MTR#3 Cover.qxd 11/15/2005 1:45 PM Page 1 S e M e M T Profile: Hafmynd (Gavia) • Sea SERPENTS • “Looters” Go High Tech D R e a “ t rk J a e O il t B s p S o la n c ” p e a g November 2005 e 6 MARINE www.seadiscovery.com 0 TECHNOLOGY R E P O R T E R Seafloor Engineering: Cleaning up the GOM Subsea Mess Port Security Diver Detection System Keeps Ships Safe Vessels Henry B. Bigelow still on Schedule C2 C3 & C4.qxd 11/15/2005 9:16 AM Page 1 Visit www.maritimeequipment.com/mt & Click No. 206 MTR#3 (1-16).qxd 11/15/2005 9:30 AM Page 3 Visit www.maritimeequipment.com/mt & Click No. 203 MTR#3 (1-16).qxd 11/15/2005 1:48 PM Page 4 November 2005 contents Marine Technology Reporter • Volume 48 • Number 3 Vessels 18 Henry B. Bigelow Nears Completion Mississippi-based VT Halter Marine, significantly damaged by Hurricane Katrina, is still on schedule to deliver FRV Henry B. Bigelow next year. — by Larry Pearson Hurricane(s) Clean-Up 22 Gulf of Mexico Subsea Clean Up Begins A series of powerful hurricanes swept through the Gulf of Mexico leaving unprecedent- ed distruction on land and underwater. Maggie L. Merrill documents efforts to assess and repair subsea damage. Hurricane(s) Clean-Up 30 Where to Begin? Roving reporter Don Sutherland spent three weeks in the Gulf of Mexico post- Hurricane Katrina, and salvage companies doing what they do best: trying mightily to improvise and bring order to a chaotic situation. Underwater Security 34 Keeping Ships Safe in Port The Harbor Fence and Underwater Sentry is being deployed as an effective means to detect underwater threats before they are able to strike. Military 38 Lessons Learned with Hugin AUV The Hugin AUV has been run through its paces with the Royal Norwegian Navy Mine Warfare Flotilla, and provided a number of insights to the manufacturer. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 42 Hafmynd: Putting the Pieces Together The Gavia Northern Diver AUV (pictured in the background) is an innovative, modu- lar AUV that can be used in commercial, scientific and military operations. The product and its maker are profiled, starting on page 42. — by Kate Elizabeth Queram 2 MTR November 2005 MTR#3 (1-16).qxd 11/15/2005 3:09 PM Page 5 on the Cover The harbor fence and the underwater sentry system protecting a ship in port. (See story on page 34) the Authors Maggie Linskey Merrill is the founding editor and publisher of Marine Technology Reporter. She has 20 years experience communicating marine science, technology, environmental and www.seadiscovery.com engineering news and information. She has held positions at the NEW YORK 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts Institute Tel: (212) 477-6700; Fax: (212) 254-6271 of Technology, HA Perry Foundation and Sea Data Corporation. FLORIDA 215 NW 3rd St., Boynton Beach, FL 33435 In 1993 she founded MTR and the Marine and Oceanographic Tel: (561) 732-1659; Fax: (561) 732-6984 Technology Network (MOTN). (Story on page 22) PUBLISHER John C. O'Malley • [email protected] Larry Pearson is a freelance writer from Metairie, La. Pearson Associate Publisher & Editor is currently a contributor to MTR sister-publication, Marine Gregory R. Trauthwein • [email protected] News, and has edited his own publication, Passenger Vessel Editorial Director Maggie Merrill News, and was managing editor of WorkBoat. This month in Editorial Intern MTR he writes on the new FRV Henry B. Bigelow. Kate Elizabeth Queram • [email protected] (Story on page 18) Production Manager John Guzman • [email protected] Asst. Production Manager Irina Tabakina • [email protected] Manager, Information Services Writer-photographer Don Sutherland has operated as an Tina Veselov • [email protected] Manager, Accounting Services "embedded photojournalist" on location for over 30 years. He's Esther Rothenberger • [email protected] sometimes described as "the inventor of digital photography." Manager, Public Relations Evidence is at www.don-sutherland.com. Mark O’Malley • [email protected] Marketing Coordinator (Story on page 30) Jocelyn Pearring • [email protected] Manager, Information Technology Services Vladimir Bibik • [email protected] ADVERTISING Sales Manager Dominick Daddio • [email protected] Classified Ad Sales also in this Edition Dale L. Barnett • [email protected] Senior Vice President, Sales 4 Editorial Brett W. Keil • [email protected] 4 Editorial Index Tel: (561) 732-1185; Fax: (561) 732-8414 Senior Vice President, Sales 6 USV Industry Day held in Washington Rob Howard • [email protected] 8 LOCO for Microscopic Sea Life Tel: (561) 732-4368; Fax: (561) 732-6984 Vice President of Sales 13 Undersea “Looters” go High Tech Lucia M. Annunziata • [email protected] 49 People & Company News CHARLES E. KEIL, Vice President, 54 Products International Operations 215 NW Third Street, Boynton Beach, FL 33435 60 MTR Marketplace: