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set to revolutionise subsea deepwater positioning and communications by offering reliable, high integrity signalling, multi-user positioning over large areas with far fewer assets than traditional systems employ.

Aberdeen, UK AB21 0GP

Phone: +44 (0)1224 775700

Email: [email protected] www.nautronix.com

NCA - Norse Cutting and

Abandonment

Product: Decommissioning specialist, abrasive water jetting and mechanical cutting technologies.

Vice President, Sales Jerry Streeter

Phone: 832-327-3640 Fax: 832-327-3645

Email: [email protected] www.norse-group.no

Ocean Group Inc.

Quebec, CANADA

Tel: (418) 694-1414 (24 Hours) www.groupocean.com

ORE Offshore

Product: ORE Offshore designs and develops products and systems to locate, position, commu- nicate and activate/control devices underwater:

Acoustic Releases, Acoustic transponders, USBL

Positioning Systems, Acoustic Telemetry products.

Vice President Greg MacEachern

Phone: 1-508-291-0960 x707 Fax: 1-508-291-0976

Email: [email protected] www.ore.com

Palfinger HTC Systems GmbH

Product: Palfinger Marine cranes between 2mt - 200mt. Foldable knuckle boom cranes, stiff boom cranes, telescopic boom cranes, heavy duty knuckle boom cranes. ITP4 - Internal Tank

Platform system.

Mr. Johannes Lindenbauer

Phone: +43 662 880033

Email: [email protected] www.palfingerhtc.com

Parker Diving Service

Forest Knolls, CA USA

Tel: (415) 331-0329 (24 Hours) www.parkerdiving.com

PCCI, Inc.

Alexandria, VA USA

Tel: (703) 684-2060 (24 Hours) www.pccii.com

Resolve Marine Group

Port Everglades, FL USA

Tel: (954) 764-8700 (24 Hours) www.resolvemarine.com

Scott Specialty Gases

Marketing Coordinator Michele Haurin

Phone: 215-766-8861 Fax: 215-766-2476

Email: [email protected] www.scottgas.com

SMIT Salvage Americas Inc.

Houston, TX USA

Tel: (281) 372-3500 (24 Hours) www.smit.com

SvitzerWijsmuller

Miami, FL USA

Tel: (305) 322-8891 (24 Hours) www.svitzerwijsmuller.com

Svitzer Wijsmuller South Africa

Product: Specialized marine services salvage - port & offshore tugs - terminal support

General manager / Senior salvage Master

Nicholas Sloane

Phone: +27 21 408 6710 Fax:

Email: [email protected] www.svitzerwijsmuller.com

T&T Marine Salvage Inc.

Galveston, TX USA

Tel: (409) 744-1222 (24 Hours) www.tandtmarine.com

Titan, A Crowley Company

Fort Lauderdale, FL USA

Tel: (954) 929-5200 (24 Hours) www.titansalvage.com

U.S. Underwater Services, L.P.

Business Development Coordinator Liz Crosby

Phone: (817) 447-7321

Email: [email protected] Url:

Weeks Marine, Inc.

Cranford, NJ USA

Tel: (908) 272-4010 (24 Hours) www.weeksmarine.com 44 MTR January 2007 salvage & diving

Lost Passenger Ship, North American Located in Atlantic

The Great Lakes passenger ship S.S. North American sank in September of 1967 while on a voyage from Erie, Pa., to Newport News, Va. A research team, this past July aboard Quest Marine's R/V Quest located the ship close to the edge of the continen- tal shelf approximately 140 miles off the New England coast in 250 ft. of water. iT was built in Ecorse, Mich., and launched January 16, 1913. Built for the Chicago Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Company, it was the first ship built anywhere exclusively for cruising. In 1967 the ship was sold to the Seafarers International Union for use as a training ship. The 280 ft., 2,317 gt ship was being towed by the tug Michael

McAllister to a shipyard for conversion to a training ship when it sank suddenly on the night of September 13, 1967. No one was injured in the sinking and the tug reached port safely. Quest Marine's research team led by Captain Eric Takakjian conducted three days of survey diving operations at the wreck site last summer. Three dive teams of two divers each accomplished photographic and physical measurement documenta- tion of the wreck. The divers included Takakjian, Patrick Rooney, Steven Gatto, Tom

Packer, Heather Knowles and David Caldwell. Due to the depth all dive teams breathed custom blended helium based gas mixtures. Decompression was accom- plished with the use of multiple oxygen-enriched gases.

L-R: Diving crew aboard

RV Quest: Dave Caldwell,

Heather Knowles (both of

Northern Atlantic Dive

Expeditions Salem, MA.)

Tom Packer, Captain Eric

Takakjian, Patrick Rooney and Steven Gatto (Quest

Marine Services. Fairhaven

MA.)

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