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Therefore, the elimination of these changes was seen as an important part of any new channel design.

Portsmouth, however, possesses a significant natural advantage. There is a natural channel, underlying the present approach channel, which has been formed as the tide moves water in and out of the harbor. By making use of this channel, BMT was able to produce a design that both eliminat- ed the awkward course changes at the harbour entrance and made the fullest use of the available, natural, deep water. This so-called "Blue 2" channel led to significantly reduced dredging costs compared with the alternative "straight in" channel and avoided both the Spit Sand Fort and the Mary Rose site.

VideoRay, BlueView

Announce Purchase

VideoRay LLC and BlueView

Technologies announced an agree- ment outlining the purchase for resale of 50 ProViewer 450 sonar systems.

The agreement is expected to result in the rapid deployment of sonar tech- nology to the more than 600

VideoRay users, and new customers of the companies' underwater inspec- tion products. VideoRay has been evaluating multibeam technology as a tool for enhancing operations and navigation in low-visibility water.

The BlueView ProViewer has been extensively tested by key customers in port security, law enforcement, and commercial diving environments, and has allowed users to accomplish previously difficult or impossible mis- sions.

C & C Geomar Completes

Pemex Survey

C & C Geomar, located in Ciudad del Carmen, recently completed a large multi-channel high-resolution seismic survey for Pemex Exploration

Y Production. The survey, located in the southern portion of the Gulf of

Mexico, used surface navigation, multibeam bathymetry, a sub bottom profiler, side scan sonar and a 24 channel multi-channel seismic system to collected geophysical data in water depths ranging from 7 to 1,700 m.

Technip Continues Plan to

Rebuild Fleet

Technip is teaming with DOF-

CON, a subsidiary of DOF, for the joint ownership and management of its new build DP III DSV. This vessel will be mostly dedicated to the sup- port of the Statoil frame agreement signed with Technip for diving, pipeline repair, contingency and modification services. Based on the

Aker OSCV-06L design and 153-m long, the vessel will be equipped with a 300-ton crane and a 24-man dive system built to Norwegian standards.

The delivery is due in late 2008.

Technip also signed an eight-year charter agreement for a new DPII diving support vessel (DSV). Based on an Aker ROV06 design, the 105- m long vessel, owned by DOF, will be fitted with an 18-diver saturation sys- tem which will be supplied by

Technip. The vessel, which will oper- ate mainly in the U.K. Continental

Shelf, will be equipped with a 150- ton crane and all equipment neces- sary to execute both subsea construc- tion and installation, as well as repair and maintenance (IRM) projects in the most challenging North Sea or deep water environments. She is due for delivery in 2007. Technip also confirmed the Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) for the joint marketing of the subsea construction vessel built by DOF in Brazil.

Tyco Telecommunications

Wins TTC Contract

Tyco Telecommunications was selected by TransTelecom Company people & companies

EGS Commences Indian Ops

EGS commenced its Indian Operations with the incorporation of EGS Survey Pvt. Ltd. (EGS

India), based at Navi Mumbai (India).

Commander PK Tyagi, IN (Retd), will lead unit as the Managing Director of EGS India. Cdr.

Tyagi is a leader in the survey industry in India, and brings wide ranging pro- fessional expertise and more than three decades of experience to EGS India.

Until earlier last month, he led the largest Indian survey company, Elcome

Surveys Pvt. Ltd., as its CEO. He resigned from that position in order to start EGS India.

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