Oceanscience Group Celebrate and Build on UnderwayCTD Success
07/30/2010
The Oceanscience Group reports continued success of itslatest generation UnderwayCTD (UCTD), the “green” sensor deployment system that is designed to allow repeatable research grade CTD casts while underway at over 10 kt.
In the Pacific Ocean, the UCTD will provide opportunistic CTD profiles during...
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AXYS Deploys Weather Buoys
07/30/2010
The Marine Institute at Memorial University in Newfoundland recently deployed two new monitoring platforms into their SmartBay monitoring network. A 3 meter aluminum discus buoy and a 1.75 Metre WatchKeeper buoy recently dropped anchor into two locations on Placentia Bay (Come by Chance Point and...
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Cyclops-7 Submersible Fluorometer Available in Plastic
07/30/2010
Turner Designs offers a corrosion-resistant plastic housing for its C-7 Submersible Fluorometer. The plastic housing is designed as ideal for long term deployments or environments that may degrade or corrode stainless steel sensors. The new plastic body offers the best option in corrosion-resistant...
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Huisman Delivers for New Deep Water Construction Vessel
07/27/2010
Huisman and Heerema Offshore Services signed a Letter of Intent for the delivery of all mission equipment onboard Heerema’s new Deep Water Construction Vessel. Huisman will design, construct and install a 4,000mt Offshore Mast Crane and a pipelay tower for both J-lay and Reel-lay operations in ultra...
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New Energy Device to Power Oceanographic Equipment
07/27/2010
After two years of design and development, oceanographers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are installing a new alternative energy device along the Arctic coast of Alaska. The device will provide power to scientific instruments in remote areas, where sources of electricity are often scarce...
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Keppel Delivers Seadrill Rig
07/27/2010
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is on track towards an on-budget and on time delivery of the KFELS B Class jackup rig, West Callisto, to Seadrill Limited (Seadrill) before the end of July 2010. This rig was named at Keppel FELS recently by Lady Sponsor Mrs Poespawardhani Priyono, spouse Mr R...
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Renewable Energy Funding Approved
07/27/2010
Marine Current Turbines (MCT) and its project partners Queen’s University Belfast, Mojo Maritime and Edinburgh University, have secured a grant of $389,000 from the Technology Strategy Board and the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council to develop a fully submerged SeaGen tidal turbine...
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Cabaco Delivers AGEOTEC 900m ROV
07/27/2010
Cabaco Marine delivered the first 900 version of Ageotec’s Perseo GT model Remote Operated Vehicle. The ROV is ideal for fast deployment for many applications including the offshore market, tunnel inspections and scientific work. Ageotec modified the design to the 600 meter version in a matter of...
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Proudman Purchase Sediment Imaging Sonar
07/27/2010
Marine Electronics delivered a high performance sediment imaging sonar to the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory in Liverpool. The sonar is reported to be the first of its kind and is capable of providing real-time video images showing the movement of individual grains of sand...
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Tritech Prepares Future Engineering Talent
07/22/2010
As the subsea industry continues to lament the loss of engineering talent, one company has taken a proactive stance to groom the workers it will need in the future. Across Tritech’s two sites in Ulverston, Cumbria and Westhill, Aberdeenshire, the company has been nurturing the potential of five student...
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Oil Majors to Invest $1B in GOM Oil Containment System
07/22/2010
Today four oil majors – Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell – announced a plan to build and deploy a rapid response system that will be available to capture and contain oil in the event of a potential future underwater well blowout in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico...
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Averting Sea Mines
07/22/2010
"The recent sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan, a 1200 ton corvette which sank off Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea is a timely warning that mine clearance is a critical activity for nations’ navies,” said ATSA Operations Director, Neil Hodges...
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Stability Software chosen for North Sea Platform
07/22/2010
Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) of Vancouver, Canada installed its Autoload onboard stability software on Gjøa, one of the largest projects in the North Sea. Gjøa's recoverable reserves are approximately 82 million barrels of oil and condensate and roughly 40 billion standard cu...
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