Marine Technology 2015 Articles
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on March 2015Ocean Scientific International Ltd. (OSIL) teamed with ASV Ltd. to offer a low-cost, mobile alternative to a permanent moored buoy system for monitoring. The system uses one of the ASV C-Stat station keeping buoys which can be deployed for up to four days at a time, running either on hybrid diesel,
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on March 2015Sonardyne’s Ranger 2 Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL) acoustic positioning system was selected by Allseas Group for the world’s largest pipelay and platform installation/decommissioning vessel, Pioneering Spirit, which was built by Daewoo Heavy Industries and measures 382 x 124m. Pioneering Spirit was na
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on March 2015Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. recently modified the popular telecom cable lay software, MakaiLay, to address specific issues experienced by the subsea power cable industry. The result of this effort was MakaiLay Power, a real-time software tool for controlling power cable deployment at-sea. This sof
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- STR SeaSpyder Systems for AIFCA page: 73
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on March 2015Great Yarmouth based marine technology experts Subsea Technology and Rentals (STR) announced the supply of two SeaSpyder underwater camera systems to the Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (AIFCA), for use by its 10 individual statutory organizations. The delivery of SeaSp
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- WiFi & GPS to X-Series Profilers page: 73
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on March 2015Streamline SVP data collection with AML’s WiFi device, Data Xchange. Following Beta trials, Data Xchange is set for a March 2015 release. Bringing the benefits of long-range WiFi to X-Series profilers, the device enables wireless data transfer and integrated GPS positioning. Upon surfacing, Data Xch
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on March 2015SeaBotix’ client, Pat Murphy, President of Lake Erie Diving, reported a new personal distance record for internal pipe inspection with his SeaBotix LBV300XL. “It was an internal inspection of a 48-in. (122 cm) intake pipe in Lake Michigan,” Murphy said. “The pipe was 6,140 ft. (1,872 m) in length a
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- SeeByte Software for L-3 Klein Sonar page: 72
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on March 2015SeeByte demonstrated its Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) software using a L-3 Klein Associates sonar payload (L-3 Klein UUV 3500, dual frequency 455/900 kHz) on an Iver-3 vehicle. This process involved the ATR software being tuned to the Klein sonar in order for the software to be able to identif
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on March 2015PREVCO Subsea, LLC is a subsea engineering consultancy, specializing in submersible pressure vessels, instrumentation housings, junction boxes, pressure relief valves and other subsea enclosures and accessories, is increasing their Pressure testing capabilities. Following a successful move in April
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- PulSAR: New SSS for SAR Operations page: 72
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on March 2015A new tow fish side scan sonar has been introduced by Kongsberg Maritime for use in search and recovery (SAR) missions as well as underwater inspection, engineering and scientific surveys. Developed by Kongsberg Geoacoustics, PulSAR is designed for intuitive operation and easy deployment by nonspeci
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on January 2015Impact of $50 Oil & Petrobras Implosion on Contracting in the Floating Production Sector The drop in oil/gas prices and ongoing implosion in Petrobras have combined to create a perfect storm in the deepwater sector. More than 170 projects involving oil production floaters and 35 floating liquefa
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on January 2015Vehicles. Front to back, top to bottom, this edition revolves around unmanned underwater vehicles, the means and method which allow many of you to work, study and evolve in the underwater world. In this edition we offer fresh perspective from a broad swath of stakeholders that are directly involved
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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