Ireland’s XOCEAN is set to soon commence non-intrusive unmanned subsea surveys of the inter-array cables and turbine locations at the operational Beatrice offshore wind farm in the UK. XOCEAN’s uncrewed surface vessel (USV) X14 will begin the operations on 20 April for a duration of about 7 days on
Marine survey contractor Argeo has signed an agreement with Kongsberg Maritime for the purchase of a Hugin 6000 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The company has also secured a 12-month contract for AUV work using the newly obtained Hugin 6000.
Subsea equipment manufacturer Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) and offshore services provider Rovco have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for next-generation EV Workclass ROV (WROV) technology.
Norway’s PaleBlue has launched the ROV Engineering Simulator tailored for subsea engineering, design reviews, and accessibility checks of subsea installations with the use of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The simulator provides real-time simulation and visualization tools that allow users to se
Verlume, intelligent energy management and storage technologies firm, has joined with consortium partners to progress the development of an autonomous underwater robot that moves like a fish to enable efficient offshore inspection regimes in harsh and hard-to-reach environments.
iXblue is ramping up its production of DriX uncrewed surface vehicles (USV) to, as it says, meet the growing industry need for sea-proven autonomous platforms. According to the company, the strong increase in order intake has led to reviewing the whole industrialization process for series production
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
