Marine Technology 2014Patricia Articles
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- Outfitted for Heavy Lifting page: 56
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on January 2015The R/V Sikuliaq, the Alaska Regional Research Vessel (ARRV) operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, boasts the latest in cutting edge electric deck machinery that was engineered and manufactured by Rapp Marine. Rapp Marine served as the Scientific Handling Systems Integrator on the ARRV pro
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on January 2015Tim Taylor is an accomplished ocean explorer, businessman and entrepreneur. He has owned and operated his own companies in the marine industry for 30 years, work which has always included applying innovative diving technologies, and he has developed a reputation for leading underwater expeditions th
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- Experts on Ice page: 42
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on January 2015C-CORE C-CORE, (Center for Cold Ocean Resource Engineering), has developed tools to forecast iceberg movement and prepare mitigation strategies. It’s a simulation-based toolbox, taking into consideration factors like iceberg location and size, number of icebergs, what tow vessels are available in t
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- The Path to the Arctic page: 34
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on January 2015When Newfoundland and Labrador is described as the ‘path’ to the Arctic, it is done so using the fullness of the word, from the province’s strategic location to its world-class Arctic-related expertise, infrastructure, and facilities. As Canada’s most easterly province, extending north to the edge o
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on January 2015Expeditions in the early 20th century were the first to combine exploration and scientific discovery in the Antarctic. While the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) was set up to co-ordinate international activities back in 1958, only in the last few decades have we realized the import
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on January 2015DeepOcean was established in 1999 and is dedicated to subsea services and operations in deep waters, able to take on deep-water assignments anywhere in the world. The company is an integrated service provider for the subsea industry. DeepOcean has a global track record of subsea services including S
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- Autonomy Takes Off Underwater page: 14
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on January 2015When it comes to autonomous operations, the underwater environment is arguably the most hazardous on the planet. To begin, there is simply a dearth of information regarding the world’s oceans, a factor which naturally raises risk prospects. In addition, the effects of exposure of equipment to the ha
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- Michael J. Stewart Retires page: 61
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on January 2015When Marine Technology Reporter visited the Oceans 2014 exhibition in St. Johns in September we learned that Michael J. Stewart, a ubiquitous figure in the subsea sector for more than four decades, will retire from McArtney effective this month. Stewart has been with MacArtney for more than 20 years
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- Modern Tech for a Cold Case page: 54
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on January 2015In January 1971, a phone rang in the living room of a family in Atlanta, Ga. Lem Nikita, then 19, answered the call which confirmed that his father George Nikita’s plane had crashed somewhere over Lake Champlain during a blizzard shortly after takeoff. The elder Nikita was the pilot of a 10-seat Jet
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on January 2015The evolution of capable Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) moves in tandem with a burgeoning array of missions available. This month MTR spoke with Matt Bates of Saab Seaeye, Chris Gibson of Videoray, and Alasdair Murrie and Peter Ranelli from Teledyne Marine Systems for their insights on the market
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on January 2015Newfoundland and Labrador innovators are taking underwater technology to exciting new levels Newfoundland and Labrador has been front and center on some of the world’s paradigm shifting ocean-based research and development achievements. Autonomous Oceans Systems Laboratory (AOSL) is a research
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on January 2015Newfoundland and Labrador is preparing the next wave of ocean technology experts When it comes to the Arctic, the world still has a lot to learn. With just 10% of its vast expanse having been charted to date and much about its environment still unknown, the Arctic remains one of the most myste
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on December 2014MTCS (UK) Ltd, has devised a portable, virtual learning environment, where the online system has been built to aid companies whose individuals spend a lot of time offshore on vessels or rigs. Indeed, many subsea Industry executives now realize that knowledge and the application of knowledge, is key
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on December 2014Oilennium Ltd., a Petrofac Training Services (PTS) company that provides eLearning training services to the oil and gas industry, announced that since Dolphin Geophysical deployed the ConTrainer on its global fleet of seismic vessels, the company has experienced an improvement in its ability to deli
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- Realtime Tsunami Monitoring in Japan page: 57
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on December 2014In 2014, tsunami waves originating off the coast of Chile were detected near Japan, where EvoLogics modems enabled acoustic communication between JAMSTEC’s Vector Tsunameter on the seafloor and the autonomous Wave Glider vehicle on the ocean surface, transmitting real-time data to the shore over sat
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- Fugro High Res Subsea Laser Scanning page: 56
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on December 2014Fugro expanded its services for the offshore oil and gas sector with the addition of high resolution subsea laser scanning specialist technology that can be applied to a wide range of subsea services including metrology, field mapping, structure mapping, change detection and integrity management. Fu
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- Bowtech Debuts New Underwater Camera page: 56
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on December 2014The Bowtech product Pioneer is a high resolution underwater color CCD camera with six integral high intensity LEDs. It provides a cost effective solution to general underwater viewing observation, down to 4,000 meters ocean depth. Measuring 53mm diameter and 78.8mm in length (excl. connector), the
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on December 2014UV AML Oceanographic released the sister product to UV Xchange, Cabled UV, which aims to bring UV biofouling control to an even wider array of applications and devices. As promised in the September 2014 in Marine Technology Reporter article Biofouling Foiled, the new product launch comes six months
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on December 2014Two new studies by Quest Offshore Inc. for the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) show vast potential energy and economic benefits to the U.S. if the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific outer continental shelf (OCS) were opened to offshore oil
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- Editorial: One More Year Down page: 6
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on December 2014I’m not sure if it is a function of getting older, getting busier, or a combination of both, but the year 2014 to me is nothing but a blur. Despite the year-end plummet in oil prices that threatens to throw the offshore energy business into a tailspin, this has been by far the busiest and most prod