Subsea Services

Two bulk carriers needed prompt attention recently from the Hydrex dive and technician teams. Five cracks were found in the flat bottom area of a 130m long bulk carrier while another had…

Checking for residual fuel in a 70 year old sunken wreck without opening the tanks and risking an environmental catastrophe needed a clever solution.

A new generation of hull corrosion protection anodes can be changed by divers using ordinary wrenches, allowing them to be easily installed or replaced both when the vessel is in drydock or…

A UK company has secured a major contract for Diver Detection System (DDS) sonars in harbours of strategic significance in South Korea.

Specialist ROV operators Subsea Vision, based in Poole, UK have added to their capabilities by introducing a high-tech inspection ROV which has the ability to travel 1.7km (5577 feet) at any one…

An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) manufactured by Atlas Elektronik ‘dived’ through a water supply tunnel 24km long in a seven hour inspection, the first in 40 years.

Four key underwater vehicles will be featured on Saab Seaeye’s Stand D16 at Seawork 2012, including the new double-hulled Sabertooth AUV/ROV.

Miko Marine AS of Norway has a new lightweight and compact addition to its range of permanent magnets.

Divers and underwater welders from UMCs Rotterdam office made a flying start to 2002 with a gruelling 36 hour journey to the southern tip of Argentina where a ship owner faced the…

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) set up an industry wide workgroup during 2011 to develop guidance on hyperbaric evacuation.

A new Diving and Hyperbaric Test Centre (DHTC) has opened on the QinetiQ site at Haslar in Gosport, Hampshire UK.

The inaugural European International Submarine Races (eISR), being held at Gosport, Hampshire, UK during the week of 25 June 2012 are set to capture the imagination.

Ten more Saab Seaeye Falcon ROVs have been ordered by Russia’s JSC Tetis Pro, bringing the total sold into the Russian Federation to 24, and more are planned.

ABB’s UK marine services business has won an order to supply transformers and switchgear for one of the world’s first commercial deep sea mining projects.

The Clearance Divers Life Support Equipment (CDLSE) entered into Full Operational Capability (FOC) with the UK Royal Navy recently.

Portsmouth UK based steel workboat builder Meercat Workboats Ltd has signed a contract to supply a new Meercat RT15 to Norwegian contractors, ØPD Solutions AS.