Page 37: of Marine Technology Magazine (September 2022)

Read this page in Pdf, Flash or Html5 edition of September 2022 Marine Technology Magazine

Blueprint Subsea www.blueprintsubsea.com

Blueprint Subseaspecializes in imaging sonars, acoustic po- nars, acoustic positioning beacons and diver navigation sys- sitioning beacons and diver navigation systems. Its mission is tems. Products include: to provide the subsea community with high-quality acoustic • StarFishsidescan sonars: Designed for shallow waters;Single products at an affordable price. person deployment; ideal for survey work and Search And

Blueprint Subsea has been designing and manufacturing sub- Rescue (SAR) sea acoustic sensors for the past 16 years. Since its modest • Oculus multibeam imaging sonars: Single and dual-fre- beginning it has grown to a 35-person team and a portfolio of quency models; Designed for ROVs and AUVs; Operating four comprehensive product lines selling to an international ranges up to 200m, depth ratings down to 4,000m market. Its facilities house engineering, sales and production • SeaTrac USBL acoustic positioning systems:Real-time departments, and are equipped with a custom built acoustic ROV, AUV and diver tracking test tank and pressure test chamber. •Artemis diver navigation systems: Covert navigation, sonar

Blueprint Subsea’srange of compact, robust, intuitive and af- imaging and acoustic communication; Ideal for Special Forces fordable underwater acoustic products have been meeting the and Emergency Services Designed, manufactured, and tested rigorous demands of the global subsea, offshore and defense in-house in the UK’s Lake District, we deliver high-quality, markets since 2006. The company specializes in imaging so- low-cost, innovative solutions.

Geoquip Marine www.geoquip-marine.com

Offshore geotechnical data acquisition, analysis and report- on the seabed the CPT unit relays data to an operator on board ing specialist Geoquip Marine has con? rmed the expansion in real-time where it is then processed. The 200kN system pro- of its ? eet with the addition of a further Integrated Geotechni- vides a continuous pro? le of tip resistance, sleeve friction and cal Survey Vessel (IGSV) the Geoquip Elena. Geoquip Elena pore water pressure, which can be used for the derivation of is setup as a specialist deep-push Cone Penetration Testing shear strength in cohesive soils and the relative density of non- (CPT) vessel and has been acquired to add vital capacity to cohesive soils. The rig can reliably push to depths in excess of the demand from offshore windfarm developers, especially 40m and is therefore ideally suited for gathering data for the in Europe and North America. Geoquip Elena is a 4000 ton construction of foundations for offshore windfarms.

IGSV, 91m in length and 19m in breadth. It was built at Vard- Geoquip Elena joins ? ve other DP2 and four-point moored

Brattvaag, Norway in 2002. Geoquip Elena is ? tted with one vessels in the company’s ? eet, which provide a highly versa- of Geoquip’s 200kN seabed CPT units, which can operate a tile range of offshore geotechnical investigation services in all range of seabed penetration test equipment. Once operational parts of the world.

37

MTR #7 (34-49).indd 37 10/3/2022 8:44:00 AM

Marine Technology

Marine Technology Reporter is the world's largest audited subsea industry publication serving the offshore energy, subsea defense and scientific communities.