Eiva News

All populated coastlines share a variety of pollution-related challenges. Those municipalities in the USA who engage in the discharge of waste water through ocean outfalls are subject to state and federal regulations requiring them to monitor the quality of the water near those structures and the marine environment beyond them. The City of San Diego in southern California is one such municipality. With two vessels and a wide array of oceanographic sensors, they continually inspect and report on two waste water outfalls; Point Loma Ocean Outfall (PLOO) near the mouth of San Diego Bay and South Bay Ocean Outfall (SBOO) near the US/Mexico border.

The Danish offshore survey solution specialist EIVA a/s has appointed a new global sales director, Jakob Møller Nielsen. He comes from a similar position at SPX Flow Technology, which is part of the Fortune 500 SPX Corporation. EIVA has experienced continuously growth during recent years, both in terms of the company’s product portfolio and number of staff. Most recently, a new global sales director has been appointed. Jakob Møller Nielsen joined EIVA this week and will have a key role in growing the company even further in the coming years.   Experienced strategist with technical background Jakob Møller Nielsen will be responsible for EIVA’s global sales activities, based at EIVA’s headquarters near Aarhus in Denmark.

EIVA NaviModel version 3.5 was released this week. It includes new and improved advanced features developed in collaboration with major players in the offshore industry. NaviModel, the modelling and visualisation tool of the EIVA NaviSuite software suite for offshore construction and survey operations, sees a number of new and improved features with the release of version 3.5. From point cloud editing to eventing and video recording for project visualisations, users get a more advanced tool that matches their needs and requirements. EIVA and Teledyne BlueView have worked together on an advanced point cloud editing and stitching tool, QuickStitch, for data collected with a Teledyne BlueView 3D scanning sonar.

EIVA has chosen to expand its activities in India, as the offshore specialist is seeing an increasing interest in its solutions in the country. As a result, EIVA has entered into an agreement with Pan India Consultants Pvt. Ltd., making it authorized EIVA reseller. In recent years, EIVA has seen continuous growth in the demand for its hardware and software solutions from the international offshore industry. This has led to a number of new authorized resellers throughout the world. The most recent addition to this list is Pan India Consultants Pvt. Ltd., headquartered in Gurgaon, India.

The Board of Directors of Danish EIVA a/s is headed by Flemming Bligaard Pedersen as of January 14, 2014. With the appointment of the new Chairman, the offshore service and equipment provider prepares to further strengthen its business in the light of the growth it has seen in recent years. Pedersen has technical understanding and many years of management experience from a career that has included involvement in the offshore industry. For nearly 20 years, he was part of the top management of Ramboll that specialises in engineering in the construction, transport, environment and energy markets.

This October, the Danish offshore engineering specialist EIVA came one Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) closer to fulfilling the delivery of a complete jack-up positioning system solution for A2SEA. The system will be installed on a vessel designed to operate under demanding conditions and is part of a $155 million contract. EIVA has successfully completed the FAT of the second of two complete navigation and leg penetration/barge displacement monitoring system solutions to be delivered to A2SEA, an installation and service provider for offshore wind farms.

The OceanEnviro product range of winches for survey and deployment operations is now a potential item on orders placed by EIVA’s customers. Offshore survey and engineering specialist EIVA has delivered winches to the international industry for more than 30 years. As of October 2013, the winches will carry EIVA’s logo and the name OceanEnviro, as the company launches its own range of high-quality winches for survey and deployment in connection with oceanographic and hydrographic operations. “The winch is a vital element of survey and deployment setups where sensitive equipment is applied.

Unique Hydra, a Unique Maritime Group Company, an integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider, recently signed an agency agreement with EIVA to represent its products and services in the southern part of Africa. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Unique Hydra is a manufacturer and supplier of marine and diving equipment to the oil and gas industry. Unique Hydra personnel have substantial experience in marine engineering, hyperbaric, military defense, aerospace, nuclear and chemical engineering.

On Wednesday April 24, the marine survey company EIVA a/s published its 2012 Annual Report. The offshore specialist thereby concludes a financial year where its activities have been characterised by growth, with high expectations for 2013. While many businesses are still experiencing weak demand, EIVA a/s can look back on a very satisfactory year in the offshore industry. EIVA has provided hardware and software for businesses specialised in energy, engineering and surveys at sea since 1978, which the annual report published today demonstrates through strong results that are the best the company has seen the last 35 years. While the revenue declined by nearly DKK 6 m due to reduced sales of third-party equipment, the number of own products sold advanced.

The international recruitment company Atlas Services Group and EIVA have joined forces by entering into a collaboration agreement that will include training courses on the EIVA software suite in Atlas Services Group’s training curriculum offered globally. Atlas Services Group is an international recruitment company specialising in the energy and marine industry and servicing more than 1,800 candidates worldwide, each day. The company’s hydrographic department in the United Kingdom focuses on this niche market alone and is recognised as the leading global specialist in the supply of high quality professionals to the offshore survey industry. This includes competence development focusing on the skill demands in the industry.

