Seismic Asia Pacific Signs On as Maritime Robotics Reseller
announced its agreement with Seismic Asia Pacific authorizing the Australia-based company as a reseller for its uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) solutions.Seismic Asia Pacific provides hydrographic, oceanographic, geophysical and navigation systems within Australia and throughout South East Asia and the Pacific Rim. The company has invested in Maritime Robotics' technology offerings by purchasing two Otter USVs, which are currently being utilized in a variety of operations. Today, Seismic Asia Pacific offer a selection of Maritime Robotics' turn-key solutions for sale and rental within their respective
Subsea Science: Tonga Eruption Discoveries Defy Expectations
;s words.“The eruption of Tonga’s underwater volcano is not ‘fire on the opposite shore’ but is also of great relevance to us living in Japan. We enjoy the ocean’s rich blessings but are faced with the risk of natural disasters that come with being an island nation on the Pacific Rim.“This project is being conducted in the hope that understanding the effects of the volcanic eruption will contribute to the recovery of Tonga, where the sea is an important resource, and to the disaster preparedness of many countries, including Japan.”The second part of the TESMaP
US Navy Helps Small Companies Engage with Experimentation
Rim of the Pacific Exercise, is the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise, with participation from a number of navies from around the Pacific and beyond. Led by the United States Indo-Pacific Command, RIMPAC is a unique training opportunity that promotes interoperability among Pacific Rim armed forces, as a means of promoting stability in the region to the benefit of all participating nations. The next one will be in 2022.Where RIMPAC is primarily a training event that involves some experimentation, Trident Warrior is an annual large-scale, at-sea field experiment where the Navy
Oi: Tracking 50 Years of Ocean Innovation
.’ Each had their lists of what worked and what didn’t.”Oceanology’s growth continued into the 1990s. its conference program grew rapidly, with more than 135 papers, while the exhibition had more than 500 exhibitors. In 1999, Spearhead decided to take the show overseas and Oi Pacific Rim was launched in Singapore, and run again in 2001, but then dropped. In 2001, Oi America was also launched, with one show in Miami and then another in New Orleans in 2003 (when a New Orleans funeral march band was commissioned to walk through the show halls …), before being dropped. Despite
Aquabotix Adds Global Distributors
Seismic Asia Pacific Pty. Ltd., which will represent Aquabotix in Australia and New Zealand. Based in Salisbury, Queensland Australia, Seismic Asia Pacific is a leading provider of hydrographic, oceanographic and geophysical systems within Australia and throughout southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim. The company also provides hardware and software equipment and system solutions to local government, defense and resource specific sectors. Hydro Systems Development, Inc., Tokyo branch, which will represent Aquabotix in Japan. Hydro Systems Development, a developer
Warner Linear Steers Unmanned Vessel Design
security, environmental monitoring and marine science. Incorporating the latest technology and cutting edge software for the sensor systems with precise and reliable propulsion and steering arrangements will soon bring benefits to a number of applications. 15 university teams from five Pacific Rim countries, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and the USA, were set the challenge to design and build a highly capable unmanned surface vessel (USV) to complete against each other in the Maritime RobotX Challenge (MRC), held in Singapore. One group of undergraduate and postgraduate
Facebook, Google among Builders of New Transpacific Cable
, the chairman of PLDC. “It is certainly gratifying that global technology companies like Google and Facebook have become co-investors in PLCN. It is a strong signal that PLCN will be trusted to address the capacity needs for internet and international communications services throughout the Pacific Rim. We envision this deployment as the initial step in PLDC's construction of a global network.&rdquo
‘Don Diego’ Project Achieves Important Milestone
the high international standards that are expected for a project of this significance." Phosphate is a key and irreplaceable component of fertilizers, and the location of the "Don Diego" deposit makes it an attractive potential sourcing site for fertilizer companies in the Americas, Pacific Rim and Asia. The relatively shallow depth of the deposit and minimal-to-no overburden will allow the use of existing standard dredging ships and equipment. As previously reported, the most recent NI 43-101 compliant "Technical Report: Revised Assessment" concludes that the measured and
New Zealand Mulls Ocean Floor Mining Proposal
bottom of the sea. A green light to allow New Zealand's Trans Tasman Resources Ltd to start iron-ore dredging off the country's west coast will encourage others looking to mine copper, cobalt, manganese and other metals deeper on the ocean floor but worried about regulatory hurdles. Along the Pacific Rim of Fire, as deep as 6,000 metres underwater, volcano crusts, "black smoker" chimneys and vast beds of manganese nodules hold promise for economic powers like China and Japan as well as many poor island states busy pegging stakes on the ocean floor. "A lot of people are watching
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