Marine Technology 2013 Articles
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on November 2013Recent severe storms in the U.K. North Sea have resulted in a number of floating production, storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs) being shut down in order to assess and repair the damage caused. Notwithstanding the possible safety implications for operations crew, oil and gas majors are facing wee
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on November 2013Brazil’s Petrobras has been one of the leading players in deepwater, subsea development projects since the turn of the century. These projects include pre-salt and post-salt plays, which require extensive and complex subsea engineering and construction efforts. It would be impossible for Petrobras
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on October 2013Douglas-Westwood (DW), in its latest subsea vessels report, forecast more than $100B of expenditure on subsea vessel operations over the next five years – with global demand expected to increase by 23%. The increase in expenditure is expected to be higher than the growth in vessel days due to the mo
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- Free Web-Embeddable Map Widgets page: 58
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on October 2013Marine geospatial data provider SeaZone created a series of free map widgets to embed into web pages. By embedding the map widgets into a web page, the user has instant access to SeaZone’s worldwide marine mapping. Data is available to purchase through one-click online purchasing, and is made availa
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- MetOcean Snow Beacon page: 58
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on October 2013MetOcean released the innovative Snow Beacon. Designed and tested in conjunction with the world renowned Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), the Snow Beacon is an Iridium reporting data collection and processing beacon ideal for remote polar applications. Developed to measure snow height and guarantee
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- EIVA: New Winch Range page: 58
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on October 2013The OceanEnviro range of winches for survey and deployment operations are now available to EIVA’s customers. EIVA has delivered winches for more than 30 years. As of October 2013, the winches will carry EIVA’s logo and the name OceanEnviro, as the company launches its own range of winches for survey
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on October 2013MacArtney announced that tidal power array developer and supplier Andritz Hydro Hammerfest has recently taken delivery of a MacArtney Medium Voltage Inline Termination. Due to the link with the lunar cycle, tidal currents can be predicted in advance, and with stable energy flow and fixed maintenanc
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- Reservoir Modeling Platform page: 56
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on October 2013Shell and Baker Hughes announced a software license and joint development agreement to produce a high-end platform for geological and reservoir modeling. The new platform will be designed to bring enhanced evaluation and visualization capabilities to Shell allowing geoscience and petroleum engineeri
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on October 2013Mustang Survival launched an improved Ocean Commander immersion suit to the Canadian marketplace; reportedly the first immersion suit to receive Transport Canada, MED, and SOLAS approvals. After research and tests, this launch also marks the return of the long-trusted Ocean Commander immersion suit
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on October 2013Tritech won a contract for its real-time riser and mooring line monitoring system RAMS. Tritech was selected by Single Buoy Moorings Inc. (SBM), designer and supplier of Turret Mooring Systems (TMS), to supply the primary safety tool for real-time mooring line failure detection and riser monitoring
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on October 2013MacArtney Group introduced the NEXUS MK VI, a new and promising addition to the range of NEXUS multiplexers and telemetry solutions. The MacArtney NEXUS MK VI is a HD video and multibeam sonar multiplexer that carries all signals over one single mode optical fibre via CWDM (Coarse Wavelength Divisio
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- Compact Survey AUV page: 55
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on October 2013MUNIN Debuted by Kongsberg Maritime Kongsberg Maritime recently launched MUNIN, a nextgeneration Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for offshore survey. Kongsberg Maritime’s Subsea Division has combined its experience in developing and manufacturing the HUGIN and REMUS AUVs to bring the compact
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- CTI SonarWiz Update page: 54
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on October 2013ChesapeakeTechnology announced an advancement to its SonarWiz software with the addition of post-processing for multi-beam echo sounder and interferometric bathymetry systems. SonarWiz now offers data processing for both multi-beam and interferometric bathymetric systems with present support for pro
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- Shark Eye page: 54
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on October 2013The Shark Eye was developed by Shark Marine to solve a common problem faced by many EOD / SAR teams, poor visibility. The Shark Eye allows divers to see objects and conduct detailed visual inspections at arm’s reach even in turbid/dark water, eliminating the need for the diver to press their mask a
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- Seatronics, CodaOctopus Agree page: 54
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on October 2013Seatronics do Brazil, an Acteon company, was appointed the exclusive distributor for CodaOctopus Ltd. in Brazil, a decision that will widen the portfolio of specialist subsea marine equipment that it can now offer to the Brazilian market. The new partnership will enable Seatronics, as a global suppl
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- GE Dynamic Positioning page: 53
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on October 2013For Hornbeck’s New Subsea Construction Vessels While astounding technology advances in the maritime and subsea sectors are becoming more common place, the capabilities of modern vessels in the offshore O&G sector are still something to behold. For example, holding a 100-m subsea construction ves
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- The Cavidome page: 52
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on October 2013Underwater cleaning just got easier with the introduction of the CaviDome, the first hand-held attachment for the CaviBlaster series of underwater cleaning equipment. Available now from CaviDyne, the CaviDome uses dual-rotating nozzles with a unique cavitating action to quickly and efficiently remov
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- AMEC Buys AXYS Sensor page: 52
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on October 2013AXYS Technologies said that AMEC will be the first to receive the TRIAXYS Next Wave II sensor integrated into its WatchMate met-ocean monitoring buoy. The TRIAXYS Next Wave II has been released as the new wave sensor for measuring directional waves and motion. Improvements include reduced power cons
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- New Additions to Imagenex Line page: 52
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on October 2013Imagenex has released new additions to its line of products. The new Model 878 Sidescan Sonar is the next generation in high resolution sidescan sonar. The unit runs two simultaneous sonars on each side at different sound wavelengths for enhanced image clarity. The Model 878 “RGB” Sidescan (triple s
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- Improved eBird page: 52
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on October 2013Kongsberg Seatex, a fully owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, has now given users of the eBird Seismic Streamer Control System the ability to equip SmartWing instrumentation with two additional features: a compass and a GNSS receiver. eBird is a novel bird concept for lateral, vertical and roll