Published on 10 March 2010 (10 reads) 

Sea-Bird Electronics' new Underwater Inductive Modem Module (UIMM) provides a quick way for system integrators and instrument/sensor manufacturers to adapt new or pre-existing RS-232 instruments, such as acoustic current meters, Doppler profilers, optical sensors, etc., for integration with real-time moorings using Sea-Bird's Inductive Modem (IM) telemetry.

Published on 10 March 2010 (7 reads) 

LinkQuest Inc., San Diego, California, recently extended its popular FlowQuest acoustic current profiler line to include the small and lightweight FlowQuest 2000 system.

Published on 10 March 2010 (9 reads) 

OceanServer Technology announced today that it was recently awarded a competitive procurement to deliver two lightweight multibeam sonar equipped AUV’s to the US Navy. These AUV’s are to be operationally tested and delivered to the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Command at the Stennis Space Center in September of 2010.

Published on 09 March 2010 (26 reads) 

A pioneering deep-sea exploration robot-one of the first successful submersible vehicles that was both unmanned and untethered to surface ships-was lost at sea Friday, March 5, on a research expedition off the coast of Chile. The 15-year-old Autonomous Benthic Explorer, affectionately nicknamed ABE, was launched late Thursday night and had reached the seafloor to begin its 222nd research dive when, in the early hours of Friday morning, all contact with the surface vessel abruptly ceased. All efforts to reestablish contact failed.

Published on 09 March 2010 (17 reads) 

Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. (Phoenix) announced the charter of its M/V Anne Candies by the Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses (BEA). BEA is the French air safety investigation agency responsible for investigating the loss of Air France Flight 447 (AF447) which had departed Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Paris, France on June 1, 2009 when it was inexplicably lost over the Atlantic Ocean.

Published on 09 March 2010 (12 reads) 

Sonardyne International has again raised the bar for subsea technology with the launch of its 6G (6th Generation) product range at the Oceanology International 2010 exhibition in London (Stand No G300).

Published on 09 March 2010 (12 reads) 

Sonardyne International has expanded its capabilities with the launch of its first sidescan sonar at the Oceanology International exhibition in London (Stand No. H355 ). The new Solstice sonar has been specifically developed by Sonardyne to provide new levels of performance that meet the needs of operators of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs).

Published on 09 March 2010 (13 reads) 

The next generation of the Kongsberg Seatex Seapath family will be displayed on the Kongsberg Maritime stand (E600) and demonstrated aboard MMT Seabeam at Oceanology International 2010. The new Seapath 300 family of products offers the best possible combination of GNSS signals and inertial measurements for precise heading, attitude and positioning and is designed for demanding operations in challenging environments.

Published on 09 March 2010 (19 reads) 

Harvey-Lynch, Inc. has been appointed the Gulf Of Mexico Sales Representatives for Sound Ocean Systems Inc. (SOSI).

Published on 09 March 2010 (19 reads) 

The new CastAway is an effortless and powerful profiler that provides oceanographers, hydrologists, and surveyors the ability to instantaneously view profiles of temperature, salinity, and sound speed from any dock, bridge, or boat.

Published on 09 March 2010 (16 reads) 

Kongsberg Maritime's Camera Group, based in Aberdeen, will be showing its latest high performance underwater camera and lighting products at Oi10, including: the upgraded OE14-502 HDTV camera with direct HDSDI connectivity, the latest OE13-124 BIT low-light navigation camera, the new OE10-102 Pan & Tilt and OE10-103 Rotator units and a number of new general purpose halogen and LED lamps.

Published on 09 March 2010 (17 reads) 

Kongsberg Maritime announces during Oceanology International 2010 that one of the first customers to order its cutting-edge 4th generation multibeam echosounder, the EM2040, is Dutch survey company Geoplus BV. The order for the EM 2040, which is the world's only true wide band high resolution multibeam, was taken by Kongsberg Maritime's Dutch subsidiary Kongsberg Maritime BV.

Published on 09 March 2010 (9 reads) 

EvoLogics GmbH at the Oceanology International 2010 Conference in London, UK, exhibits the advantages the S2C technology provides for underwater acoustic communication and positioning. S2C signals have shown reliability advantages for data transmission and positioning in particular under noisy environments, shallow waters and confined waters.

Published on 09 March 2010 (20 reads) 

Gulf Bridge International (GBI), the Middle East's first privately owned submarine cable operator, is very pleased to announce that Batelco, the Kingdom of Bahrain's leading communications provider will provide a landing station for the new sub-sea cable being installed by Gulf Bridge International.

Published on 09 March 2010 (23 reads) 

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and GlobeNet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oi (Bovespa: TNLP3, TNLP4, TMAR3, TMAR5, TMAR6 and NYSE: TNE), completed the upgrade of the 22,000 kilometer submarine cable system linking the United States with Latin America. This project, the second upgrade in approximately 18 months, enables GlobeNet to deliver more than 110 Gbit/s of capacity, meaning it could carry as many as 13.75 million of voice calls at one time.

Published on 08 March 2010 (21 reads) 

NCS Survey, of Aberdeen, has been awarded a major survey contract by Saipem S.p.A. for pipelay support during the inshore phase of the Nord Stream Pipeline Project, two gas pipelines linking Russia with the European Union via the Baltic Sea.

Published on 08 March 2010 (24 reads) 

Hafmynd ehf and Toyo Corporation proudly announce a recent sale of a Gavia Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to Kumamoto University of Japan to be delivered 1st quarter 2010.The Gavia selected by Kumamoto is rated to 500m and is equipped with an ADCP, side scan sonar, camera, dissolved oxygen sensor, SeaBird CTD, Wetlabs ECO puck, and customer designed payloads.

Published on 08 March 2010 (26 reads) 

RESON has once again demonstrated its ability to fine-tune its product range in both price and features, by introducing a new cost-efficient sonar which bridges the gap between singlebeam echosounders and high resolution multibeam sonar systems. HydroBat is an entry-level multibeam system operating at 160kHz and covers a swath of 120°.

Published on 08 March 2010 (26 reads) 

Hydroid, Inc. announces that in August 2009, the Royal New Zealand Navy's Operational Diving Team and a specialist Remote Search Team were flown to Tonga, in an RNZAF Hercules, at short notice to assist with the search for the sunken ferry, Princess Ashika. Their REMUS 100 systems were the primary assets used in the search.

Published on 08 March 2010 (35 reads) 

UTEC Survey Inc., of Houston has signed a two-year cooperation agreement with the Oceanographic Research Department of the University of Delaware covering the enhancement and use of the University's Iceland-built Hafmynd 'Gavia' Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) system. Under the terms of the agreement, UTEC Survey will be working with the University to extend the vehicle's current capabilities, as well as deploying the AUV on a global basis to support a range of commercial survey operations.