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The Chelsea AquaLine FerryBox is a monitoring system that enables sea sur- face temperature, salinity, chlorophyll-A and turbidity to be monitored along with a vessel's geographical position. The system can provide information for the assessment of long-term trends in coastal water systems for operators, pas- sengers and environmental managers. These systems are plumbed into the fer- ries' sea-water intake to provide monitoring of the oceans surface layers. Long term scientific quality data sets can be gathered and integrated into operational monitoring networks. The Instrument Frame is the building block for a full

AquaLine FerryBox System. The frame provides a platform to allow the inte- gration of several types of sensors and incorporates all the necessary pipe work and valves while allowing accessibility to the sensors for routine maintenance. Data is logged onboard and then transmitted to shore by GSM phone links and satellite systems.

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FREE INFORMATION on products is available online at www.maritimeequipment.com/mt products upon request. The connectors have up to 20,000 psi pressure rating in mated condition; bulkhead connector design open face is rated to 5,000 psi.

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ORE Offshore Delivers 30 Acoustic Release

Transponders

ORE Offshore has delivered thirty 8242XS Acoustic Release

Transponders to the National Data

Buoy Center (NDBC), Stennis Space

Center, Miss. The Model 8242XS can be used to release oceanographic moorings or can be used for long baseline transponder navigation. In addition to these typical applications there are a number of specialized uses for these systems, such as opening and closing valves in underwater sys- tems and as emergency recovery sys- tems. The 8242XS has a depth rating of 6,000 meters and boasts a release load of 5,500 kg. The unit is made entirely of Nickel Aluminum Bronze alloy with titanium closure hardware.

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Triton Imaging for

TNO-NITG

The Netherlands Institute of

Applied Geoscience TNO - National

Geological Survey (NITG-TNO) purchased one of Triton Imaging's turnkey shallow-seismic systems. The system will consist of: a Triton indus- trial topside workstation, Triton soft- ware, and an Edgetech 512i sub-bot- tom profiler. NITG plans to use the system world-wide to conduct sedi- ment-related seabed research.

IVS 3D Announces

Record Growth

IVS 3D has experienced record growth in the sales and service of its

Fledermaus software suite during FY 2005, ended August 31. "Our tenth anniversary year is marked by an overall 35 percent increase in individ- ual sales and 18 percent increase in the number of clients," said Lindsay

Gee, General Manager of IVS 3D. "This type of growth is not just from a few large clients, but from an over- all expansion in our product and serv- ices around the world in the 2005 fis- cal year. With the release of Version 6.2 coming later this year, I think we can expect to see those numbers con- tinue to increase dramatically in the next fiscal year."

CTG Aqualine FerryBox

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