Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science have received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to design, deploy and evaluate a first-of-its-kind software-defined testbed for real-time undersea wireless communications (data, voice, and
OceanGate and 2G Robotics have formed a strategic alliance to capture laser data of the RMS Titanic shipwreck and debris field. 2G Robotics dynamic underwater laser scanner, the ULS-500 PRO, will be installed on OceanGate’s Cyclops 2, the first manned submersible to survey the Titanic since 2005. Th
The launching ceremony of new multi-purpose 5.450m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) DC Orisant took place a couple minutes ago at the Royal IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands. The vessel was built for joint venture consisting of Den Herder (Reimerswaal Dredging) and Gro
Kraken Robotics developed a real-time synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) system that has been integrated and tested onboard a US Navy REMUS 600 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) operated by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Rhode Island. “Kraken is proud to have developed an AUV solution for real-t
Halfwave has been awarded a contract to design and build 48” Acoustic Resonance Technology (ART) Scan in-line inspection tools for Nord Stream 2. The ART Scan tools will be used to inspect the 48” Nord Stream 2 twin gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Halfwave’s custom-build ART Scan tools will be used
The scope of dredging works performed by FSUE Rosmorport at access canals and water areas of Russia’s seaports exceeded 9.5 million m³ of material in 2017, the company said in their latest release. The majority of dredging operations was performed at Volga-Caspian canal (4.5 million m³), Kaliningrad
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) will carry out the International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 380. The “NanTroSEIZE stage 3: frontal thrust long-term borehole monitoring system (LTBMS)” will be executed via the ultra deep-water drilling vessel Chikyu from Jan
Halfwave has been awarded a contract to design and build in-line inspection tools for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea.
C-Innovation, an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), has formed a turnkey subsea projects group.
CSA Ocean Sciences has expanded its operations in Trinidad and Tobago. CSA Ocean Sciences (Trinidad) will be led by Candice Leung Chee, chief executive officer, Carlyle Kalloo, director, and Rameez Persad, operations manager. The expanded executive team brings decades of collective experience in the
The Legazpi City Government has just announced plans to purchase heavy dredging equipment for the desilting and year-round maintenance of all the river channels, including those in interior villages. The City Mayor, Noel E. Rosal, said that the maintenance of the rivers would be included in the city
The Oil & Gas Technology Centre’s TechX technology accelerator and incubator has so far received 75 applications from 17 countries for its Pioneer and Market Entry accelerator programmes. TechX launched in December 2017 to help smaller, ambitious technology developers take their solutions to the oil
Rovco, a subsea technology company, has secured Innovate UK funding to develop a 3D visualisation system as a part of a two-part Artificial Intelligence demonstrator project potentially worth £1 million. Working in partnership with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the first phase of the
Novacavi, a specialist cable manufacturer, has recently engineered, manufactured and supplied tough and size contained custom cables to support the Danish Defence subsea demining program. Tasked by the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation, Novacavi developed an underwater hybrid cab
