HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY
In another development, MMT and
NetSurvey have merged after six years of cooperation on various hydrographic survey assignments. Te goal is to benefit from synergy effects and to jointly provide high-resolution surveys. NetSurvey will bring strong technical capabilities in the field of multibeam expertise to the MMT Group, which recently acquired all shares in NetSurvey, Banbury, UK. Ola Oskarsson, MMT’s md, said,
“NetSurvey has a unique concept for the processing of depth data and 3D modeling that complement MMTs activities and thanks to the acquisition creates a leading and even stronger orthern European player in the marine industry, ”
Business refocus Admiralty Holdings, a wholly-controlled subsidiary of the UK Hydrographic Office, is considering disposing of all the equity shareholding of Admiralty Deutschland (ADG), its Hamburg-based marine navigation products and services provider. ADG comprises two complementary businesses: SevenCs, an established provider of software and services to the maritime navigation industry for both civil and military applications; and ChartWorld, a provider of navigational digital data subscription services with an established and growing customer base and an almost unique set of industry approvals and data licensing agreements. In order to concentrate on its core
business, AHL is seeking to divest ADG to a highly focused, innovative organisation which can further develop the business and realise its exciting potential SevenCs has developed a range of systems and services for the maritime navigation industry. It produces a kernel for presenting nautical chart information and associated data products on a range of proprietary ECDIS, WECDIS and other
applications. In addition, SevenCs has developed a range of ENC production tools used by hydrographic offices, port authorities and inland waterway authorities around the world. ChartWorld is a growing business specialising in the resale of digital maritime data and data services for the professional mariner. Fugro has been awarded a €3.1m
hydrographic survey contract by the Finnish and Swedish Hydrographic Offices for a 13,000 km2
area taking in shipping routes
between Sweden and Finland, in the Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea. Te areas to be surveyed in the summer of
2011 are within the Swedish and Finnish EEZ, but outside of each country’s territorial waters. Results from the survey will be for updating nautical charts and associated navigational information such as HELCOM routes. Water depths in the project area range
from less than ten metres to deeper than 130m. Fugro will use two vessels, both fitted with multi beam echosounders of highest resolution. Survey operations are expected to begin as soon as ice-conditions allow, with an expected completion of acquisition in October 2011. Te project consists of separate contracts with both the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA), and the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA). Applanix has released POS MV V5
(position and orientation system for marine vessels), the next generation of its industry leading geo-referencing and motion compensation system for hydrographic surveying. Te system is available in three performance levels – POS MV WaveMaster, POS MV 320 and POS MV Elite – to produce an optimal solution for a variety of vessels and conditions. Version 5 provides the robust and reliable positioning and orientation information
Multi-disciplinary projects I
MAR Survey, part of Gardline Marine Scineces, is an Irish company and a
market leader in providing hydrographic, geophysical, environmental, oceanographic, geotechnical and topographic surveys, positioning services and other related marine and land studies, surveys and services. Te company provides services from
small one-off to large multi-disciplinary projects on a worldwide basis and has
for which Applanix products are known, even in the most difficult environments for hydrographic survey applications. Te latest version expands the performance of POS MV with a number of key new features including: full GNSS support, increasing solution robustness by using all available GPS and GLONASS satellites; improved real-time kinematic (RTK) performance over long baselines using the most advanced Trimble algorithms - giving reliable, centimetric positioning over a wider area and an attendant increase in productivity; and a removable USB media slot, providing convenient, portable and robust logging of GNSS and inertial observables for processing in POSPac MMS. Commented Peter Stewart, product
manager at Applanix: “Whether you operate in a busy port, or in the most remote offshore areas, the new features of POS MV V5 ensure we continue to provide the most accurate, reliable and robust position and orientation solution for hydrographic survey applications.” Te latest addition to the Bibby Maritime
fleet, Bibby Tethra, has been blessed at an official naming ceremony at Socarénam shipyard, Boulogne-Sur-Mer in France. Named after a Celtic mythological
creature, the hydrographic survey vessel is 27.5metres long and 10m wide, and is equipped for a team of 16 personnel with eight cabins, lounge and fully equipped kitchen. Te Catamaran will be chartered by Osiris
Projects, one of the UK’s leaders in coastal seabed mapping and geophysical surveys (Fig. 1). Established in 1997, the company has conducted over 350 marine based contracts throughout the UK and northern Europe, playing a large part in the UK’s offshore wind farm, tidal power and wave energy developments over recent years.
recently relocated to larger office premises in County Galway on the west of Ireland to facilitate future growth, especially in providing services to the offshore renewable energy market. Now IMAR Survey has been
contracted by the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) to design and build a purpose built catamaran survey vessel and equip it with state of the art surveying instruments for operations in shallow
waters around the coast of Ireland. Te 15m fully equipped and state of
the art hydrographic and geophysical launch will be used to deliver survey data that will meet all required international survey specifications. Te survey equipment includes a multi-beam echo sounder for imaging the seabed, GPS navigation, side-scan sonar, seabed profiler and automatic identification system.
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