Subsea Services

Workships Contractors, the Netherlands-headquartered manager of the four point mooring Diving Support Vessel, ‘Offshore Beaver’, has announced that the vessel has been sold to Seisund AS of Torangsvag, Norway.

Move your hands to turn a wheel, and you generally won’t be concentrating on integrating the movements of shoulder, elbow and wrist. Frankly, having to do so would probably stop most people…

A new subsea industry, mineral mining, is getting underway. But as a result, support functions are also under pressure to evolve.

Canadian-owned Deep Trekker has launched 4k recording technology in both its DTG2 and DTX2 ROV lines, which enables users to dive up to 150m and 305m respectively.

Following the now familiar pattern of oil & gas companies diversifying into offshore renewables, France-headquartered oil & gas industry service specialist Bourbon has been awarded a contract for the mooring installation of…

The Denmark-made EIVA ScanFish remotely operated towed vehicle (ROTV) models have always been able to follow the seabed, keep a fixed depth, or undulate up and down through the water. Up until…

A new submersible craft that combines high speed on the surface with the ability to submerge to significant depths has been developed in the US.

Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Norway-headquartered global maritime and subsea technology developer Kongsberg Maritime has recently added the autonomous Seaglider to its rental pool and it is now available for…

At less than 60cm long ArcheoRov seems too small to be holding the key to revolutionising the sector. And though its ability to ‘swim’ like a fish is novel, its groundbreaking advantage…

JFD, a UK-headquartered subsea operations and manufacturing company and a part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has welcomed Graeme M Mackie as Diving Technical Authority at its National Hyperbaric Centre in…

UK-headquartered ROV manufacturer Saab Seaeye claims that electric robotic systems will perform all tasks in the underwater domain, including those now undertaken by hydraulic systems.

The cost of exploring underwater can be high which is why the founders of Fathom set out to design a drone system that would allow cheaper access to the world below the…

A Surveyor Interceptor ROV from Sweden’s MMT has set new underwater records while being used for geophysical surveys to detect former land surfaces buried below the current seabed as part of the…

Robots are being designed to go where no human can, and this includes the depths. But what will they look like?

Netherlands-based DNC Diving deployed a compact version of a Saab Seaeye Cougar XT during its project to cut off 194 grouting hoses from 97 structures in 24 days.

A new UK subsea company has officially launched with the announcement of its first contract. An independent company focussed on underwater integrity, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), surveying and subsea services for both…