Seabed Cranes Excavate Lost Cargo

01 Oct 2007

This summer the Netherland's Seatec Underwater Systems BV provided several underwater monitoring systems , subsea pump units, various subsea components and engineering assistance which enabled Mammoet Salvage to recover part of a cargo of aluminium bars from a sunken cargo ship in the Baltic Sea using two cranes located on the seabed.  

Guidance on Underwater Air Lift Bags

01 Oct 2007

Updated guidance on 'Underwater Air Lift Bags' has been published by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). It addresses the initial and periodic examination, testing, certification and maintenance of underwater type bags (cylindrical totally enclosed, closed and open parachute bags) used by divers to lift submerged objects.  

International Collaboration on Seaglider

01 Oct 2007

Having taken eight years to perfect, Seaglider is a buoyancy driven autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by scientists and engineers at the University of Washington’s School of Oceanography and Applied Physics Laboratory in the USA.  

Comanche Commands Attention

01 Oct 2007

Aberdeen based ROV designer and manufacturer Sub-Atlantic has received a £1m order for two Comanche electric ROV systems from Bluestream Group international subsea contractor, Bluestream NL.