Since Triton Logging is Hollund Industrial Mari

Since Triton Logging is Hollund Industrial Marine's primary competitor (and the only real competitor we are aware of), it is good to learn a little about their technology as well as its intended use.

The Sawfish is 6 feet high, nearly 12 feet long, and 6 feet wide; it weighs 7,700 pounds. The craft is tethered to cables carrying electric power, video feeds, and control circuits, and air hoses used to inflate bladders that float the cut timber to the surface. Typically, a pathway must first be cleared to the submerged timber so the Sawfish does not become snared in tree limbs and other debris.

In August 2003 the first Sawfish began cutting trees in Lois Lake, British Columbia, a dam impoundment built in the 1930s to power a sawmill. A second Sawfish was said to be under construction.

Given the enormous amount of flooded forestland, Triton plans to use the Sawfish itself and sell the remote-controlled loggers to other companies at a cost of US$1 million and up (based on 2004 prices). “There are millions and millions of trees underwater in our own backyard, and we’re addressing those with our logging operations,” says Godsall. “But there are underwater forests all around the world that are out of our reach.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1247634/