Ltd, comes the SoundBar 2 Digital Bar Checker. Bar Checkers are used to prove data on sound velocity through the water column to enable calibration of swath sonars,...

The SonarMite Echo Sounder is the result of nearly two years research and development resulting in a series of equipment designed around the WinSTRUMENT concept and using the latest portable...

The Chelsea Technologies Group is launching the COVELIA correlation velocity Log at OI. COVELIA has been developed to provide Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and ROV navigation systems with a highly...

Kongsberg Maritime has completed the mid-life refit of the hydrographic survey equipment onboard the (Oceanographic Research Vessel) B.I.O Hesperides. The vessel, originally commissioned in 1991 and based in the Antarctic...

The IMCA has published four new pocket safety cards, aimed at making key safety messages readily available for offshore personnel. The new cards – ‘Toolbox Talks – Prompts’, ‘Lifting Operations’,...

The Thales MV Askelad has completed her first survey campaign in the Asia Pacific region with the conclusion of an As-Built Pipeline Survey in Indonesia. The Askelad arrived in the...

Adaptation has begun of the Innomar Technologie SES-2000 parametric echosounder for use on ROVs. The advanced sounder functions with a pencil-thin acoustic beam that is a highly effective tool in...