Glomar hires Rovco robot for 3 years

Glomar Supporter will be delivered next month complete with a keel-mounted gondola and array of deck equipment, Rovco says, which the marine design consultant firm Medea has designed and analysed.

”The gondola will contain a suite of permanently installed survey sensors including dual head multibeam configurations, with inbuild roll and pitch stabilisation for high quality acquisition,” Rovco says. 

”The main deck will be reconfigured to feature a main stern A-Frame for the deployment and towing of multiple sensor types, including seismic equipment, as well as adding secondary deck handling equipment for deployment of cone penetration test and vibrocorers to facilitate efficient sampling of in-situ soil conditions and taking advantage of the stable DP2 platform.

”Upon delivery, Rovco will install a host of additional leading-edge technology to enable force multiplication during survey operations and fast, large data packet transfers to shore for reporting efficiency. The entire package is designed to bring significant schedule efficiencies and cost savings to clients.”

Rovco will mobilise a survey team onboard the Glomar Supporter to deliver site characterisation solutions and specialised offshore survey projects, with a key focus on supporting the rapidly growing pipeline of offshore wind projects from their Aberdeen operational base, across ScotWind, the Southern North, Irish and Celtic Sea developments.

”As a company, we believe in the vast potential of the offshore renewables survey market and look forward to having Rovco onboard for the next years,” said Glomar Offshore CEO Klaas Weij.