Research Vessel Services

Research Vessel Services offers on-site technical support during vessel dry docking and refit periods. With experience in all aspects of science support at sea we know the importance of dry docking and refit periods in preparing the vessel for its next successful
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Its been a few weeks since I have written anything as the team have been busy in dry dock overseeing the overhaul of some pretty cool acoustic systems (EM302, EM710, EA600, EK60, TDI ADCP's). It takes experience and attention to detail to get the best out of these systems - something our team of experienced techs has in abundance! Stay tuned!

Great evening presenting ORCA and Marine Tech support in Chester. Amazing hosts! Now to enjoy the beautiful city

Looking a little bare without her masts RRS Discovery, Dundee, UK. The Director of Marine Operations had the opportunity to visit this iconic research vessel last week and see the preservation work that is helping safeguard this historic ship for future generations. It's amazing to think how much has changed since Robert Falcon's Scott's expedition a century ago

Great evening of data presentations in Glasgow. A big thank you to the team at Subsea Defence for their hospitality and support.

Supporting science off the Scottish coast has more challenges than just the fog and weather.

The technology in Oceanography has certainly changed a lot in the last twenty years. We have seen amazing breakthroughs and advances in ship systems, sensors, AUV's, UAV's, ROV's and HOV's. Our team has supported expeditions throughout this period and have experience of established oceanographic data collection methods as well as the latest emerging technologies.

Here's a picture from 16 years ago ;-)

A sailor's Discharge Book is a great record of ships and service but nothing is more important than our teams log books and record of competence to show applied science support at sea. Its amazing to think I've now supported 100 expeditions and I look forward to supporting many more in the future!

It's not just scientists who check out the science sensors. An Albatross shows its immense wingspan in comparison with the meteorological sensors on the vessels main mast. As a technician you quickly learn which birds have a tendency to sit on GPS antennas or peck at meteorological sensors.

ROV Data logging and collation! Need a software solution for collating and annotating ROV or Vessel Data? ORCA may be the system you need! Contact us for more information.

What a fluke! Every humpback fluke is unique and our team has supported MMO operations across the globe including Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic and the Pacific. Here's a nice picture from the Fjords of Greenland snapped by Leighton

Research Vessel Services development of ORCA (Ocean Research Collection and Archiving) is meeting very positive reviews. The development of the software is based on the following concept points

COLLECT – The acquisition of data from sensors onboard a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), Research Vessel (RV) or similar platform.

CHECK – The automated validation of data from each sensor to ensure that the received sensor values fall within specific parameters and are free from erroneous data.

COMMIT – Recording the sensor data and validation checks to a central data repository

COLLATE – Bringing the individual sensor data together in single dataset and collating individual data files into a data centre ready structure.

COMMENT – Using ORCA’s inbuilt event logging function the users can annotate events and data acquisition to assist with big data handling and third party understanding of the dataset.

COMPOSE – ORCA allows the user to generate custom datasets from acquired sensor data in the form of user configurable file exports, graphs and file downloads.

CIRCULATE – The dataset, files and annotations can be circulated to collaborators and the community via ORCA’s web interface