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Autonomous Survey Technology: Cutting the Umbilical

Jun 25, 2024

There is a flurry of development underway to cut seafloor seismic and geotechnical survey technologies free from on-site control.The deeper you go, the quieter the ocean becomes. It’s something that Kyrre Tjøm is exploiting in his back-to-basics approach to ocean bottom nodes (OBNs). Like his competitors, the CEO and Founder of iDROP, is developing autonomous OBNs that can deploy themselves on to the seabed without ROV support…

Partnerships aims to bring Hydrographic Survey Data Processing to the Cloud

Jul 17, 2024

Terradepth and Hypack announced a strategic partnership designed to enable surveyors to run Hypack's software directly in the cloud through Terradepth's Absolute Ocean platform.By integrating Hypack software with Terradepth's cloud-native Absolute Ocean platform…

Preparing for Floating Wind – Leveraging the Oil & Gas Supply Chain

Jun 28, 2024

Examining similarities and differences between the deepwater oil & gas and the emerging floating wind segment.There has been much excitement around the potential for the offshore wind industry to access deeper water sites through the deployment of floating wind technology…

Ocean Winds Releases Report on Safe UXO Disposal at UK Offshore Wind Farm

May 24, 2024

Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has published a report on environmentally safe and predictable UXO disposal at its Moray West offshore wind farm.The report demonstrates how the “low-order deflagration” method for…

Unique Group Acquires Subsea Innovation

May 03, 2024

Unique Group acquired subsea technology and equipment manufacturer Subsea Innovation. The deal elevates Unique Group’s global engineering capabilities, enhances its portfolio and further strengthens the organization’s focus on engineering excellence and technology development…

Eelume Partners with Exail

Apr 18, 2024

Exail was selected by Eelume to supply its Phins Compact C3 Inertial Navigation System (INS) for Eelume's new S-Series all-terrain autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV).The Eelume S-Series is a new generation of all-terrain AUVs specifically…

Argeo Inks Pact with CSI for Second HUGIN Superior AUV

Mar 22, 2024

Argeo Subsea, CSI Nordics and Kongsberg Discovery signed a three-party Certificate of Delivery and Acceptance for a new HUGIN Superior AUV. The agreement supports Argeo’s fleet expansion plans, as it aims to build the world’s most advanced AUV fleet…

UTEC Partnership in Saudi Arabia

Dec 19, 2023

UTEC Survey Asia, a Geo-services brand in Acteon’s Data and Robotics division, has entered a strategic agency agreement with Front End, a 100% Saudi-owned company providing advanced products and solutions to the offshore energy industry.This…

Back to School: Virtual Field Trip for 27,000 Students onboard Saipem 7000

Dec 12, 2023

As the maritime and offshore industries cumulatively search for ways to attract the 'next generation,' Saipem has come up with an innovative approach that gives thousands of students the ability to virtually visit work in the offshore environment…

SubseaPartner Inks North Sea Offshore Contract

Dec 07, 2023

Norwegian Diving Contractor, SubseaPartner, won a contract for the 2024 season, work awarded by OceanInstaller for end-client Vår Energi as part of the Balder Future Project.The first phase of work encompasses engineering, planning, design, fabrication…

Maersk and The Ocean Cleanup Forge Ahead in Plastic Capture

Nov 21, 2023

Offshore vessel owner Maersk Supply Service, A.P. Moller – Maersk,  and The Ocean Cleanup have agreed to extend their collaboration to complete the validation of the system by The Ocean Cleanup which is said to be able to consistently capture significant quantities of plastic from the ocean…

Discover the Future of Ocean Tech: Oi24 Event Registration Now Live

Nov 21, 2023

The organizers of Oceanology International 2024 (Oi24) have invited attendees to discover, connect, and learn, revealing plans for what they say will be the most forward-thinking, powerful, and enriching event yet with the opening of visitor registration today November 21…

Oceanology International Announces Marine Technology Reporter as Exclusive Video Media Partner

Nov 02, 2023

Marine Technology Reporter (MTR) has been unveiled as the exclusive video media partner of the Oceanology International exhibition and conference and will be delivering extended broadcast coverage from the 2024 event (Oi24).The collaboration…

Germany: Fraunhofer IWES Deploys Wind Lidar Buoys in North Sea to Boost Offshore Wind Expansion

Sep 19, 2023

The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES in Germany has been contracted by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (BSH) to carry out a preliminary meteorological investigation in the North Sea as part of the area development plan…

EXPLAINER-Why Does Norway Want to Mine the Seabed?

Sep 14, 2023

Norway may become the first country to start commercial deep sea mining, if parliament approves a government proposal to open an offshore area larger than the United Kingdom, despite international calls for a global moratorium. Parliament is set to discuss the government's bill this autumn…

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