Floating Wind and the Taming of Subsea Spaghetti
project layouts and optimize their transportation, installation and O&M strategies.” Shoreline Wind’s simulations can encompass different turbine and foundation technologies, long-term weather trends and the availability of ports and vessels.Looking ahead, Bjerrum sees new technology developments will be needed to facilitate hook-up and also disconnection when turbines subsequently need to be towed to port for repairs. He also points to the importance of technology scale-up across the industry so that cost and efficiency gains can be made through industrialization. “The cost
SEA-KIT Set to Deliver X107T Uncrewed Surface Vessel to ThayerMahan
solutions provider, ThayerMahan.Connecticut-based ThayerMahan ordered a SEA-KIT X-class Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) last year.According to Sea-Kit, this latest USV, X107T - the seventh X-class to leave SEA-KIT’s production facility in the East of England, boasts several enhancements and technology developments. The improvements include a new winch system, developed by SEA-KIT to integrate with the company’s proprietary G-SAVI virtual helm station, that will enable deployment of large, towed arrays and sensors down to 3,000 meters. The company has also further developed G-SAVI, taking
NOC: Advancing Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
System. So people who want to understand how the global oceans are working, they want to share all their data. What we are trying to do is build those data pathways from the vehicles back to NOC, and then distribute them out into the Global Ocean Observing System.To find out more about the technology developments and future missions @ NOC, watch the full video interview with Dr. Maaten Furlong on Marine Technology TV
OTC & Offshore Innovation: From Sarajevo with L(ament)ove
, traditionally held in May, has been moved to August 16-19. Hopefully, you’re reading these lines from the NRG Park.For me, this year too will, unfortunately, be another year where I’ll miss OTC, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed for 2022, and the chance to learn more on the technology developments, and to meet the people behind the tech face-to-face, over a beer (or two)! The OE crew will be in Houston this year, so stop by booth #2726 to pitch your story threads to Greg and the OE team. For myself, I’ll borrow the outro line from seemingly everyone on YouTube: &ldquo
Oi 50th "Voices": Don Walsh: First to Travel to the Deepest Ocean Depths
duration, unattended missions. He says these vessels allow for “oceanographic work not possible with conventional research ships.” The last item he notes is the development of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) designed to perform high-precision tasks. “All three of these technology developments have been developed interdependently,” he says. “That is, you will find the ‘DNA’ of the early pioneering vehicles in all those operating today.A cutaway drawing of the Trieste’s basic layout showing the major components of the U.S. Navy Bathyscaph Trieste.
Oi 50th "Voices": Professor Edward Hill, OBE, Chief Executive, National Oceanography Centre
team. We’ll also have a presence on the show floor, and I would encourage OI delegates to visit our stand (J451) to discuss how the new NOC can work with you toward research or commercial objectives.Oi plays an important role in bringing the subsea community together and to see the latest technology developments. I know that NOC’s research engineers and those who support major national marine equipment facilities for the U.K. science community find the event to be of great value. The conference sessions provide an excellent opportunity to showcase new ideas, and there are superb networking
Kraken Robotics Wraps Third OceanVision Survey Campaign
team to safely and efficiently launch and recover the KATFISH, minimizing risk to personnel and to equipment, and significantly increasing our operational envelope.”“Kraken looks forward to future campaigns in 2021 as part of the OceanVision project which will see integration of new technology developments from Kraken and its partners including Multi-Spectral Synthetic Aperture Sonar, ThunderFish XL AUV and the DIVE LD-AUV. These technologies will form a key part of our emerging Robotics as a Service business as we deploy innovative technology platforms across ocean sectors and extend the
Shell Chooses Sonardyne for Monitoring Campaign
the sensors to 10 years, and increased pressure sensor accuracy, Sonardyne said.Shaun Dunn, Global Business Manager for Exploration & Surveillance, at Sonardyne, said, “We have been working closely with Shell’s geoscience teams at this field for more than 10 years and our latest technology developments have created a sensor which enables operators to continuously monitor seafloor deformation with the extremely high precision that is required for proactive reservoir management.“Indeed, since the first trial in 2007 and subsequent full-field deployment in 2010-2016, we have doubled
Oi Americas Set for San Diego
2,750 attendees.Where the free-to-attend exhibition has traditionally acted as an expedient shop window via which to display, demonstrate and/or discover the latest technological breakthroughs, its impact only mirrors the ground-breaking significance of the collaborative ocean science and technology developments pursued and discussed within the Oi conference schedule. Expanding its remit year upon year, the Oi conference promotes the most forward-thinking developments and concepts across a range of pertinent ocean conservation and sustainability issues, and the OiA ’19 conference programme
February 2025
