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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 53 Sentinel ADCPs for a variety of self- contained current profiling applica- tions; and (11) Workhorse Navigator Doppler Velocity Logs (DVLs) for precision navigation applications onboard Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). These latest additions to the lease pool are scheduled for use on Ormen Lange in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, and for current monitor- ing in the deeper regions of the Mediterranean and Gulf of Mexico. FarSounder Appoints Japanese Distributor FarSounder appointed TOYO Corporation as the exclusive distribu- tor of FarSounder products in Japan. "All of TOYO's sales staff and sup- port engineers have the engineering technical background allowing them to successfully market and support our advanced sonar products," FarSounder CEO, Cheryl M. Zimmerman said. "We are confident that Mr. Fujishima and TOYO will swiftly capture the Japanese markets for us while providing their cus- tomers with the service that we expect from our distributors." Used for obstacle avoidance and shallow water navigation, FarSounder FS-3 sonars are capable of generating a complete 3-dimensional image of the sea floor and in-water objects at navigationally significant ranges with a single ping. The small, lightweight sonar can be installed on newbuilds or fitted into existing vessels. PSS Secures Contracts from Rovtech Perry Slingsby Systems (PSS) announced the placement of an order by Rovtech for a Tether Management System (TMS) for delivery early April. The TMS will be used in con- junction with Spartan 7, which has been awarded a two-year contract for a drill support project commencing in May. This takes the Rovtech total to nine PSS-built WROVs, launched from PSS built TMSs. In addition Rovtech have placed a contract with PSS for the upgrade of Spartan 3 to a 100 HP vehicle. The order includes new buoyancy thrusters, giving enhanced payload and performance capability. The upgrades will be car- ried out when the ROV returns from Baku in June, on completion of its contract with Technip for the Shah Deniz project. PSS are will upgrade Rovtech's 5 remaining 75 HP Spartans to the same specification, once they become available from existing contracts. The upgrade work will be carried out in Aberdeen utiliz- ing Rovtech personnel. Veritas Makes Appointment Houston-based Veritas Geophysical Company has appointed Veripos of Aberdeen as primary positioning provider for its entire worldwide fleet of seismic survey vessels under a multi-million dollar contract cover- ing a two-year period with options for future extension. Under the con- tract, Veripos will provide continuous high-precision positioning via its Ultra Precise Point Positioning (PPP) service as well as its independent multi-station single-frequency Standard and dual-frequency Standard Plus Differential GPS net- work facilities via fully redundant global networks and multiple delivery satellites. Oceanteam Awarded Contract Oceanteam Power & Umbilical BV has been awarded a contract by the Joint Venture for the installation of subsea cables for the shore connec- tions and the inter array cables, including shore landings and j-tube pulls on the wind turbine founda- tions. The Windfarm is located 8km west of Egmond aan Zee in Dutch territorial waters. The contract includes the collection and transport of all cables from Naples to IJmuiden, installation of 3 x 15 km shore connection cables, installation of 34 inter array cables between the wind turbine generators and one met mast. The project management, engi- neering and installation will be car- ried out by Oceanteam P&U's opera- tions and engineering offices in Aberdeen and IJmuiden (the Netherlands). All offshore work will take place in 2 Q 2006 using several chartered vessels including Team Oman, a turn table cable installation vessel, a DP II vessel and a coastal work vessel. Trenching of cables to max 3m will be performed with Oceanteam's Trenching Tools - Oceanjet 200 and the ROV Oceanjet 900. people & companies MTR#4 (49-64).qxd 5/8/2006 10:29 AM Page 53
