US Navy Demonstrates New LARS for Large UUVs
Newport’s Narragansett Bay Test Facility in October, showed both a land-based launch and recovery approach and a new solution for launching large UUVs from U.S. Navy amphibious ships. The demonstration included the Snakehead large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV) prototype, and the Pharos large launch and recovery vehicle (LLRV) designed by Huntington Ingalls Industries.Snakehead, a modular, reconfigurable, multi-mission LDUUV provides support of intelligence preparation of the operational environment missions.“We are very proud to have worked with talented Navy warfare centers
Planet Ocean, Pharos Team for Data Buoy Solutions
Planet Oceansigned a partnership agreement with Pharos Marine Automatic Power to provide data buoy solutions worldwide. The partnership will see Pharos Marine responsible for manufacturing the buoy hulls and mooring designs while Planet Ocean will provide the sensors, loggers and telemetry solutions along with data visualization systems via their delivery partner OceanWise. The new systems will also be able to take advantage of the conservation mooring capabilities of the Safe-Moor compliant mooring system.The DB range covers 1.25 to 3.6m diameter buoys specifically designed for
Pharos Adds Jet-Trenching ROV
Pharos Offshore Group said it recently expanded its portfolio of trenching assets with the state-of-the-art Q1000 jet-trenching remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) from manufacturer SMD.The latest addition to Pharos Offshore’s rental fleet, the Q1000 features a high-tech control and measurement system, sea-state 6 launch and recovery system (LARS) and a modular design which enables the Q1000 to be rapidly shipped, set-up and ready to operate anywhere in the world.The Q1000 is optimal for pre-lay or post-lay trenching operations of subsea pipelines, cables and umbilicals, with the advantageo
Pharos Offshore Names Warder COO
Pharos Offshore announced Andy Warder has joined the team as Chief Operations Officer with immediate effect. Warder joins Pharos with over 25 years’ experience in the offshore industry holding senior and executive management positions with a track record of successfully growing his business units and providing strong support and solutions to Clients predominantly throughout the Asia Pacific regions.
Pharos Offshore Hires Deepsea Worker
Pharos Offshore strikes a 12-month deal for the former Skandi Inspector Pharos Offshore Group are in the process of mobilising the newly named DP2 Deepsea Worker with a Work Class ROV, an Observation Class ROV and a subsea excavation spread, ready for 2016/2017 operations. Aleron Subsea will be Pharos Offshore’s ROV partner during the period, providing a comprehensive vehicle support package, whilst Pharos operates the equipment. Amongst the equipment to become available on the vessel will be a full Pre-Lay Grapnel Run spread, boulder clearance spread and cable recovery
Pharos Completes Diver-less Export Cable Repair
Pharos Offshore successfully completed a diver-less export cable repair for London Array using the Subsea Hydraulic Cable Grab. Basslink, a subsea cable connecting George Town in Tasmania and Loy Yang in Victoria, has a possible fault with the cable which is approximately 100km off the Tasmanian coastline in Bass Strait. Using the Subsea Hydraulic Cable Grab and a team of personnel from Pharos, the cable will be recovered for repair. Pharos delivered a work package with the rapid mobilisation of Expertise, Equipment to locate, and recover the subsea cable. Reacting quickly to customer
SeaVex Refurbishment Wins Estuary Power Cable Burial
After a four week refurbishment of the recently acquired SeaVex, Pharos Offshore currently has a team of seven personnel manning the Mass Flow Excavator. SeaVex is based on a hybrid subsea excavation system which is adaptable, compact and controllable. The equipment houses a large single cast impellor complete with direct drive and torque restrictor driven by a powerful compact hydraulic motor. Fitted with adjustable sized outlet nozzles at the base of the tool it allows enhanced kPa cutting of a comprehensive range of seabed materials. Each system is fitted with a Narrow
Stevens Receives Port Grant to Bolster Coastal Resiliency
(NYHOPS) coastal monitoring system and Stevens Storm Surge Warning System, both previously developed by Stevens to better equip New York and New Jersey to forecast and prepare for storm impacts. The research grant includes the purchase of a Hewlett-Packard scalable supercomputer that is being named Pharos - the Greek word for lighthouse. Pharos will reside in the new Stevens “Hyperscale Supercomputer Center,” presently under construction. The grant will also support purchase and installation of 26 new sensors to be deployed in New York Harbor to measure water levels, temperature and salinity
Mega Machines Unmanned Systems take Center Stage
On top of the water, underwater and on the seabed, vehicle robotics are quickly proving their value as a game changer. Profiled here are some latest developments. Pharos Offshore acquired an SMD built 1200HP cable burial tool in July 2013, since then the vehicle has undergone extensive modifications at the Tees Offshore Base, in Middlesbrough that have enhanced the configuration to provide a more effective post lay/installation burial vehicle. The UTV1200 has a combination of jetting tool packages to meet client requirements where the jetting assembly has been relocated within the core vehicle frame
February 2024
