Kraken Robotics has entered into a partnership agreement with Greensea Systems to expand collaborative efforts to advance the capabilities of marine robotics. Under the agreement, Greensea will support development, integration, and testing work with Kraken across several of Kraken’s technology platf
Oceanteam Solutions has entered into an agreement with an undisclosed cable manufacturer to provide transportation capability using a cable barge. According to the company, the contract will start in April 2020 with completion in the first quarter of 2021 and optional extensions to take the contract
NOAA has said it intends to collaborate with a private company led by Victor Vescovo, the first person to reach the deepest point in all five of the world’s named oceans, in an effort to explore, characterize, and map unknown areas of the deep ocean. Vescovo’s company Caladan Oceanic brings to this
Unique Group and Boxfish Research have entered into a new authorised reseller partnership, bringing Boxfish Research’s underwater remote operated vehicle Boxfish ROV to Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. New Zealand-based Boxfish Research is said to be the only ROVs manufacturer in Australia and
Oceaneering International Services (OISL) has got a contract to complete seabed route and debris clearance for the Moray East wind farm project in the Moray Firth, Scotland.
Island Offshore’s deep water installation vessel Island Victory has secured more work in the Barents Sea this spring. The vessel has started a 60-90 days contract this month for Ocean Installer at Johan Castberg and Askeladd fields. “The vessel and its crew have already completed some heavy jobs in
Viper Innovations has appointed Diego Baraldi as a business development manager for the Brazilian market. Diego has an electrical engineering background and over 15 years of experience in the Brazilian offshore oil & gas sector. He started his career with Halliburton as a field engineer and then und
maxon Aquatic Solutions, part of the global maxon Group, recently launched a range of 6,000-metre-rated pressure compensators for remote operated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). maxon has existing thruster products and saw an increase in enquiries for subsea pressure compe
Norwegian subsea contractor Ocean Installer is carrying out power cable load out for the CNOOC Liuhua 16-2 field development in the South China Sea. The CSV Connector has arrived at Aker Solutions’ facility in Mobile, Alabama, where Ocean Installer is working together with this engineering company a
DeepGreen Metals has acquired Tonga Offshore Mining Limited (TOML) from Deep Sea Mining Finance, giving the company exploration rights to a block of Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Pacific Ocean seabed. The acquisition gives company the access to a 74,713 km2 block that contains an inferred res
Nexans CEO, members of the board of directors, and management are to take voluntary pay cut as a sign of solidarity and social cohesion, but also to award its frontline employees. Christopher Guérin, CEO of Nexans, has committed to reducing his compensation by 30 per cent for the months of April and
Fugro has signed a 5-year indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with NOAA to provide shoreline mapping services in support of the agency’s ‘Coastal Mapping Program’. Issued through NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS), this multi-year contract is NGS’s second consecutive award to
French subsea solutions developer Forssea Robotics has launched new light intervention and smart ROV for plug-and-play USV interfacing. The standard ARGOS version currently comes with “smart” piloting modes including latency management, auto-diagnosis features, dynamic positioning which is based on
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