Meet the CTO: David Shea, Kraken Robotics
courtesy Kraken RoboticsWhen you look at the region where you live and work – the Newfoundland & Labrador Cluster – what do you count as the leading benefits?One of the things that everybody talks about when they travel to Newfoundland and Labrador, and when they travel to the east coast of Canada, is the people. The connections that people build, the relationships that they have. They talk about how friendly the locals are, how warm and welcoming they are, that sense of community. From a technology perspective and a tech industry perspective, we have a similar value. It's truly
Atlantic Canada’s First Instream Tidal Energy Set for Delivery in Early 2022
platform – which is now installed and due to be grid-connected and generating energy by early 2022.This news comes as Sustainable Marine ramps up capacity in the province, following a multimillion-dollar investment in the most advanced marine operations support vessel of its kind on the East Coast of Canada, the Tidal Pioneer. This combined with a new recruitment drive is firmly establishing its capability to deliver turnkey solutions to support the significant international tidal and floating wind projects anticipated across the region.Further investment in a state-of-the-art environmental monitoring
Fast-moving Waterfalls in the Deep Sea
contribute valuable information for designing resilient seafloor structures that provide the communication and power supplies that underpin our daily lives. The Geological Survey of Canada supports this important work under our Public Safety Geoscience Program. In 1929 an earthquake off the east coast of Canada triggered submarine flows, which severed 12 transatlantic cables. Submarine landslides and sediment flows are also a common coastal hazard in Canada’s inlets. The deposits of such flows are often used for dating major earthquake and land flood events, and therefore understanding how
New Tool Helps Boost Resilience to Coastal Hazards
work with the tool, and answers to a survey conducted during the webinar. Their goal is to make the tool as practical as possible for the communities it serves. Chang’s vision for the future is to expand the tool’s range of communities. She wants to include communities on the east coast of Canada, and she already has a student working to add Salish Sea communities from Washington State
MacArtney Brings Workshop Services to Northeast US
in North America. For MacArtney, being able to provide effective local service and support to present and potential customers, is the overarching incentive for the continuous expansion in North America, which recently also led to the inauguration of a new MacArtney operation on the east coast of Canada, said Lars F. Hansen, President of MacArtney Inc. “As the leader in providing turnkey solutions for interconnect cabling and cable handling systems, MacArtney is committed to supporting our customers with quick, efficient and superior solutions to their connectivity
MacArtney Expands into Atlantic Canada
is a technology company founded in 2012 specializing in engineering and manufacturing of a range of fiber optic video/data transmission systems appropriate for various marine and subsea applications. MacArtney said it sees great potential in the ever growing marine sector on the east coast of Canada which is centered around Nova Scotia. The acquisition executes MacArtney’s commitment to being a global provider of underwater technology solutions with strong local presence. With the recent acquisition, MacArtney inaugurates the MacArtney Canada Ltd., which will be run
Cyberhawk Completes Offshore ROAV Inspection in N. America
log of complex inspection and survey work was competed whilst the Cyberhawk team was on the platform. ROAVs were opted as the preferred method of inspection for this project, primarily to reduce safety risks posed to personnel in the notoriously hazardous, foggy conditions present off the east coast of Canada. Stringent HSE regulations imposed mean that frequent inspection of offshore assets is required, in order to verify the integrity of the asset and maintain an operating licence. Due to the short weather windows available, the speed of ROAV inspection and the ability to capture large
Sound Velocity Profiling System Launched
, and great efficiency savings afforded by a compact system.” After testing the rapidCAST prototype, the Canadian Hydrographic Service was the first to install a rapidCAST system on a survey vessel, the CCGS Frederick G. Creed, for surveys in the Gulf of St-Lawrence and off the east coast of Canada. A CTD profiler option is expected later in 2015
Underwater Noise Understood: Clear to Hear
a level playing field when it comes to funding product development, he said. Wood says it is challenging trying to stay ahead of the competition and doing just that is part of the company’s IP strategy through research and development. Geographically, Wood sees market potential on the East Coast of Canada and the U.S. in the oil and gas industry and offshore wind energy and environmental companies in Europe. There is a lot of activity in Asia and Ocean Sonics looks at China with enthusiasm. Ocean Sonics is also involved in tidal energy in the Bay of Fundy and the West Coast of Canada
February 2025
