A typical EverClean IQ post clean report is shown above with coating report inset. can ensure that coating thickness levels are unchanged while Data Consultation and Performance Improvements running several passes of our proprietary nylon brushes. This Of course, none of these advancements in robotic
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• Integrity assessment, and otherwise covered, e.g., by rock dump. As for depletion of • Mitigation, intervention and repair. sacri? cial anodes, this can be dif? cult or even impossible to Selecting the best method for collecting the data these work- estimate due to poor visibility, the presence of
from marinas along the western coast. The exact number of lizing laser detection systems can detect mines just below the mines, as well as their locations, remains largely a mystery, surface, even those hiding in murky water. The Airborne Laser although reports suggest that over three hundred have been
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motion, strikes, riots, and looting, is a new top ? ve risk for the marine and shipping industry this year at 23%. Businesses and their supply chains face considerable geo- political risks with war in Ukraine, con? ict in the Middle East, and ongoing tensions around the world. Political risk in 2023
DEEP DIVE Podcast Debuts In episode one of the DEEP DIVE podcast, host Rhonda Moniz Meet the Host hosts Dan Shropshire, Vice President Business Development and Rhonda J. Moniz is an ac- Program Execution at Teledyne Marine Vehicles & Emily Shum- complished underwater chenia, Director - Regional Wildlife
MTR Editorial Advisors Gallaudet Hardy The Honorable Tim Gallaudet, Kevin Hardy is President PhD, Rear Admiral, U.S. of Global Ocean Design, Navy (ret) is the CEO of creating components and Ocean STL Consulting and subsystems for unmanned host of The American Blue vehicles, following a career
Jonas Wüst, now CEO at Tethys Robotics, set out to build an autonomous underwater drone following a student research project at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zurich), a public university in Switzerland. Professional divers and the Tethys ROV Underwater drone from Tethys
TECH INSIGHTS GREENSEA IQ Greensea IQ Expands The Greensea IQ Team EverClean Hull Cleaning Robot Images courtesy Greensea IQ On October 17, 2023, the water- Bayonet specializes front in Plymouth, MA, was abuzz in Autonomous Un- with innovation and excitement. A derwater Ground demonstration and ribbon-cut
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MTR 100 RS AQUA RTSYS https://rsaqua.co.uk/ https://rtsys.eu/ RS Aqua provides sensors and systems RTsys is a French company special- for monitoring ocean environments. izing in underwater acoustics (passive Based in Portsmouth, England, it re- and active) and autonomous underwa- OSIL th cently celebrated
MTR 100 BLUEPRINT SUBSEAS BLUE VENTURE FORUM CELLULA ROBOTICS www.blueprintsubsea.com www.blueventureforum.org www.cellula.com Designing and developing underwater The Blue Venture Forum is a program Cellula Robotics achieved a milestone acoustic sensors since 2006, Blueprint that connects existing blue
MTR Cool New Tech 100 U Un niver rs s sity of Hou us ston (UH) S Sm martTouch technology Courtesy University of Houston perform key inspection repair and maintenance (IRM) tasks can swim along a subsea pipeline to inspect ? ange bolts – precisely and safely under remote control with the potential to
MTR 100 Valepor Totnes, Devon, UK President/CEO: Matthew Quartley # of Employees: 112 www.valeport.co.uk Valeport is a manufacturer of oceanographic and hydro- land’s South West coast, the new technique is a collaboration graphic instruments. Based in the UK, the privately owned, of Valeport and HydroSurv
drone-like experience for users, underwater. The result was allowing for data to be retrieved in real time, as the station Hydrus, a fully autonomous submersible vehicle transforming is wired to a communication modem. Researchers will have undersea research, inspection, detection and classi? cation by
Marine Design: Remote Ops T e Challenges and Opportunities of Remote Operations By Damiain Brown igitalization in the maritime industry continues to The key to successful remote operations is the ability to grow. Technology is constantly evolving, provid- connect two or more locations securely and
agencies and shoreside of? ce staff. We have discussed how to solve climate change for the past 30 years. IMO has waf? ed on standards for emission and carbon reduction that will look at another 30 years to 2050. We can all agree that the crew labor shortages have been discussed for over 10 years
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Indonesia’s Basarnas Buys SMD Atom ROV Indonesia’s national search and rescue agen- cy, Basarnas, purchased a Hydraulic Atom ROV Cource Freire Shipyard from Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD). The ROV has been acquired to support the organization’s res- IFREMER to Build New RV cue teams reach deeper waters.
TOOLING & MANIPULATORS THE HUNT FOR UXO Detection and remediation of unexploded ordnance (UXO) certainly ? ts the bill when talk turns to removing the diver from dirty, dif? cult and dangerous situations. Here’s a look at a few systems that are making waves. reensea Systems demonstrated its capabilities
“We moved into more of a specialized, rugged, even more reliable systems following military grade standards ... our Mission Specialist technology. As a result, we’ve been selling fewer, but All images courtesy VideoRay more expensive systems. While we’ve seen our volume go down, we’ve seen our
as hundreds of hours of use in a number pre-programmed waypoints. The video frastructure that cannot be safely or effec- of civilian missions ranging from com- and sonar imaging from the MANTAS tively inspected by humans. For example, mercial canal and dam hydrography, to or Devil Ray can be sent