Impact Subsea Strengthens Canadian Presence with M2Ocean Distributor
Impact Subsea, a global leader in subsea sensor solutions, is delighted to announce a new distributor agreement with M2Ocean Solutions, expanding its reach in the Canadian market.
This collaboration marks Impact Subsea's second distributor in Canada, further solidifying its commitment to serving the region's subsea industry.
M2Ocean, renowned for its expertise in non-traditional hydrographic solutions and oceanographic monitoring systems, will offer Impact Subsea’s comprehensive range of subsea sensors and solutions.
Together, they will provide Canadian sensor users with enhanced access to cutting-edge technology and local support for their subsea projects.
“We are excited to welcome M2Ocean as distributors of Impact Subsea sensors,” said Ben Grant, Managing Director of Impact Subsea.
“Their knowledge of the Canadian market, combined with our cutting-edge sensor technology, will enable us to better serve users of our sensors and drive innovation in the subsea sector.”
Together, Impact Subsea and M2Ocean will focus on providing advanced solutions for a wide range of applications, including offshore energy, aquaculture, oceanography, and marine science.
By leveraging their combined expertise, the partnership aims to contribute to the growth and success of the Canadian maritime industry.
IMarEST publishes special ‘Future Edition’ of Marine Professional
Youth takeover issue of IMarEST magazine guest edited by under-35 members
The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) has published a special open access edition of its member magazine this week in celebration of its youth membership. Marine Professional has been guest edited by some of the Institute's under-35 members, featuring the voices of young professionals from across the international marine sector.
To celebrate this landmark edition, the IMarEST is offering free digital access to this issue until the end of 2024 – after then, it will only be available to members and subscribers, as usual. Marine Professional: The Future Edition is available here.
Marine Professional editor Carly Fields said:
“This issue of Marine Professional is dedicated to early career marine professionals and the pipeline of talent, of which there are plenty, and they are more than capable of successfully propelling the sector into the future.
“Celebrating the youth membership of the IMarEST, this issue has taken its shape from the suggestions and contributions from the Institute’s under-35 members. It has been my pleasure to assist our guest editors, Ashleigh Kitchiner and Evan Cheok, in curating this special edition.
“From the early submissions and content deliberations, through to the contributions and final content, passion for the marine industry has shone through at all stages. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed creating it.”
Guest editors Ashleigh Kitchiner and Evan Cheok said:
“As under-35 IMarEST members, we are honoured to be the guest editors for this issue. This unique edition marks the first of its kind as we champion IMarEST youth voices and share how they are shaping the future of the marine industry. Through our young members’ stories, in this issue we showcase their innovative ideas for a sustainable and inclusive community.
“We share inspiring stories of the technologies of tomorrow and renewal efforts taken by the IMarEST to nurture future leaders. We have curated a series of engaging features, including technical topics, as well as discussions on the skills required of a successful steward within the industry.”
Marine Professional is the official IMarEST magazine and newsletter, bringing the latest on marine news around the world via email newsletter once a week and in print four times a year. All members of the IMarEST receive Marine Professional, in either print or digital format depending on their membership category. Subscriptions are also available to institutions, organisations and companies.
With a strong news analysis focus, each issue looks at the trends emerging within the marine sector with a view to enhance the reader’s understanding of the complex technical intersections between the maritime, offshore and science agendas. Marine Professional has been shortlisted for two awards this year:
- 2024 Memcom Excellence Awards - Best Magazine, Circulation less than 20K
- Association Excellence Awards 2024 - Best Association Newsletter or Magazine
Enhancing Underwater Exploration
NOVACAVI is proud to supply the Rebikoff-Niggeler Foundation (FRN), a non-profit organisation whose mission is to facilitate marine research and in-situ observation and documentation of deep-sea environments by means of submergible technology.
During the development of their new remotely operated camera system, which will be used for documentary filming and research in the pelagic zone down to depths of 1000-1200m, they asked NOVACAVI to design a custom-made neutral buoyant fibre optic cable with high tensile strength, perfectly suited to their specific requirements.
NOVACAVI, with its experience in developing underwater cable solutions, designed a special configuration and manufactured a tailor-made strategic component for their unique underwater exploration system.
