Marine Technology Reporter, March 2011

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Annual Report on Advances in MARINE TECHNOLOGY R E P O R T E R Region Report ECA Robots in Brazil Subsea Vehicle Annual Profile: Kongsberg & Hydroid ECA Robots Battery Conundrum by Alex Bynum Pictured on the Cover MTREnews SUBSCRIBE ADVERTISE POST/SEARCH JOBS SUBMIT EDITORIAL SUBMIT VIDEO EVENTS CALENDAR Alex Bynum is the Defense Sales Manager NEW YORK FLORIDA PUBLISHER Associate Publisher & Editor Contributing Editors Production Manager Irina Tabakina Sales Administration & Office Manager Rhoda Morgan Sales & Event Coordinator Michelle Howard Manager, Accounting Services Rhoda Morgan Manager, Public Relations Mark O’Malley Manager, Marketing Jocelyn Redfern Manager, Information Technology Services Vladimir Bibik CIRCULATION Kathleen Hickey ADVERTISING Vice President, Sales and Marketing Rob Howard Advertising Sales Manager Mike Kozlowski Marine Technology Reporter ISSN Eidesvik Offshore Ocean Power Completes New Wave Power Device Partrac Completes Tidal Energy Site Gaoh Offshore and STX Offshore & CEO of STX O&S and Peter Hickson, CEO Korea Gaoh Offshore Signs Deepwater Installer Wind Farm Deal Consensus Standards for Commercial Requirements, Cal Dive Saturation Diving Upgrade of Hyperbaric Rescue Systems Naming Ceremony for New Polarcus Seismic Vessel Drydocks World and Polarcus Samur Keel Laid for STX Finland Oy and Ministry of Fisheries STX Finland Rauma Shipyard Fisheries Research Vessel Ordered By Alan Haig-Brown Eastern Marine Shipbuilding in Sibu, East Survey Vessel from Sibu Malaysia Yard Observations and Knowledge for the North LOOKNorth To Identify Sector Needs, Validate Technology by Andrew Safer Government of Canada in RADARSAT LOOKNorth Executive Director Paul Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center US Department of Energy, The Oregon Wave Energy Video Ray and Marine Science Center, Dennis Lancaster of Waterworks Major General and ran the Defense Advances, Challenges & Oppotunities Robotic Vehicle Technology The Respondents Bob Anderson President & Co-Founder OceanServer Scott Bentley President VideoRay LLC Bill Charbonneau Product and Sales Manager Deep Ocean Engineering Dave Grant Managing Director Saab Seaeye David Heinz VP, Maritime Systems President & CEO Bluefin Robotics Commercial Business Donald Rodocker OceanServer AUVs Anderson, OceanServer System Charbonneau, Deep Ocean Kelly, Bluefin Bluefin’s HAUV Intelligent Control of Nodes The Evans Capacitor Company Evans Hybrid Evans Hybrid POWERWHENYOUNEEDIT Anderson, OceanServer Younger Manley, Liquid Robotics Declining Donald Rodocker, SeaBotix SeaBotix’s LBV Kelly, Bluefin Today, the US Navy Charbonneau, Deep Ocean Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Dave Grant, Saab Seaeye Charbonneau, Deep Ocean Vehicles Charbonneau, Deep Ocean Deep Kelly, Bluefin Not only does Bluefin Justin Manley, Liquid Robotics Charbonneau, Deep Ocean Deep Charbonneau, Deep Ocean Deep ize the Deep Ocean Engineering Manley, Liquid Robotics Liquid Scott Bentley Video Ray von Alt & Jalving Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Kongsberg & Hydroid von Alt & Jalving Kongsberg Maritime and Hydroid is made by Kongsberg Defence Hugin & REMUS ECA Robots Working the Brazil Deep ECA USV Reconnaissance (ISR), Structure Developments in Battery Technology Introducing Super-Phosphate Technology Cell Selection and Safety BALMORALOFFSHOREENGINEERING About the Author New Submarine Construction Projects Navy Report Japan Invests in Subs Kawasaki Kobe Shipyard and the Mitsubishi Kobe Batten to Head Marine Energy Center Oregon State the Northwest National Marine Medeiros Joins OceanWorks OceanWorks as Business Offshore Division of OYO Geospace Caswell Wins Humboldt Research Award Biology Department at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Humboldt Foundation in Bonn, new Service Bluefin Names III as East Coast Representative Headquartered in Annapolis, Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio, Indiana, Maryland, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Rapp Hydema Delivers Icelandic Trawler Thorunn Sveinsdottir, an Icelandic Trawl, Sweep Line, Gilson, Cod-End, MirTac Implement Star for Seatec Contractors, Dredging Industry, Shipyards and Government Farsounder Upgrades GE Expands O&G Portfolio RBR Appoint SALT as Represenatives Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Burma Specialist Subsea Services Acquires Geoscience Consultancy SeeByte Expands Engineering Team LYYN Expands in Derek Trimble, Sales Manager Delta T's New Engineering Group WHG Opens in Brazil Woods Hole Woods Hole Group do Brasil Ltda, Petrobras Order Tsunami Detection Sensors Delivered for Med Center, Southampton, UK, Preview at the National RDI, Teledyne TSS, Teledyne Odom, Teledyne Benthos, Teledyne Webb ROMOR Ocean Solutions C-ROM, Compact Recoverable eg T Sidus Develops Seafloor Observer System Imenco’s ROV Shackle Fugro GRL Models NDT Tools New Mooring Comms System Birns Introduces the Aurora Light Range Ultrasonic Tool New Ethernet Fiber Optic Multiplexer for Enhanced Image Quality Modes Sonar in Search for Missing Persons Stanislaus County BlueView Receives Large Volume Imaging Sonar Order From VideoRay Subsea Instrumentation Housings and Junction Boxes CONSTRUCTION MANAGER John Peter USA ELECTRICAL ENGINEER John Peter USA CHIEF OFFICER Azlan Kasim C-MAR Asia Pte Ltd James Dolleymore, Event Manager Nikki Sherman, Sales Executive in the Innovation Showcase Advertiser’s Index