Marine Technology 2014 Articles
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on April 2014Kongsberg Maritime announced at OI ‘14 that it will add the new MUNIN AUV to its subsea equipment rental pool in Aberdeen. Expected to be available for hire in October 2014, the MUNIN AUV will further enhance the existing portfolio of Kongsberg Maritime Ltd rental equipment, which supports customers
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on April 2014Teledyne Webb Research (TWR) delivered six Slocum Turbulence Measurement Gliders to NOC Liverpool, U.K.; Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Germany; and New York University. New York University will be using the Slocum turbulence glider in a project aimed at projecting global sea-level change. The glider
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- FSI Announces new LF Bubble Gun page: 54
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on April 2014Falmouth Scientific, Inc. presented the HMS-620LF Low Frequency Bubble Gun Seismic System at OI ’14. FSI’s Bubble Gun Systems are suited for small boat shallow water geophysical surveys. Bubble Gun systems use a contained air volume to generate narrow band, low frequency acoustic signals. The data c
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- New Gyrocompass from Kongsberg page: 53
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on April 2014OI ’14 was the launching point for a new range of Gyrocompass products based on MRU technology from Kongsberg Maritime’s sensor Powerhouse, Kongsberg Seatex. The first model available is MGC R3, which includes three Ring Laser Gyros (RLGs) and three linear accelerometers providing highly accurate re
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on April 2014Following a two-year development program, Teledyne TSS previewed a complete new family of advanced AHRS and INS (Inertial Navigation and Attitude and Heading Reference Systems) named Saturn at OI ’14. The Saturn family is based upon fiber-optic technology developed and manufactured by Teledyne TSS.
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- Sonardyne Debuts SensorView Software page: 52
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on April 2014Sonardyne International launched the SensorView monitoring software designed to provide a user-friendly interface to access raw sensor data direct from subsea acoustic instrumentation. SensorView was developed in response to customer demand to stream sensor data directly from subsea transponders; ei
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on April 2014Teledyne Benthos launched the R12K Acoustic Release. According to the manufacturer, the development and design process included an in-depth needs assessment across a broad spectrum of the user base. The resulting new product, R12K, aims to combine the reliability of the Teledyne Benthos acoustic rel
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- Buoy Range Added to the EIVA page: 51
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on April 2014The first day of the OI saw the launch of a new buoy product range – ToughBoy Panchax – produced by the Danish offshore specialist EIVA. “ToughBoy Panchax is a wave buoy designed to ensure the lowest possible total cost of ownership in the market achieved through a competitive purchase price togethe
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- Wave-Propelled Vessel Debuts page: 50
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on April 2014AutoNaut is a wave-propelled vessel for ocean research launched at OI ’14. Built by MOST (Autonomous Vessels) Ltd. for very long endurance autonomous data gathering the 3.5m AutoNaut also harvests solar energy at sea to power its electronics. The new unmanned surface vessel (USV) uses motion from t
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on April 2014Underwater Laser based micro-bathymetry is becoming a new standard for subsea pipeline and asset inspection. As the industry moves to deeper and more hostile environments for extraction of oil, technology to manage the risks involved in these environments are critical. This became most evident durin
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on April 2014Royal Dutch Shell announced at the end of January that it would suspend all drilling activity in Arctic waters off Alaska due to a “multibillion-dollar scaling back of new projects.” The move comes just two weeks after the Anglo-Dutch company pulled out of an Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) p
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on April 2014In an effort to spread out oil and gas production to other parts of the country and increase overall oil production, Brazil has finally intensified hydrocarbon exploration along its northeastern and northern coasts. These are some of the poorest regions in the country and infrastructure for oil and
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on April 2014Following the Underwater Intervention ’14 exhibition in New Orleans, the crew from Seatronics, an Acteon company headed to the sunny shores of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Fort Lauderdale for a demonstration to key clients of the new and improved Predator II Observation class ROV. According
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- MTR April 2014: Editor's Note page: 6
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on April 2014While the Offshore Oil & Gas markets continue to push further from shore in ever-deeper waters, the need for proven technology to work more efficiently in increasingly hostile and unfamiliar environments grows in tandem. And while growth in the energy sector continues to energize multiple markets, i
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on April 2014Offshore drilling activity continues to migrate into deeper waters, especially with new oil and gas discoveries happening in smaller reservoirs located in deeper waters. Making these discoveries commercially viable relies on not only revenue from high oil and gas prices but also on reducing operatin
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on April 2014U. of Southern Mississippi site for Fourth National SeaPerch Challenge – Underwater Robotic Championships – Excitement continues to build for the Fourth Annual National SeaPerch Challenge, as 2014 will see the largest group of SeaPerch competitors ever to assemble and compete for the title of Nati
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on April 2014Scientists gave the rebuilt Alvin submarine two thumbs up after field-testing the nation’s only human-occupied deep-sea research vehicle for the first time after a major $42-million overhaul that dramatically upgraded the sub’s capabilities. “We’ve tested the core functions of the new Alvin, and
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on April 2014Recently, Swiftships Shipbuilders, LLC, in Morgan City, La., showcased the Anaconda-2 – an unmanned, 35-ft. craft in development – during a demonstration on the Atchafalaya River next to its HQ. The company partnered with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL) more than a year ago to produce
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on April 2014Digital transmission is something most of us use - knowingly or otherwise - everyday, whether it be smart phones, tablets or via other electronic devices. The subsea industry is the exception with its reliance on analogue (SD or Standard Definition) cameras in the belief that analogue systems have s
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- Kongsberg Camera Systems for OOI page: 91
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on March 2014The Kongsberg Maritime Ltd. Camera group Systems & Projects Team delivered the first set of cabled IP Digital Still Camera Stations (CAMDS) to the University of Washington. The delivery is for the regional cabled observatory component of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) program in the northe