Specialist in custom electrical cables design and manufacturing for the most varied and challenging applications since 1975, NOVACAVI develops specific solutions as reliable high-quality components to any innovative technological equipment.
ASL Successfully Completes Metocean Survey for FortisBC Energy Inc.
ASL is pleased to announce that it has recently completed a six-month metocean survey for FortisBC Energy Inc. as part of its ongoing operations and maintenance activities supporting its stewardship of the Vancouver Island Transmission System, which supplies natural gas to Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast. Wave buoys and subsea current profilers were deployed from December 2023 to June 2024, with a mid-program servicing trip in March 2024. All subsea equipment and wave buoy mooring anchors were successfully recovered, with full recovery of all datasets.
The field program measured directional waves and subsea currents at six individual moorings deployed at three strategic locations along the pipeline route in the Strait of Georgia near Powell River, BC and Texada Island. These measurements utilized ASL’s new PBM-15 polyethylene deepwater buoys to support data collection in water depth of up to 400 m. The datasets collected from this program will be used in numerical modeling studies to support pipeline spanning and integrity assessment at various locations, to be conducted by Worley and RPS, a Tetra Tech Company.
The Vancouver Island Transmission System is critical energy infrastructure that transports natural gas from the British Columbia mainland to Vancouver Island. This pipeline system ensures a reliable natural gas supply to the Island's residents and industries, supporting residential heating and electricity generation. ASL is pleased to support preliminary front-end engineering design (PRE-FEED), construction, and operations and maintenance assessments of new and existing marine energy infrastructure.
SeeByte and Kraken Robotics sign MOU
SeeByte Ltd (SeeByte) and Kraken Robotics Inc. (Kraken) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which they will seek to enhance their complimentary system offerings to bring customers an integrated solution across maritime mission planning, data collection, and data analysis.
Kraken specializes in the delivery of advanced synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) for maritime platforms including uncrewed underwater vehicles of all sizes and the KATFISH™ towed SAS system.
SeeByte specializes in the development and supply of maritime software solutions including their SeeTrack Mission Management System (MMS), Neptune Autonomy System, and Automated Target Recognition (ATR).
The combined solution offers customers an integrated proven system for maritime operations that is competitive, readily available, and delivers a high-quality user experience.
Chris Haworth, CEO at SeeByte said, “This collaborative approach brings together a best-of-breed solution to satisfy the needs of our maritime and naval customers. We are excited to add Kraken to the long list of SeeByte collaborators and look forward to seeing the capabilities of this combined solution for high-resolution seabed intelligence.”
Greg Reid, CEO at Kraken said, “Kraken provides turnkey minehunting solutions which collect high quality data and turn it into high quality seabed intelligence – our customers use this to inform high quality decisions. Our sonar systems are used worldwide for critical decision-making, providing swaths up to 400m and constant resolutions of down to 2 cm x 2 cm. Having completed several integrations and customer demos with SeeByte, Kraken is excited to integrate with SeeByte’s advanced capabilities. This provides navies worldwide with the ability to seamlessly leverage SeeByte’s mission management tools to optimally plan, analyze and review Kraken’s high-resolution synthetic aperture sonar data.”
SeeByte and Kraken will demonstrate this collaboration at the NATO Exercise REPMUS 2024 in September and will continue to collaborate to advance products and solutions.
Subsea Supplies Limited appoints business development manager amidst continued growth
Prior to his appointment, Gary spent five years with Concept Cables Limited as business development manager, responsible for the design of cables to client specifications across the UK.
Gary said: “This is an exciting time to join the Subsea Supplies team, and I look forward to the opportunity to engage with advanced subsea technologies, collaborate with experienced professionals, and grow in a supportive work environment.
“The energy sector is in a time of transition, but one thing that remains the same is demand from clients for quality subsea equipment. As we look to expand our advanced service offerings into new markets, I’m confident our track record of exceptional customer service will continue.”
This latest hire follows several key appointments within Subsea Supplies Limited, which include the creation of roles for a marketing manager, and sales coordinator.
Pauline McCann, Subsea Supplies’ sales director added: “It’s a pleasure to welcome Gary to the team. His experience and understanding of the sector will allow us to widen our offerings to clients and support them in an ever-expanding portfolio of projects across the offshore space.
