Deep-Sea Robot Lost at Sea
03/10/2010
A deep-sea exploration robot - one of the first successful submersible vehicles that was both unmanned and untethered to surface ships - was lost at sea Friday, March 5, on a research expedition off the coast of Chile. The 15-year-old Autonomous Benthic Explorer, affectionately nicknamed ABE, was...
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REMUS Aids in Search for Princess Ashika
03/09/2010
Hydroid said that in August 2009, the Royal New Zealand Navy’s Operational Diving Team and a specialist Remote Search Team were flown to Tonga, in an RNZAF Hercules, at short notice to assist with the search for the sunken ferry, Princess Ashika. Its REMUS 100 systems was the primary assets used in...
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Evologics show S2C advantages to Marine Science and Ocean Technology community
03/09/2010
EvoLogics GmbH at the Oceanology International 2010 Conference in London, UK, exhibits the advantages the S2C technology provides for underwater acoustic communication and positioning. S2C signals have shown reliability advantages for data transmission and positioning in particular under noisy environments,...
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New Tech Set to Debut in London
03/04/2010
Featured below are select previews of companies planning to exhibit new technologies, systems or services at the Oceanology International exhibition, scheduled for London ExCeL, March 9-11, 2010.
AML Oceanograpic - Booth F200
AML Oceanographic – formerly Applied Microsystems – will introduce...
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Bourbon Takes Delivery of HD ROV Pair
03/02/2010
Bourbon Subsea Services and Schilling Robotics have developed a new generation of ROVs for the Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of offshore fields. The HD ROV is a robot "Work Class" type, designed to be compact and energy efficient, equaling the largest ROVs by carrying up to 250 kilos of equipment...
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AC-CESS to Debut Fly-Out ROV at OI
03/02/2010
Working in conjunction with its engineering partners All Oceans, the AC-ROV 3000 offers visual inspection support for host vehicle operations in busy, congested and high risk operating environments. The support this provides can be categorized into two roles:
- As a Buddy the AC-ROV 3000 can keep...
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Obituary: Larry Glosten, 1918 to 2010
03/02/2010
Lawrence Robert “Larry” Glosten, founder of The Glosten Associates, a Seattle naval architecture firm, died February 22, 2010 in his home on Bainbridge Island, Wash. He was 91.
Glosten graduated from Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in 1940...
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Wärtsilä for Polar Supply and Research Vessel
03/02/2010
Wärtsilä signed a contract with the STX Finland Oy shipyard in Rauma, Finland, to deliver four Wärtsilä 32 engines for a Polar Supply and Research Vessel. The wner of the vessel will be the Republic of South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs, and it will be operated by SMIT Amandla Marine,...
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CDL Launches New Demo Platform
03/02/2010
CDL launched a new demonstration and calibration platform that will be moored at Lake Conroe, 60 minutes north of Houston, Texas. The boat is a custom converted 30 ft. Pontoon boat with a 19 ft. cabin fully air-conditioned for comfort during demonstrations and product calibrations year round...
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Researchers Measure Impacts of Changing Climate on Ocean
02/25/2010
A three-year field program now underway is measuring carbon distributions and primary productivity in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean to help scientists worldwide determine the impacts of a changing climate on ocean biology and biogeochemistry. The study, Climate Variability on the East Coast (CliVEC),...
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OceanServer Wins Navy Contract
03/09/2010
OceanServer won a contract to deliver two lightweight multibeam sonar equipped AUV’s to the US Navy. The AUV’s are to be operationally tested and delivered to the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Command at the Stennis Space Center in September of 2010. This is the fourth such award to OceanServer Technology (OTI) over the past two years and represents... Go to Article
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