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on October 2014Teledyne Impulse Knows about Making Connections in San Diego’s Blue Tech cluster Teledyne Impulse designs and manufactures high-reliability electrical and optical interconnection systems and connectors for a broad range of harsh environment applications. According to General Manager, Ray Hom, the
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on October 2014Margaret Leinen, Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, shares her insights with MTR regarding the internationally regarded institution and it’s Southern California roots. Can you share with MTR the history of why you are located here in the San Diego area? The sto
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on October 2014An in-depth conversation with Greg Cox, a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and California Coastal Commission and a key proponent of the San Diego Blue Tech Cluster. Greg Cox has been a member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors since 1995, where he oversees a regional
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on October 2014San Diego’s “Blue Tech” cluster is making waves. And like a high tide, the powerful “Blue Economy” is raising a lot of boats. What is the “Blue Economy?” It has been defined as the sum of all economic activity having to do with oceans, seas, harbors, ports and coastal zones. San Diego’s “Blue Eco
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on October 2014Along the last decade major improvements in the quality of subsurface mapping of geological formations containing complex salt bodies have taken place with the introduction of broadband seismic survey technology. Since the discovery of the Lula oil field in 2006, CGG’s BroadSeis has been involved in
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on October 2014Technology and dynamic mission profiles have driven change in the defense industry, Hydro Group Plc Managing Director Doug Whyte, explores the changing paradigm of submarine programs, an evolving market he has experienced first-hand, with over 30 years at the helm of his own innovative subsea design
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on October 2014Will subsea documentation guidelines help pave the way for broader industry standardization? Standardization is a buzzword in the subsea sector, but for many it remains a term shrouded by uncertainty. What exactly does the subsea market stand to gain from standardization, and how can it be appli
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on October 2014What’s New in October? 324 oil/gas floating production units are now in service, on order or available for reuse on another field. FPSOs account for 65% of the existing systems, 78% of systems on order. Production semis, barges, spars and TLPs comprise the balance. The oil/gas production floa
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on October 2014The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk christened its ‘green’ research vessel on Friday, September 26 in preparation for launching a new era in examining, monitoring and teaching about Long Island Sound. The $2.7m research vessel, Spirit of the Sound, was christened and named during a ceremony at the Aqua
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on September 2014A proud and rich history of innovation and a laser focus on customer-driven solutions are the hallmark of SouthWest Electronic Energy (SWE), which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. SWE’s business philosophy remains constant throughout these five decades: partner with customers to meet
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- The Blue Economy page: 20
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on September 2014If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Manage it … or Get Attention and Funding! Understanding and promoting the Blue Economy and BlueTech is critical for the future of the U.S. and the world. Yet we don’t know in the U.S. and around the world how big our ocean and maritime tech industries are. Why
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on September 2014Ever since man has taken vessels onto the seas, mariners have reported encounters with monstrous waves that seem to arise out of nowhere from an otherwise average sea state. On his third voyage to the New World in 1498, Christopher Columbus recorded in his logbook that a giant wave lifted up his ve
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on September 2014The Ulstein Verft subsea newbuild, Island Performer, was delivered to Island Offshore. The flexible, state-of-the-art RLWI/IMR vessel will serve her first five years for FTO in the Gulf of Mexico. “The vessel is customized to suit the scope of work in the FTO contract, in which RLWI (Riser-less Lig
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- OceanScience Adds Autonomy page: 14
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on September 2014The Oceanscience Z-Boat 1800 remotely-operated hydrographic survey boat has completed final trials with an on-board autonomous waypoint navigation system, and is ready to survey. The latest GNSS controlled, IMU aided “robo” Z-Boat option is a result of a partnership between The Oceanscience Group (U
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- Triton Submarines’ New Submersible page: 12
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on September 2014Triton Submarines will introduce its newest model, the Triton 1000/3 LP (Low Profile) at the 2014 Monaco Yacht show. Triton’s model line now includes 11 models configured for two to eight passengers with depth ratings from 1000 feet (305 meters) to 5500 feet (1675 meters) as well as the full ocean
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- ULSTEIN PX121 for Otto Offshore page: 10
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on September 2014Ulstein Design & Solutions entered into a contract with Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd, China, for the delivery of ship design & equipment to four PX121 type platform supply vessels. The ship owner is the Singapore based Otto Offshore Ltd., which is scheduled to receive all vessels in 2016.
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- MTR 100: ASV page: 91
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on September 2014Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) Unit 6a Trafalgar Wharf, Portchester, Hampshire, UK PO6 4PX T: +44(0)23 9238 2573 E:[email protected] W: www.asvglobal.com CEO: Dan Hook Engineeering Director: Richard Daltry Number of Employees: 40 The Case In just four years ASV has established itself
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on September 2014Since the first deployment of in-situ monitoring instrumentation, biofouling has been a problem. Without an effective solution, people have historically had to accept the limits biofouling imposes on ocean sensing work, with significant repercussions. When instrumentation is deployed in-situ, the va
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on September 2014When looking for an emergency preparedness system for the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere, Chevron enlisted the aid of Wachs Subsea to create an automated pipeline repair system using Wachs Combination Prep Tool (CPT) as the key operational component. The design parameters included a machine that was l
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on September 2014In a rural community in Nova Scotia, a small ocean technology company is making some noise in the design and manufacture of digital hydrophones. Ocean Sonics Ltd. of Great Village, was formed by President Mark Wood in 2012 after Wood developed the concept of the smart hydrophone in 2005 at his compa