April 2009
Marine Technology Reporter · Volume 52 · Number 3
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Offshore Renewable Energy
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Activity Set to Increase
Despite a global economic slowdown, low energy costs and some recent technological setbacks, it appears the future for wave and tidal current stream projects is bright. -- by Adam Westwood Offshore Floating Wind Turbines
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Call of the Sea
Worldwide potential for offshore wind energy is enormous. Vehicles
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"PAIV"-ing the Way
Development update on a new autonomous vehicle designed to meet new challenges offshore. -- by James Jamieson, Subsea 7 & Dr. Ioseba Tena, Seebyte Offshore O&G
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Putting the Platform on the Seabed
FMC has led the charge towards complete subsea production systems. Tore Halvorsen, the company's global leader in this regard, discusses with MTR the great strides this subsea technology has made - and needs to make - in the coming years. Bathymetry
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New Bedford Ponds Bathymetry
When a local community needed a seamless survey of a critical water supply, it rutned to OceanServer, YSI and the U.S. Navy.
Pictured in the background: IHC Engineering Business recently delivered a pair of massive deepwater pipeline ploughs, designed to handle pipeline diameters up to 1.55 m in water depths to 1,000 m. For more information, turn to page 12
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