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nounced it will host a two-day training seminar focused on their Doppler Veloc- ity Log (DVL) technology in Houston,

October 21-22, 2014. DVLs are used ex- tensively onboard underwater platforms and surface vessels to provide precision navigation capability. All current and potential DVL users are encouraged to attend this event to quickly expand their working knowledge of their DVL and its application to their underwater platform. Teknologic Engineering Services

Inc. announced that it has completed the asset purchase of Ross Laboratories Inc. on July 25, 2014 and formed a new com- pany called Ross Labs LLC. The new company headquartered in Edmonds,

Wash. will continue to manufacture the popular line of Ross Hydrographic sur- vey equipment which is sold both in the

U.S. and internationally. The new com- pany will operate under the name Ross

Labs LLC. Teledyne BlueView, Inc. an- nounced that Technitrade, part of the

Geoaction group located in Arpajon

France, has invested in a BV5000 3D

Mechanical Scanning Sonar. This high resolution measurement instrument can be used for underwater structural inspec- tion, complementing the workfl ow of specialist dive teams, conventional sonar survey and terrestrial LiDAR techniques.

This purchase adds to the 2D Multibeam

Imaging Sonar Technitrade invested in from Teledyne BlueView earlier this year. MacGregor, part of Cargotec, se- cured a new contract from Chinese ship- builder, Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Ltd., for two 100-metric-ton active heave- compensated subsea MacGregor cranes.

The cranes will be fi tted to two 86-m multipurpose PSVs under construction.

Delivery of the cranes is scheduled for the end of September and October 2015. J2 Subsea, an Acteon company, opened a new facility in New Iberia, La., to make its range of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) tools more readily avail- able for subsea operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The facility, which includes a new hydraulic workshop for tool preparation, servicing and support, will provide torque tools, analyzers, Webt- ool cutters, intensifi ers, grinders, work packs, jetters and cleaners to ROV and diving companies in North America. Rowe Technologies, Inc. (RTI) won an order of six SeaPilot DVLs from

Oceaneering International. RTI devel- oped a 4,500-m rated titanium SeaPilot

DVL for deepwater deployments which the company said provides a slightly smaller footprint when compared to oth- er products in the market and also pro- vides the industries newest electronics platform. A leak detection sensor is inte- grated into the SeaPilot DVL to provide

ROV pilots real-time information on the status of the structural integrity of the

DVL and will allow pilots the opportuni- ty to shut-down the DVL in the case that the structural integrity is compromised.

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