Automated Winches with Wireless Charging & Comms for SVP / CTD
Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL), in conjunction with AML Oceanographic Ltd., have developed a wireless charging and data transfer system for their Micro Profiling Winches, designed to be used seamlessly with an AML-3 LGR instrument.The compact and programmable winches are designed to equip USV systems with the ability to collect SVP or CTD profiles from user specified depths during live operations, enabling surveys to be carried more quickly and cover a wider area in a given deployment. The winches are fitted with an instrument capture mechanism which allows for seamless recharging on
Stinger Prepping Kawasaki's SPICE AUV
Precise Inspector with Close Eyes, is an AUV system which includes a subsea docking station and designed for long-distance pipeline inspection jobs.Per Kawasaki, SPICE has a Robot Arm which can realize several closed inspections of pipeline, and non-contact recharging system and high data rate transfer system in underwater.
Esvagt Makes Vestdavit MissionEase First Choice for Mission Bay
along the mission bay deck to move boats from their stowage positions to the maintenance, preparation or launch areas, whose patented feeding system links seamlessly with dual or single-point davits on either side of the vessel. Esvagt has specified the innovative MissionEase in-hangar boat transfer system for installation onboard a crew change vessel under construction at Spanish shipbuilder Astillero Zamakona. The system will have capacity for four boats, with a transverse MissionEase cradle with lift and lowering capability feeding boats to one Vestdavit TDB telescopic davits on each side of
FSRUs Perform STS Transfer of LNG in Pakistan
transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Engro Elengy LNG Terminal located in Port Qasim, Pakistan on July 17, 2015. Excelerate's floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Exquisite received 130,000 cubic meters of LNG from the FSRU Excelerate using the double-banked LNG transfer system. This transfer also marks the company's 500th commercial STS operation using the double-banked cryogenic transfer system technology developed by Excelerate. Commissioned in late March of this year, the terminal initially employed the Exquisite for both cargo delivery and regasificat
Advanced Navy Ship, DDG 1000, Progresses
two additional 400-ton cranes provided by Reed & Reed, Inc., a construction company headquartered in Woolwich, Maine. Once at the prescribed height, the ship’s 610-foot hull was then moved into position beneath the suspended module using the shipyard’s electro-hydraulic ship transfer system. After confirming final positioning of the deckhouse and ship, the module was lowered into place. The ship, including the newly erected deckhouse, was then moved back to its original building position for continued construction. The 900-ton lift more than doubled the shipyard&rsquo
August 2025
