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MARINE EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE PROVIDERS 



Marine equipment and service providers can be divided into large multina- 

 tional corporations and small, independent companies. Suppliers of marine equip- 

 ment are typically small businesses focused on a single product. Performance 

 and price are important in the competitive market. Products sold by the industry 

 include the following: 



Manned vehicles 



Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and bottom crawlers 

 Side scan, imaging, and bottom sounding sonars 

 Underwater cameras 



Sensors of temperature, pressure, conductivity, water density, currents, 

 and wave height 



Doppler sonar : 



Water samplers 



Flow meters 



Data and voice communications equipment 



Underwater position tracking devices 



Connectors 



Cable, pipes, and buoys 



Ships 



Winches, tow bodies, and tow arrays 



Transponders, transducers, and magnetometers 



Valves 



Pressure test enclosures 



Strip recorders, power amplifiers, and data loggers 



Diving systems 



Service providers in the marine industiy are involved in a variety of activi- 

 ties, including: 



Inspection and mapping 



Marine engineering 



Leasing, cleaning, and installation of equipment 



Data measurement 



Ship maintenance 



Weather forecasting and ship routing 



Seismic surveying 



Service companies, in particular, range in size from large global operators to 

 small independent operations. The larger operators are typically associated with 

 offshore oil and gas activities. Many service providers have a large capitcd 



