Kongsberg Maritime’s Hugin autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) will provide offshore operation services to several survey providers including DOF Subsea of Norway, Fugro Geoservices of Lafayette US, Northwest Maritime of Norway and AXA Engehnaria Submarina of Brazil.
Fugro
In October 2014, Kongsberg will deliver a new Hugin vehicle to Fugro that is rated for operations from 10 to 4500m. It carries a very high specification payload suite that enables it to perform advanced survey operations and inspections. Designed for portability and operation from ships of opportunity, the AUV is supplied in a series of packing cases and configured for easy assembly after arriving in the area of operation.
DOF Subsea
DOF Subsea recently ordered another Hugin AUV System that is rated to 3000m and carries a range of sensors making it capable of completing several tasks in parallel. The launch and onboard Stinger is designed to operate from ships with freeboards of up to 5m in up to Sea State 5, making it highly flexible to use.
Kongsberg says this particular AUV provides several areas of usage including geophysical surveys, inspection of subsea facilities, environmental inspections and quick inspection of pipelines.
Northwest Maritime and AXA Engehnaria
Norway’s Northwest Maritime and Brazil’s AXA Engehnaria Submarina have taken delivery of the first of two Hugin AUV systems specifically configured for pipe survey operations.
Supplied as a containerized system, the first vehicle is tailored for survey operations, including launch and onboarding system and post-mission analysis of collected software. Kongsberg says the vehicle is fitted with one of the world’s most advanced sonars that provide acoustic pictures and sea maps with high resolution, and a still camera providing georeferenced high-resolution pictures of subsea pipes. The second Hugin will be delivered to Northwest Maritime and AXA in late 2014, equipped with a similar payload suite and rated to 3000m.
Image of the Hugin AUV from Kongsberg
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