IMCA Report Covers Mini RadaScan System for DP Ops
Reliable and robust methods of positioning are required for safe vessel operations at offshore installations. The development of dynamic positioning (DP) systems has been gradual over the past 50 years and today, various manufacturers’ systems are available around the world. IMCA has published a report, IMCA M 229 ‘Mini RadaScan microwave radar sensor for dynamic positioning operations’ to provide an overview of the Mini RadaScan system. “Every measurement technology is bound by limitations (i.e.
AXYS Technologies Acquires FLiDAR NV
AXYS Technologies announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of the FLiDAR NV shares. Canadian-based and privately-held, AXYS has developed environmental monitoring technologies for the last 40 years. In 2009, AXYS developed the WindSentinel floating LiDAR, which has since evolved into a dual-LiDAR platform. Belgium-based FLiDAR was formed in 2011 as a joint venture between…
NRG Systems, FLiDAR in Offshore Partnership
US-based Renewable NRG Systems and Belgium’s FLiDAR has announced that they have entered an exclusive partnership for the distribution of FLiDAR’s offshore wind measurement buoys in the Americas. Under this agreement, Renewable NRG Systems will provide the WindCube Lidar systems to FLiDAR to equip the floating wind measurement technology that the Belgian company is bringing into the offshore market in the Americas.
