Canada’s ocean company Kraken Robotics announced that Cathy Bennett has joined its board of directors. Bennett brings over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur, business executive, and corporate director across various sectors. These include the government, energy, manufacturing, mining, restau
Underwater laser scanner and imaging systems specialist 2G Robotics has said that its founding chief executive officer Jason Gillham is stepping down from his role at the company this August. He will remain available to the board of directors and to parent company Sonardyne Group during the leadersh
Dutch surveyor Fugro has ordered two 12-metre SEA-KIT X class uncrewed surface vessels (USVs). The two new USVs are the first of multiple builds for Fugro as part of the partnership. Essex-based SEA-KIT and Fugro first announced their partnership in March this year. The schedule also includes the de
Forum Energy Technologies has developed and demonstrated the ability to remotely operate Workclass and Observation Class, Perry and Sub-Atlantic, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) between an offshore vessel and a remote location. The concept of remote piloting was proven by Forum 2010 when the compa
Subsea services group Acteon has recently opened its new facility in Westhill, Aberdeen. The company has obtained the extensive newly built premises, spanning over a total of 55,000 square feet. The centre should simplify the interface for its clients and boost service delivery for survey, marine el
Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has won contracts to supply two solutions to marine telecommunications company Orange Marine Group. SMD designed the new LARS systems to launch custom trenching ROVs for the burial of underwater fibre optic cables. The solutions are an evolution of SMD’s Wide Angle A-Fram
Oceaneering has reported a net loss of $24.8 million, or 25 cents per share, on revenue of $427 million for the second quarter 2020. Adjusted net loss was $14.2 million, or 14 cents per share, reflecting the impact of $9.6 million of pre-tax adjustments and $3.3 million of other discrete tax adjustm
Pelagic Research Services (PRS) will again provide ROV services for Ocean Networks Canada (ONC). It will be part of the team aiding to continued work on ocean observatories for September 2020. PRS’ deep sea ROV system Odysseus is to mobilise on the Canadian Coast Guard ship John P. Tully for a 14-da
French National Institute for Ocean Science Ifremer has acquired a stake in compatriot company Forssea Robotics. Through this partnership, Forssea wants to accelerate its diversification in the sectors of renewable marine energies and scientific exploration. Ifremer is thus once again showing its am
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has appointed Dr. Peter de Menocal as the eleventh president and director of the Institution. De Menocal is a marine geologist and paleo-oceanographer who studies deep-sea sediments as archives of past climate change. De Menocal was the Thomas Alva Edison/
Innovate UK’s Global Business Innovation Programme turns focus on surface & underwater marine robotics systems & technologies to Canada. The Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP), delivered by Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), is recruiting up to 15 SMEs involved in marine robotics. Successful
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has completed verification tests for the close-range inspections of a subsea pipeline by an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) off the coast of Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture. With a focus on the growing demand for pipeline maintenance in offshore oil and gas fields, Kawas
French National Institute for Ocean Science Ifremer has selected subsea tech company iXblue to equip its new 6000-metre AUV. Specifically, the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is part of Ifremer’s CORAL project. The AUV will have synthetic aperture sonar (SAS), Sams-150, a Phins C7 Inertial Navig
Namaka Subsea, supported by Seacroft Marine Consultants and Oceana Subsea Engineering, has developed a learning management system for the delivery of both eLearning and blended learning courses for continued professional development. The 3 companies have combined to transfer their knowledge from exi
