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www.sea-technology.com March 2016 / st 47 formation of a nonprofit policy think tank, the Red Sea Foun- dation, to raise awareness of the region's potential and ad- vocate the necessary policy initiatives to drive development. The Foundation will comprise a global advisory board of policy makers, business leaders and relevant subject matter experts. It will also include an operational staff that will re- search, formulate and promote policy recommendations. Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement Offcial Marine Partner of IMAREST The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technol- ogy (IMarEST) announced Bernhard Schulte Shipmanage- ment (BSM) as a Marine Partner of the Institute. IMarEST's Marine Partners are able to work closely with the Institute to promote professional registration and mem- bership, continuing professional development, knowledge sharing and learning opportunities within their organiza- tions and the wider marine community. SeaVex Refurbishment Wins Estuary Power Cable Burial After a four-week refurbishment of the recently acquired SeaVex, Pharos Offshore currently has a team of seven per- sonnel manning the Mass Flow Excavator. SeaVex is based on a hybrid subsea excavation system that is extremely adaptable, compact and controllable and will be burying a live power cable section of 100 m to a depth of 4 m in the estuary of the River Weser, Germany. SeaByte Founder Professor David Lane Awarded CBE SeeByte founding member Professor David Lane has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to engineering in the 2016 New Year's Honors list. Lane is a professor of autonomous systems engineering at Heriot-Watt University and a founding director of both SeeByte and the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics. New Business Drives NAVTOR Expansion in Singapore NAVTOR is expanding its new Singapore office. The base, which opened in December 2014, has given the firm an important foothold in the key Southeast Asia market, driving new business with shipowners and managers. Since launching its ENC service in 2012, NAVTOR has established a position as an e-navigation leader in Europe, bringing a series of products to market that simplify tasks for navigators, while enhancing safety, security and efficiency for shipowners and operators. Orange Signal Appoints Ocean Safety As Exclusive UK Distributor Ocean Signal has further strengthened its presence in the U.K. with the appointment of marine safety equipment specialist Ocean Safety as its exclusive distributor. The new partnership was announced during this year's London Boat Show at ExCeL London, where Ocean Safety presented Ocean Signal's innovative range of products for the first time. ST L i - I o n B a t t e r i e s • Highest capacity, reliability , safety • Your subsea power source • Up to 100+kWh • MIL-STD, ISO-13628 approved M o n i t o r i n g • ROV Sensor-packs • Condition monitoring • Offshore Oil+Gas p C O 2 A n a l y z e r • Li-COR ® integrated • Automatic calibration • FerryBox, Buoy, Subsea info@subctech.com www.gosubsea.com SubCtech GmbH www.subctech.com pCO 2 Analyzer OceanPack™ FerryBox ROV Sensors AUV Batteries Battery Systems m s Ocean Engineering N EW Mini Rosette ® /CTD Water Sampler 1018 M with Model 316 or 320 Idronaut CTD Improved Electronics Low Power Consumption • Light-weight, small, compact • Allows operation from a small boat • Conducting cable or battery-powered • Programmable timed operations • Pressure activated bottle closing (optional) • Deep & shallow water models available • Optional Teflon ® coated Water Sampler • CTD compatible • Flag Pulse to CTD A/D input General Oceanics Inc. 1295 N.W. 163 St., Miami, FL 33169 Tel: (305) 621-2882, Fax: (305) 621-1710 E-mail: Sales@GeneralOceanics.com http://www.GeneralOceanics.com