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TheCanadianAssociationofDivingContractors19anUnderwaterIndustryCanadaGetsPowerfulNewPantherCanadax19sPro-DiveMarineServicesisfirsttotakedeliveryofthepowerfulnewPantherXTPlusworkROVfromtopmanufacturerSaabSeaeye.DavidSquirespresidentofNewfoundland-basedPro-DivebelievesthenewdesignofROVwilladdasignificantworkresourcetoCanadax19sEastCoastoffshoreoperations.x1cWewillbeabletoaccomplishmanymoreworktasksandexpandourservicestotheoilandgasindustryacrossCanadax19sEasternoffshoresectorsx1dhesays.x1cThePantherXTPlushasafullworkclasscapabilitythatiseconomicandaffordableyetpacksapunchequivalenttoasmallhydraulicworkROV.x1dBilledasthemostpowerfulROVofitsclassthePantherXTPlushasover50percentmorethrustthanitsnearestcompetitorandapower-to-weightratiotwicethatofthecompetition.Packedwithtenpowerfulthrustersitcanswimover30percentfasterthananythingelseandwillholdsteadyinstrongcross-currentsmakingitidealforarangeofworkandsurveytasks.Tenthrustersinhandalsobringpeaceofmindtooperatorsworkingtoatightdeadlineorindifficultconditionsbyofferingareassuringlyhighdegreeofredundancy.ForDavidSquiresthehugelyincreasedpayloadoftheROVmeansitcanhandleindustrystandardsevenfunctionpositionfeedbackmanipulatorsforheavydutyworkandprecisecontrolofcomplexmanipulatortasks.ThePanthercomeswithtwoSchillingOrionmanipulatorsonefourfunctionwitha7.8in.gripperandtheothersevenfunctionwitha3.8in.PAgripper.Alsoincludedisamanipulator-heldhydrauliccleaningbrushtoolandaCPcontactprobe.InadditiontooperatinglargerandheaviermanipulatorarmstheROVx19shigherpayloadallowsagreaterrangeoftoolsandsensorstobefitted.ThePro-DivevehicleitselfcomesreadytotakeadditionalsensorsandisfittedwithanImagenex881Asonarhead.AlsoonboardisaSeaeyewide-anglelow-lightcolourcameraaKongsberghigh-definitionmonolowlightCDDcameraandaKongsbergcolourzoomcamera.Pro-Divex19scompletesystemincludesaSaabSeaeyetethermanagementsystemTMSfittedwithtwocamerasalongwithanA-framelaunchandrecoverysystemLARupgradedtoAtexZonell-specificationandfittedwithasnubber-rotatorupgradeforsaferecovery.ThewholeoperationismanagedfromapurposemadeLloydscertified16-ftcontrolcabin.TheintroductionofthenewpowerfulPantherXTPlusconceptcomesasoperatorsincreasinglyturntothenewbreedofpowerfulelectricworkROVsthatcomeataconsiderablylowercostofownershipneedingaboutaquarterofthedeckspaceofanequivalenthydraulicvehiclefewercrewandlowervehiclecost.AnditcantacklemostworktasksincludingdrillsupportIRMsurveyandsomeconstructiontasks.Pro-DiveMarineServiceshasgrownsince1983tobecomeamajoroperatorintheregionwheretheyprovideROVanddivingservicesconstructionanddrillsupportconcretemattressesoffshoregroutingsubseamarkersoffshoreprojectsupportstaffandsubseaengineering.WewillbeabletoaccomplishmanymoreworktasksandexpandourservicestotheoilandgasindustryacrossCanadax19sEasternoffshoresectors.Turntopage20formoreinnovations