Lights, Cameras, Action at Seawork

01 Jun 2006

Kongsberg Maritime's camera division will be showing several new cameras for divers at Seawork 2006. 

WROV Boosts Underwater Capabilities

01 Jun 2006

Dutch subsea contractor Noordhoek Offshore BV has taken delivery of a light workclass ROV (WROV) to complement its existing fleet of inspection class ROVs. The new Seaeye Panther Plus, which will enable Noordhoek to provide a broader range of services to the market, has gone straight to work on its first project. The Panther Plus is performing continuous 24/7 touch-down monitoring of a cable running between the Netherlands and Norway. 

VideoRay in Starring Role at Seawork

01 Jun 2006

Atlantas Marine returns to Seawork and can be found on Stand 114 where, amongst other things, it will be showing the VideoRay Micro ROV which HRH The Duke of Edinburgh used to open the recent World Maritime Technology Conference (WMTC 2006) over the internet. By streaming live 'control and video' over the internet from London, the VideoRay ROV opened a chest which was submerged at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth. A banner announcing the Conference was 'Officially Open' floated to the surface. 

Flexible Mobdocks Make Their Mark

01 Jun 2006

For years cofferdams have needed to be large metallic structures that make a watertight fit to the hull of a vessel in order to seal out water from the area being repaired.