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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 37Subsea, NASeBOP offers dual redundant Subsea Control Units, with the ability to control up to 16 functions with corresponding sole- noid read-backs. Up to 8 analog sen- sors can be interfaced. All connectors and end-caps have fully testable dual O-Ring seals (testable to full operat-ing depth of 4000m) enablingNASeBOP to be the only fully com- pliant acoustic BOP switch with allthe relevant requirements of API16D and 17E.Thailand BecomesSeaFox CustomerAtlas Elektronik won a new cus- tomer for SeaFox: the Royal Thai Navy (RTN). Atlas will supply three mobile SeaFox systems with the cor- responding number of SeaFox I units for inspection and training purposesand an initially small number ofSeaFox C combat units for mine dis- posal. Further SeaFox C units are to follow over the next few years. The mobile SeaFox system is a completely autonomous system that allows the deployment of SeaFox vehicles with no dependence on shipboard facilities or equipment. This permits deploy- ment of the SeaFox vehicles from var- ious types of ships at any time, with-out the need to convert the vessels in any way. The Royal Thai Navy currently operates four mine countermeasures vessels, all of which are equipped with mine warfare systems made by Atlas. The vessels to be modernized belong to two different ship classes. As the first step, the boats will be fitted with SeaFox units in the form of a mobile SeaFox system. This fiber-optic guided, one shotmine disposal vehicle SeaFox C is used for semi-autonomous disposal ofnaval mines and other ordnance found at sea. It is able to automatical- ly relocate previously acquired posi- tions of underwater objects within minutes with the integrated homingsonar. After relocating, these objects can be identified using the onboard CCTV camera and destroyed by the use of a built-in, large caliber shapedcharge. Bowtech Provides Obs System for ShellDecommissioning Project A Bowtech camera system has been successfully deployed to observe decommissioning operations on theL13FH well which is operated by Shell in the Dutch Sector of the Southern North Sea. The company was requested by Shell UK to supply a camera system to be fitted to the L13FH well. Bowtech engineers, working with Shell, designed and supplied a com- plete camera and lighting system tosuit. This included 12 of its LCC-600 cameras and 12 LED-G-800 lamps,all umbilicals, all brackets, two CVIS-3 compact video inspection systemsand two purpose designed videoswitching junction boxes. The cam- eras and lights were fitted to various points on the well to observe opera- tions as the well was worked on for abandonment.Doug Cowie, Senior Subsea Intervention Engineer at Shell UK, said ?The Bowtech System installed on L13FH was easily set up, with good onshore support as required. This allowed it to prove itself as being very effective in its role as part of the abandonment program? Email: bowtech@ bowtech.co.uk http://www.bowtech.co.uk BlueView, Deep Ocean Sign Agreement BlueView Technologies and Deep Ocean Engineering signed a Systems Integrator Agreement that enables Deep Ocean Engineering to re-sell BlueView 2D and 3D products on Deep Ocean Engineering?s ROVs. Deep Ocean Engineering recently moved to a new facility in San Jose Calif. BlueView?s compact, multi- beam imaging sonar will expandDeep Ocean Engineering?s real-time ROV navigation capabilities and operation in low and zero visibility conditions.BlueView Signs Agreement with Roper BlueView Technologies added Roper Resources, Ltd. as an author- ized commercial sales representative in Canada. Roper Resources has a long history of serving the Canadian marine industry providing a wide range of equipment includingRemote Operated Vehicles (ROVs), Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), robotics, underwater sen- sors, and accessories.MTR#1 (34-48):MTR Layouts 1/3/2012 10:50 AM Page 37