Ten teams from the UK, France, Germany and Spain will converge at the Centre from 4-10 July to compete for this year’s Student Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge-Europe (SAUC-E). Each team has designed and built an AUV that they will use to complete a mission in a realistic environment at NURC’
In 2011, PGS is looking for more unexpected and the unexplored targets in key producing areas of the North Sea with a new wave of GeoStreamer MultiClient 3D. Near-field exploration potential GeoStreamer® technology promises to unlock the excellent near-field exploration potential still offered by th
GSP has secured a new contract for subsea survey and divers’ services for the development of Kirinskoye gas condensate field, Russia for JSC Mezhregiontruboprovodstroy (MRTS). GSP will provide ROV and subsea works with divers extension option, beginning in the second half of August. GSP shall provid
Charles Hendry, Minister of State for Energy along with Iain Wright, MP for Hartlepool visited the JDR Cable Systems facility at Hartlepool Docks this week, as the company showcased its increasingly significant contribution to the renewable energy sector. JDR has supplied subsea cables for many land
Newly developed technologies and booming commodities prices are driving the emergence of deep seabed mining projects internationally, with… (wsws) [mappress] Source: wsws, June 29, 2011;
Researchers in the Balearic Islands and beyond will soon gain a better understanding of the environmental conditions in the Western Mediterr… (axystechnologies) [mappress] Source: axystechnologies ,
NOAA and the U.S. Navy embarked on a two-day research expedition to survey the condition of two sunken Civil War vessels that have rested on the seafloor of the James River in Hampton Roads, Va., for nearly 150 years. Using state-of-the-art sonar technology to acquire data, researchers will create t
CARIS’ Bathy DataBASE (BDB) software has provided the last link of a 25 year project enabling the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) to implement their Hydrographic Information Network. The Hydrographic Information Network project involved innovative changes, including adopting a multi-disciplinary
A team of Australian researchers aims to develop software that will automate the recognition and measurement of fish from underwater stereo-video imagery… (Australian) [mappress] Source: Australian, June 27, 2011;
At the three-day ‘high level’ Deep Sea Minerals Mining Meeting workshop key issues were identified that need to be addressed towards the… (thejetnewspaper) [mappress] Source: thejetnewspaper, June 27 , 2011;
Who would have thought that 90 years after it sank to the bottom of Puget Sound, a luxury passenger liner could help prevent a major environ… (king5) [mappress] Source: king5, June 26, 2011;
Adding iron to the oceans in an effort to curb growing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere would lead to ‘significant change… (Planet Earth) [mappress] Source: Planet Earth , June 24 , 2011;
In response to a request from Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, the U.S. Geological Survey released the ‘science gap and sufficiency’ report evaluating science needed to better inform decisions regarding oil and natural gas exploration and development in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas off Alaska
The “Belgica”, the Belgian navy ship converted into a research vessel, has now come to the Maritime Museum Ría de Bilbao and will remain docked at the quays of the Museum until Saturday, when they leave with the tide. Aboard the ship, and within the framework of cooperation between the Ministry of E
