Elbit Systems has integrated the Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar for Unmanned Surface Vessels (TRAPS-USV) with its Seagull USV. The sea trials included several deployment and recovery cycles, towing at different speeds and transmission at various power levels.
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“The outbreak of COVID-19 on a global scale has brought fear and uncertainty to key workers around the world,” said Captain John Lloyd, chief executive of the Nautical Institute. “Those in the maritime sector have particular anxieties as they are displaced from home, friends, family and the other support mechanisms available to most. It has never been more important for these
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SEA-LNG, the multisector industry coalition, has released the latest in its series of independently conducted reports: The CE Delft study analyzes the availability and costs of liquefied bio methane (LBM) and liquefied synthetic methane (LSM) and concludes that both could become available in sufficient quantities to make a contribution toward future decarbonization for the shipping industry, and that the costs
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FarSounder is pleased to announce Ulstein Belga Marine, headquartered in Centro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as its newest dealer and their first in Brazil. Ulstein Belga Marine is a leader in the navigation equipment industry. For more than thirty years, they have been recognized worldwide for technological excellence. FarSounder’s Argos series of 3D forward-looking sonars will fit well into their
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Fugro now has a strategic partnership with SEA-KIT International, winner of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. SEA-KIT will work with Fugro to develop a new range of agile and compact USVs that can deploy ROVs and AUVs for marine asset inspections. The first USVs will be launched before the end of this year, and a larger USV model is being designed
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U.K. National Oceanography Centre (NOC) research has revealed for the first time how submarine sediment avalanches can transport microplastics from land into the deep ocean. The study also revealed that these flows are responsible for sorting different types of microplastics–burying some, and moving others vast distances across the seafloor. These findings may help predict the location of future seafloor microplastic
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