Marine Technology Reporter, March, 2011

<BODY> <div> www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 53 LYYN Expands in N. America LYYN Inc. is appointed GP Marketing as its sales representative for the security market in the Pacific North West. GP Marketing is a well established twenty year old Rep firm dedicated the security/video market covering Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, and carries many well-known security focused brands. ”We are very happy to be able to work with the team at GP Marketing to develop the LYYN business in the security market”, says Derek Trimble, Sales Manager Security in North America. ”Their established customer base and knowl- edge of the market place will enable a fast growth for us in their territory”. Delta T's New Engineering Group Delta "T" Systems established a new full-service engineering division. Delta "P" Subsea Systems, LLC. offers contract engineering for onshore, offshore and subsea projects alike. Boatbuilders can take advan- tage of cost saving contract engineer- ing services. WHG Opens in Brazil Woods Hole Group opened its newest office in Brazil. The Cape Cod-based company opened the new facility to sup- port the offshore oil & gas indus- try, port develop- ment agencies, and the coastal engi- neering needs in the bourgeoning Brazilian marketplace. In Brazil, Woods Hole Group will operate as Woods Hole Group do Brasil Ltda, Servicios em Oceanografia. Andre Vitta will be managing the office. New Distributor for ‘Predator’ ROV Global Marine Systems announced that Great Eastern Group, an opera- tional offshore company specializing in program management, environ- mental compliance, geophysical sur- veys, marine construction, and ship management & operations, will dis- tribute its Inspection Class ROV sys- tem ‘Predator’ in Rhode Island. Based in Florida, with offices and marine facilities in Rhode Island Great Eastern Group is the latest international distributor for Global Marine’s innovative Inspection Class ROV. GE O&G Wins $50m Petrobras Order GE Oil & Gas received two con- tracts with a combined value of more than $50 million to supply a total of 171 subsea wellhead and installation tooling systems to Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras). The equipment will be deployed in Petrobras’ Campos and Santos basins projects offshore Brazil. The new contract awards were negotiated as part of GE’s ongoing three-year frame agreement with Petrobras for the supply of subsea wellhead systems. Tsunami Detection Sensors Delivered for Med Sonardyne International delivered tsunami detection technology for incorporation within an advanced warning network being installed in Cyprus. CSNet of Florida, and Limmasol, Cyprus is working with the Oceanography Center of Cyprus to develop a prototype tsunami warning system to protect Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean coastline. They have turned to Sonardyne for some of its tsunami warning technology that is already in operation in the Bay of Bengal. The order includes sensitive water pressure sensors and a software algorithm developed to control the system. The Tsunami Warning and Early Response system for Cyprus (TWERC) will differ from other warning systems because of the relatively confined nature of the Mediterranean. Tsunamis originating in the deep ocean may travel thousands of miles before they come ashore and this gives more time to register and distribute a warning. The Mediterranean, on the other hand, is seismically active and could generate a tsunami that hits the coast in less than an hour and this demands a warning system capable of rapid activation and response. The TWERC system will con- sequently consist of an array of seismometers working in conjunction with the Sonardyne pressure sensors that are configured to create an Offshore Communications Backbone (OCB) that can also support the region’s emerging off- shore energy enterprise. The OCB covers several hundred kilometres of seafloor off the southern coast of Cyprus and will provide real-time, continuous communications with a control centre ashore. Vitta </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>