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
UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has introduced remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to its operations, targeting easier and safer underwater safety inspections. ADNOC stated that the move comes as using ROVs reduces human exposure to underwater hull inspections, which is in line with the c
Norwegian maritime group Wilhelmsen has acquired a 21% stake in the compatriot subsea contractor Reach Subsea to position itself in the renewable value chain and explore the remote subsea concept.
The UK-based Modus Subsea Services has completed autonomous docking of one of its hybrid autonomous underwater vehicles (HAUV) to an Equinor subsea docking station (SDS), representing a world’s first. The HAUV system, based on a Saab Sabertooth AUV, successfully docked subsea to the SDS in the North
The ITSASDRONE, an Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) developed by Spanish research institute AZTI, has completed the first sea trials ahead of deployment at BiMEP to monitor Wello’s Penguin wave energy device.
Norway’s Reach Subsea has reported 2021 as the best financial year in company history. This is said to be driven by high vessel utilization and project execution, as well as the purchase of OCTIO. In its latest financial report, Reach Subsea stated it also had its best-ever fourth quarter which saw
Defense technology company Anduril Industries has acquired Boston-based subsea robotics designer and manufacturer Dive Technologies. Anduril said that this acquisition expands its suite of autonomous systems, extends its unmanned capabilities to the undersea domain, and significantly accelerates its
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is allocating around $3 million for a project to develop an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) based subsea inspection solution for offshore wind farms. With a total project value of nearly $6.7 million, the Autonomous Remote Offshore Wind Inspection, Navigation and Deployment
Terradepth, a startup developing end-to-end ocean data systems, is expanding its survey operations capabilities by purchasing three autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) from Teledyne Marine, a part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated.
Jan De Nul Group has placed an order for a hybrid unmanned surface vehicle (USV) from the Norwegian Maritime Robotics as the first step towards unmanned and autonomous offshore survey operations.
Swiss subsea robotics company Hydromea has tested wireless underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) system within a full ballast water tank on one of TotalEnergies’ North Sea floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels.
Norway-based IKM Subsea has selected Nauticus Robotics’ fully electric work-class manipulator Olympic Arm for its subsea resident remotely operated vehicle (ROV) system.
Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity is expanding its robotic fleet with an order of six Kongsberg Maritime’s HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) which will integrate as part of the Armada fleet.
