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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 85Bibby Charter: Bigger North Sea DSV Fleet Sat control room onboard a Bibby OSV. Bibby Offshore expanded its ß eet of North Sea class diving support vessels by signing a contract to charter the DPII DSV Mermaid Endurer from Subtech Ltd. on behalf of Mermaid Offshore Services. The charter will run from April, 2014 for 200 days with extension options and a similar optional period has been agreed from April 1, 2015. The vessel will join Bibby OffshoreÕs DSV ß eet which includes the Bibby Sapphire, Bibby Polaris and Bibby To- paz, providing additional capacity for clients.Two Missing Aircraft Located Off Venezuela C&C Technologies, Inc. in cooperation with SEA Corporation, the Italian and Venezuelan Authorities and Luca Mis- soni, conÞ rm that two aircraft lost off the archipelago of Los Roques, Ven- ezuela have been located and positively identiÞ ed. As of 3:50 p.m. local time on June 19, 2013 the missing LET L-410 aircraft (registration number YV-2081), was located by the crew of C & CÕs Re- search Vessel SEA SCOUT. The LET L-410 was lost south of the island on January 4, 2008 carrying 14 passengers and crew from Caracas, Venezuela to Los Roques.The missing BN2 Islander aircraft (reg- istration number YV-2615), was located on June 27, 2013 at 8:25 p.m. local time. The BN-2 Islander was lost north of the island on January 4, 2013 carry-ing six passengers and crew, including fashion design CEO Vittoio Missoni and his wife Maurizia Castiglioni.Search operations were conducted by the, R/V SEA SCOUT, C & CÕs purpose designed 134-ft. aluminum hulled oceanographic catamaran ves- sel equipped with an Autonomous Un- derwater Vehicle (AUV). The AUVÕs sensor suite includes a Dual Frequency Chirp Side Scan Sonar, Chirp Subbot- tom ProÞ ler, Multibeam Bathymetry and Imagery System, and a Camera Mosaicking System. Hydro Targets Growth in Southeast Asia Gabriel Tan and Steve Ang Hydro Group announced plans for fur- ther investment in Southeast Asia and the appointment of a technical support supervisor to aid growth in the region. Earlier this year Hydro Group opened a new Singapore ofÞ ce to support the companyÕs increasing presence in Southeast Asia, and offer its range of subsea optical cables, electrical cables and connectors to the wider energy and defense markets in the region. Doug Whyte, Hydro Group manag- ing director, said, ÒHydro Group has invested close to £300,000 in develop- ing the Southeast Asia operation. We are already moving onto the next phase of development ahead of schedule, ap- pointing two new members of staff to the Singapore ofÞ ce, with the key ap- pointment of Gabriel Tan as technical support supervisor.Ó Huisman: 10 Pipelay Equipment Orders Huisman secured new contracts for 10 pipelay systems with various ma- jor offshore pipelay contractors. The new contracts include three 550mt Tiltable Lay Systems (TLS) and one 325mt Vertical Lay System (VLS) for Subsea 7, two 650mt TLS and two 340mt VLS for Technip-DOF, one 275mt VLS and one 570mt Multi-lay System for Ceona. The equipment will be built at the various Huisman production facilities in The Nether- lands, Czech Republic, China and Brazil. Delivery of these pipelay sys- tems is scheduled between the end of this year and early 2017.The orders for the three 550mt TLS for Subsea 7 and the two 650 and two 340mt TLS for Technip-DOF are all part of their contract with Petrobas. The three Subsea 7 TLS will all be equipped with a Huisman squeeze system to accurately control squeeze loads. Moreover, all tensioners will be retractable, which allows for safe and efÞ cient installation of large sub- sea infrastructure components such as umbilicals, risers and ß owlines. The vessels for Subsea 7 will be built by IHC, The Netherlands. Technip- DOFÕs order for two TLS includes baskets and two 50mt SMST knuckle boom cranes, which allow for deck handling and deep water operation. The vessels for the two 650mt will be built by VARD in Norway and the vessels for the two 340mt will be built by VARD in Brazil. Delivery of the Þ nal pipelay system for these or- ders is scheduled for early 2017.MTR #7 (82-96).indd 85MTR #7 (82-96).indd 858/23/2013 9:22:19 AM8/23/2013 9:22:19 AM