Sea Technology back issues from October 2008:
Innovation is the Only Answer to the Energy Crisis
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soundings
Oct 01, 2008; ... * Sperm Whales Reside in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, MMS Report Says. The U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) recently released the results of a six-year, $9.3 million study on sperm whales, an endangered species living in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The Sperm ...
The Bremen Lance Insertion Retardation Meter for Assessing Seafloor Stability
Oct 01, 2008; ... A New Tool to Check the Ocean Bottom's Properties by Logging and Integrating the Motion of a Penetrating Lance Seafloor stability is extremely critical tor cable trays, offshore structures and instrument-to-ground coupling during deployment of deep-sea observatories like ocean bottom ...
Using AUVs to Investigate Shipwrecks: Deepwater Archaeology in the Gulf
Oct 01, 2008; ... Opening a New Era in Deepwater Archaeology Using 21st Century Oilfield Technology In the last several years, marine archaeologists in the Gulf of Mexico have begun to use a new tool for deepwater archaeology-the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Originally used by the oil and gas ...
Bathymetric Surveying Activities in Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait
Oct 01, 2008; ... Repeating Depth Measurements to Monitor Construction Activities for the Immersion of Tunnel Tubes The Bosphorus Rail Tunnel (BRT) project in Istanbul, Turkey, aims to provide a direct passenger and freight transportation rail link between Asia and Lunipe via an immersed tunnel tube ...
SEG 2008 78th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada
Oct 01, 2008; ... According to conference cxganizers, all indicators are signaling that the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), which will be held from November 9 to 14 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, will be among the most exciting in recent ...
The Search for the USS Grunion And 70 Men on Eternal Patrol
Oct 01, 2008; ... The Disappearance of a World War II Submarine and a Family's Personal Quest to Explain History The Max Rover Global Explorer remotely operated vehicle (RGV1, designed and built by Cataumet, Massachusetts-based Deep Sea Systems International Inc. (DSSI), a division of Oceaneering ...
Wallem Group Tests Communications Of the Future to Increase Crew Safety
Oct 01, 2008; ... Maritime Services Company Deploys FleetBroadband Satellite Communications Service Aboard the Sonangol Kizomba Wallem Group (Hong Kong, China) is a maritime services company that offers management, agency, brokering and solutions services to its clients worldwide. Established in 1903 by ...
Submerged Prehistoric Sites: 'Needles In Haystacks' for CRMs and Industry
Oct 01, 2008; ... Submerged Prehistoric Sites are Increasingly Creating Headaches for Permitting Agencies Cultural resource managers (CRMs) and permitting agencies are increasingly concerned about submerged prehistoric archaeological sites. These sites are places of past human behavior (such as campsites, ...
Undersea Defence Technology Pacific 2008 Conference and Exhibition
Oct 01, 2008; ... The Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) Pacific 2008 Conference and Exhibition, which takes place this year in Sydney, Australia, from November 4 to 6, is gearing up to be unparalleled in its size and diversity, showcasing the very latest in undersea defense technology, according to conference ...
Marine Biotechnology Advancements in China
Oct 01, 2008; ... A Look at the Research and Advancements in Chinese Marine Biotechnology in Recent Years Marine biotechnology has been in development in China since the 1980s, providing entirely new products and new ways of exploiting marine resources. It includes a wide range of subjects, such as ...
Development and Propagation Of Internal Waves in the Mona Passage
Oct 01, 2008; ... An EPA-Rutgers-UPRM Collaborative Undertaking Reveals Propagation of an Internal Wave Train in the Caribbean's Mona Passage A collaborative venture between the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez (UPRM), Rutgers' Coastal Ocean Observing Laboratory (COOL) and the U.S. Environmental ...
Secretary of the Interior Initiates Action Following Inspector General Reports
Oct 01, 2008; ... U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne initiated action following the receipt of the insnet tor general reports on Minerals Management Service (MMS) Royalty-in-Kind (RIK) program employees in September. Following his call for "swift action," kempthorne issued a memorandum the ...
Committee Issues National Strategy For U.S. Marine Transportation System
Oct 01, 2008; ... The U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS), a cabinet-level interagenty committee, announced the release of its strategic policy framework, "National Strategy for the Marine Transportation System: A Framework for Action." This doxument was approved on July 10, and it ...
NOAA Installs New Storm Tide Stations in the Gulf of Mexico
Oct 01, 2008; ... In late August in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) dedicated the first of four new water level observing stations being installed at several locations in coastal Mississippi and Louisiana. The NOAA Sentinel will provide real-time ...
