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on April 2015J2 Subsea has launched an Xbox 360 wireless controller for a field-proven intelligent valve pack (iVP). Offered exclusively by J2, the Windows- based custom-built control software and gaming controller will improve operator training and ease maintenance activities on the iVP, the company said. The
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on April 2015Turner Designs introduced a submersible logger designed to work with its C-sense pCO2 sensor. Designed by water quality instrument design corporation Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. (PME), the C-sense Logger package records time, date, internal temperature and the partial pressure of gas in
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- Develogic Exhibts Seafloor Lander page: 59
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on April 2015At the Ocean Business show in Southampton, U.K., develogic was scheduled to show a 6,000m rated compact seafloor lander with acoustic communication and sensor package, acoustic/seismic recording systems, acoustic modems, a real-time satellite gateway buoy with inductive/acoust c communication, a sou
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- In-situ Subsea Cable Repair page: 58
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on April 2015IMR specialist N-Sea used a wet repair habitat to complete an in-situ subsea cable repair. The habitat was developed by Moyle Interconnector Ltd. as part of the seabed repair project, with ESB International the owner’s engineer for the project. The habitat allows repairs to be implemented in-situ be
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on April 2015CARIS released its CARIS S-57 Composer 3.0, a desktop application for the production of electronic navigational products, including Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC), Additional Military Layers (AML), Inland Electronic Navigational Charts (IENC) and Digital Nautical Charts (DNC). For the first ti
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on April 2015At Ocean Business in Southampton MMT´s key topic was the new Surveyor Interceptor ROV (SROV). Together with its Norwegian partners Reach Subsea AS, MMT developed a new generation, survey ROV, named Surveyor Interceptor (SROV), which is specially designed for pipeline inspection and seabed surveys.
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on April 2015Fugro introduced another advance in the field of GNSS augmentation with its high accuracy G2+ service, designed to benefit offshore operators around the globe who require positioning and measurement accuracy at centimeter level. G2+ is an enhancement of Fugro’s G2 service (based on GPS and GLONASS)
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- ORION Boosts STR’s Portfolio page: 57
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on April 2015Subsea Technology and Rentals (STR) added Optimal Ranging’s ORION pipe and cable tracker systems to its selection of underwater detection systems. ORION is Optimal Ranging’s new flagship product for Underwater Utility surveying. Extending LIBRA’s Fieldsens technology ORION now includes MultiSens
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- SeaHow Skimmer System page: 57
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on April 2015New SeaHow skimmer systems – designed to collect both light and heavy oils efficiently – can be implemented to almost any workboat, starting with vessels only six meters long. SeaHow operates one of northern Europe’s largest fleets of oil spill response vessels, and its hands-on experience for more
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on April 2015Imenco’s new HD over Ethernet subsea camera, the SubVIS Orca, was scheduled to launch globally in early April 2015. Essentially a smart phone with a commercial subsea lens and housing rated to 400m, the camera will be apps driven and will be capable of communication with all sensors installed on ROV
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- FarSounder Updates Navigation Sonars page: 56
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on April 2015The release of SonaSoft 3.0 represents an upgrade to its real-time forward-looking sonar capabilities. New in SonaSoft 3.0, FarSounder has improved its 3D sonar display, the developer said. According to FarSounder, improvements include target persistence via new image stabilization techniques, updat
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- Silicon Sensing System’s IMUs page: 56
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on April 2015Two all-new IMUs from Silicon Sensing Systems Limited are enhancing its range of MEMS inertial products featured at Ocean Business. DMU10 provides a low-cost 6-DOF solution delivering sub-15⁰/hr and 50µg output stability. First of a family of High Performance IMUs (HPIMU) due for release in the sum
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- New Joysticks and Hand Controllers page: 56
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on April 2015Bokam also introduced a new line of submersible and hazardous environments joysticks and controllers. The new line provides both a force or position proportional joysticks and input devices, with a life cycle expectancy of 10 billion life cycles with Bokam’s patented rotational motion mechanism and
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- New Winch/Lift and Throttle Controls page: 56
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on April 2015Bokam Engineering, Inc., offers a new line of snap-action and place-and-hold single-axis winch and throttle controls. It is designed to provide lateral single-axis controls for a wide range of applications including top side winch, lift and throttle control functions in marine environment-exposed a
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on April 2015Strategic Marine delivered a world’s first to European windfarm service sector operator, Njord Offshore. This vessel builds on the success of the first eight 21m vessels built for Njord by Strategic Marine. The StratCat, a multipurpose service vessel capable of transporting up to 24 crew, is first
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- New Survey Vessel to Fugro page: 50
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on April 2015Fugro America, built by Thoma-Sea Marine Construction in Louisiana, was delivered to Fugro in mid-March. The new vessel is designed to Fugro’s specifications, fitted with the latest geophysical survey equipment and houses some of the most advanced instrumentation in the field. Fugro Americas is opti
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- Incat-design DSV Delivered page: 50
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on April 2015Sistac Victoria, a purpose-built RINA-classed, DP-2 monohull dive support vessel intended for service in Brazilian offshore waters has been delivered to Sistac Sistemas De Acesso S.A. The vessel was designed by Incat Crowther in collaboration with the vessel’s builder, SeaSafe Barcos Manufacturados
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on April 2015They can come in all shapes and sizes, silently shuttled along by the currents. The larger versions are white, glistening and beautiful and a potential disaster waiting to happen. Icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador are one of the many products of a harsh North Atlantic environment
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on April 2015Seafloor mapping is one of the oldest professions known to humankind. Mariners have been measuring the depths under their vessels for thousands of years. The science of measuring and charting the depths to determine the topography of the seafloor is known as bathymetry. Bathymetry is gathered from
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on April 2015Since industrial oil extraction began in the mid-19th century, civilization has gradually turned to new offshore resources to meet global energy demands. As the industry ventures further into polar and deep-water regions, the complexity of today’s exploration projects continues to rise. Given the f