Marine Technology Reporter, June 2006

<BODY> <div> Products include: SeaBat multi- beam sonar systems, NaviSound sin- gle-beam echo sounders, Sound Velocity Profilers (SVP), Transducers & Hydrophones, and PDS2000 soft- ware to supply automated hydro- graphic data systems. Rockland Scientific International 520 Dupplin Road, Victoria BC Canada V9A 4B6 Tel: +2503701688; Fax: +2503700234 E-mail: Fabian@rocklandscientific.com President: Rolf Lueck Vice President: Fabian Wolk Number of Employees: 6 Annual Sales: $1.5 million Rockland Scientific designs and manufactures high-accuracy instru- mentation for oceanographic research, and is a leading supplier of measurement systems for microstruc- ture turbulence in natural waters. The company was founded by Rolf Lueck and Fabian Wolk, both physical oceanographers. Rockland Scientific specializes in oceanic turbulence and provides instrumentation and services for its measurement. The instrumen- tation was originally designed to address fundamental scientific research objectives. With Rockland's continuing R&D efforts and close collaboration with end users, these instruments have now evolved into turn-key operational tools that can be configured for a variety of applica- tions. Rotech Subsea USA, LLC 11261 Richmond Avenue G110, Houston, TX Tel: 281-759-1245; Fax: 281-759-1246 E-mail: sarah.hargrave@rotech.co.uk Managing Director: Ken Stewart President: Kenneth R. Mackie General Manager: Dirk Wagenaar Rotech Subsea is digging up busi- ness all over the world providing mass flow excavation services for multiple applications such as pipeline trench- ing, wellhead excavations, platform pile excavations, rock dump excava- tions, and cable trenching. The tools were designed with precise excavation power and stability in mind. Water is brought in through two counter- rotating impellors and redirected to the seabed in the form of a high velocity, high volume, yet low pres- sure water column that can move materials with shear strengths of up to 60 Kpa. While hung from the ves- sel's crane or A- Frame, a multi- beam sonar system that is attached to the tool shows a picture of all hard materials which aids in locating problem areas and shows trench depth. Rotech was able to excavate four pipelines for a client who needed to make repairs in 3,000 ft. water depths with the use of a deep sea power pack supplied by a third party. As a result, the company is now building two new power packs with expectations of achieving depths as great as 10,000 ft. Rutter Technologies 70 Brookfield Road, St. John's Newfoundland, Canada Tel: +7093684213; Fax: +7093681337 E-mail: golscamp@ruttertech.com CEO: Donald I. Clarke President: Byron Dawe Number of Employees: 410 Annual Sales: $80 million (See Profile Below) www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 53 Kenneth R. Mackie, CEO Rutter Technologies 70 Brookfield Road, St. John's Newfoundland, Canada A1E3T9 Tel: +7093684213; Fax: +7093681337 E-mail: golscamp@ruttertech.com CEO: Donald I. Clarke • President: Byron Dawe Vice President: Gerald F. Olscamp Number of Employees: 410 Annual Sales: $80 million Rutter Technologies was established in 1998 to devel- op, manufacture and commercialize a Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) in response to then pending International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations making these mandatory for certain classes of vessels. Rutter's commercialization efforts have been successful and the company is a leader in VDR technology. Rutter is an innovative company. Some of the early dif- ferentiating factors for its voyage data recorder (VDR) were the recording time capability. While many com- petitors were offering the minimum required 12 hours of recorded history, Rutter recognized that many marine incidents can go undetected for days and offered inno- vative packaged with up to 30 days of recording time. Now vessel owners are offered as much as 90 days of recording time. As well, Rutter recog- nized early that existing technologies to capture radar images and conversa- tions on a ship's bridge were inade- quate for the task. The company proceeded to develop high resolution video recording and playback tech- nology to improve radar image capture and developed its own high fidelity audio recording module to ensure clearer capture of voices on a ship's bridge. Rutter's sigma S6 high resolution Radar Technology is used worldwide for applications including ice navigation, col- lision avoidance, bird tracking and a number of security applications. Donald I. Clarke, CEO MTR#5 (49-64).qxd 6/16/2006 1:08 PM Page 53 </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>