Study Photographs Fish Fluorescing in Red
Oct 01, 2008; ... Scientists have discovered that certain fish are captable of glowing red. Due to absorption of red wavelengths of sunlight by seawater, objects which look red under normal conditions appear gray or black at ck'pths below 10 meters. This has contributed to the belief among marine ...
Whale Songs Heard for First Time Around New York Waters
Oct 01, 2008; ... For the first time in waters surrounding New York, New York, the I « t koning calls of endangered fin, humpback and North Atlantic right whales have been recorded, according to experts from the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the New York State Department of ...
Unexplored Arctic Region to be Mapped
Oct 01, 2008; ... A recently completed scientific study intends to map the unexplored Arctic seafloor where the United Stales and Canada may have sovereign rights over natural resources, such as oil and gas and control over activities such as mining. Both countries will use the resulting data to establish ...
Inuktun Appoints SeaTrepid as U.S. Distributor and Service Center
Oct 01, 2008; ... SeaTrepid Louisiana LLC (Robert, Louisiana) announced late this summer that an agreement had been reached to become the U.S. distributor and service center for lnuktun Services Ltd. (Nanaimo, Canada). In this new role, SeaTrepid will direct the marketing and sales efforts of lnuktun and ...
Seatronics Expands Client Support Solutions With New Facility in Houston
Oct 01, 2008; ... Seatronics Inc. (Aberdeen. Scotland) has opened a new calibration and cable molding facility in Houston, Texas, offering customers local calibration services. The $200,000 calibration laboratory, which will provide m nun I velocity, conductivity, depth and temperatun' calibrations ...
Maptech's Marine Printed Products Division Acquired by Richardsons'
Oct 01, 2008; ... Richardsons' Charbiooks antl Cruising Guides (New Bedford, Massachusetts) has purchased Maptech Inc.'s (Amesbury, Massachusetts) marine printed products division, publishers of ChartKits, Embassy cruising guides and Maptech u.iteiproot charts, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition, made ...
Northrop Grumman to Acquire 3001 International Inc.
Oct 01, 2008; ... Northrop Grumman Corp. (Los Angeles, California) and 3001 International Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) announced last month that they have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Northrop Grumman will acquire JOOl. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The transaction ...
Florida Slates $44.6 Million Upgrade for Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Oct 01, 2008; ... Last year, Florida lawmakers approved more than S44 million in funds to improve the Harbor Branch Océanographie Institute, which recently merged with Florida Atlantic University. The renovations will include removing some buildings excessively damaged after hurricanes in 2004 and remodeling ...
Austal USA Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony to Mark Expansion Project's Start
Oct 01, 2008; ... Austal USA (Mobile, Alabama) celebrated the start of work on its modular manufacturing facility (MMF) with a groundbreaking ceremony this summer. The ceremony was attended by several local government officials, including Alabama Gov. Bob Riley; top officials from Austal USA, Bob Browning, chief ...
First Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom, Begins Builder's Trials
Oct 01, 2008; ... The first ship in the U.S. Navy's new littoral combat ship class, the future USS Freedom (LCS-I ), began builder's trials on Lake Michigan this summer with Marinette Marine (Marinette, Wisconsin). Builder's trials test the ship's propulsion, communications, ...
product development
Oct 01, 2008; ... Small Craft Radar Reflector Echomaster features 1 2. 5-in. -diameter circular reflector plates. Based on (he optimum orientation between the reflector and rat lar, it provides 13.2 sq. yd. of maximum cross section in the X or 3-cm band (9-9.6 GHz frequency). Davis Instruments ...
Minnesota and North Dakota, Virginia-Class Submarines, Named
Oct 01, 2008; ... The U.S. Navy announced that the next two Virginia-class attack submarines will be named tin» USS Minnesota (SSN 783) and the USS North Dakota (SSN 784). This is the third ship to be named after Minnesota, home to 46 Medal of Honor recipients. The first, a sailing steam frigate, was in ...
U.S. Navy Energy Conservation Program Reduces Fuel Consumption
Oct 01, 2008; ... Two U.S. Navy programs, the incenlivized Energy Conservation (ENCON) program and the Fleet Readiness, Research and DevclopnKnl Program tl-RR&DPi, are helping the fleet conserve fuel via improved operating procedures and long-term initiatives. The ENCON program is projected to save ...
New Large-Deck Amphibious Assault Ship Named America
Oct 01, 2008; ... The U.S. Navy's newest class of" large-deck amphibious assault ship, LHA 6, will bear the name USS America, the fourth Navy ship to bear the name. The first, a 74-gun shipof-the-line. was the first built for use by the Continental Navy. However, before serving the fledgling navy, the ship was ...
