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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 41confined, precisely planned area of the tur- bine foundation array. Over the last eight years, many insurance claims have been needed by offshore developers to cover the costs of damage to cables during the instal-lation and burial processes currently used. ?We are excited to bring together the expertise of our operational personnel and designers, with the construction of the ITAT trenching ROV. We think this will fulfill a critical need of the growing off- shore wind farm market,? says Phil Walker, CEO of Pharos Offshore Group. The ITAT 800 is about the size of large car. The concept and the design have been developed from the experience gained from many tens of thousands of kilome- ters of cable burial in the telecoms and oiland gas sectors. It is built using many proven and readily available Commercial- Off-The-Shelf (COTS) parts -this reduces the system?s initial price tag, and helps keep ongoing operating costs low. The ITAT?s maneuverability, survey equip- ment, low profile and jetting power pro- vides the flexibility required for infield cable work. The cable maintenance version of the ROV named the MENTOR 800 provides the ITAT?s powerful jetting capability to depths up to 3000 meters for deeper cableand O&G pipeline work. Interchangeable tooling systems provide the flexibility to accommodate the most demanding under-sea cable installation and maintenanceoperations.Pharos Offshore Group. plans to sell and lease multiple vehicles to serve Round 3 wind farm projects in the United Kingdom and upcoming projects in North America. Email: info@ pharos-offshore.com www.pharos-offshore.com 8 Channel HybridHydralight Available SEACON Advanced Products, LLC?s optical 8 channel wet-mate Hydralight connector is now also available in a hybrid configura- tion. Fully underwater mateable, oil filled and pressure balanced, this connector incorporates fourmodular optical and four electri-cal contacts with a voltage rating of 1,000 VAC and a current rat- ing of 5 amps. This connector is qualified to 7,000m (23,000ft),with an average single-mode insertion loss of less than 0.2dB and an average single mode back reflection of -50dB. With a design life of 25 years and a life cycle of a minimum of 100 mate/de-mates, this connectormeets 'Optical Wet-Mate Connector Specifications' for Norsk Hydro, Statoil, Elf Exploration, Total, Hess and BP. Email sales@ seacon-ap.com www.seaconworldwide.com 48 Channel OpticalWet-Mate Hydralight Under DevelopmentA high count optical wet-mate Hydralight is currently under development with a maximum of 48 Angled Physical Contacts (APC) optical channels using amodular approach. The external size is identical to the current standard field proven 8-channel Hydralight family of connectors with an increased fiber interface utilizing high density optic fer-rules. The design is being driven initially through the need to opti- mize optical data transfer between the surface platform and a vast array of optical sensors that are deployed subsea. Email sales@ seacon-ap.com www.seaconworldwide.com Pro-Oceanus Debuts Mini-Pro CO2 Pro-Oceanus introduced its new Mini-Pro CO2. This new sensor is lightweight and compact, and carries the tradition of the CO2-Pro. While most Pro-Oceanus dis- solved gas sensors (sold now in 27 countries) are used to study and monitor CO2 dynamics, biologi-cal production and mixing, more exotic uses include monitoring gas buildup in African ?killerlakes?, regulating pCO2 in tanks to study larval corals and studying denitrification in anoxic regions of the oceans. Email: sales@ pro-oceanus.com Web: www.pro-oceanus.com 8-Channel48-ChannelMTR#7 (34-48):MTR Layouts 8/30/2011 10:19 AM Page 41