The marine environment can be treacherous. The environment poses many challenges including extreme pressure, high salinity, ever-changing environments etc, so ensuring equipment is reliable and keeping the water out is essential. BlueZone Group has been partnering with PMI Industries for many years due to their high-quality products and excellent customer service. PMI Industries are specialists […]
Paul Allen’s Quest for Sunken Warships using the “Petrel” REMUS 6000 In 2017, Paul Allen, late Microsoft co-founder, set out to find and document every significant U.S. World War II warship that has been sunk. However, finding a wreck presents enormous challenges as roughly only 10% of the ocean floor is properly mapped, and the […]
The Wave Glider celebrates the anniversary for the record-breaking journey across the Pacific Ocean December 2022 marked the ten-year anniversary of the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider named ’Papa Mau’ completing its world record-breaking journey across the Pacific Ocean. Four wave-powered Uncrewed Surface Vehicles (USV) travelled from San Francisco to the Hawaiian Islands, at which point […]
BlueZone commemorates Mark Hegarty’s 10 years BlueZone extends their appreciation to Mark Hegarty for his 10 years with the company. Mark joined UVS in 2012 as a General Manager Victoria. As the company merged into BlueZone Group in 2015 and has grown, Mark’s role changed to the Group Sales Manager. Mark brings a hands-on approach […]
ClearSignal® treatment ensures shark tags are biofouling free BlueZone Group is proud to support the shark tagging program conducted by NSW DPI Shark Scientist Dr Paul Butcher. Tagging and tracking sharks are used to learn more about their movements along the NSW coastline. The NSW Government’s shark tagging program is estimated to be the […]
Setting a New Standard for Wave Measurements Addressing Coastal Monitoring Challenges in Developing Areas Wave measurements are an indispensable part of any MetOcean project. The Obscape Wave Buoy is based on recent advances in solar power, sensor and data technology, ensuring a rugged, light-weight, reliable and affordable wave buoy. Obscape provides a solar powered, light-weight, […]
Versatile WAM-V for Ocean Science Research Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Barrier Reef The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), in partnership with Queensland University of Technology, has used a WAM-V Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) manufactured by Marine Advanced Robotics to conduct an acoustic and optical survey of John Brewer Reef […]
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 […]
Pop-Up Buoy Recovery System for Benthos Releases Deepwater Buoyancy has announced the Pop-Up Buoy Recovery System (PUB) is designed to work with both the legacy Teledyne Benthos 875 shallow water release, as well as the new R500 series release. “Teledyne Benthos has discontinued its long-standing product offering, the PUB-875,” explained David Capotosto, Director of Business […]