JOBS Tel: +561-732-0312; Fax: +561-732-8063 64 Advertiser’s Index 24-hr Tel/Fax: +561-998-0313; Mobile Tel: +561-716-0338 e-mail: [email protected] www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 3 MTR#3 (1-16).qxd 11/15/2005 2:10 PM Page 6 When “Seafloor Engineering” was tapped as the feature topic of editorial this edition, little did we know that a pair of powerful hurricanes would serve to make the coverage all too timely. At press time, nearly two and a half months after the first and worst hurricane — Katrina — blew ashore and swamped the coastal areas of Louisiana and Mississippi, government and industry were still working overtime to produce a full assessment of subsea damage and determine a timeline for recovery. While realistic numbers are still difficult to conjure, it is safe to state that undersea and salvage work in the area will be at full capacity for many months. Maggie Merrill doggedly pursued endless leads to deliver an overview of the damage, with insights on specific technologies employed to get the job done. Freelance writer Don Sutherland, a regular in the pages of MTR sister-publication MarineNews, was down south for more than three weeks, and we deliver his unique perspective starting on page 30. Greg Trauthwein Associate Publisher & Editor • [email protected] Editorial Index Companies with editorial mention in this edition Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences (AUAS) 50 Icelandic Coast Guard 44 SAIC 24, 34, 37 Aker Kvaerner Subsea 9, 51, 52 Indian Navy 12 Scripps Institution of Oceanography 49, 50, 53 Aker Marine Contractors 14, 15 Inmarsat 40 SEA, Ltd. 29 American Salvage Association (ASA) 31, 32 Innovatum International 54 SeaBotix Inc. 54 Applanix 27, 48 IEEE 50 Seaeye 56 Applied Geomechanics Inc. (AGI) 57 InterOcean 57, 58 SHOALS 58 BAE Systems 8 J. Ray McDermott, S.A. 16 Simrad 55 BASF 9 JDR Cable 52 Sonavision Limited 55 Your Marine Technology Benthos, Inc. 25 Kongsberg Maritime 10, 38, 40, 41 Sonsub 51 Bluefin Robotics 12 Lincoln Laboratory 17 SRI International 11 Bollinger 64 LinkQuest Ltd. 44 Subsea 7 12, 52 One-Stop-Shop BP 51, 56 Lithion Inc. 55 Sunwest Technologies, Inc. 55 C&C Technologies 15, 24 Lockheed Martin 48, 52 Sutron 59 Canadian National Research Council (NRC) 44 Manchester University 50 T&T Marine 30, 31, 32, 64 Caterpillar 20 Marin Mätteknik AB 13 Technip 12 Chelsea Technologies Group (CTG) 56 Marine Technology Society (MTS) 50 Thalassa 55 Day's Inn 31 Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) 25 Association of Marine Scientific Industries (AMSI) 11 DeepSea Power & Lights 55 Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 8 CEFAS 11 DEFRA 11 National Geographic Society 49 The College of Exploration 7 Diamond Offshore 25 NOAA 11, 16, 18, 19 Intl. Council for Exploration of the Seas (ICES) 20 Donjon Marine 32, 64 National Science Foundation 10 The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) 57 Douglas Westwood Ltd. 13 NATO Undersea Research Center 39 The National Ocean Service 25 E.on 9 Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAVAIR) 8 Univ. of NH Center for Coastal Ocean Mapping 7 ECA 56 Naval Electronics Lab (NEL) 49 Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation 16 Edgetech 29, 40 Naval Undersea Warfare Center 55 Transocean 25 Elliot Bay Design Group (EBDG) 11 Nexans 54 Transoceanic Cable Ship Company, Inc. (TCSC) 51 www.seadiscovery.com English Heritage 7 Noble 25 TRIAXYS 57 European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling 16 Noise Control Engineering (NCE) 20 Triton 48, 53 FEMA 32 Ocean Technology Foundation (OTF) 7 TSS (International) Ltd. 52 Finnish Navy 40 Oceaneering 24 Tyco Telecommunications 51 Log on everyday and Flotation Technologies 59 Office of Coast Survey 32 USACE 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 53 French Marine Institute (IFREMER) 55 Office of Naval Research (ONR) 8 U.S. Department of Interior 29 FrogEye 48 Oregon State University 8 U.S. National Academy of Sciences 21 receive: Fugro GEOS 14, 15, 24 Perry Slingsby Systems (PSS) 52, 53 U.S. National Science Foundation 53 Fugro Pelagos, Inc. 48, 53 Rapp Hydema 19 U.S. Naval Historical Center 7 Gazprom 9 ROVer's Eye 47 Underwater Society of America 50 Geoconsult AS 53 Royal Navy 9 United States Geological Survey (USGS) 28, 29 • Daily News Glomar 25 Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN) 38, 41 Utrok Atoll Local Government (UALGOV) 11 Hafmynd (Gavia) 42, 43, 44, 45, 58 Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Lab 50 VideoRay 15 Harvard University 21 Saft 59 VT Halter Marine 18, 19, 20 • Exclusive Product & Hydroid, Inc. 8 Schilling Robotics 51, 56 WHOI 8, 10, 21, 28, 50 Technology Reports • New Job Listings Marine Technology Reporter is New York, NY 10010-2915. 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