Boskalis has been awarded two infrastructure projects in the Netherlands with a total contract value of approximately EUR 75 million.

Fugro has opened a new state-of-the-art remote operations centre (ROC) in Abu Dhabi, which is already delivering successful remote and autonomous solutions to clients in the Middle East and India (MEI) region.

The project aims to produce green hydrogen using renewable electricity from offshore wind off the coast of Netherlands of about 4 gigawatts by 2030, and 10+ gigawatts by 2040, kickstarting the hydrogen economy in Northwest Europe.

Marine stakeholders will meet for the third year in a row to share experiences, tools and advances in mapping shallow water topography from space

IKM Subsea Singapore has been awarded a contract with Solstad for ROV services onboard their Construction Support Vessel, the Normand Baltic.

The Society for Underwater Technology is delighted to announce that Dr Cheryl Burgess will join the SUT as Chief Executive in January 2021, bringing over three decades’ experience in the energy industry including oil & gas (both offshore and onshore); renewables; and utilities. She takes over from Steve Hall who has held the post for the past four years.

EvoLogics (Berlin, DE) are happy to announce the new USBL buoy, a fully integrated solution based on the company’s S2C USBL devices.

Hydro Group has completed their latest phase of a circa £1million investment programme with the installation and commissioning of a new cable extrusion line within the cable manufacturing arm of the business.

iXblue new Gaps M5, has been selected by global rental company Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) to offer a practical, easy to export and cost-effective USBL solution to their global base of customers. Broadening STR’s existing pool of subsea equipment, Gaps M5 addresses the accuracy and performance needs and requirements for vertical and horizontal tracking applications.

In honour of their 10th anniversary, leading Canadian submersible robotics company Deep Trekker is donating to two exceptional organizations working to better the health and cleanliness of the world’s oceans and lakes. In honour of their 10th anniversary, leading Canadian submersible robotics company Deep Trekker is donating to two exceptional organizations working to better the health and cleanliness of the world’s oceans and lakes.

Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) are delighted to announce the appointment of Stephen Miller as Senior Business Development Engineer for the Europe, Middle East & Africa region.

On the November 24 th , 2020, the Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Society, also known as SASEMAR or “Salvamento Marítimo”, in cooperation with ACSM, the Spanish provider of subsea services, have successfully recovered the wreckage of a light aircraft Piper PA-34 Seneca, which fell into the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of delta de l'Ebre, close to Tarragona in Spain, at a water depth of 113 metres.

A cutting-edge new system for autonomous airborne hydrographic survey has been launched by THURN Group. The THURN QuickDip TM system of data collection uses aerial drones to carry Valeport sensors on pre-planned survey routes to deliver an efficient and repeatable method of gathering highly accurate survey data from inaccessible or dangerous waters.

ROV Planet Magazine Issue 25: The magazine of choice for Subsea Construction and Marine Robotics Professionals. Featuring Welcome to ROV Planet - Welcome to ROV Planet - Events Calendar - GEMINI: A Game Changer in Offshore Productivity: Interview with Tyler Schilling - Blue Logic Wins ONS Innovation Award for Subsea Docking Station - Green Technology for the Blue Economy - Subsea Services and the Rush to Renewables - Hydramec Celebrating 30 Years - Poster: Subsea Tethering Winch from Subsea Tooling Services - Microsoft Finds Underwater Datacenters are Reliable, Practical and Use Energy Sustainably - iXblue Powers Deep-Sea Exploration for Ifremer’s New State-Of-The Art AUV, UlyX - Weapons That Wait No More Mine Warfare is on the Cusp of Profound Transformation - Using Unmanned Surface Vehicles to Enhance Ocean Observation - Teledyne Launches New Wayfinder DVL for Micro Vehicles - Syntactic Foam Materials for Resident ROV Applications.

Triumph has taken a long term BBC on a DP3 DSCV for upcoming commitments for subsea EPCI and Decommissioning projects in the APAC region. SubseaPartner Thailand will be executing the saturation and air diving to NORSOK U-100 compliance, an industry first within the region.

Aleron Group are delighted to announce the relocation to a new facility in Aberdeenshire as part of the strategic expansion plans for the business.

This month marks the start of a new international collaboration to better understand the ultra deep-sea through innovative adaptation of sensors to withstand the crushing pressures at depths of down to 11,000 metres. Funded through the NERC Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund, the project will bring together experts from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) with researchers from the newly created centre of excellence for ultra-deep sea research - the Danish Center for Hadal Research (HADAL) at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), to jointly improve knowledge about the processes governing organic carbon degradation in deep-sea trenches.

Valeport has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of a Head of Marketing, as it targets market leadership in the environmental sensors sector. The internal appointment of former marketing manager, Guy Frankland, to Head of Marketing marks the latest step in the strategic growth plans for Valeport – the UK’s leading oceanographic, hydrographic and hydrometric instrument manufacturer.