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38 MTRals, including the Norwegian Ministry of Industry and Trade. Lazard acted as Tidewater?s  nancial advisor in the transaction. RDSEA Goes to Work in Costa Rica RDSEA International supports new tide gage installations in Costa Rica. The  ve-star Los Suenos Marina, Herradura, Pun- tarenas, Costa Rica now has daily tidal data available for its? users and the nearby community. Original speci cations for the system were for routine monitoring, with future upgrade to a tsunami warning station planned. Campbell Scienti c, Centro Caribe and J.S. Marine and Environmental Services, St Petersburg, FL, were responsible for the installation in the  eld using an AQUATRAK Liquid Level Measuring System integrated with a Campbell Scienti c CR-1000 data logger/ controller. Data transmission is via NOAA?s GOES Satel- lite Service. Data will also be received and managed by the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center (UHSLC). UHSLC serves multiple roles in supporting real-time oceanographic operations as well as climate and oceanographic research. The UHSLC collaborates with agencies within host countries in the installation and maintenance of a global network of tide gauge stations, which meet standards that range in resolution from tsunami warning to global sea level rise. http://uhslc.soest.hawaii.edu RDSEA Supports AMBIDADOS RDSEA supports AMBIDADOS and the Oceanographic In- stitute, University of Sao Paulo (IOUSP), with the deploy- ment of Brazil?s  rst ?home-grown? buoy system (ATLAS-B) in the Atlantic. With a  berglass toroid donated by NOAA- PMEL (Seattle) and systems integration by AMBIDADOS, a successful deployment was conducted from R/V Alpha Crusis (formerly Moana Wave of UH in the Paci c). RDSEA Presi- dent Rick Cole was on board the AC to oversee the deploy- ment and to make the inductive connection between the 10 subsurface sensors (SBE MicroCats) mounted on the moor- ing line and the buoy controller. Averaged data are transmitted daily back to IOUSP laboratories for post processing and dis-semination. A 100% data stream was achieved with data now  owing from the 28ºS - 42ºW region of the western Atlantic. Full meteorology is also incorporated into the buoy?s data set. These data will enhance the ongoing PIRATA Program and other ocean and climate research being conducted in the Southeastern Brazilian Bight region. Aker Solutions Doubles Up in Brazil Aker Solutions recently laid the foundation stone of a new plant in Paraná that will double the company?s subsea pro- duction capacity in Brazil. The plant in the city of São José dos Pinhais in the Paraná state in Brazil will be operational in 2015. It will replace Aker Solutions? current subsea manu- facturing facility in Curitiba and double production capacity in the country. Aker Solutions? Executive Chairman Øyvind Eriksen and Luis Araujo, president and country manager of the company?s Brazilian operations, took part in a ceremony laying the foun- dation stone at the new site. Luis Carlos Setim, the mayor of São José dos Pinhais, attended together with other local government of cials. ?Brazil is a very important market for Aker Solutions and this new plant will strengthen our subsea offering,? says Araujo. The new facility will have about 1,200 employees and gener- ate work for an additional 5,000 people at suppliers. Expansion was signi cantly aided by the winning of an $800m contract in April to deliver subsea equipment to the Brazilian oil company Petrobras. The contract is for 60 well- People & Company News Left image: Los Suenos, CR Right image: Rear: Jose Vega, National Univ. Here- dia Costa Rica, Eduardo Alvarez, Campbell Scien- tiÞ c, Centro Caribe. Front: Jeff Scudder, JS Marine & Environmental, Juan Arroyo, Campbell Scienti Þ c, Centro Caribe June 2013MTR #5 (34-48).indd 38MTR #5 (34-48).indd 386/3/2013 1:27:31 PM6/3/2013 1:27:31 PM