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National Taiwan Ocean University Although there have been two previ- (NTOU). ous surveys of the ship, this is the

The hydrostatically damped ? rst extensive mapping of the wreck

Multi Corer is capable of collect- site since it sank. Sandra Henry, a ing up to 12 undisturbed 600mm marine archaeologist from the Is- long samples (including the over- lands Archaeology, said that the re- lying supernatant water). The corer mote survey has provided many new is constructed from stainless steel insights into the sinking and wreck, and features detachable core assem- adding that ongoing work will con- blies, which enables the core tubes tinue to develop the knowledge (or if necessary the entire core tube base, revealing new information as assembly) to be detached from the they continue to gather and process

NTSB corer for analysis or storage. data.

El Faro voyage data recorder in fresh water on the USNS

Fugro Collects Metocean Thales to Take Role in ‘Exer-

Apache.

Data for Hess Ghana cise Unmanned Warrior’

Fugro has completed a 33-month Thales is set to play a key role in period of metocean data acquisi- Exercise Unmanned Warrior, a U.K.

Phoenix Assists in tion for Hess Ghana Exploration Royal Navy exercise in October

Limited. Measurements were made that will bring together 40 organi-

Recovering at three locations in an area off- zations from defense, industry and shore western Ghana known as the academia, as well as more than

El Faro’s VDR

Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points 50 vehicles, sensors and systems block, in water depths of approxi- from across defense and industry,

Phoenix International Holdings, Inc., mately 2,400 meters. The data are to gauge how unmanned systems under the operational direction of the to be used by Hess in support of its might add operational capability in

U.S. Navy’s Of? ce of the Supervisor of operations in Ghana. a military maritime environment.

Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), recov-

Thales will showcase its capabil- ered the voyage data recorder (VDR)

Wave Gliders Delivered to ity through the Watchkeeper Un- from the sunken cargo vessel El Faro. the Japan Coast Guard manned Aircraft System, Halcyon

Working aboard USNS Apache (T-ATF

Liquid Robotics and its Japanese Unmanned Surface Vehicle and its 172), Phoenix operated the U.S. Navy’s partner, Hydro Systems Develop- collaborative work in the ? eld of

Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) ment (HSD), have delivered a ? eet unmanned command and control

CURV-21during a single 13 hour dive of eight Wave Gliders to the Japan research.

to identify and recover the VDR from

Coast Guard for providing autono- a water depth of 15,000 feet. Following

Unique Group Sells Two mous observation and situational the recovery, the VDR was transferred awareness of ocean currents, wave Dive-ROV Systems to National Transportation and Safety activity and weather along Japan’s Unique Group’s Diving & Life

Board (NTSB) investigators onboard coastlines. According to Liquid Ro- Support team has received orders

USNS Apache.

botics, this is the ? rst ocean obser- for two of its HYRDA ABS Nitrox

El Faro went missing on October 1, vation network in Japan’s history Surface Dive-ROV Systems from its 2015 while operating in the midst of that will provide comprehensive and client in Nigeria. The systems sold

Hurricane Joaquin near Crooked Island economical monitoring of Japan’s each comprise a Dive-ROV control in the Bahamas. In late October 2015, ocean conditions. and chamber container, machinery

Phoenix, under the direction of SUP- container, air and nitrox 10ft HP gas

SALV, located the sunken ship using the

Return to HMS Hampshire storage containers, two single bas-

U.S. Navy’s deepwater side scan sonar

U.K. warship HMS Hampshire sunk ket LARS and a SRP boat. The sys- search system Orion. The Phoenix team in 1916 after hitting a mine off the tems will be ABS Classed and com- then launched CURV-21 to verify and

Orkney Isles. Now 100 years later, pliant with the latest IMCA, OGP visually inspect the wreckage.

a Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV oper- and ExxonMobil requirements. The www.phnx-international.com ated by Roving Eye Enterprises systems will be delivered by the end went down to survey the wreckage. of October 2016.

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