LUMA X-UV Passes 1200 Bar Pressure Test, Hydromea says
depths of Earth's oceans. By doing so, we provide research teams and the offshore energy industry with new means to communicate with sensors and collect data at lightning speed. The compact form factor of our LUMA X modems, comparable to a soda can, allows for effortless integration into any underwater equipment. We eagerly anticipate witnessing our Swiss-made LUMA modems helping the scientists to uncover secrets of Mariana Trench soon."
Kawasaki's AUV Used to Inspect Coating Defects on Subsea Pipeline
from the UK’s Modus Subsea Services Limited for the first commercial model of SPICE, which will be an upgraded version of the SPICE that was used for this verification test, and is currently working on production and tests for its commercialization."To meet growing market demand for underwater equipment such as AUVs, which can achieve more advanced unmanned automated operations, Kawasaki is committed to developing high performing high-quality products and accelerating its development efforts to expand commercial utilization of AUVs," Kawasaki said
Putting Power on the Seafloor is a Fuel Cell Future
. This could be to track environmental and climate trends or for exploration projects, where mobile, modular solutions would be beneficial. However, these are tending to be more power hungry, especially when energy-intensive robotic systems start to be added into the mix.At the moment, power for underwater equipment or sensors tends to come from either batteries or cables. Cables are prohibitively costly for projects at any distance from the coast and no appropriate for systems only in place for a few years, while batteries are expensive and wasteful.GEOMAR’s solution is a fuel cell, developed in
Saipem, WSense Developing Comms Networks for Subsea Drones
be designed and qualified by Saipem and WSense to be interfaced to underwater drones engineered and operated by Sonsub, Saipem's center of excellence for submarine technology innovation. According to Saipem, these nodes will represent a game-changer for the wireless interconnection of underwater equipment and sensors as well as the integration of diversified systems and technologies, with applications spanning over different industries, including offshore energy, infrastructures, and defense."Thanks to stations installed underwater, Saipem's resident subsea drones and ROV will be able
Sonardyne USBLs Installed on Brazilian Geoscience Vessels
operations across the region.Ranger 2 Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL) systems have been installed on board OceanPact’s research vessels Seward Johnson and Austral Abrolhos, both currently on hire to Brazilian oil major Petrobras. The systems will be used to precisely track the location of underwater equipment and sensor packages deployed from the ships, including seabed corers, towed sensors and data loggers. Both vessels are currently on hire to Brazilian oil major Petrobras. MarineTraffic shows the Austral Abrolhos is currently operating near the floating production, storage and offloading
Hydrex Earns Belgium, Netherlands Approvals
Belgium and the Netherlands, have banned the underwater cleaning on propeller blades. Exceptions are only made for those companies that can pass the very stringent tests carried out by the concerning authorities.Approved Approved propeller blade cleaning is carried out by Hydrex divers using underwater equipment developed in-house by the Hydrex R&D department. This process is fast and easy and has no effect on the underwater environment
Design Studies for Replacement of R/V DANA
specific research operations.The vessel is arranged with a full suite of hydro-acoustic transducers, multiple laboratories trawl gear, cranes, CTD and deck equipment to support multi-disciplinary research operations. The CTD cranes can operate and sample water to depths of 3000 m as well as handle underwater equipment ranging from small plankton nets and bottom corers and towing of multinets.The trawl gear is arranged for flexible and efficient operation with multiple net drums and flush deck hatches to two receiving bins. Laboratories are arranged adjacent to CTD Hangar, and below trawldeck to allow efficient
Coast Guard Working to Contain MC20 Leak
a containment system, and install it at the source to start collecting the oil. At present, the team is in the planning phase. Weather and sea state will largely dictate operations, which will involve cumulative weeks at sea, extensive dive and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) operations, and underwater equipment installation. “While the safety of response personnel is paramount, we don’t want to delay response activities,” said U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Kristi Luttrell, the Federal On-Scene Coordinator (FOSC) for the MC20 response. “We plan to leverage every weather window
Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen Dies at 65
build sustainable communities. Allen was deeply invested locally in his hometown of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, but his endeavors regarding the ocean spanned the globe.In 2016, Allen purchased the R/V Petrel, a 250-ft. research and exploration vessel and equipped it with a suite of advanced underwater equipment and technology to make it one of the few ships on the planet capable of exploring to 6,000 meters. Following a 2017 retrofit, Petrel and its crew use state-of-the-art underwater technology for deep-sea expeditions, and the team has made a number historic subsea discoveries, most notably the
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