Sensor Technology Expands Manufacturing Facility
Sensor Technology Ltd. announced further expansion plans with the addition of a new manufacturing facility located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. This will be Sensor Technology’s fifth manufacturing facility, with three located in Collingwood, Ontario, to support the piezoceramic manufacturing part of the business paired with their first facility in Atlantic Canada at COVE (the Center for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship), which supports the manufacture of hydrophones and transducers.Amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic, Sensor Technology has seen a steady increase in sales across all
Smartphone App Aims to Help Commercial Fishing Reduce Bycatch
to report accidental wildlife catch (bycatch) alongside standard catch reporting and will help to record bycatch of important marine species such as dolphins and porpoises, seals, seabirds, sharks, skates and rays.The app's developer, AST Marine Sciences Limited, part of Applied Satellite Technology Ltd, says it hopes the technology will be used by scientists and the fishing industry to help understand which wildlife species are more likely to be caught accidentally and to reduce instances of bycatch overall.According to AST, less than 5% of commercial fishing activity is observed and fishing
Sensor Technology Expands
Sensor Technology Ltd. announced it has expanded its manufacturing to Nova Scotia at the Center for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE), a collaborative facility for applied innovation in the ocean sector.“This opportunity has come at the perfect time for Sensor Technology as we are in a significant growth stage as well as developing a new products and markets for our custom solutions. We are really excited to be a part of the collaborative community at COVE,” said Niru Somayajula, president and CEO of Sensor Technology.Sensor Technology, which provides custom hydrophones and
MacArtney Delivers TRIAXUS ROTV to China
MacArtney Singapore delivered a TRIAXUS ROTV with customized sensor payload to the Chinese Academy of Science for oceanographic research projects in the South China Sea.The Chinese Academy of Science, via MacArtney agent Geo Marine Technology Ltd, has purchased the first TRIAXUS ROTV to be utilized aboard CAS research vessels in the South China Sea.This milestone sale means that the MacArtney TRIAXUS ROTV is the first of its kind to enter the Chinese Ocean Science market and forecasts a future need for ROTV facilitated research in this region.Marine Observation Technology is a developing market as
Chain-climbing Underwater Robot Passes Trials
of Mooring Chains in Air and Water), is the result of a yearlong, fast-track project that secured funding from Innovate UK, the Government agency behind finding and driving the innovations that will grow the UK economy. It is being delivered by collaborative partners Computerized Information Technology Ltd, Innovative Technology and Science Ltd, London South Bank University and TWI Ltd.The inspection of large mooring chains, of the type most commonly used in the oil and gas industry, presents challenges due to the dynamic service conditions of both the underwater and atmospheric environments. RIMCAW
Flintstone Secures Contract for Tullow FPSO
Flintstone Technology Ltd said it has secured a contract with MODEC for its in-line tensioning and pull through connection mooring system to be deployed off West Africa.The system will be used on Tullow Oil’s Kwame Nkrumah MV21 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel located on the Jubilee field off the coast of Ghana.The mooring system will allow the conversion of the FPSO to a spread moored configuration.The Kwame Nkrumah MV21 is installed in approximately 1,100 meters water depth on the Jubilee Field, which is one of the largest oil fields discovered offshore West Africa in
Flintstone Sets Its Sights on Floating Wind
Flintstone Technology Ltd said it plans to diversify its mooring operations to help drive down costs for the offshore floating wind industry.The company has developed a set of mooring system solutions to match specific project requirements in oil and gas and marine renewable energy.With decades of experience in the oil and gas industry, this knowledge combined with the mooring solutions, is transferable and provides substantial benefits to offshore floating wind in lowering costs and increasing reliability.According to Scottish Enterprise, Europe is forecast to build around 25GW of offshore wind
Offshore Achievement Award winners Announced
by the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) WINNER – BiSN Ltd. HSE Innovation Award - Sponsored by Offshore Europe Partnership WINNER – Osbit Ltd Export Achievement Award – Sponsored by the Energy Industries Council (EIC) WINNER – Coretrax Technology Ltd Collaboration Award - Sponsored by Nexen WINNER – BP & Subsea 7 WINNER - Connected Competence Outstanding Skills Development Programme Award WINNER – Score (Europe) Ltd Young Professional Award WINNER – Laura Steedman, BP HIGHLY
Scientists Explore Canada’s Deep Ocean Seamounts
Biologist, DFO (Pacific Biological Station) Katie Gale – Biologist, DFO (Institute of Ocean Sciences) Sharon Jeffery – Aquatic Biologist, DFO (Institute of Ocean Sciences) Jackson Chu - Postdoctoral Researcher Kim Wallace - Electrical Engineering Technologist, devOcean Technology Ltd. Jonathan Zand - ROV Pilot and Engineer, Ocean Dynamics Inc.
February 2024
