Reson Launches Low-Cost Multibeam
03/12/2010
Reson debuted a new cost-efficient sonar which it says bridges the gap between singlebeam echosounders and high resolution multibeam sonar systems. HydroBat is an entry-level multibeam system operating at 160kHz and covers a swath of 120°. “A task that used to take a week with the old singlebeam echosounders,...
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Ashtead Technology Chooses Phins
03/12/2010
IXSEA announced the sale of two PHINS 6000 subsea inertial navigation systems (INS) to Ashtead Technology. The systems are destined to be used by a major ROV operator for work in the UK North Sea starting in early April. PHINS 6000 is a subsea INS that provides position, true heading, attitude,...
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Statoil: Increased Oil production from Oseberg
03/12/2010
"We have carried out extensive modifications to the process facility on the Oseberg Field Center and removed a bottleneck for increased oil production," said Torstein Hole, area manager for Operations West in Statoil. The modifications enable the recovery of an additional 20 million barrels of oil...
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Deep-Sea Robot Lost at Sea
03/10/2010
A deep-sea exploration robot - one of the first successful submersible vehicles that was both unmanned and untethered to surface ships - was lost at sea Friday, March 5, on a research expedition off the coast of Chile. The 15-year-old Autonomous Benthic Explorer, affectionately nicknamed ABE, was...
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OceanServer Wins Navy Contract
03/09/2010
OceanServer won a contract to deliver two lightweight multibeam sonar equipped AUV’s to the US Navy. The AUV’s are to be operationally tested and delivered to the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Command at the Stennis Space Center in September of 2010. This is the fourth such award to OceanServer Technology...
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REMUS Aids in Search for Princess Ashika
03/09/2010
Hydroid said that in August 2009, the Royal New Zealand Navy’s Operational Diving Team and a specialist Remote Search Team were flown to Tonga, in an RNZAF Hercules, at short notice to assist with the search for the sunken ferry, Princess Ashika. Its REMUS 100 systems was the primary assets used in...
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New Tech Set to Debut in London
03/04/2010
Featured below are select previews of companies planning to exhibit new technologies, systems or services at the Oceanology International exhibition, scheduled for London ExCeL, March 9-11, 2010.
AML Oceanograpic - Booth F200
AML Oceanographic – formerly Applied Microsystems – will introduce...
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Bourbon Takes Delivery of HD ROV Pair
03/02/2010
Bourbon Subsea Services and Schilling Robotics have developed a new generation of ROVs for the Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of offshore fields. The HD ROV is a robot "Work Class" type, designed to be compact and energy efficient, equaling the largest ROVs by carrying up to 250 kilos of equipment...
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AC-CESS to Debut Fly-Out ROV at OI
03/02/2010
Working in conjunction with its engineering partners All Oceans, the AC-ROV 3000 offers visual inspection support for host vehicle operations in busy, congested and high risk operating environments. The support this provides can be categorized into two roles:
- As a Buddy the AC-ROV 3000 can keep...
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Obituary: Larry Glosten, 1918 to 2010
03/02/2010
Lawrence Robert “Larry” Glosten, founder of The Glosten Associates, a Seattle naval architecture firm, died February 22, 2010 in his home on Bainbridge Island, Wash. He was 91.
Glosten graduated from Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in 1940...
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New Survey Vessel Delivered to Fugro
03/12/2010
On March 12, 2010, Fugro took delivery of a new-build survey vessel, the M/V Fugro Searcher, which it commissioned in 2007. The vessel will operate in the offshore oil and gas industry and the offshore renewable energy sector. It will be able to carry out the full range of site and route survey tasks to obtain the high resolution data necessary for... Go to Article
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