Van Oord has placed a new order with Demcon unmanned systems for an unmanned autonomous survey vessel suitable for challenging offshore conditions. The DUS V5750 model, set to be delivered in one year, can be used in support of dredging operations, installing offshore wind farms, and constructing ma
Cyprus Subsea Consulting Services has acquired four Seaglider autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to unlock new long-duration subsea survey and monitoring capabilities for research and commercial organizations. The four M1 Seagliders, acquired in February, make one of the largest privately-owned f
SEA-KIT is expanding its Tollesbury production facility on the UK’s East Coast to deliver on a growing uncrewed surface vessel (USV) order book, with new jobs set to be created. According to SEA-KIT CEO Ben Simpson, the current order book means that the company is moving from one to three production
Aleron Limited, ROV solutions, tooling and products specialist, has conducted a test of its MultiROV work class ROV in the ROVOP’s test tank.
Subsea Europe Services (SES) has secured six-figure funding to accelerate autonomous survey technologies development for marine survey applications. The investment is said to boost the company’s approach which focuses on the integration of new generation smart, A.I. and machine learning-enabled hydr
UK’s Applied Acoustics has delivered two Nexus 2 USBL systems with 2780 directional transceivers to Belgium-based GEOxyz for its survey vessels. The model purchased by GEOxyz is the Easytrak Nexus 2 EZT-2780. The company also deployed 1113H Mini beacons, 1119 Mini beacons and 1519 Release beacons. W
European infrastructure fund Marguerite II is set to acquire a 65% stake in France’s Jifmar Offshore Services from RAISE Investissement. Marguerite said it aims to support Jifmar in its transition to next-generation offshore service vessels operations to address the decarbonization challenges of the
PaleBlue has delivered a “modern” remotely operated vehicle (ROV) engineering simulator to Norwegian oilfield services provider Aker Solutions. The simulator will be used to help Aker Solutions simulate the behavior of the subsea robots/ROVs in a controlled environment, performing accessibility chec
Norwegian maritime group Wilhelmsen has acquired a 21% stake in the compatriot subsea contractor Reach Subsea to position itself in the renewable value chain and explore the remote subsea concept.
The UK-based Modus Subsea Services has completed autonomous docking of one of its hybrid autonomous underwater vehicles (HAUV) to an Equinor subsea docking station (SDS), representing a world’s first. The HAUV system, based on a Saab Sabertooth AUV, successfully docked subsea to the SDS in the North
The ITSASDRONE, an Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) developed by Spanish research institute AZTI, has completed the first sea trials ahead of deployment at BiMEP to monitor Wello’s Penguin wave energy device.
Norway’s Reach Subsea has reported 2021 as the best financial year in company history. This is said to be driven by high vessel utilization and project execution, as well as the purchase of OCTIO. In its latest financial report, Reach Subsea stated it also had its best-ever fourth quarter which saw
Jan De Nul Group has placed an order for a hybrid unmanned surface vehicle (USV) from the Norwegian Maritime Robotics as the first step towards unmanned and autonomous offshore survey operations.
Swiss subsea robotics company Hydromea has tested wireless underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) system within a full ballast water tank on one of TotalEnergies’ North Sea floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels.
