A Quarter Century of Maritime Excellence Founded in 2000 by Darren Burrowes and Neil Hodges, BlueZone Group began with a shared vision: advancing Australia’s Mine Counter Measures capability. With naval experience and engineering expertise, they laid the foundation for a company that now enables operations across Australia’s oceans, coastal seas, and rivers using world-leading […]
Advancing and Expanding, BlueZone Set to Open a New Site in Perth! It’s been a busy start to the year for BlueZone, between celebrating 20 years of service, training the NSW police divers in the SRS Fusion ROV, and planning for our 25th birthday (more details to come) we’re opening up a new location […]
High Performance Colour Zoom Camera OceanTools launched their newest C6 IP Subsea Colour Zoom Camera to their range. This state-of-the-art camera is meticulously engineered to cater to a broad spectrum of subsea applications, including its role as a primary camera for ROV systems, military/defence operations, and scientific research. The CMOS technology and 1/1.2”2.1 MP image […]
Saab Seaeye Cougar XT compact robotic vehicle for challenging environmental conditions Especially suited for the offshore wind energy market, the Saab Seaeye Cougar XT Compact robotic vehicle has been chosen for Taiwan’s huge offshore wind farm developments. Created for challenging environmental conditions inherent in shallow water operations the Seaeye low-profile 300m rated Cougar XT Compact is […]
ClearSignal® Coating for Biofouling Prevention in Offshore Oil & Gas Toughness and Adhesion to the Substrate Enables Robust Cleaning The ClearSignal® toughness and adhesion to the substrate is far superior to any other foul release coating and this enables ClearSignal® to be cleaned in a robust manner. This was a key design parameter for ClearSignal®. […]
DeepWater Buoyancy New Products for Offshore Oil & Gas DeepWater Buoyancy has announced a range of new products to service the Offshore Oil & gas market: Jumper Buoyancy modules are fabricated with either a rotationally-moulded polyethylene shell or with a GRP skin. In all cases, high-performance DeepTec® syntactic foam provides buoyancy. An integral elastomeric clamp […]
Pipepod™ Leak Detection for Oil & Gas Pipelines UVS is pleased to offer the Pipepod™ – a unique pressurised sound recording capsule designed for accurate leak detection solutions in water, gas and oil pipelines. The system incorporates the latest in hydrophone technology to accurately identify and record leakage points in pressurised pipe networks. The data […]
Extracting Renewable Energy from the Oceans A large audience of over 100 gathered on 9 July 2015 for a presentation to the Joint Electrical Institutions Sydney – Engineers Australia, IEEE and IET. The audience heard from two leading Ocean Renewables companies with operations based in Sydney: Elemental Energy Technologies (EET) and BioPower Systems. Deputy Chair […]
Solar Installation at BlueZone Group’s Newcastle Office The BlueZone Newcastle office is now “powered by the sun” following the installation and commissioning of a 10kW roof top mounted solar photovoltaic array. The system will generate reliable electricity for over 25 years and provide clean energy for both BlueZone and society in general. The system will […]
Cable Terminated for Offshore Renewable Energy Project UVS has completed termination of cables for the Carnegie Wave Energy CETO Perth Wave Energy Project, Western Australia. This project will be the first demonstration of a complete grid-connected, commercial scale CETO system anywhere in the world. Using techniques recently developed for termination of ROV tethers for Saab […]
