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Deep Ocean Search Launches its New 6,000m Depth Rated ROV: Mariner XL

05.06.2025
With Mariner XL, Deep Ocean Search (in collaboration with Marine Operations London LTD) is offering for hire a 6000msw capable WROV which can be mobilized quickly and easily for rapid deployment anywhere in the world: a launch & recovery system, an ultra-long range inertial and acoustic positioning system, a pilot station and a store space, all in only 4 x 20’ containers. Deployment on board requires no major structural modifications of the support vessel and no calibration. The Argus Mariner XL is a light work-class ROV designed ultra-deep operations, inspection, sampling, object recovery, imaging and data acquisition.

Global Oceans & Orpheus Ocean Collaborate to Expand Capacity for Deep Sea Research & Discovery

30.12.2024
Global Oceans, a US-based 501(c)3 operating foundation (www.global-oceans.org) has signed a Letter of Intent with Orpheus Ocean, Inc. based in New Bedford, MA (www.orpheusocean.com), to develop strategies for integrating Orpheus’ vehicle technologies in support of Global Oceans’ Innerspace Initiative. Orpheus Ocean is a new VC-funded ocean technology start up with an exclusive license to develop and deploy an autonomous full-ocean-depth vehicle platform originally designed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

Impossible Metals Announces Successful Deep-Water Test of Eureka II Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for Deep Sea Minerals Harvesting

15.07.2024
Impossible Metals announced fully autonomous deep-water operations at a depth of one mile by its Eureka II AUV. This historic test represents the first ever deep-water dive by an autonomous vehicle designed specifically for deep sea mineral harvesting.

Seaeye Falcon Picked for Archaeology and Offshore Energy

17.05.2023
Italy’s DST (Deep Sea Technology) has chosen a 1000m-rated Saab Seaeye Falcon DR robotic vehicle to support archaeological research and offshore energy. The Seaeye Falcon DR will be employed by Naples-based DST, a commercial diving business, across its operations supporting offshore energy and maritime archaeology in both shallow and deep waters. The Falcon package includes a Tritech Super SeaPrince sonar and skid-mounted five function manipulator and rope cutter.

Scientists Explore Mineral-Rich Seafloor and DDT Dump Sites

10.08.2021
Marine scientists aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor have completed a 12-day expedition off the coast of Southern California to survey the biodiversity of deep sea areas rich in minerals that are of interest to deep sea mining developers around the world.

Pelagic Research Services Selected for Second Expedition in 2020 with University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada

28.07.2020
Pelagic Research Services (PRS) has again been selected to provide ROV services for Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), as an integral team aiding their continued work on ocean observatories for September 2020. PRS’ deep sea ROV system Odysseus will be mobilized on the Canadian Coast Guard ship John P. Tully for a 14-day expedition.

Fast-moving Waterfalls in the Deep Sea

19.06.2020
New research led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has discovered how fast-moving waterfalls under the sea control the shape and behaviour of submarine channels. These underwater channels are the offshore equivalents of rivers, but can be much larger. Submarine channels can extend for tens to thousands of kilometres offshore, providing an important conduit for the transfer of sediment, nutrients and pollutants, such as microplastics, to the deep-sea. Avalanches of sediment that flow down these channels also pose a hazard to networks of seafloor cables that underpin global communications, including the internet.

New Species Discovered during Exploration of Abyssal Deep Sea Canyons off Ningaloo

14.04.2020
Unique fauna of the Cape Range and Cloates Canyons off of Ningaloo have been documented at unexplored depths by researchers from the Western Australian Museum aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor. Seemingly the longest animal ever recorded, glass sponges, and octopus squid are among species seen for the first time in Western Australia.

Environmental impact of deep-sea mining can last decades

02.06.2019
A new study shows that the impacts of seabed mining on deep-sea ecosystems can persist for decades. Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) revisited a site exposed to simulated deep-sea mining activity nearly 30 years previously to assess seabed and ecosystem recovery. They used a robot submarine to map and photograph much of the seafloor in the disturbed area in unprecedented detail. The images were combined into a seafloor photo-mosaic completely covering 11 hectares of seabed, the largest ever photo-mosaic obtained in the abyssal ocean. Tracks on the seafloor caused by the simulated mining were still clearly visible, and the impacts on marine life initially observed in 1989 persist.

Will you be attending the Deep Sea Mining Summit?

20.03.2019
Join us at the 9th Annual Deep Sea Mining Summit 2019 in London, UK on 29-30 April.

New Deep Sea Animal Discoveries Warrant Expanded Protections in Costa Rican Waters

09.02.2019
Scientists aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor surveyed deep-sea seamounts outside Isla del Coco UNESCO World Heritage site revealing coral communities with surprising diversity.

Enabling APEX To Do More: Teledyne Webb Research Releases APF-11 Controller and Firmware

04.01.2017
Teledyne Webb Research announces release of the APF-11 controller and firmware as the new core of the well-known Autonomous Profiling Explorer (APEX). With nearly 8,000 floats deployed during the past 16 years, APEX has long been the workhorse of the hugely successful Argo Program monitoring temperature and salinity in the upper 2000 meters of the world’s oceans. Teledyne engineers designed the new controller and firmware to ensure APEX continues that role for years to come.

SMD Deliver Deep Sea Mining Vehicles

02.02.2016
This week marks a significant milestone for subsea engineering company SMD as the MV Happy Delta, loaded with the world’s first deep sea mining vehicles, leaves the port of Tyne. In late 2007 SMD was awarded with a contract to design and build the world’s first deep sea mining vehicles for Canadian listed company Nautilus Minerals. Eight years on, having worked in close partnership with the customer, this massive feat of engineering is complete. The SPTs and associated equipment, totalling over 1000 Tonnes, have now been loaded onto the vessel which has set sail for Duqm Port in Oman where they will undergo further testing.

OCEANS'16 MTS/IEEE Shanghai Call for Papers Final Deadline Monday, December 7, 2015

04.12.2015
Every Spring, the Marine Technology Society and the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society sponsor the OCEANS conference in either Asia or Europe. It is a prestigious conference/exhibition that draws hundreds of international attendees. The venue for OCEANS'16 MTS/IEEE Shanghai, the Shanghai International Convention Center, has a high reputation both at home and abroad for holding large-scale international conferences, has expansive meeting and exhibition space, with a riverside view, and is convenient to major airports and other local, modern attractions.

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