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4 MTR March 2007 www.seadiscovery.com NEW YORK 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 Tel: (212) 477-6700; Fax: (212) 254-6271 FLORIDA 215 NW 3rd St., Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Tel: (561) 732-4368; Fax: (561) 732-6984 PUBLISHER John C. O'Malley • jomalley@marinelink.com Associate Publisher & Editor Gregory R. Trauthwein trauthwein@marinelink.com Editorial Director Maggie Merrill martrep@aol.com Production Manager John Guzman guzman@marinelink.com Asst. 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Read about advances in AUV and ROV technology, and their increasing acceptance in the marketplace, starting on page 24. also in this Edition 6 Editorial 8 Online @ www.seadiscovery.com 16 Offshore News 18 Science News 45 MTR 100 Official Application 49 Communication Systems Directory 50 People & Companies 56 Products 59 Calendar 61 Product & Professional Services Directory 62 Jobs 64 Advertiser’s Index Acergy 43 Aere 56 African Offshore Services 12 Aker Kvaerner 16 American Society for Testing and Materials 41 Atlantia 16 BAE Systems 25 Balmoral Offshore Engineering 52 Battelle 30,41 Beijing Ocean Seeker 33 Benthos 32 Bluefin Robotics 25,28,41,44 Bluestream NL 14 Bourbon 8 Bruce C. Gilman 51 C&C Technologies 25,38,44 Caprock Communications 49 CARIS 57 Cepoint Networks 49 Chelsea Technologies Group 53 Chic Ransone 55 Chris Egan 26 Coflexip Stena Offshore 54 Dan Scoville 42 Daniel Valot 50 Dave Alleman 44 Deep Down Inc. 52 Deep Marine Technology Inc. 51 Denise Crimmins 38 Dick Blidberg 24 Divex Asia Pacific 53 Dr. Brian Abraham 28 Dr. David Aubrey 54 Dr. Reginald Herschy 15 Dr. Richard Williams 51 Duncan Mallace 52 Edgetech 25,38,55 Edison Chouest Offshore 16 Eivind Reiten 51 ElectroWave USA 52 Ensco Offshore Co. 16 Falmouth Scientific 25 Flexi France 53 FSI 40 George Gazarek 42 GeoSat Solutions 49 Gulfship 16 Hafmynd 25 Hafmynd 25,39,55 Hilde Merete Aasheim 50 Hose-McCann Communications 49 Hydro 50 Hydroacoustics Inc. 42 Hydroid 25,26 IFREMER 43 Integrated Ocean Observing System 10 International Industries 55 International Submarine Engineering 25 ISE Ltd. 43 IVS 3D 51,53 James Douglas 50 Jan Opderbecke 43 Jay Northcutt 25 Jennifer Olszewski 26 Jeppesen Marine 49 Jim Hamilton 52 Jim Hozempai 26 Jim Milne 52 Jim Spressor 40 John Frost 20 Joint Ocean Commission Initiative 10 Justin Manley 41 Kevin McCarthy 26 Kongsberg Marine 25,44,49,55 L&M Petroleum 8 L-3 Henschel 49 Leon E. Panetta 10 Lindsay Gee 52 Linkquest Inc. 55,57 Lockheed Martin 25,40 Maersk Contractors 16 Marine Subsea 12 Marine Technology Society 51 Martin Anderson 34,50 MBARI 32,51 Michael Czora 42 MIT's Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Lab 28 MTN, A Seamobile Co. 49 Murphy Exploration & Production 16 National Research Council 51 National Research Council of Canada 39 Nautilus Minerals 54 Naval Undersea Warfare Center 26,38 NAVSEA 26 Nick Frade 26 Nik Pyle 50 NOAA 24,51 Noah Forden 26 North American Fabricators 16 North American Shipbuilding 16 Ocean Scientific Intl. 51 Ocean Server 25 Ocean Systems Inc. 51 Ocean Tech Expo 59 Paul Ridout 51 Perry Offshore 51 Perry Slingsby Systems 34,50 Pete Alleman 44 Peter Licis 26 Petrocom 49,56 Pew Oceans Commission 10 Phoenix Intl. 44 Polytechnic University 51 Prism 25 Professor Mary Jane Perry 41 Radio Holland 49 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 40 Reson 38 Rich Bashour 26 Rick Babicz 40 Rob Howard 59 Ron Smith 53 Schilling Robotics 43,44 Scripps 32,41,44 SeaBotix 42 Seaeye 32,50 Sense Intellifield AS 55 Shakespeare 49 ShipServ 49 Sinopacific Shipyard 8 Smartcomm Software 49 SMD Hydrovision 43 Sonat Subsea Services 51 Sonsub 51 SonTek/YSI 15 Statoil 50 Stephen Rogers 54 Steve Palys 26 SubChem Inc. 38 Subsea 7 32 Superior Energy Services 16 Technip 50 Technip 54 Technip Offshore 53 Technip-Subsea 7 53 Technology Systems Inc. 40 Telefonica de Espana S.A.U. 54 Telenor Satellite Services 49 Tesco Corp. 16 Thierry Pilenko 50 Trelleborg CRP 56 Trico 14 Triton Group Holdings 34,50 TSS (International) 20 Tyco Telecommunications 54 U.S. Army Port Construction Unit 51 U.S. Navy 25,39 Ulstein 8 Ulstein Design 12 Ulstein Werft 12 University of British Columbia 39 University of Houston 36 University of Main, Darling Marine Center 41 University of New Hampshire 40 USGS 8 VideoRay 33 Vosper Thornycroft 20 VT Controls 20 Warrior Energy Services 16 Webb Research 41 Werum Software & Systems 49 West Atlantic Shipyard 8 Woods Hole Group 54 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 19,44 Editorial Index Companies & People with editorial mention in this edition MTR#2 (1-16).qxd 3/2/2007 3:33 PM Page 6
