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ROV Support Vessel Harkand Harmony, the newest ROV support vessel to service Asia Pa- ciÞ cÕs oil and gas industry has been launched in Singapore. The vessel, built by ASL Marine Holdings at Batam near Singapore, will be Þ tted with one Comanche WROV and a complete survey spread. HarmonyÕs addition to the Harkand ß eet, along with two new Triton XLX ROVÕs which will be delivered in August, is a step forward in the companyÕs development plan. Calesurvey ROV Services With CalecoreÕs ß eet busy, spot market vessel MV Imor completed the Lithuanian section of a Baltic Sea Cable route survey. The multi-vessel project commenced in 2012 and used the Kommandor Stuart and the Komman- dor Calum in a UXO and geophysical routing survey. Dual gradiometer and the use of ROVÕs were deployed from all vessels for target identiÞ cation and safe cable routing. SeeByte Software for ROV SeeByte and Seatronics announced that the Predator ROV will now be fully integrated with SeeByteÕs SeeTrack CoPilot software. VideoRay ROV to Help Test Spill Ops in Arctic The U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center (RDC) will test and evaluate oil spill detection and recov- ery technologies in the Arctic Ocean as part of Operation Arctic Shield 2013. A multi-agency team aboard USCG Cutter Healy will test and evaluate various unmanned aerial systems (UAS), an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) and a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to search for simulated oil spills. RDC has assembled a team to in-clude NOAA personnel operating a Puma UAS; University of Alaska, Fairbanks researchers operating Puma systems funded by The Center for Island, Maritime, and Extreme Environment Security; representatives from the Depart- ment of Homeland Security Science and Technology Cen- ter of Excellence and personnel from the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command. Tests will also include op- eration of a SeaBED UUV by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) researchers. NOAA personnel will also employ the Environmental Response Management Appli- cation online mapping tool that integrates both static and real-time data for use during the exercise. The Coast Guard is providing one of its brushed skimmer systems to simu- late recovery operations at the ice edge and a Video Ray PRO 4 ROV to provide a vantage point from below to ob- serve and document skimming operations. www.seadiscovery.com MTR #7 (66-81).indd 73MTR #7 (66-81).indd 738/27/2013 9:44:26 AM8/27/2013 9:44:26 AM