Haun, Eric
Editor-
Expanded Marinexplore Becomes Planet OS
Marinexplore, the world’s first big data platform for ocean data extends its platform to include land data and becomes Planet OS. Industries and governments processing vast amounts of data drawn from connected sensors on land and sea can now use a single platform to transform their data into real-time insights. Marinexplore, the big data platform for ocean data, today announced an expansion of its platform to cover land, air and space-based sensor and machine data.
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Planet Ocean to Host Free Workshop
Planet Ocean Ltd. and CONTROS Systems & Solutions GmbH are teaming up to bring a free one-day workshop to discuss the latest research and technology on “Measuring Dissolved Gases and Ocean Acidification”. Planet Ocean said it invites marine scientists with an interest in dissolved gases and ocean acidification to this workshop where it will provide a mixture of presentations on key topical research and hands on experience using current sensor technology.
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Three Weeks to Submarine Race in Gosport
Twelve teams of university students from six countries and from three continents will gather in three weeks’ time in a unique sporting and engineering challenge, when they race their human-powered submarines in the second European International Submarine Races (eISR) in QinetiQ’s Ocean Basin at Gosport, U.K. – the largest covered water space in Europe. The eISR, held July 7-11, will see the teams’ engineering skills put to the test…
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DeepWater Buoyancy Chosen for Ocean Observatories Initiative
DeepWater Buoyancy has been awarded a major contract to supply flotation to the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory for the cabled observatory component of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). The OOI, a project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is planned as an integrated infrastructure of science-driven platforms and sensor systems to measure physical, chemical, geological and biological properties and processes from the seafloor to the air-sea interface.
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HullWiper Enters European Market
Gothenburg is the latest port to be added to the growing GAC EnvironHull network of bases offering HullWiper, its eco-friendly, brush-and-diver-free hull cleaning service. The port on Sweden's west coast is the first in Europe to host the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). This comes after GAC EnvironHull Ltd. launched HullWiper in Dubai in November 2013. It started offering the service at Fujairah, UAE, last month.
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Suspected WWII Sea Mine Found off Kiribati
A team of Australian Defense Force (ADF) personnel has headed to the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati to dispose of a suspected World War II sea mine. The object was discovered beneath a sunken vessel that is being salvaged by commercial operators in Betio Lagoon, South Tarawa. Six Royal Australian Navy clearance divers and a support team are flying to the island nation on a Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft.
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Mermaid's Subsea Unit Wins ROV Service Contract
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announced that its subsidiary Mermaid Offshore Services Ltd. (MOS) has been awarded a call off contract for subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services in Thailand serving major upstream oil and gas operators. Mermaid said the contract award has an estimated value of $19 million for an initial period of two years. The contract, which provides for Mermaid to serve customers in the Gulf of Thailand…
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CMRE Leads Large Glider Experiment
CMRE leads large glider experiment in the Sardinian Sea to enhance Environmental Knowledge and Operational Effectiveness (EKOE) capabilities. The REP14-MED sea trial includes 21 partners from six Nations. From June 6-26, 2014, onboard NRV Alliance and German research vessel Planet, and at research centers ashore, experts from those institutions will be working on the future of ocean monitoring and seabed characterization.
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Hydro-Lek Wins Manipulators Orders for Manned Submersibles
Hydro-Lek have delivered four HLK-RHD 4 (4-function) manipulators and four HLK-CRA6 (6-function) manipulators to Canada-based submersible manufacturer, Nuytco Research Ltd, as part of their multiple contracts to deliver eight DeepWorker class manned submersibles to oil and gas contractors and naval groups. The deliverables include Single DeepWorkers, each of which is fitted with 1 HLK-CRA6 and 1 HLK-RHD4 manipulator system and Dual DeepWorkers, each of which is fitted with 2 HLK-CRA6.
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PSAT Used for Trout Study on Lake Superior
For the last decade pop-up satellite tags (PSAT) have been used to track migrations of our most important marine mega fauna such as bluefin tuna, great white sharks and other underwater species. Recent technological advances in tagging have finally allowed for the same technology to be transferred to fresh water. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and U.S.
