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60 st / February 2016 www.sea-technology.com MCZ Assessments for Marine License Applications The Marine Management Organisa- tion (MMO) has recently introduced Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) As- sessments, which must now be complet- ed for marine license applications for development proposals in and around MCZs. They are required in accordance with the MMO's own regulatory obliga- tions under Section 126 of the Marine & Coastal Access Act 2009. Currently 27 MCZs are designated around the Eng- lish coast, both inshore and offshore. A decision is expected early in 2016 with regard to the possible designation of a further 23 MCZs. MCZs provide new protection for broad-scale habitats and some species, and further protection for all species and habitats via conservation objectives for each species and habitat in each MCZ. Fugro SFD2 Completes Australia Investigation Fugro's Seafoor Drill 2 (SFD2) suc- cessfully completed a challenging mul- tisite investigation across the Northwest Shelf of Australia, encountering vari- able calcareous sediments and deliver- ing results to support a jack-up drilling campaign. The work was performed in water depths up to 112 m and required in-situ testing and sampling to a total length of 323 m. The SFD2 proved effective in sampling some of the world's most dif- fcult seabed sediments, from ultrasoft carbonate muds to highly weathered limestone. Its success can be attributed to a number of factors, including the fexibility provided by the proprietary wireline system, the innovative ap- proach to mud supply and a hands-on approach by the geotechnical drillers. An additional advantage was the ability to airfreight the SFD2 to Australia. Tech Demos For NASA NBL Sonardyne International Ltd., UK successfully demonstrated its wireless integrity monitoring technologies dur- ing a series of in-water demonstrations held at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL) in Houston, Texas. Hosted by OneSubsea, a Camer- on and Schlumberger Co., senior oil company executives, chief engineers, equipment specifers and offshore op- erators attended the two-day technical symposium in November to witness the capabilities of Sonardyne's and other vendors' subsea innovations. The event was followed by a further two days of demonstrations organized by Saab Seaeye, with Sonardyne as its primary technology partner. NBL is an underwater training facil- ity used to prepare astronauts for the microgravity conditions they will ex- perience in space. At 202 ft. long, 101 ft. wide and 40 ft. deep, and holding 6.2 million gallons of water, the pool is the largest indoor body of water in the world and contains a full-size replica of the International Space Station (ISS). PureSOx Systems for Two Container Feeders Buss Shipping, the shipping arm of the worldwide maritime logistics ser- vice provider Buss Group, will install Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas clean- ing systems on two of its container environmental monitoring