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German USV company launches own vessel
Subsea Europe Services (SES) has developed its own Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) after years of configuring and operating third-party vessels.
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BMT unveils modular uncrewed ship concept
BMT has unveiled a modular uncrewed ship concept that it says advances the evolution of medium and large uncrewed vessels for commercial and military purposes.
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Subsea UXO clearance clears path for energy island
Boskalis is working on unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance vital for the Modular Offshore Grid 2 (MOG2) project
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Revolution: Long-endurance high-power ocean drones
It’s unlikely that ocean drones will be the complete answer to the increasing needs of work being done at sea. But the new generation of drones, says Chance Maritime CTO Michael Scherer, is a step in the right direction.
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Down Under within Reach: USV sets sail for Australia
An Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) is on its way from Europe to Australia to carry out inspection, maintenance and repair operations with new onboard monitoring technology.
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Exail expands sales with autonomous USV order
High-tech robotics and autonomous navigation firm Exail is building on its success with its USVs with another sale, this time to an unnamed ‘global hydrographic authority’.
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VIDEO: Saildrone’s ‘Surveyor’ USV wins classification
Saildrone’s Surveyor class of Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) has been given full classification by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), the first for a deep-sea unmanned platform, it says.
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Royal Navy orders USV and automation technology
The UK’s University of Plymouth will deliver a C-Enduro Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) to the Royal Navy, with maritime autonomy and smart shipping applications firm Robosys retrofitting it with its VOYAGER AI Autonomous Navigation System.
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Autonomous USVs revolutionise offshore wind
A new project will use advanced USVs to revolutionise offshore wind farm environmental monitoring and data collection
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Teledyne unveils revolutionary seismic streamer
Teledyne’s new eXtreamer delivers ultra-high-resolution seismic data using a flexible, gel-filled design
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Battery-powered ROV reveals deep-sea biodiversity
An ROV expedition off Sardinia has revealed rich biodiversity off the northeastern coast of Sardinia in depths of more than 1,000 metres.
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Inyanga’s cutting-edge vessel for offshore ops
Inyanga Marine Energy Group has announced it is taking over the joint operational management of the newly built hybrid utility vessel Tor Boreas, in partnership with Tor Group.
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U-Boat Worx targets global subsea market
The Dutch submersibles expert is looking to sharpen its focus across the commercial, defence and tourism markets
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Lloyd's Register to certify ROUVs in rapidly growing sector
Lloyd’s Register has become the first Certifying Authority to be authorised to certify remotely operated and unmanned vessels (ROUVs).
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NextGeo expands with 75% stake in subsea firm
Marine geosciences and offshore construction firm Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has bought three quarters of the Italian subsea intervention company Rana Subsea, it has said.
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Van Oord unveils green rock installation fleet
Van Oord has commissioned two next-generation subsea rock installation vessels
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WATCH: Trinity House launches £200 million vessels tender
The UK’s lighthouse authority has called for tenders for two multi-functional buoy-handling vessels to replace two of its ageing fleet.
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Vard to build ground-breaking research vessel
‘A vessel for the future’: Vard says a research vessel it has agreed to build will be the most modern the world has seen.
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Kongsberg answers defence call with US facility
Kongsberg Discovery will produce its HUGIN underwater autonomous vehicles (AUVs) in the US, the company says, because of burgeoning demand from the defence sector.
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Using AI for the restoration of coral reefs
A new partnership is using AI to restore the planet’s largest coral reefscape in a first-of-its-kind marine science initiative