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AUG 2012

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pull TSV Maersk Assister, which was to arrive at DeepOcean's offshore base in July. Fugro Salt Subsea Takes First Q1400 Delivery Fugro Salt Subsea (Aberdeen, Scotland) took delivery of the first of two Q1400 trenching systems from manufacturer Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd. (Wallsend, England), or SMD, in June. The second system is due for delivery in September after offshore acceptance trials that will test the system's jetting and chain-cutting modes. The Q1400 will commence its first contract on the Lincs offshore wind farm off England's Lincolnshire coast. The trenching system has a common trenching control module and separate tracked jetting and chain-cutting skids, with a customized launch and recovery system rated to sea state 6. A deck transfer skidding system enables mode changes at sea safely within a four-hour period. The Q1400 can be used in the oil and gas, renewable and power generation markets. SAILOR 900, 500 Communication Systems Delivery Complete for HANSA Fleet In partnership with Pro Nautas B.V. GmbH (Leer, Germany) and Vizada (Rockville, Maryland), Thrane & Thrane A/S (Lyn- gby, Denmark) has completed delivery of its SAILOR 900 VSAT and SAILOR 500 FleetBroadband systems to HANSA Heavy Lift GmbH's (Hamburg, Germany) fleet of 21 multi- purpose heavy-lift vessels. Installation and commissioning was expected to be com- pleted on all vessels in July. Based on the Vizada XChange platform, the SAILOR 900 VSAT and SAILOR 500 FleetBroad- band provide automatic selection of Ku-band or L-band based on coverage, system performance and available airtime rates. World Speed Record Set for Human-Powered Subs A human-powered submarine world speed record was achieved in June at the inaugural European International Sub- marine Races when École de Technologie Supérieure, Mon- tréal, Québec's submarine Omer 8 travelled at 7.03 knots over a 13-meter section of the course. Omer 8 also won the overall award for design, manufacture and race performance. During a race, the one-man subs, designed and built by competing students at their universities, are flooded, with the pilot providing the power by pedaling in scuba gear. The races were held at QinetiQ's (Farnborough, England) ocean basin test tank at Gosport, England. Hallin Marine, Romona Sign Alliance Agreement Hallin Marine (Singapore) signed in May a long-term strate- gic alliance agreement with Romona Inc. (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia) for offshore energy projects throughout Russia. The target markets will be Russia's east coast, the Russian sectors of the Caspian and Black Sea, the Arctic, including the Barents and Kara seas, and the Baltic. ATR Group Acquires UES ATR Group (Aberdeen, Scotland) has completed its acqui- sition of Underwater Engineering Services (Foveran, Scot- land), or UES, ATR announced in July. UES provides diver- and ROV-operated tooling, as well as fully integrated packages, comprising deck cranes, winches, power packs, survey and deployment equipment. ATR sees UES's subsea rental offering and engineering capabilities as complementary to its own services. Jeff Riddoch, managing director of UES, will continue to lead the business along with his current team. Subsea Vision Buys Saab Seaeye ROV Subsea Vision (Corfe Mullen, England) has taken delivery of a Cougar XT Compact ROV, manufacturer Saab Seaeye (Fareham, England) said in June. Subsea Vision will be able to use the ROV to service FPSOs in the North Sea. The ROV will enable work for longer periods in strong tidal areas and allow Subsea Vision to offer larger tooling packages, such as pipe-tracking systems, and manipulator and hydraulic skids for light-class work operations. Subsea Vision's Cougar XT Compact comes with dual fiber optics and a dedicated fiber-optic link for client-specific tool- ing. Saab Seaeye engineers created the compact version of the ROV by reducing the frame size, buoyancy and weight for a design with the highest thrust-to-weight ratio in its class, the company said. OSIL Installs Two Buoys in Mediterranean OSIL (Havant, England) announced in June that it has in- stalled two dredge monitoring buoys in the Mediterranean for EDT Offshore (Yermasoyia, Cyprus). OSIL also supplied its High Power Vibrocorer system for use in dense or compact sediments in up to 600 meters water depth. OSIL's Shearwater Buoy is designed to measure and collect oceanographic, meteorological and water-quality data pa- 58 st / AUGUST 2012 www.sea-technology.com

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