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Autonomous Survey Technology: Cutting the Umbilical

Jun 25, 2024

There is a flurry of development underway to cut seafloor seismic and geotechnical survey technologies free from on-site control.The deeper you go, the quieter the ocean becomes. It’s something that Kyrre Tjøm is exploiting in his back-to-basics approach to ocean bottom nodes (OBNs). Like his competitors, the CEO and Founder of iDROP, is developing autonomous OBNs that can deploy themselves on to the seabed without ROV support…

Using Ocean Robots to Dive into Offshore Wind Farm Wake Effects

Nov 25, 2024

When gazing out to sea from the shoreline from many parts of the UK today you’re increasingly likely to see offshore wind turbines gently turning on the horizon.These giant structures are supplying an increasing amount of the UK’s electricity mix (<20%)…

Beam’s AI-Driven AUV to Hit Offshore Wind Market in 2025

Nov 13, 2024

Beam, a provider of high-technology offshore wind services, has unveiled Scout, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) driven by artificial intelligence (AI).Scout, a concept expected to enter the market in 2025, will put the power of subsea inspection directly in the hands of wind farm operators…

TotalEnergies Joins Reach Subsea’s Reach Remote USV Pilot Program

Oct 29, 2024

Norwegian subsea services firm Reach Subsea has brought in TotalEnergies to its Reach Remote uncrewed surface vessel (USV) qualification program, which joins Equinor and other industry majors as partner in the pilot program.The pilot project includes a variety of relevant survey…

Argeo Listen - Electromagnetic Subsea Cathodic Protection Measurement

Oct 22, 2024

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV’s) have been introduced as efficient tools for subsea pipeline inspections. It has also been demonstrated that AUVs can be used to perform contactless and continuous electric field measurements of the Cathodic Protection (CP) systems along pipelines…

Co. Innovation Centre in NL Opens Its Doors to the World

Sep 25, 2024

The Co. Innovation Centre is a multi-sectoral space for established and growing companies to converge, collaborate and co-create. Meagan Kay-Fowlow, President of the Co. Innovation Centre, discusses how this unique facility will engage with…

Beam’s AI-Driven AUV Put to Work at Scottish Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 23, 2024

Beam, a company created by the recent merger of Rovco and Vaarst, has deployed ‘the world’s first’ autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) driven by artificial intelligence (AI) at Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland.The AI-driven AUV has been used to inspect jacket structures on Seagreen wind farm…

Beam Boosts Fleet with Two Explorer ASVs and Quantum EV ROV

Sep 18, 2024

Beam, a company created by the recent merger of Rovco and Vaarst, has strengthened its fleet with two new autonomous surface vessels (ASVs), called Xplorers, and a Quantum EV workclass remotely operated vehicle (ROV).The Quantum EV and Xplorer vessels…

OceanAlpha Set for One-Year USV Exhibit in Middle East

Sep 17, 2024

Hong Kong-based developed of uncrewed surface vehicles (USV) OceanAlpha has unveiled plans for year-long showcase of its USVs across the Middle East Region for offshore energy sector and other maritime industries.Beginning in Qatar’s Doha, the…

SMD Sells Its First Electric Atom ROV

Sep 17, 2024

Subsea technology company Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has closed the first sale of its compact workclass electric ROV, the Atom EV, to Greece’s Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), a public center undertaking marine research in the Eastern Mediterranean…

DOF Subsea CEO: Contract extension for "most sophisticated vessel in our fleet"

Aug 19, 2024

DOF Subsea announced an agreement for the extension for the vessel Skandi Africa. The new commitment will now run until May 2028 and will commence in direct continuation with the current commitment.Skandi Africa is a high-end subsea vessel designed…

OPT Grows Presence in Latin America

Jul 31, 2024

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has signed a reseller agreement for its technology with Geos Telecom, a provider of maritime communication and navigation solutions in Costa Rica.The partnership marks an expansion of OPT’s presence in the Latin…

Sulmara Gets NZTC Funding Push for More Green USV Tech

Jul 23, 2024

Subsea specialist Sulmara has secured funding from the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) to develop an over-the-horizon (OTH) uncrewed surface vessel (USV) with the ability to launch and recover towed sensor packages.The project will deliver…

OPT and Unique Group Team Up for USV Services in Middle East

Jul 02, 2024

U.S.-based marine power, data, and services company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) and UAE’s subsea technology and engineering services firm Unique Group have partnered up to offer unmanned surface vehicle (USV) services in the Middle East.Unique…

DOF Contracts with Kystdesign for ROV Pair

Jun 17, 2024

Kystdesign won a new contract with DOF for two complete Constructor Compact ROV systems, a newly developed compact version of the Constructor ROV which has four systems sold to date.DOF delivers integrated subsea services. 'We are pleased with…

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