CCGIS Map Gives Companies a Peek at Facilities During Storms
Oct 01, 2008; ... C & C Technologies Inc. (Lafayette, Louisiana) gives registered users a free means of tracking named hurricanes in relation to their Gulf of Mexico assets in real time. The maps are available during clear weather and throughout storms, such as hurricanes Ike and Gustav, with CCGIS ...
Seven Seas Completes First Installation Project
Oct 01, 2008; ... Subsea 7 Inc. (George Town, Cayman Islands) recently announced that its latest dccpwatcr Flex/J-lay vessel, the Seven Seas, completed its first major installation project for Statoli Hydro's (Stavanger, Norway) Yttergryta field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. As part of the ...
UKCS Offshore Drilling Activity Up 44 Percent, Says Deloitte
Oct 01, 2008; ... Offshore activities in the oil and gas sector are continuing to rise, according to the latest industry figures released by Deloitte (New York. New York). The research shows that drilling operations within the U.K. Continental Shelf (UKCS) have increased significantly this year, driven ...
Miscalculation in Geological Undersea Record Uncovered
Oct 01, 2008; ... The precise timing of the origin of life on Earth and the changes in life during the past 4.5 billion years has been a subject of great controversy for the past century. The principal indicator of the amount of organic carbon pnxluced by biological activity traditionally used is the ...
Ice Core Studies Confirm Accuracy of Climate Models
Oct 01, 2008; ... An analysis has been completed of the global cadxin cycle and climate for a 70,000-year period in the most recent ice age, showing a remarkable correlation between carbon dioxitle levels and surprisingly abrupt changes in climate. The findings shed further light on the fluctuations in ...
Warmer Springs in Southwest Due to Human Effect on Wind
Oct 01, 2008; ... Human-driven changes in the westerly winds are bringing hotter and drier spring weather to the American Southwest, according to new research. Since the 1970s, the winter storm track in the western United States has been shifting north, particularly in the late winter. As a ...
Saab TransponderTech Inland Automatic Identification System Receives Type Approval
Oct 01, 2008; ... Saab Transponder Tech (Linköping, Sweden) recently announced that its R4 Inland Automatic Identification System (IAIS) has received type approval from Fachstelle der Wasser und Schifffahrlsverwaltung für Verkehrstechniken (Koblenz, Germany) to meet the new requirements fcx operation on European ...
Sonardyne Scout USBL Sales Hit New High in Second Quarter
Oct 01, 2008; ... Sales of Sonardyne (Yateley, England) Scout ultra-short baseline (USBL) acoustic positioning systems have reached a new high, exceeding 20 units for the second quarter of the year, the company reported last month. The company believe that this sales figure confirms that Scout is meeting the ...
AC-CESS Co. Delivers Its First AC-ROV to Saudi Arabia
Oct 01, 2008; ... Marine construction company Huta Marine Works Jeddah, Saudi Arabia has taken delivery of an AC-CESS Co. U.K. Ltd. (Aberdeen, Scotland) remotely operated vehicle (ROV) underwater inspection system, called the AC-ROV. The sale represents the first export into Saudi Arabia for ACCESS, the company ...
Tyco Telecommunications and NEC Begin Construction of Unity Cable System
Oct 01, 2008; ... Tyco Telecommunications (US) Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) and Nippon Electric Co. (NEC) recently announced the commencement of construction on the Unity Cable System, a high-bandwidth transmit ific optical submarine cable system that will link Los Angeles, California, to Chikur, ...
Teledyne TSS Opens New Facility at Loyang Base in Singapore
Oct 01, 2008; ... Teledyne TSS (Watford, England) has expanded its global sales and support network with the opening of a new facility in Singapore. The new site is located at Loyang Base in Singapore, along with Teledyne Geophysical's facility, antl is being used initially for sales and customer liaising. It is ...
New Workshop to Drive Swire Oilfield Services' U.K. Operations
Oct 01, 2008; ... Swire Oilfield Services (Aberdeen, Scotland) has officially opened its new £1.4 million Fleet Refurbishment Workshop in Aberdeen. Housing 25 Swire employees, including four new recruits, the 1,800-square-meter facility was constructed to accommodate increasing demands for refurbishment ...
Donjon Removes Span of Railroad Bridge on Thames River
Oct 01, 2008; ... This summer. Donjon Marine Co. Inc. (Hillside, New Jersey) removed an old, rusted 1,000-ton Amtrak (Washington, D.C.) rail bridge span located across the Thames River in New London, Connecticut. Donjon's Chesapeake 1000, the largest floating heavy-lift crane on the East Coast, hoisted ...