“We have spent almost 25 years’ building a trusted reputation as an international equipment supplier, from small local firms to global businesses, and I know Gary will help us continue to deliver quality solutions to the subsea industry.”
Subsea Supplies has been a provider of ROV, AUV, oil and gas, oceanographic and defence solutions since 2000 and has vast experience across the subsea and cables industry. The company is a partner to world-leading manufacturers of electrical and mechanical components, and a global distributor for Burton Subsea, Nexans, Sun Star Electric, Masto, Innerspace and Clear Com.
Subsea Supplies is the only Burton product range distributor in Europe to be certified to manufacture Burton cable and connector assemblies to Eaton standards.
Pliant Offshore partners with Exail to enhance wind turbine installation precision
Exail, a leading manufacturer of advanced inertial navigation systems (INS), has secured a new contract to supply three Hydrins INS to Pliant Offshore, an offshore measurement specialist. These units will be integrated into Pliant Offshore's Installation Measurement System (IMS) to improve the accuracy and efficiency of wind turbine installations.
Pliant Offshore's IMS is an innovative technology designed to provide real-time measurements of the inclination and position of structures, such as monopiles, during installation. The system uses 3D point cloud technology combined with laser sensors to measure and virtually reconstruct objects with high accuracy. The integration of Exail Hydrins INS enhances the system performance by providing precise positioning and motion compensation, even on moving vessels. This enables the IMS to take continuous measurements during the pile-driving process, guaranteeing the correct positioning and stability of wind turbines in challenging offshore conditions.
“We particularly value the offshore capabilities of the Exail Hydrins INS for our operations,” said Alex Heurkens, founder of Pliant Offshore. “This system effectively meets the challenges of our working environment. The Hydrins is extremely robust, reliable and provides highly accurate data, ensuring excellent stabilization of our system and saving offshore contractors valuable time in the field”.
“We are delighted to continue supporting Pliant Offshore in this ground-breaking project,” said Hans-Willem de Leeuw, Sales Director at Exail B.V. “Our Hydrins INS, designed for offshore applications, offers exceptional accuracy in position, velocity and orientation measurements. They are the ideal solution for enhancing the performance of the IMS laser scanner system and ensuring highly efficient and accurate wind turbine installations”.
Exail Hydrins INS has a proven track record in various offshore projects, recognized for its reliability in a wide range of installations. The Pliant Offshore IMS system, now enhanced with Exail inertial sensors, will soon be available for rental as well, building on its success in the installation of over 1,000 wind turbines worldwide.
“K” Line Wind Service and Acteon have signed Japanese floating wind demonstration collaboration agreement
"K" Line Wind Service Ltd (KWS), a subsidiary of the “K” LINE Group, and Acteon, the international marine energy and infrastructure services business, have signed a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding (MOU) that sets out how the companies will use each other's skills and services to collaboratively support the Japan’s Floating Offshore Wind project including demonstration and commercial projects.
InterMoor, Acteon’s moorings and anchors brand, will provide comprehensive mooring, transportation and installation engineering support to KWS for the desktop study of the commercial project and to support the offshore installation of the demo project.
Acteon provides mooring solutions for all types of floating assets, from design and engineering to decommissioning. These include anchor and mooring system construction; floating infrastructure positioning and hooking up; mooring installation and inspection; maintenance, repair and replacement services; and late-life disposal services.
KWS has been actively engaged in the field of floating offshore wind. In the Japan’s Floating Offshore Wind Research and Development program, NEDO Green Innovation Fund Phase 1,KWS conducted intensive research for efficient mooring methods for large-scale Floating Offshore Wind farms. For conducting actual towing and mooring of floating assets for demonstration and commercial projects, KWS aims to provide safer and more efficient transportation and installation services with InterMoor’s engineering support.
“We can ensure the success and efficiency of this critical project,” says Barry Parsons, Chief Commercial Officer, Acteon, “by combining our expertise and resources in engineering and offshore installations with KWS’s capabilities.”
“Acteon is an ideal collaboration partner,” says Teruki Kuramoto, President of KWS. “They have proven history of fixed and floating wind innovation. Combined with the "K" LINE Group's expertise in operating Offshore Support Vessels, we will help to drive innovation and sustainability in floating offshore wind energy in Japan.”
