Published on 08 February 2010 (12 reads) 

Finding the ideal career can be a time consuming and challenging task. Many graduates are currently having a tough time making the transition between university and full time employment. Fortunately, help is on hand at Oceanology International 2010 for a vast range of students, graduates and post-graduates looking for a highly rewarding career in the marine science and ocean technology sectors. The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is playing a key role.

Published on 08 February 2010 (7 reads) 

Deep Down Inc (OTC Bulletin Board: DPDW) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Mako Technologies LLC ("Mako") has signed a representation agreement with AGR Subsea Ltd ("AGR Subsea"), the trenching and excavation subsidiary of AGR Group (OSE: AGR). Under the agreement, Mako will promote AGR Subsea's well-proven SeaVator and ClayCutter X seabed excavation service lines in the US Gulf Coast region, and provide operational support once the projects are under way.

Published on 08 February 2010 (14 reads) 

Coastline Surveys Ltd will launch their newly commissioned seabed CPT unit ‘C-Pen20' at Oceanology International 2010 in London. The new concept in CPT operations has been designed specifically to meet the requirements for seabed soil investigation for subsea cable networks in connection with offshore renewable energy projects.

Published on 08 February 2010 (14 reads) 

Google Earth mapping service is letting people use the internet to dive into the world's oceans or see the ruin that World War II bombings rained on European cities.

Published on 08 February 2010 (11 reads) 

IT News Africa reports that Telkom's SAT3 cable system that connects South Africa to the rest of the world is experiencing a loss of connectivity today (2 February), causing breaks in traffic and slow response until late this evening, according to Business Day sources.

Published on 08 February 2010 (13 reads) 

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has signed a contract with Singapore based Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd for the construction and completion of a new fall pipe vessel. The vessel with an overall length of 159 meters is expected to be completed late 2011 and will be deployed in oil and gas offshore projects.

Published on 08 February 2010 (12 reads) 

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) is pleased to inform its customers at Bayan Baru in Penang that the restoration works on cable breakdown which occurred on Friday, 29 January 2010 have now been fully completed.

Published on 07 February 2010 (12 reads) 

Gulf Bridge International (GBI), the Middle East's newly established, privately owned submarine cable operator, is delighted to announce that Vodafone Qatar, Qatar's rapidly growing new mobile operator, will provide a landing station for GBI's cable in Qatar.

Published on 07 February 2010 (17 reads) 

Fifty years ago on Jan. 23, 1960, two men set a deep-diving record, plunging their vessel – the Trieste – 35,810 feet to the deepest known point on the Earth's surface, the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench.

Published on 07 February 2010 (15 reads) 

L-3 Klein continues to work on the insertion of its advanced side scan sonar technologies into an ever increasing family of high performance sonar products, the most recent being the System 5900 multi beam side scan with swath bathymetry. The System 5900 has been developed for critical Port and Harbor Security applications as well as MCM and route clearance survey applications. This sonar uses advanced Interferometric signal processing to produce simultaneous estimates of the seabed topography and Side Scan data.

Published on 07 February 2010 (15 reads) 

The Subsea sector is increasingly recognized as a strategic part of the UK's Upstream oil & Gas future, and learning will play a central part in ensuring that new comers and existing staff continue to develop to meet the increasing demands.

Published on 06 February 2010 (15 reads) 

The Government has today (3 Febraury) published a 15 year strategy to deliver world class marine science which will inform decisions on food and energy security, managing the seas sustainably and climate change. By coordinating marine science across Government, devolved administrations and agencies, the UK will become a world leader in marine environment science and expertise. This partnership approach comes at a time when the need for new knowledge about our oceans and seas has never been greater as we begin to understand the impact that climate change and our own behaviour has had on the Earth's waters.

Published on 05 February 2010 (18 reads) 

ODIM Brooke Ocean has been awarded a contract from PanGeo Subsea for the build of its next generation Acoustic Corer 1000. ODIM's Engineering Services will build the motion platform and supply mechanical and electrical design for the unit. The new system is scheduled for delivery in time for deployment in Q3 2010 to meet market demand.

Published on 05 February 2010 (21 reads) 

Ashtech (formerly Magellan Professional) today announced the introduction of the ProFlex Lite Duo, a dual GNSS board sensor designed for heading, relative positioning, and long-range RTK computations. The ProFlex Lite Duo uses GPS, GLONASS and SBAS constellations to offer powerful real-time capabilities to suit a wide array of precise positioning needs in aircraft, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), ships and earth moving equipment, including tasks such as vessel or machine guidance and heading determination, antenna pointing, or structure deformation monitoring. The ProFlex Lite Duo is a further development of the Ashtech® ProFlex product line, which also includes the ProFlex 500 and ProFlex Lite.

Published on 05 February 2010 (20 reads) 

Tritech's new real-time multibeam imaging sonar, Gemini 720i has received an encouraging response from the industry. Suitable for multiple applications, Gemini's fast update imaging has already reduced customer operation time in offshore construction work and body search and recovery trials.

Published on 05 February 2010 (28 reads) 

Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NasdaqCM: OMEX), pioneers in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, and syndication partner, Robert Fraser & Partners LLP have jointly developed plans and signed a letter of intent to execute a series of deep-ocean projects in 2010 based on the model of the earlier announced project code-named Enigma.

Published on 05 February 2010 (14 reads) 

A contract worth NOK 23 million has been awarded to ODIM by "K" Line Offshore AS. This delivery comprises two automated overhead ODIM LARS launch and recovery systems for remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). These units will be installed on two large AH12-type anchorhandling vessels to be built by STX Norway Offshore at Langsten. They are due for delivery in the third and fourth quarters of 2010.

Published on 04 February 2010 (14 reads) 

DOF ASA has approved an agreement to purchase the newbuilding no 706 at STX Norway AS, to be named Skandi Vega from DOF Installer ASA.

Published on 04 February 2010 (17 reads) 

C & C Technologies, Inc. (C & C), an international surveying and mapping company, completed its second successful contract for a major oil company utilizing Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) technology to assess the integrity of pipeline structures in the Gulf of Mexico. Both SAS projects were accomplished with the Applied Signal Technology, Inc. (AST) developed PROSAS Surveyor SAS sonar.

Published on 04 February 2010 (13 reads) 

The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) has welcomed the 15-year UK strategy to deliver world-class marine science, jointly published on 3 February 2010 by the UK Government, the Scottish Government, the Northern Ireland Executive and the Welsh Assembly Government.