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A Step Forward for Warship USVs
Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs), or seagoing drones, have come a step closer to reality following successful tests of a recovery system. Global navies want to use Unmanned Surface Vehicles. They will keep boat crews out of high risk environments and extend the outreach of surface vessels. There are already forty prototype USVs on the market globally, ranging from 1-10 metric tons in weight. But most research and development in this area is focused on the USV itself.
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AXYS Records100th WatchKeeper Buoy Sale
AXYS Technologies Inc. announced the sale of its 100th WatchKeeper met ocean monitoring buoy to Construtora OAS S.A. (OAS) for an LNG project in Uruguay. OAS will use the WatchKeeper buoy to receive comprehensive environmental data, which will support their LNG terminal construction project in Montevideo. The WatchKeeper will transmit directional waves, a water column current profile, salinity, visibility…
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NOC Buys Two Ocean Robot Boats
The National Oceanography Center (NOC) is to purchase two oceangoing unmanned surface vehicles designed for long endurance scientific research. The unmanned surface vehicles, one produced by MOST Ltd, of Chichester, and the other by ASV Ltd, based in Portchester were developed as part of a £1million initiative to produce rugged and reliable marine autonomous systems to gather data from the open ocean over periods of several months in support of U.K. marine scientific research.
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Novacavi Debuts Aquancable Subsea Cables
Italy-based special cable manufacturer Novacavi reported the launch of Aquancable, a wide range of specialist bespoke cables for maritime and underwater technologies. As a privately owned company with almost 40 years of experience in designing and manufacturing fit for purpose cables that 15 years ago decided to focus also on subsea, marine and offshore energy applications, Novacavi said it has begun this year with further expansion into this market.
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Registration Open for Hydroid’s REMUS 100 Training Course
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), today announced that registration is open for its REMUS 100 Operations and Training Course, to be held during the week of September 15-19, 2014. Based out of Hydroid’s facility in Pocasset, Mass, the course will focus on basic vehicle operations and maintenance, with Hydroid’s technicians walking participants through all aspects of the REMUS 100 system.
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MacArtney Supports WASUB Human-powered Sub
Spearheaded by its local operations in the Netherlands, MacArtney announced its support of the WASUB human-powered submarine team of the Delft University of Technology (TUDelft). Drawing on experience with underwater systems and vehicles, MacArtney engineers will put their know-how at the disposal of the WASUB team, as they prepare their WASUB 4 vessel for launching a serious title bid at the European International Submarine Races (eISR) this summer.
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SeeByte Launches SeeTrack Military V4 at UDT
SeeByte, a creator of smart software for unmanned maritime systems, announced the launch of SeeTrack Military V4. SeeTrack Military, now in use by 19 world navies, is to benefit from improved capabilities, including the ability to concurrently plan and monitor multiple missions for multiple assets from a single shared user interface. It also allows a user to post-process and store the data in a shared database and visualize it in both GIS and sensor specific displays.
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Jensen Joins Global Diving & Salvage
Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. announces the hiring of Jennifer Jensen as the Vice President of the newly formed quality assurance group. Based in Global’s corporate headquarters in Seattle, Wash., she will direct the efforts of the company’s human resources, health, safety and environmental, claims and compliance and professional development groups. Jensen has held management positions in the airlines, higher education and retail industries.
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Okawa Joins Hawboldt’s Marine Cranes Division
Hawboldt Industries Ltd., a manufacturer of deck equipment and a member of the Timberland Group of Companies, announced the hiring of Reed Okawa as Business Development Manager, Marine Crane Division. Paul Phillips, General Sales Manager at Hawboldt industries said, “Reed brings over 35 years of experience in crane design sales and service to Hawboldt . . . Okawa joined Hawboldt in late January and is based near Seattle.
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Statoil: Troll Under Pressure
On June 4, two new compressors were lifted aboard the Troll A platform in the North Sea, Statoil reported. Once the compressors are up and running next year, they will boost recovery from Troll by more than 83 billion standard cubic meters of gas. As gas is produced on the Troll field, pressure in the reservoir drops. Pressure on the platform is lowered to help the gas move up, and compressors are used to keep it moving.
August 2024
