BlueView Technologies and VideoRay LLC Complete Jamaican Port Security Trip

Kingston, Jamaica - Senior Executives from VideoRay and BlueView recently returned from a week long visit with Security Administrators, Ltd (SAL) in Port Bustamante, Kingston, Jamaica. SAL is in charge of all port security in Port Bustamante as dictated by the ISPS code, including ensuring that drug smugglers do not attach canisters in underwater hull locations on ships leaving the port. Last year three separate vessels have been found to have canisters attached, most recently on November 25th. Before SAL began operating VideoRay ROVs in 2002, human divers who located drug caches had been murdered by vicious drug gangs.

The purpose of the trip was three fold. The first was to understand more fully how VideoRays were being used in order to further improve their capabilities and suitability for this task. The second purpose was to finalize a contract (see Gleaner article) to allow SAL to increase their scope security services throughout the Caribbean by selling and servicing VideoRays in additional ports. Finally, demonstrations were successfully conducted with a BlueView ProViewer imagining sonar showing a significant increase in the speed and efficiency of searches in very low visibility water

After the meetings, VideoRay and BlueView concluded that the P450 imaging sonar, mounted under a VideoRay ROV, can detect an actual drug container on an actual cargo vessel from a distance of over 100 feet. Meetings and demonstrations were conducted with several members of Jamaica's law enforcement community with VideoRay and BlueView. All involved are now convinced that the three companies can work together to effectively, safely, and rapidly inspect hulls for drug attachments in harbors throughout the Caribbean.

About BlueView Technologies
Located in Seattle Washington, BlueView Technologies manufactures both custom and off-the-shelf miniature multibeam sonar solutions. BlueView provides mission-critical real-time underwater vision for Navy, Law Enforcement, Oil & Gas, and other marine applications. Visit BlueView online at www.blueviewtech.com.

About VideoRay VideoRay now has far more Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) in service around the world than any manufacturer, and is delivering additional ROVs at an increasing rate. Weighing just 8 pounds and starting at $5995 USD, VideoRays can be equipped with sonar, positioning systems or other accessories, and are used for underwater surveys, offshore inspections, search and recovery, homeland defense, science, fish farming and a range of applications in underwater environments. In August, the General Services Administration (GSA) awarded VideoRay a contract to supply vehicles to the US government, making it easier and faster for many agencies to acquire one. See http://www.videoray.com/GSA for more information.