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news Last month Oceanology International 2012 set up shop in Londons ExCeL center, again confirming its position as the largest, most vibrant and busy subsea technologyshow in the world. OI 12, held in London mid-March, proved to be the bi-annual events largest, most successful show, according to the show director. Marine Technology Reporter , on hand from start to finish, noted a palpable buzz? in Londons ExCeL hallways among both exhibitors and visitors alike. In terms of attendance and the number of exhibiting companies, with a reported 7,728 attendees from more than 70 countries (a 10.8% increase on 2010) and more than 525 exhibitors from 33 countries, the biennial show broke all previous records. This year Interspill London 2012, with 110 exhibitors, was held alongside Oceanology International, attracting a total attendance figure of 1,346, meaning that the two conjoined shows attracted a grand total of 9,074. This year we attracted higher attendance from coun- tries such as China and Russia ? and this was also remarked upon,? said Exhibition Manager, James Coleman of Reed Exhibitions. We are looking forward now to Oceanology International 2014, which will be held once again at ExCeL, from March 11-13, 2014.? The exhibition saw a host of product and service launch- es (which can be found throughout this edition of MTR), as well as contract announcements, including: ? Ashtead Technology purchased $1.4m of Sonardyne 6G subsea acoustic positioning equipment.? Saderet reported a record first day of sales (to Tower Hydrographics, Coastline Surveys, Svarog). ? Energypro in the Interspill exhibition reported highly encouraging levels of requests for sampling of its Absorbent+00 which recovers spills back to commercial usage.? GSE Rentals invested in RESONs SeaBat technology, procuring its first SeaBat 7125SV2. ? ASV and Marine Electronics announced a new working partnership. ? Systeas WIZbuoy collected data from the Thames which could be seen in real time on their stand. ? Knudsen drew crowds to its stand as visitors checked out its new innovative plug & ping solution to shallow water 18MTRApril 2012The London Tradeshow Buzz? OI 12 Breaks Records OI 12 Attendees...........7,728 Countries.................70 Increase v. 10....10.8% Exhibitors...............525 Countries.................33 (Source: Reed Exhibitions) On-waterdemos were only steps from the exhibtion hall.(All images: Greg Trauthwein)