Ocean Infinity has signed a contract for eight 78-metre, optionally crewed robotic vessels as part of the next phase of its ‘Armada‘ fleet. According to the company, these fuel-efficient, onshore-controlled vessels will initially only utilise a skeleton crew onboard. In due course they will work wit
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is supporting XOCEAN-led XO-G2 project which aims to develop the next generation survey platform in the form of uncrewed surface vessels (USV). With increased demand on the ocean for aquaculture, harvesting metals and energy extraction, companies need safer, lower cost, c
Acteon’s marine technology company Seatronics has appointed Derek Donaldson as its new Group managing director. Donaldson joined Seatronics in 2008 as vice president Asia Pacific, where he established Seatronics Pte as the regions key supplier. Following this success, Seatronics promoted him into th
DOF Subsea has reported NOK 133 million loss in the third quarter of 2020, against NOK 1.1 billion in Q3 2019. The company generated operating revenue of NOK 1.2 billion, against NOK 1.15 billion same time last year. Revenue also includes cancellation fee of NOK 110 million for two long-term contrac
Subsea UK has joined forces with Scottish Enterprise to launch a programme of practical support and workshops to help underwater engineering companies secure funding for research and development and innovation. Funding from UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) is worth around £6 billion per year but in
Kraken Robotics has completed its third offshore data acquisition and technology demonstration campaign as part of the $19-million OceanVision project. During this campaign the Canadian ocean tech company deployed its new SeaScout system. The system consists of Kraken’s KATFISH towed synthetic apert
NOAA-funded Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI) will acquire a DriX unmanned surface vessel (USV) from iXblue. The contract consists of one DriX USV along with a novel custom-designed universal deployment system. The deployment system can launch and recover the USV as well as other AUVs,
Vestdavit and H. Henriksen recently carried out sea trials and provided proof of concept for SOLUSV – a new launch and recovery system for unmanned surface vehicles. The tests took place on board a Vestland Offshore vessel, whose existing boat and davit system were modified to accommodate SOLUSV equ
TechnipFMC’s Schilling Robotics division has selected Energid Technologies’ Actin robotics software development kit (SDK) for its new automated Gemini ROV system. Schilling Robotics is leveraging motion control features of the Actin software to enhance the performance and effectiveness of the Gemini
Ocean robotics firm Houston Mechatronics Inc. (HMI) has secured a deal to provide 26 all-electric ‘Olympic Arms’ to Triumph Subsea Services for their fleet of work class ROVs. This landmark agreement represents the industry’s first commercialisation of this technology. Derived from HMI’s Aquanaut te
Forum Energy Technologies has won a specialist subsea equipment supply order for a cable maintenance project in South East Asia. The contract landed through Forum’s local representatives. It will see the company deploy a Perry XT500 trenching system and Dynacon launch and recovery system. The order
London-based CNC machining specialist and manufacturing partner Get It Made has announced a brand-new initiative aimed at innovative startups in the subsea industry who could be eligible to receive a manufacturing grant of up to £2500. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Get It Made, who work alongside t
UK’s most advanced polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough has left Liverpool for technical sea trials. Operated by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) the new polar ship should transform UK research in the polar regions. Its missions are critical for understanding and making sense of our changing
Forum Energy Technologies’ board of directors has approved a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of the company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share. This accompanies a corresponding decrease in the Forum’s authorized shares of common stock, such that, following the co
