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54 st / July 2014 www.sea-technology.com Marine Composits Company Projects $325,000 Investment DeepWater Buoyancy (Biddeford, Maine) is planning to invest more than $300,000, creating 15 new manufacturing jobs in Maine's maritime industry. The company will manufacture syntactic foam products at its Biddeford plant. These products will be used for a vari- ety of subsea operations for the oceanographic, oil and gas, and industrial markets. AWT Collaborates with KVH Industries To Deliver Weather Data Applied Weather Technology Inc. (AWT), based in Sunnyvale, California, announced a partnership with KVH Industries Inc. (Middletown, Rhode Island) to deliver AWT's BVS high-resolution weather data via the KVH IP-Mobile- Cast WEATHERlink service. Weather forecasts and ocean data will be delivered to vessels at sea via KVH IP-MobileCast, a service utilizing multicasting technology for a fxed, monthly fee. The data will be updated up to four times per day to help ships opti- mize voyage planning and safety. Oceaneering Announces Acquisition of AIRSIS Oceaneering International Inc. (Houston, Texas) has ac- quired AIRSIS Inc. (San Diego, California), a provider of re- mote asset management software services. The acquisition is expected to enhance Oceaneering's current asset tracking service offered on offshore drilling rigs and vessels engaged in subsea activities. Asset tracking information is utilized by customers to establish a common operating picture, which improves operational effciency and enables incident and emergency response collaboration and reporting. Phoenix Conducts Successful Search And Recovery Of Spanish Super Puma Helicopter Phoenix International Holdings Inc. (Largo, Maryland) completed an underwater search-and-recovery operation for the Spanish Ministry of Defence (MOD) to recover a Super Puma helicopter that crashed into the sea on March 19, 2014, off the Canary Islands in 2,365 meters of seawa- ter. Phoenix deployed personnel and the Remora 2 ROV to Gran Canaria Island. Search operations were conducted us- ing Remora 2 and the vehicle's Simrad 1071 scanning sonar. Harbor Branch to Purchase Three LOBO Units The Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Founda- tion (Fort Pierce, Florida) board of directors has awarded a $559,295 grant to Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch to fund the purchase and operation of three land/ocean bio- geochemical observatory (LOBO) units to be deployed in the Indian River Lagoon in St. Lucie and Indian River coun- ties in Florida. A LOBO is a water monitoring system that provides high- quality, long-term reliable data. US Coast Guard Approves Willard Marine Solas Rescue Boat The U.S. Coast Guard has approved Willard Marine Inc.'s (Anaheim, California) SEA FORCE 670 SOLAS rescue boat. Willard Marine has received orders to deliver four of the Oregon Iron Works & Vigor Industrial Combine Oregon Iron Works (OIW), based in Clackamas, Oregon, and Vigor Industrial (Portland, Oregon) announced that the companies are merging to unite their strengths in advanced manufacturing, shipbuilding and ship repair. Under the terms of the merger, OIW will become a wholly owned sub- sidiary of Vigor Industrial. The combination creates innovation and the infrastruc- ture and fnancial strength needed to pursue more complex projects. PDS License Transfer to Smart 3D Intergraph (Madison, Alabama) announced that the engineering and project management company AMEC (Knutsford, England) has chosen to upgrade its investment in PDS to Intergraph Smart 3D technology by transferring its existing PDS perpetual licenses to Smart 3D licenses. AMEC is a longtime user of Intergraph solutions and is committed to establishing global expertise in Smart 3D, In- tergraph's next-generation, data-centric and rule-driven 3D design tool. AMEC will implement Smart 3D across its enter- prise to capture new business and support existing projects. Light & Motion Supports Cousteau Mission 31 Light & Motion (Marina, California), manufacturer of un- derwater, bike and outdoor LED lights, has sponsored Fa- bien Cousteau's Mission 31. Fabien Cousteau, the grandson of undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau, is conducting a 31- day mission to live and work under the sea in the Aquarius habitat, located 63 feet below the ocean's surface in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The team will be diving six to nine hours a day around the Aquarius habitat and the Light & Motion GoBe Search and Sola Dive lights will help the divers identify marine life and conduct scien- tifc surveys. Aviation Pinger Line Sold to RJE International Inc. RJE International Inc. (Irvine, California) and Teledyne Benthos (North Falmouth, Massachusetts) announced the sale of the Benthos aviation pinger product line, which in- cludes the ELP-362D Underwater Locator Beacon, to RJE. In this transaction, the Benthos intellectual property related to the manufacturing of underwater locator pingers for avia- tion black boxes and associated accessories has been sold to RJE, who will build and manufacture pingers for the avia- tion market. Triggerfsh T4H ROV Finds Drowning Victim An emergency rescue squad responded to a call from a home in Butler, Tennessee, when they were informed that a 21-year-old male guest had not been seen since early that morning. Utilizing a Deep Ocean Engineering Inc. (San Jose, Cali- fornia) Triggerfsh T4H outftted with a Kongsberg (Kongs- berg, Norway) MS 1100 mini-head sonar, rescue squad per- sonnel were able to locate the drowning victim's body 20 to 25 feet below the surface. They were able to operate from their pontoon station versus their optional land-based setup. ocean business