Venterra Expands Marine Hard Bottom Benthic Ecology and Hard Structure Services
Offshore wind services company Venterra Group said it is expanding its marine hard bottom benthic and hard structure offering, underpinned by the environmental capabilities of its marine science consultancy, INSPIRE Environmental, and small business partner, Marine Imaging Technologies, a subsea imaging company.According to Venterra, the expanded offering addresses increasing requirements to monitor marine growth on both introduced hard surfaces (e.g. turbines and infrastructure) and native hard bottom (e.g. rocks and boulders) to assess impacts associated with offshore wind project development.
The Ocean Could Store Vast Amounts of Captured Carbon – But We Need Deep Ocean Sensors to Track the Effects
. The vehicles would be sharing information and making intelligent sampling decisions as they measure the chemistry, biology and environmental DNA for a volume of the ocean that’s really representative of how the ocean works.Mesobot starts its descent toward the ocean twilight zone. Marine Imaging Technologies, LLC © Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionHaving that kind of network of autonomous vehicles, able to come back in and power up in the middle of the ocean from wave or solar or wind energy at the mooring site and send data to a satellite, could launch a new era of ocean observing and
Kongsberg Maritime Launches ScanFuse Powered by Qii.AI
, or unidentified debris of concern. As the civil engineer works with the software, the machine learning capability becomes smarter, and the user benefits from being presented areas of concern that are pre-identified by the software for analysis and decision-making.ScanFuse takes inputs from other imaging technologies above the waterline such as high-resolution geo-referenced photographic images, LIDAR point clouds, FLIR data, and thermal images, to create 3-D digital twins of an asset above and below the waterline.Kongsberg also said it has partnered with Northwestern Michigan College and their infrastructure
Wreck of USRC Bear Found off Nova Scotia
match the dimensions of the ship," said Brad Barr, Expedition Coordinator, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Maritime Heritage Program.Coast Guard and NOAA researchers returned to sea earlier this year on the USCG oceangoing buoy tender Sycamore, this time with operators from Marine Imaging Technologies and a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) equipped with high-resolution underwater video cameras. Despite difficult operational conditions on site, the team was able to collect enough video and still images to provide the documentation needed for maritime archaeologists and historians to identify
NASA, KSLOF Partner to Fast-track Coral Reef Mapping
Atmospheric Science. Purkis led the Foundation’s coral reef mapping efforts on the Global Reef Expedition and is excited to see NASA use the Foundation’s data to take coral reef mapping to the next level. “This is a game-changer,” said Purkis. “NASA’s new imaging technologies and supercomputers dramatically change the landscape of what is possible in terms of mapping coral reefs.”Through neural networks and machine learning, NASA is automating a process that took a team of KSLOF’s scientists years to do on their own. But all of this automation requires
Founding CEO Gillham Steps Down at 2G Robotics
of directors and to parent company Sonardyne Group during the leadership transition period. Chris Gilson, 2G Robotics’ Product Development Manager, will take over as Acting General Manager.Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Ontario, Canada, 2G Robotics is a leader in mobile scanning and imaging technologies that improve the speed and accuracy of subsea inspection using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and manned-submersibles.Under Gillham’s leadership, the company pioneered the use of lasers to generate high-density point clouds that help identify
LOC Offering 3D Digital Inspections
or insurer, compare the condition of the asset to a previous point in time and integrate data from inspection surveys into existing client asset management software.David Braendler, LOC Digital Director, said, “Our ability to rapidly generate highly accurate 3D asset models, using the latest imaging technologies available, will enable the industry to make much more informed decisions on onshore or offshore assets than ever before. This will significantly de-risk decision making for the maritime, renewables and construction sectors.”Jonathan Britain, LOC Digital Director, said, “Whilst
Seabed Geosolutions to Perform Santos Basin Survey
deliver exceptional data quality. The survey data, which will be used to inform the area’s subsurface, will be acquired over an area of significant discoveries.”Seabed Geosolutions is a joint venture between Fugro and CGG. It collects geophysical data on the seabed through an array of imaging technologies for oil and gas companies, focused on the development and production phases of their fields
AML MVP to Augment NSCC’s Seafloor Mapping
Ocean Mapping Technologies, will be leading the project. “The MVP was chosen as it offers industry tried and tested hardware for real-time sound velocity profiler (SVP) data collection during ocean floor mapping surveys,” he says. “It has the potential for integration of seafloor imaging technologies such as camera and lights.”Ground validation surveys are costly and time-consuming. Conducted after multibeam surveys to collect information on seafloor characteristics, they are typically designed with a modest number of camera stations which provide limited spatial coverage. Development
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