Marine Technology Reporter, January 2007

Get Adobe Flash player

View non-flash version

Get Adobe Flash player

MARINE TECHNOLOGY R E P O R T E R Deep Sea Mining Safely Managing Subsea Explosive Hazards New Study Underway to Analyze Deepwater Energy Ops Ship Inspections, Offshore & Inland Surveys, Search & The Global Leader in Micro-ROV Technology Unique Products For A Unique Industry PPP KKK PPP HHH BBB III &&& NNN KKK MMM EEE DDD SSS AAA JJJ KKK MMM DDD SSS III SSS GGG MMM DDD EEE HHH DDD SSS SSS SSS CCC EEE WWW BBB AAA EEE Deep Sea Mining Number Crunchers Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts Institute NEW YORK FLORIDA Associate Publisher & Editor Editorial Director Production Manager Manager, Information Services Manager, Accounting Services Manager, Public Relations Manager, Information Technology Services CIRCULATION ADVERTISING Vice President, Sales and Marketing Rob Howard Advertising Sales Manager International Sales Manager Tony Stein on the Cover the Authors Your Marine Technology One-Stop-Shop Technology Reports NEWS & JOB Updates Marine Technology Reporter is February, August, and December Periodicals Postage at New York, Business Publications Advanced Hydraulic Workclass ROVs Toss-A-Sensor With Cocaine India Carves Niche in Deep Sea Mining Operated Vehicle (ROV), an Underwater Crawler and an In-Situ Soil Property Marine Technology Reporter News Feed SUBSCRIBE Kathleen Hickey at POST & SEARCH JOBS ADVERTISE SUBMIT EDITORIAL DIRECTORY LISTINGS EVENTS CALENDAR Initiated and led by Keppel Offshore & Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore ing Christopher Lee, Dawn Yeoh, Jeanette Aw, Elvin Ng, Qi Yuwu, Huang Wen Yong MPA's Integrated Simulation Center, Zui Gao Dian TV Drama Aims to Lure Workers The Marine Advanced Technology Marine Technology Society's (MTS) Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) and the Institute for Ocean Technology ROV Event Focuses on Poles National Oceanic and Atmospheric Accredited Standards Committee American National Standards Institute (ANSI) by the Acoustical Noise Measurement Tops Agenda a new Diving Support/Offshore Support/Offshore Construction Vessel, California Prisoners Commercial Diving far away from the Pacific Egyptian Dive Vessel Debuts and Frederic Exertier of France Telecom Mid-Atlantic Crossroads in Washington, Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Davidson Lab Towing Tank Re-Opens Diving Support/ROV Support/Deepwater Positioned Diving Support/ROV Support/Deepwater Construction Vessel, System with dual Hyperbaric Rescue Superior Offshore International LLC Main Particulars Superior Offshore Orders Vessel Hydro to Merge with Statoil Offshore Murphy Exploration & Production Dynamically Positioned Semi-Submersible O&G Exploration Offshore Chevron Corp and Malaysia's Petroliam ConocoPhillips Announces Successful Exploratory Well Moorings to Shell Tyrihans Contract For Fugro of Fugro Global Environmental & Ocean Combined Technologies the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Institution's Rinehart Coastal Research the Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Global Dynamics Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Climate Change: An Implementation WHOI Researchers Recognized was President and Chairman of Sippican in the Geology and Geophysics The Institution's Director and Executive the National Water Level Observation to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami NOAA Tide Stations Upgraded Tsunami Detection for IOR International Development (USAID), Meteorological Department and National the World Meteorological Organization South Korea's First Deep Ocean Observatory System Meteorological Administration (KMA), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Northrop Grumman's Undersea Systems Pennsylvania State University's Applied the University of Maryland, the Naval and BBN Technologies of Cambridge, Systems Development and Technology Supercavitation-Based Underwater Naval Transport Hafmynd Logs Military Sales DeepSea Drilling Derrick Dawn (Photo Credit: Neptune Minerals) Neptune Minerals in New Zealand Massive Sulphides Neptune Minerals of Sydney, Australia and Nautilus India and Vietnam Nautilus