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Pictured on this month’s cover is a Bluefin Robotic’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicle coming out of the water. Read about advances in AUV and ROV technology, and their increasing acceptance in the marketplace, starting on page 24. also in this Edition 6 Editorial 8 Online @ www.seadiscovery.com 16 Offshore News 18 Science News 45 MTR 100 Official Application 49 Communication Systems Directory 50 People & Companies 56 Products 59 Calendar 61 Product & Professional Services Directory 62 Jobs 64 Advertiser’s Index

Acergy 43

Aere 56

African Offshore Services 12

Aker Kvaerner 16

American Society for Testing and Materials 41

Atlantia 16

BAE Systems 25

Balmoral Offshore Engineering 52

Battelle 30,41

Beijing Ocean Seeker 33

Benthos 32

Bluefin Robotics 25,28,41,44

Bluestream NL 14

Bourbon 8

Bruce C. Gilman 51

C&C Technologies 25,38,44

Caprock Communications 49

CARIS 57

Cepoint Networks 49

Chelsea Technologies Group 53

Chic Ransone 55

Chris Egan 26

Coflexip Stena Offshore 54

Dan Scoville 42

Daniel Valot 50

Dave Alleman 44

Deep Down Inc. 52

Deep Marine Technology Inc. 51

Denise Crimmins 38

Dick Blidberg 24

Divex Asia Pacific 53

Dr. Brian Abraham 28

Dr. David Aubrey 54

Dr. Reginald Herschy 15

Dr. Richard Williams 51

Duncan Mallace 52

Edgetech 25,38,55

Edison Chouest Offshore 16

Eivind Reiten 51

ElectroWave USA 52

Ensco Offshore Co. 16

Falmouth Scientific 25

Flexi France 53

FSI 40

George Gazarek 42

GeoSat Solutions 49

Gulfship 16

Hafmynd 25

Hafmynd 25,39,55

Hilde Merete Aasheim 50

Hose-McCann Communications 49

Hydro 50

Hydroacoustics Inc. 42

Hydroid 25,26

IFREMER 43

Integrated Ocean Observing System 10

International Industries 55

International Submarine Engineering 25

ISE Ltd. 43

IVS 3D 51,53

James Douglas 50

Jan Opderbecke 43

Jay Northcutt 25

Jennifer Olszewski 26

Jeppesen Marine 49

Jim Hamilton 52

Jim Hozempai 26

Jim Milne 52

Jim Spressor 40

John Frost 20

Joint Ocean Commission Initiative 10

Justin Manley 41

Kevin McCarthy 26

Kongsberg Marine 25,44,49,55

L&M Petroleum 8

L-3 Henschel 49

Leon E. Panetta 10

Lindsay Gee 52

Linkquest Inc. 55,57

Lockheed Martin 25,40

Maersk Contractors 16

Marine Subsea 12

Marine Technology Society 51

Martin Anderson 34,50

MBARI 32,51

Michael Czora 42

MIT's Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Lab 28

MTN, A Seamobile Co. 49

Murphy Exploration & Production 16

National Research Council 51

National Research Council of Canada 39

Nautilus Minerals 54

Naval Undersea Warfare Center 26,38

NAVSEA 26

Nick Frade 26

Nik Pyle 50

NOAA 24,51

Noah Forden 26

North American Fabricators 16

North American Shipbuilding 16

Ocean Scientific Intl. 51

Ocean Server 25

Ocean Systems Inc. 51

Ocean Tech Expo 59

Paul Ridout 51

Perry Offshore 51

Perry Slingsby Systems 34,50

Pete Alleman 44

Peter Licis 26

Petrocom 49,56

Pew Oceans Commission 10

Phoenix Intl. 44

Polytechnic University 51

Prism 25

Professor Mary Jane Perry 41

Radio Holland 49

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 40

Reson 38

Rich Bashour 26

Rick Babicz 40

Rob Howard 59

Ron Smith 53

Schilling Robotics 43,44

Scripps 32,41,44

SeaBotix 42

Seaeye 32,50

Sense Intellifield AS 55

Shakespeare 49

ShipServ 49

Sinopacific Shipyard 8

Smartcomm Software 49

SMD Hydrovision 43

Sonat Subsea Services 51

Sonsub 51

SonTek/YSI 15

Statoil 50

Stephen Rogers 54

Steve Palys 26

SubChem Inc. 38

Subsea 7 32

Superior Energy Services 16

Technip 50

Technip 54

Technip Offshore 53

Technip-Subsea 7 53

Technology Systems Inc. 40

Telefonica de Espana S.A.U. 54

Telenor Satellite Services 49

Tesco Corp. 16

Thierry Pilenko 50

Trelleborg CRP 56

Trico 14

Triton Group Holdings 34,50

TSS (International) 20

Tyco Telecommunications 54

U.S. Army Port Construction Unit 51

U.S. Navy 25,39

Ulstein 8

Ulstein Design 12

Ulstein Werft 12

University of British Columbia 39

University of Houston 36

University of Main, Darling Marine Center 41

University of New Hampshire 40

USGS 8

VideoRay 33

Vosper Thornycroft 20

VT Controls 20

Warrior Energy Services 16

Webb Research 41

Werum Software & Systems 49

West Atlantic Shipyard 8

Woods Hole Group 54

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 19,44

Editorial Index Companies & People with editorial mention in this edition

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