Coast Survey’s navigation response teams (3-person hydrographic survey teams in small boats) have made a fast start on this year’s survey season, reports the NOAA, with improvements in hand on charts for ships transiting Miami and San Francisco inshore waters…
With 3.4 million square nautical miles of U.S. waters to survey and chart, Coast Survey is up against some big challenges in keeping nautical charts current, consequently NOAA joins hands with the US Coast Guard to provide the best possible safety service to shipping…
Coastline Surveys announced it has been awarded ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System Accreditation to cover their full service provision in the riverine, coastal and offshore sectors.Coastline Surveys said it is dedicated to maintaining…
Bibby Offshore’s newest division, Bibby Remote Intervention Limited (BRIL) Recently increased its workforce following the creation of two new positions. David Howe joins the firm as project director and Robin Longstaff as survey manager.BRIL…
As recreational boaters gear up for a summer of fun on coastal waters and the Great Lakes, NOAA is testing MyNOAACharts, a new mobile application that allows users to download NOAA nautical charts and editions of the U.S. Coast Pilot. The app…
UTEC appointed Ian Pownall as the General Manager of UTEC Survey JLT, based in Dubai, UAE.The responsibilities of this role include development and delivery of the UTEC brand and business model in the Middle East region. Ian, who was formerly with Corrintec in the U…
Moving MOUs to sheltered waters or drydock facilities for surveys is disruptive and expensive. Using the experience gained from several years of dealing with floating production units and surveying drilling units on location, DNV is now preparing…
Global offshore survey company UTEC has further strengthened its Asian position with the appointment of a new general manager.Bob Coutts joins the growing team at UTEC Survey Asia Pte Ltd. in Malaysia and brings to the role more than 20 years of experience in the Asia Pacific region…
TerraSond Limited announces the return to home base in Alaska of its multi-purpose survey boat 'Luna Sea'.The owners say that this strategic return enhances their capability to serve clients in the Cook Inlet and South Central Alaska.Headquartered in Palmer…
CGG claim its new fleet, with the addition of four vessels from its newly acquired Fugro Geoscience, has set two new industry records.The first record claimed is for the longest offsets in the industry for a full-azimuth (FAZ) multi-vessel…
Leading independent offshore survey company UTEC has announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Measurement Technology at its Houston HQ.Mark Klusza – who holds a Bachelor in Design in Architecture from the University of Florida…
U.K. based Marine Software Ltd has delivered a Marine Planned Maintenance (MPM) upgrade to 2 Tallink-Silja vessels.The upgrade has been supplied to Tallink-Silja, for installation on-board their Swedish flagged vessels 'Silja Symphony' and 'Galaxy'…
Norway-based TGS will commence the Europe 2013 acquisition season with two 3D multi-client surveys in the Norwegian Barents Sea.The two surveys, both supported by industry funding, involve the Finnmark Platform 2013 (FP13) covering 3,500 km2 and the Hoop to Fingerdjupet 2013 (HF13) covering 8…
UTEC Survey contracted by a major subsea pipelay contractor for survey work on the Great Western Flank Pipe Lay.This project encompasses pre-lay, installation support and as-built survey support on the Greater Western Flank development off the North-west coast of Australia…
UTEC has announced the appointment of Simon Hird as general manager of its Australian entity UTEC Survey Australia Pty Ltd. Simon will oversee the projected growth to support key customers in the Australian market.The announcement complements…