Minerals) of Papua New Technology Leads the Way Credit: Nautilus Minerals) Minerals Alternative Investment Market of the London Neptune Minerals Managing McDonald, PhD, BSc (Hons) Safely Managing Subsea Explosive By David Welch, Director, Ramora Practical Solution the European Aeronautic Defense the Oman Marine Science and Fisheries Center First Mid-East Cabled Seabed the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of both Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and Japan About the Author Deepwater Ops Study Launched for GOM Email Richard Tucker, VP Marketing GOM OCS Deepwater Production Interview: Herve Jaubert, Exomos American Airworks National Sales Manager Ray Lambert American Marine Corporation Honolulu, HI USA New Orleans, LA USA Salvage Assocation New York, NY Bradford Grand Bahama General Manager Dan Romence Manager, Underwater Acoustics Group Ken LaBry Cartridge Actuated Devices Inc Director of Sales Patrick Goudie Coastal Geoscience Research Comex Deep Sea Salvage Product: Deep Sea Salvage Sheffield, UK Salvage Master Steve Sargison Seattle, WA USA Hillside, NJ USA Foss Maritime Company Seattle, WA USA Fred Devine Diving & Salvage Operations Manager Marvin Smith Gladsky Marine/Seacoast Donjon Marine Teams to Move the Intrepid Donjon's Salvage and Dredging Witte, President and CEO, Donjon Marine President John Gladsky Hydrographic and Marine Consultants Product: Naval Architecture and Marine In Depth International, Inc President Gregg Mikolasek Annapolis, MD President Chic Ransone Inwood International Pty Ltd Blakehurst Australia Manager Eric Danielsen Jaya Holdings Limited Singapore CEO M L Chan Magone Marine Dutch Harbor, AK USA Marine Hazard Response Houston, TX USA Marine Pollution Control Detroit, MI USA Vice President of Operations Leen Dykstra Ocean Eye ROV Service of Warwick, John Moyer of Moyer Expeditions ROV Surveys Andrea Doria Moyer Expeditions, LLC) Vice President, Sales Jerry Streeter Quebec, CANADA ORE Offshore Vice President Greg MacEachern Palfinger HTC Systems GmbH Parker Diving Service Forest Knolls, CA USA Alexandria, VA USA Resolve Marine Group Port Everglades, FL USA Scott Specialty Gases Marketing Coordinator Michele Haurin Houston, TX USA SvitzerWijsmuller Miami, FL USA Svitzer Wijsmuller South Africa Nicholas Sloane Galveston, TX USA Titan, A Crowley Company Fort Lauderdale, FL USA Business Development Coordinator Liz Crosby Cranford, NJ USA RV Quest: Dave Caldwell, Northern Atlantic Dive Tom Packer, Captain Eric Takakjian, Patrick Rooney and Steven Gatto (Quest Associate Director and as Director the US Committee on Ocean Policy Federal/State Task Team on Research the State's Coastal Hazards Exerpted from Hingham Journal, Obituary: Susan Snow-Cotter New MD for Sonardyne Ian Polley, Nigel Kelland and Barry NOAA Selects Proenza National Weather Service Southern as Sales Manager for the Americas, Submarine Nuclear Electronics Manager for its Side Scan Sonar Mahr Joins Ocean President of Metocean Data Systems, Northstar Names Peterson to Board Farsounder Appoints Zimmerman President and CEO, Cheryl Farsounder Chairman Cheryl IXSEA Wins Belgian Navy Contract Aperture Sonar (SHADOWS), IXSEA's new Gradiometer, Kongsberg's Multibeam Hydroid Welcomes Wilson, Loescher Customer Service Manager Phoenix Wins Submarine Rescue Contract Underwater Work System (AUWS), the Pressurized Rescue Module Gets Upgrade BIRNS Aquamate LL Opens Sales Office Series, FAWL/FAWM, Rubber Commonwealth of Massachusetts International at the end of September by the University of Massachusetts Applied Signal Purchases Hole Oceanographic Institution WHOI's Oceanographic Systems AST's Acoustic Systems Department Representatives from the New Aker Kvaerner Awarded Hundreds of Acoustic Modems Shipped by LinkQuest Aker Yards, Aker BioMarine to Build Krill Aker BioMarine and Aker Yards OceanFlite Acquires Rovex Marine International Industries Sells ODOM Echotrac Fugro Invests in Easytrak Sonsub Extends Charters Vessel Normand Cutter with Solstad Ormen Lange and Skinfaks/Rimfaks DOV Participates in Oil Recovery, Dam Inspection Simulations Control (MPC) and the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), Conducting the work at Lake Travis to Charter CS