EIVA is proud to announce that it has been appointed by Teledyne Gavia as their exclusive representative in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. The Gavia AUV is a self contained survey solution with a low logistics footprint and capable of operations at depths of up to 1000m while carrying out a wide range of missions for military, commercial and scientific applications. The Gavia is a modular AUV featuring plug and play modules which can be user configured in the field by inserting the required module for the task at hand. Sensors can be upgraded as newer become available, or as mission requirements change. Additional capability modules can be added on at a later date.

EIVA and AML Oceanographic (formerly Applied Microsystems) have signed a distributor agreement with the aim of EIVA reselling the AML Oceanographic product line. EIVA will provide the AML Oceanographic products comprising CTD, sound velocity, and environmental instrumentation in its integrated survey and monitoring system solutions, provided to the offshore energy sector, hydrographic survey industry and oceanographic science and research institutes. In addition the AML Oceanographic products will be available for integration in the EIVA ScanFish remotely-operated towed vehicle, along with a wide range of other sensors. “The sensor suite from AML represents a unique approach where several sensors can be combined into a single unit…

EIVA announces the new SUBSEA version of its ATTU (Accurate Time Tagging Unit) for integration into subsea platforms such as ROV, AUVs etc. The EIVA ATTU adds high-precision time stamping across multiple sensor inputs – and thereby enables higher precision of the resulting surveys. For complex surveys, typically MBE, the off-shore industry has proven time tagging precision requirements beyond that which can be made on standard PCs. The rack version of the ATTU offers astonishing 50 microsecond guaranteed time tagging – many times better than the requirement and what standard PC / Windows implementations can offer. With the SUBSEA ATTU, we have put the ATTU electronics and software in a subsea housing for easy integration into ROVs, ROTVs, AUVs or other subsea platforms.

During November and December 2011 the Swedish Navy received the last two of four state of-the-art AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) from the Danish company EIVA a/s. The AUVs are equipped with advanced sensors in the form of sonars and underwater cameras and they are designed to operate autonomously underwater following a mission route planned ahead. There is a multitude of purposes for which the AUVs can be used. For instance mine detection, visual inspection of the seabed, location of mission objects etc.

New CEO and completion of succession change at Eiva. Jeppe Nielsen, 44, will take over the position as CEO as of 24 October 2011 at Eiva. Jeppe Nielsen has a masters degree in computer science from Aalborg University and has until recently held a position as Senior Vice President at Systematic, where he has held various positions during the last 19 years and gained experience within sales, business development and strategy. Prior to this Jeppe Nielsen has experience from software development and delivery of mission critical IT systems. As a comment to his new position Jeppe Nielsen says. “Eiva is a well run company which serves international customers with highly advanced software and system solutions which are business critical.

The board of directors of maritime and offshore software provider EIVA has accepted Lars Hansen’s resignation as CEO. Hansen has accepted a new management position in the United States and will relocate to the US with his family towards the end of the year. “We have appreciated Lars’ dedicated management style and straightforward way of communicating during the time we have had the pleasure of working with him. We wish Lars and his family all the best on their relocation to the US”, said Frans Boch, Chairman of the Board as comment from the board of directors of EIVA. The board of directors has initiated the process of recruiting a new CEO.

Five Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS receivers are helping guide the operations of the self-propelled jack-up vessel Bard Wind Lift I, the first construction vessel specially designed for installing offshore wind turbines, to build the first commercial wind farm in the German North Sea. The Ashtech GNSS receivers are used for every maneuver of Wind Lift I, including precisely positioning the vessel, assisting it to accurately jack itself up from the seabed on 233 ft long legs, and installing the foundation piles for the wind turbines. EIVA, the Danish provider of system solutions and services for marine survey, provided the positioning solution for Bard, the German designer, builder and operator of the offshore wind farm.

EIVA announced the release of NaviCat software featuring catenary simulations related to anchor handling tug operations through integration with EIVA NaviPac including 3D visualization option. By utilizing predefined cable, MLB and anchor libraries NaviCat makes creation, modification and display of catenaries extremely easy and intuitive. Each library allows for maintenance and extension by the user. During catenary simulation cable types, MLB’s and anchors can be replaced / exchanged dynamically and the effect is displayed instantly to the user.

EIVA released the new NaviModel software for ocean mapping, data analysis and interpretation. The software provides intuitive 3D visualization of infinite survey data sets by import of multiple data formats and sources using user defined templates. NaviModel includes features for data cleaning either manually or through use of advanced semi or fully automated tools as well as creation of own filters by use of plug-in function. Digital terrain models (DTM) are displayed in real-time fly-through fashion featuring different color modes and palettes in addition to adjustment of light source.

L-3 Klein Associates, Inc. was recently awarded a contract for the Finnish Navy which will include three Klein System 5000 high resolution, dynamically focused, multi-beam side scan sonars. The sonars will be part of a suite of sensors that will be installed on the Finnish Navy MCMV 2010 Program. The MCMV 2010 class mine countermeasure vessel is a series of three future multi-purpose mine countermeasure vessels which will be launched in 2010-2012, and will reach operational readiness by 2015. One Klein System 5000 will be delivered annually in 2009, 2010, and 2011. These systems were sold through EIVA a/s, Denmark who has vast experience in design and integration of customized system solutions for applications within the offshore, hydrographic and marine survey industry.