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news 10 MTR October 2010 work (IRM) in commercial subsea environ- ments as well as for a range of oceanograph- ic applications. The U-11000 will have a range of as long as 20km from its launch point, allowing it to be deployed for certain tasks from shore or from an ocean platform instead of from a ship, further reducing cost of operations as compared to current ROV systems. HRI’s next two ROVs will be launched in the second half of 2011, and will include the T-6500, designed for a broad range of tasks below the launch point, and the F-11000, a hybrid AUV/ROV model, with up to 6 knots forward thrust and a large payload for sensory and survey equipment. www.hawkesremotes.com

Subsea 7 Wins $100m N. Sea Deal

Subsea 7 won a con- tract in the UK sector of the North Sea val- ued in excess of $100 m. The Subsea 7 work scope is to engineer, fabricate, install and commission a pipeline bundle system.

Offshore installation of the bundle is sched- uled for the first half of 2012.

HMC Contracted by Acergy

European agent for

Flume, Hydrographic and Marine Consultants

BV (HMC), has been contracted by Acergy to deliver anti-roll tank tests and engineering works onboard the pipelay vessel Acergy

Borealis. HMC will, with the aid of computer models and tank tests, configure finely tuned anti-roll tanks for the

Acergy Borealis - reducing roll at all rele- vant sailing speeds, including zero speed.

HRI's T-6500 ROV, shown here with a science skid package, is designed as a highly stable work platform for use below its point of deployment, as deep as full ocean depth

HRI's U-11000 ROV, which ships Q1 2011, will combine long range and deep depth capabilities with tools for intervention. (Photo cour tesy Hawkes Remotes) (Photo cour tesy Hawkes Remotes)