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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 23 team has developed new performance criteria and testing protocols, navigated complicated regulatory regimes, and educated ship owners and marine operators about preven- tative measures for lifeboat accidents, the RocLoc. Mad

Rock’s two time innovation award winning product, the

RocLoc lifeboat launching system, has both inherent lock- ing stability and external failure warning characteristics.

The RocLoc, with its stainless steel fail-closed system, meets all design codes set out by Safety of Life At Sea (SOLAS) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and meets all proposed draft language concerning fail-safe criteria. RocLoc has been approved by Det

Norske Verites (DNV), Lloyd’s Register (LR) and MED (Lloyd’s).

Marine and Mineral Project (Pty)

Kenilworth Western Cape, South Africa

Tel: +27 83 2288 593

Email: hans.smit@ marineandmineral.com www.marineandmineral.com

CEO: Hans Smit

Employees: 10

Annual Sales (US$): 5m

IHC Marine and Mineral Projects, part of the IHC

Merwede BV, is a marine consulting and project manage- ment firm providing consulting, project management, engineering, procurement, production management, project integration management, commissioning, training and life cycle support for the Offshore and Underwater

Mining Industry. Services also extend to Oil & Gas serv- ices, General Marine, Coastal Mining and Marine

Infrastructure. The team has a proven track record of delivering projects safely, on time, to the correct quality and within budget. More recently, IHC Marine and

Mineral has developed deep sea mining systems as the world mining industry’s focus moves to the sea to find and mine mineral resources which are diminishing on land.

The company offers the full range of project management and construction tools, from concept design and system definition to commissioning and handover. Systems are provided with approval from Classification Societies

Lloyd’s, ABS, and DNV.

Marine Institute of Ireland (Foras na Mara)

Republic of Ireland

Email: Tel: +353 91 387 200 www.marine.ie

The Marine Institute is Ireland’s national agency for marine research, technology, development and innova- tion, with the general functions to undertake, to co-ordi- nate, to promote and to assist in marine research and development and to provide such services related to marine research and development that in the opinion of the Institute will promote economic development and create employment and protect the marine environment.

The Institute has a strong international reputation as a world-class performer in marine R&D. The Institute has ~200 staff, 2 Research Vessels and a suite of specialist infrastructure undertaking a suite of scientific functions delivering key services to government, industry and other stakeholders in the marine area.

LinkQuest Inc.

San Diego, CA

Tel: (858) 623-9900

Email: sales@ link-quest.com www.link-quest.com

LinkQuest manufactures precision acoustic instruments for offshore oil exploration, construction, drilling, survey, environmental study and other oceanographic applica- tions. The company’s Broadband Acoustic Spread

Spectrum (BASS) Technology is widely used for acoustic communication and positioning. LinkQuest’s high speed

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