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Vesper Marine www.vespermarine.com Vesper Marine provides marine safety products for com- mercial and recreational vessels, aids to navigation and marine asset owners. Guardian Asset Protection uses AIS in an innovative way to signi? cantly reduce the risk of damage to submarine cables and pipes, directly warning vessel operators before a potential incident occurs. First, it makes invisible assets visible. Owners of marine infra- structure can create a Virtual Aid to Navigation (AtoN).

This is created when a signal sent from a transmitter in an

Motive Offshore accessible location is used to mark a remote point. The www.motive-offshore.com onboard equipment of any ship in the area then automati-

Motive Offshore developed a renewable hybrid power cally alerts crews if they are on a collision course with the pack harnessing the power of the sun and the wind to marked subsea asset. Second, based on customized rules, help keep operations running, replacing traditional diesel Guardian will look for vessel activity that presents a pos- generators. The integrated power containers are custom- sible threat and proactively send an automatic message. built to suit customers’ needs dependant on working en- vironment, kW load demand and location speci? c needs.

Fully marinized and engineered to withstand the rigors of working offshore, the company claims a 96% reduction in OpEx costs through fuel ef? ciency, examples of which have already been achieved in the North Sea. In addition to power supply, the boxes have the option to provide storage of goods, spare parts and tooling.

Picotech Ltd www.picotech-ltd.com

Picotech is a developer and manufacturer of one-person- portable, autonomous hydrographic survey solutions. In

June 2020, Picotech launched what it touts as the world’s smallest integrated multibeam echosounder, the Pi- coMB130 Surf. The PicoMB130 was launched alongside

Picotech’s brand new USV, the PicoCAT. PicoCAT fea- tures an open-source autopilot and uses COTS RC with telemetry and audible alerts for RSSI, vehicle and pay- load battery consumption and switch warnings to make

Sea? oor Systems, Inc.

surveying easier. www.sea? oorsystems.com

Sea? oor Systems is known for its innovative application of hydro acoustic sonar and unmanned marine surface vehicle technology to the survey industry. Sea? oor devel- oped the original Hydrolite echosounder system in 2005 to meet the needs of the US Army Dive Teams. It con- tinues to innovate in the survey grade echo sounder and unmanned surface vehicle sectors. Sea? oor introduced the ? rst hot-swappable transducer well technology for the EchoBoat in 2017, which enables the user to quickly swap sonar modules without removing the vehicle from the water. Modules include a multibeam echosounder with integrated IMU, side scan sonar, single beam echo- sounder, ADCP, and sub bottom pro? ler.

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