Teneo Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping Boost for Seaeye ROV Support in Far East Information & Computer the Software Association of New Hampshire (SwANH) and the New Hampshire International Trade Transocean Wins Woodside Contract Sonardyne Offers Enhanced USBL Options Splashproof PC for Side Scan Sonars Side Scan Sonar Installed on USV ALDA Upgrades Cable Planning Software Underwater Detection Underwater Detection Unit (UDU) Tracking Made Easy Shipboard Noise & Vibration Control Subsea Instrumentation Housings and Junction Boxes Job Location: Singapore, Engineering Manager Job Location: USA, WA Seattle Carrie Higley-Krowka PORT ENGINEER Job Location: USA, MA Woods Hole Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard Steamship Salary: Negotiable Texas A&M University at Galveston Human Resources Department Texas A&M University at Galveston is an Affirmative The Department of Marine Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University at Galveston Dynamics, Engineering Drawing and Numerical Job Location: USA, TX Galveston The Department of Marine Engineering the area of Statics, Dynamics, Engineering Salary: Negotiable Texas A&M University at Galveston Human Resources Department Human Resources Department Texas A&M University at Galveston John Hall Neighborhood Mining Consulting Limited United Kingdom John Hall Neighborhood Mining Consulting Limited United Kingdom Seismic Project Managers John Hall Neighborhood Mining Consulting Limited United Kingdom Petroleum Engineers John Hall Neighborhood Mining Consulting Limited United Kingdom John Hall Neighborhood Mining Consulting Limited United Kingdom Sea Eye Supervisors Status: Contract Seaeye Supervisor Experience Location: London John Hall Neighborhood Mining Consulting Limited United Kingdom Subsea Controls Engineers John Hall Neighborhood Mining Consulting Limited Project Engineering Managers John Hall Neighborhood Mining Consulting Limited United Kingdom Software Engineers John Hall Neighborhood Mining Consulting Limited United Kingdom Electrical Engineers John Hall Neighborhood Mining Consulting Limited United Kingdom Pipeline Engineers Job Location: United Kingdom, London John Hall Neighborhood Mining Consulting Limited United Kingdom Mechanical Engineers John Hall Neighborhood Mining Consulting Limited United Kingdom HSE Manager Job Location: USA, CA Oxnard Position: Health, Safety and Environmental Compliance and Enforcement of all Health, Safety, and Environmental Issues Divecon and Industry Standards Hydroid, LLC Attn: Human Resources Sales Engineer: to HSE Maintaining Safety and Operations Manuals to HSE) Training, Certifications and Record Keeping Company, Client and Third Party Identification & Training Cards Retention of Medical Staff Support & Accident Management Environmental Issues Minimum Education, Experience and Skills Chuck Ebner E&I Engineer Huey Meei Singapore, Singapore Job Location: USA, TX Houston in Houston: Jan van Smirren Marine Environmental and Safety Job Location: USA, NY Palisades The Office of Marine Operations (OMO: Columbia University in Palisades, New York, Marine Environmental and Safety Coordinator Protection Act (MMPA) and Endangered Department Safety Management System Paul Ljunggren Marine Engineering Technology Job Location: USA, CA Vallejo FACULTY POSITION AVAILABLE LECTURER MARINE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY Mechanical Engineer Attn: Human Resources GY CALIFORNIA MARITIME ACADEMY VERSITY FOR FULL CONSIDERATION, APPLICATION AND DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE RECEIVED BY Engineering Technology of the California RESOURCES ANALYST CALIFORNIA MARITIME ACADEMY Human Resources/T.Bench, Faculty HR California Maritime Academy Contact Versha Carter Advertiser’s Index Product: Undersea Defense Products Directory: Communication Systems Region Focus: United Kingdom Product: Sonar Systems & Seafloor Mapping Directory: Environmental Monitoring & Remote Sensing Feature: UNDERSEA DEFENSE EDITION Product: Offshore Oil & Gas Directory: Undersea Defense Products Country Focus: Canada Project Engineer Instrumentation Job Location: USA, TX Houston Qualifications and Abilities: Mary Smith Personnel Professionals