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on May 2014In the summer of 1991, a 121 ft. long Taiwanese long line fishing vessel, the Hui Feng #1, ran aground on an atoll in the middle of the Pacific. With a footprint of just 4.6 sq. mi., Palmyra Atoll forms the most northern vegetated island in the Northern Line Islands, lying some 1,000 miles south of
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on May 2014OSD-IMT, the U.K. division of Offshore Ship Designers (OSD), developed a range of new designs of offshore windfarm service operation vessels (SOVs). The 1,350 dwt IMT972 SOV is powered by two Steerprop SP25 or equal 1900 kWe fixed pitch azimuth propulsion units. There is also an option for fitting
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- Windwave Launches Damen FCS 2008 page: 13
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on May 2014Windwave Workboats will be the first customer of Damen’s Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2008. The Twin Axe FCS 2008 is a smaller version of Damen’s FCS 2610 which launched in 2011. Based in Penzance, Cornwall, Windwave Workboats has been providing offshore wind farm support and crew transfer serv
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on April 2014This new feature allows U.S.-based users to quickly obtain the most recent charts provided by NOAA and the USACE at no additional charge. U.S.-based users who have an Internet connection will be able to download the charts from the USACE and NOAA web-map servers with the click of a button. Both agen
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on April 2014EdgeTech said that with the introduction of the 2205 AUV-based sonar system, manufacturers and operators of smaller sized AUV systems have embraced the high quality sonars which were traditionally only available in larger sized AUV systems. The recently delivered Teledyne Gavia AUVs to the Polish Mi
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- iXBlue, Septentrio Create ATLANS-C page: 58
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on April 2014iXBlue launched its new ATLANS-C position and orientation system, developed in close cooperation with Septentrio Satellite Navigation. The system is designed to provide continuous and accurate positioning in urban environments, where global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals are obscured, in
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- Seacon Expands Connector Range page: 58
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on April 2014With increasing requirements for connectors to operate in hazardous environments and many applications now requiring quick and safe disconnection of connectors to be used in these environments SEA CON has developed a new robust range of Exd connectors due to be released soon. The EX-MATE is based ar
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on April 2014Lankhorst Ropes won a contract by Aberdeen based Dana Petroleum to provide Gama 98 polyester mooring lines for the Western Isles Development FPSO vessel (Floating Production Storage and Offloading). Given the weather conditions in the North Sea, and relatively shallow water depth, the cylindricall
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on April 2014Nautronix won an order from HHI, Korea to supply a NASNet Dynamic Positioning Reference (DPR) System which will be used on the Bollsta Dolphin drilling rig. NASNet DPR is a position reference system for Dynamic Positioning that also features the benefits of the NASNet subsea acoustic positioning sys
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- Tritech StarFish for Z-Boat 1800 page: 57
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on April 2014The Oceanscience Group unveiled the first Z-Boat 1800 remotely-operated survey boat with integrated side scan sonar, from Tritech International. The new boat provides a shore operator with real-time high definition side scan imagery from Tritech’s StarFish 990F side scan on a portable 1.8m surface v
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- Insulated Wire Expands page: 57
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on April 2014Insulated Wire (IW) announced the expansion of its capabilities to produce custom composite cables featuring low smoke/zero halogen polyurethane jackets. The company hasseen sales of these cables grow significantly – particularly in naval applications, both on submarine and surface vessels. IW’s co
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on April 2014MacArtney introduced FLEXUS, a new data acquisition system. Based on a simple and rugged, yet flexible remotely operated towed vehicle, the FLEXUS composes a versatile and user friendly system suitable for a multitude of oceanographic, monitoring and survey applications. Like the more advanced MacA
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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