Subsea Services

UK-headquartered subsea specialist Modus Seabed Intervention has recently announced that it has reached the safety milestone of over 1 million man-hours worked without an injury to personnel resulting in lost time.

A proposed UK-based diving and underwater research tank named ‘Blue Abyss’ has been selected as one of the nominees in the ‘New directions’ category for the Enterprise Europe Network Awards.

There are a number of reasons the Port of Leixoes, Portugal needs to keep on top of its bathymetry, including – but not limited to - sediment transport. However, while it used…

Augmented reality helmets are on their way to the commercial diving community – and the technology could assist salvage or rescue operations in bad visibility.

The AUV market is getting caught in the middle of contradictory requirements Luc Simon of France-based RTsys told MJ. At its heart there’s a truly elemental conflict: tidal flow and positioning.

One of the big issues confronting underwater craft has been the power source. Cables (literally) only get you so far, and established lithium ion batteries have been bumping up against certain issues:…

“You always have to have a backup plan when working offshore,” Alain Sebregts of Holland-based C-Ventus Offshore Windfarm Services told MJ, and often the best are the simplest.

It’s a game changing idea: rather than trying to tool a ROV up to the nines, why not deploy a ‘shuttle’ kitted out with the necessary payload packages cutting time, weight and…

Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime and Statoil have signed an agreement with Eelume, a NTNU spin-off company, to accelerate new technology that they think will significantly reduce costs related to subsea inspection, maintenance and…

Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has launched two new Colour Pan and Tilt Zoom (PATZ) cameras. The OE14-222 (PAL) and OE14-223 (NTSC) underwater CCD colour cameras provide completely enclosed pan, tilt and zoom functionality.

USA-headquartered Deep Ocean Engineering, Inc. has revealed its newest addition to its family of underwater drones, the Phantom T5 ROV.

A robot that can remain under the ice for a year in order to measure the Arctic seabed’s varying oxygen profiles has been tested out below 4km of water.

There’s “an increasing interest at international level with regards the protection of harbours, vessels and critical infrastructure”, Submarine Electronics (SAES) told MJ.

There are issues on the table right now that seemed ‘distant possibilities’ not that long ago, and to its credit this year’s Oceanology International exhibition (ExCeL London, 15-17 March), is responding.

The big dredging and windfarm projects off the German and Dutch coasts have to make sure they don’t go with a blast ...from pieces of history that present an ongoing hazard to…

Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime AS has announced the sale of six Hugin AUV Systems. The vehicles will be operated by SeaTrepid International LLC. of Louisiana, USA and supported by Deep Ocean Search Limited.

ROV tracking technology supplied by Sonardyne Inc. in Houston, USA to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has been successfully used during an expedition to study recently discovered deep sea hydrothermal…

Ifremer’s hybrid, remotely operated vehicle (HROV) ‘Ariane’ has come about from pressure. Not the kind exerted by tonnes of seawater, but the need to map and record the oceans and keep track…