International Submarine Engineering Ltd announces a contract to build another HYSUB Remotely Operated System (ROV) for SNK Ocean Co Ltd, a Japanese marine services company based out of Tokyo, Japan. SNK will be provided with a 100HP ROV with depth capability to 2000 meters.
This 100HP ROV with TMS joins several other ISE ROVs that SNK has in its fleet. The ROV will be outfitted to perform tasks that will assist biological studies. SNK enhances its services with an ROV that will include six thrusters – four forward and two vertical, support for six lights, eight cameras, Imagenex sonar, collection basket with hydraulic door with the skid, tether management system, and ISE’s control system, ACE.
SNK’s 150HP 3000 M depth HAKUYO built and delivered in 2010.
Vehicle delivery is scheduled for March, 2013.
In 2010, ISE provided SNK with a 150HP 3000M depth HAKUYO ROV, together with a custom designed jet skid for cable burial operations.
SNK’s fleet of ISE ROVs, renamed HAKUYO, cover all operations required for the company, including cable burial, salvage, research and survey, making SNK one of Japan’s largest full service subsea equipment and service suppliers.
SNK Ocean Co. Ltd. and ISE have enjoyed a long-standing relationship that extends over 20 years, with ISE delivering SNK’s first ROV in 1991. SNK provides marine vehicles including offshore construction equipment for resource missions, wreck and salvage operations.
International Submarine Engineering Ltd. (ISE) was formed in 1974 to design and build underwater vehicles. Based just outside Vancouver, Canada, ISE has delivered 240 vehicles and over 400 robotic manipulators to more than 20 countries around the world.
The ISE family of vehicles includes ROVs, AUVs, submersibles, semi-submersibles, and active towfish. ISE has a robotics capability, having built underwater manipulators for a variety of functions and land based robotic systems including an automated car refueling station and the Canadian Space Agency robotic manipulator training system.
[mappress] Subsea World News Staff , July 11, 2012; Image: ISE