FMS’ latest contract adds to proven track record in floating offshore wind
Global mooring solutions expert, First Marine Solutions (FMS), has been selected by the BlueFloat Energy | Nadara Partnership to support its upcoming floating offshore wind developments.
The project activities will comprise engineering consultancy services pertaining to the partnership’s ScotWind (Broadshore and Bellrock) and INTOG (Sinclair and Scaraben) projects. With a predicted combined capacity of 2.3 GW, the projects could contribute significantly towards Scotland’s net-zero targets whilst maximising opportunities for the Scottish supply chain and encouraging local investment.
Managed and delivered by FMS’ Glasgow-based renewable energy consultancy and supported by specialists from its Aberdeen headquarters, the contract will see FMS undertake a number of services designed to inform the submission and conferment of the required offshore consents, with particular emphasis upon the environmental impact and technical feasibility of each development.
Drawing upon the company’s engineering, design and marine capabilities, the work scope focuses on mooring design screening and preliminary optimisation of concepts.
Steven Brown, FMS Managing Director, comments: “Since the inception of our renewable energy consultancy in 2020, we have been consistently developing the mooring and survey capabilities honed in the offshore oil and gas industry, in order to provide the offshore floating wind market with a comprehensive consultancy service designed to drive such landmark projects forward.
“We are therefore delighted to be working with as progressive and technically accomplished a partnership as BlueFloat Energy | Nadara, and we view this latest contract award as a significant addition to the proven track record we have been building in this field, both in the UK and overseas.”
David Robertson, Portfolio Director, Scotland at BlueFloat Energy | Nadara Partnership, said: "Knowledge and skills transferred from the oil and gas industry will be key to advancing our floating wind ambitions in Scotland and we’re confident that FMS’s experience in both operational and conceptual designs will input greatly into our ScotWind and INTOG projects going forward."
MacArtney expands oceanographic portfolio through distribution agreement with Sea-Bird Scientific
MacArtney is pleased to announce a partnership to distribute Sea-Bird Scientific's comprehensive precision instruments, enabling a broader range of solutions to meet customer needs.
Trusted partners MacArtney and Sea-Bird Scientific are extending their collaboration to support ocean science, naval, and marine offshore customers while also broadening the range of ROTV integration options.
"The collaboration between MacArtney and Sea-Bird Scientific is essential in providing comprehensive, expertly crafted solutions to meet the diverse needs of our customers," says Sea-Bird Scientific's Global Channel Sales Manager, Eduardo Ramirez. "By leveraging our combined expertise and broad scope, we ensure impactful offerings to enhance performance and reliability across the oceanographic sector."
Known for their high-end, market-leading accuracy, Sea-Bird Scientific's instruments are engineered to withstand some of the harshest marine environments. This new distribution agreement encompasses a wide array of equipment, such as a variety of sensors, water samplers, and auxiliary products, all designed to deliver unparalleled precision in measurements.
The contract covers distribution in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark, with MacArtney serving as an integrator partner for global projects. This partnership enables MacArtney to seamlessly integrate Sea-Bird Scientific products into its systems and offer turnkey solutions worldwide.
Advancing oceanographic solutions
MacArtney already has a significant track record in projects integrating Sea-Bird Scientific equipment, including solutions comprising CTD systems for survey and research vessels, real-time oceanographic mooring solutions, purpose-built systems, and more.
Leveraging MacArtney's robust presence in the Nordic markets, this collaboration enhances local support and significantly improves technical expertise and training capabilities for end-users around the world.
MacArtney's workshops also offer essential maintenance support for Sea-Bird Scientific equipment and facilitate assistance in calibration tasks globally, ensuring marine instruments function optimally.
Expanded customer benefits
By incorporating Sea-Bird Scientific's marine portfolio, MacArtney strengthens its position as a one-stop solutions provider, streamlining project management and enhancing operational efficiency.
"Being close to our customers and maintaining a strong local presence has always been a MacArtney objective, along with offering technical, commercial, and logistical support globally," says MacArtney's Sales Director Ocean Science, Mikkel Møller Sørensen. "Collaborating with Sea-Bird Scientific not only increases our capabilities but also enhances customers’ access to complete solutions and turnkey systems."
With this strategic addition, MacArtney reinforces its role as a trusted partner in underwater technology applications.