Captain's Quest to Find World's Richest Shipwrecks Continues
Oct 01, 2008; ... On May 10, 1999, the salvage boat the Restless M was making a routine survey off the coast of Java, running detection equipment in a grid pattern over the seafloor. A small anomaly registered on the magnetometer and a small debris field was spotted with the side scan sonar. Crew members thought ...
Common Electronic Warfare System Has Successful Sea Tests
Oct 01, 2008; ... Lockheed Martin's (Bcthesda, Maryland) Integrated Common Electronics Warfare; System (ICEWS)-a single-enterprise solution designed to scale across all ship classes in the U.S. Navy's surface fleet-performed successfully during a series of demonstrations conducted by the Navy this summer, said ...
Sport Fish Thrive in La Jolla Marine Reserve
Oct 01, 2008; ... According to the results of a fouryear diver survey, prohibiting fishing in the San Diego-La lolla Ecological Reserve in California has created a haven for sport fishes. University of California, San Diego, marine biology professor Phil Hastings, who led the survey, also reports finding ...
Arctic Sea Ice Again Close to Lowest Level Ever Recorded
Oct 01, 2008; ... Arctic sea ice has almost reached record low volumes for the second year in a row, as scientists found summer ice coverage of the Arctic Sea to be only slightly higher than last year's record lows, with thinner ice overall. In September, final figures on minimum ice coverage for this ...
How Corals Adapt To Day and Night
Oct 01, 2008; ... Researchers have uncovered a gene in corals that responds to day/night cycles, which provides some clues into how symbiotic corals work together with their plankton partners. Corals form the largest biological constructions in the world, sprawling coral reefs that cover less than 0.2 ...
The Ears of Air ASW: A History of U.S. Navy Sonobuoys
Oct 01, 2008; ... The Ears of Air ASW: A History of U.S. Navy Sonobuoys By Roger Holler. Arthur Horbach and James McEachern. Hardcover. 350 pp. Navmar Applied Sciences Corp. $95.00. A compilation of mobile underwater listening equipment developed by the ...
Chasing Science at Sea: Racing Hurricanes, Stalking Sharks, And Living Undersea with Ocean Experts
Oct 01, 2008; ... Chasing Science at Sea: Racing Hurricanes, Stalking Sharks, And Living Undersea with Ocean Experts By Ellen Prager. Hardcover. 200 pp. The University of Chicago Press. $22.00. This book shows readers the world of those who work at sea - aquanauts living underwater, marine biologists ...
History of Russian Underwater Acoustics
Oct 01, 2008; ... History of Russian Underwater Acoustics Edited by Oleg A. Codin and David R. Palmer. Hardcover. 1,232 pp. World Scientific Publishing. $216.00. A description of the history of the development of acoustics in the Soviet Union and, later, Russia, this book details the influence of the two ...
Weather: The Ultimate Book of Meteorological Events
Oct 01, 2008; ... Weather: The Ultimate Book of Meteorological Events By the Contributors of the Weather Cuide Calendar. Hardcover. 255 pp. Accord Publishing. $40.00. Adapted from more than 20 years of the Weather Guide Calendar, this book compiles photographs from more than 100 photographers and includes ...
contracts
Oct 01, 2008; ... Subsea 7, George Town, Cayman Islands, S22 million contract award fcx installation works in Blexk 12/2 1c of the U.K. sector of the North Sea, roughly 10.5 kilometers northeast of the existing Beatrice Alpha facilities. Offshore installation will occur later this year. The pipeline fabrication ...
people
Oct 01, 2008; ... HB Rentals (Broussard, Louisiana) has promoted Deidre Toups to president. Toups has been with HU Rentals since 1997 and was most recently the senior vice president overseeing both operations and administrative functions. Stan Shelton recently joined the Laborde Products (Covington, ...
st looks back
Oct 01, 2008; ... October Issue 25 Years Ago 1983. The first area-wide lease offering for oil and gas concessions in the Western Gulf of Mexico received high bids totaling $1.55 billion. ... The U.S. Navy tested its deep-towed array geophysical system at a depth of 4,500 meters. ... An oil ...
soapbox
Oct 01, 2008; ... Subsea Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Lasers - and optoelectronic systems in general- have a wide range of instrumentation and sensing applications on land, on the ocean surface or within the oceans. The use of lasers for subsea range-finding is well known, and the use of ...