Ocean Sciences

VESSELS

VESSELS

Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen (DSV) has signed a major refit contract with Rossilini’s Four-10 for the vessel refit of REV Ocean, a state-of-the-art ocean research and expedition ship.

12th February 2025

Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen’s largest vessel refit contract to date

12th February 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Fugro has acquired EOMAP, a leading provider of satellite Earth observation (EO) technology for mapping and monitoring marine and freshwater environments.

6th February 2025

Fugro expands with EOMAP takeover

6th February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Kongsberg Maritime is hailing a ‘new era in offshore operations’ with the successful delivery of the Reach Remote 1, a 24-metre unmanned surface vessel (USV).

17th January 2025

‘New era in offshore operations’ begins

17th January 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Subsea technology company SMD and software company Beam will install new technology on SMD’s vehicle that they say will allow it to operate in harsher, deeper environments. 

13th January 2025

Two firms combine deep-sea technologies

13th January 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Ocean technology giant Kongsberg Discovery has snapped up the Norwegian underwater environmental monitoring firm Naxys Technologies.

10th January 2025

Kongsberg Discovery boosts portfolio with Naxys purchase

10th January 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Ocean data firm Xocean says a €115 million fund raise will held it to expand across multiple offshore segments.

9th January 2025

€Millions boost for Irish hydrographic firm

9th January 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A groundbreaking partnership between maritime technology specialists EIVA and Tuco Marine introduces a cutting-edge autonomous system for inspecting subsea assets.

7th January 2025

A cutting-edge autonomous subsea monitoring system

7th January 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Subsea ocean data will be collected by specialist gliders in the North Sea over a period of three years.

7th January 2025

Underwater gliders to survey 200m North Sea depths

7th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Van Oord and Ørsted have installed ‘Droppable Oyster Structures’ within an offshore wind farm site in a joint initiative to boost marine life around the monopiles.

5th November 2024

Oyster reefs installed in offshore wind farms

5th November 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

A research platform nicknamed ‘FLIP’ for its ability to position itself vertically or horizontally has been saved from the scrapyard by UK-based subsea design firm DEEP.

30th October 2024

VIDEO: The ‘flipping’ research platform saved from scrappage

30th October 2024