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handling systems and other subsea related equipment, led by Moon, has plans to add 40,000sq ft to its offce and workshop space by this time next year.

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Darlington-based Modus Seabed

Intervention, founded in 2008, launched a new AUV division, after buying a Remus 100 AUV, and has employed senior ex-navy staff to lead it. Modus is also due to take delivery of a 150hp Quasar ROV later this year.

The Quasar, built at Newcastle-based

Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD), will be the frst work class system to use

IHC Engineering Business’ designed the Hi-Traq inter-array cable trenching machine.

SMD’s DVECS-S control system, along building its Newcafex manufacturing opened 14,500sq ft research and devel- with technology developed by subsea facility—a 57.8m-high building hous- opment facility, also at Walker, home vehicle software frm SeeByte, which ing a vertical helix machine to manu- to about 30 engineers and containing together reduces pilot work-load and facture umbilicals. test rigs for umbilicals, for its offshore enables mission repeatability through

Newcafex already has an order back- operations. auto-position controls, navigation map log out to 2016, in addition to work The region’s strength in subsea trail, cruise-control, advanced way- at its existing facility, with projects equipment, from ploughing and point tracking, chart overlay, auto fy including Chevron’s Wheatstone and trenching systems to remotely oper- follow, and survey.

Lianzi project umbilicals, and 50km ated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous It was designed to work in high cur- of umbilicals for Total’s Moho Nord underwater vehicles (AUVs), is also rent areas and mostly targeted for off- development off Congo. attracting investment. shore wind farms, but also oil and gas

When it opens, early in 2014, Subsea Innovation, a specialist in felds for survey, construction support,

Newcafex will compliment a recently launch and recovery systems, tether and IMR of subsea infrastructure.

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