ROVOP, a leading supplier of subsea Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) to the energy industry, has appointed Roland Reid as its new Training & Competency Manager.

Impact Subsea’s flooded member detection system has been integrated onto Outland Technology’s newest and most powerful model ROV-3000, designed for ease of use and ruggedness. The combined ROV-3000 and ISFMD system will be put to work by Offshore Drone Inspection Services for a wide variety of inspections in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ocean Robotics Planet Magazine Issue 35: Events Calendar & Welcome to Ocean Robotics Planet - Exploring the Abyss with Mouse Clicks, not Joysticks - Viva La France, Viva La AUVs! - A Decade of Training on Ocean Glider Technologies - AUVs Maintain our Undersea Superiority: Bluefin Robotics Celebrates its 25th Anniversary - Poster: Nauticus Robotics Hydronaut and Aquanaut - LR11: Industry Leading Submarine Rescue Vehicle (SRV), Provides Naval Sector with Performance and Reliability - Marines Use Unmanned Surface Vehicles to Sustain Dispersed Forces. - Unlocking the Ocean’s Secrets: Versatile Optical Solutions and Subsea Operations - U.S. Naval Oceanography: Pathfinders of the American Military – Part II - Unlocking Automation and Real-Time Decision at Sea with Numurus’ NEPI Operating System for Robotic and Edge-AI Applications - Introducing iSite Subsea a Game Changing Digital Data Management Tool.

A team of budding engineers from Grove Academy in Dundee have taken the top prize at the MATE Scotland ROV competition. The pupils were among five secondary school teams from around Scotland who faced off at Robert Gordon University (RGU) to put their robots through a series of underwater missions for a place in the World Championships in USA.

Rovco, a global provider of technology-enabled project solutions to the offshore renewable energy sector, has launched a new, dedicated marine site characterisation business line, to help address a crucial industry shortfall of companies with the all-round skills and expertise to carry out site consenting surveys prior to the construction of new offshore installations.

Fugro's remotely operated vehicle (ROV) introductory training course has received International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) approval, marking a significant milestone for the company and the offshore industry at large.

The world’s first fully remote inspection of offshore wind farm assets has been successfully carried out by Fugro, using one of its Blue Essence® uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) with Blue Volta®, an electrical remotely operated vehicle (eROV).

A £multi-million complete Saab Seaeye Leopard system has been supplied to the Spanish Navy for submarine escape and rescue, and underwater intervention. The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) acquired the Seaeye Leopard electric remotely operated robotic vehicle system for the Spanish Navy to fulfil the responsibilities of the International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office and provide diving support.

Blueye Robotics has been awarded the contract to supply the Norwegian Coast Guard with underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV)systems. Blueye Robotics has equipped the entire fleet of Coast Guard vessels operated by the Norwegian Coast Guard with their Blueye X3 model, which was launched in 2021.

Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has secured a contract from Unique Group to supply two light work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to support its contract with a major Asian Navy. Both systems will be installed onboard the navy’s new dive support vessels. The Comanche model is one of the most powerful observation-class ROVs of its size, and its lightweight construction allows for rapid set up and deployment.

ROVOP, one of the world’s largest independent remotely operated vehicle (ROV) solutions providers, is pleased to announce a new $25 million senior secured credit facility with Cordiant Capital (Cordiant), the specialist global infrastructure & real assets manager.

Ocean Dynamics has ordered a second, deeper-rated, Saab Seaeye Falcon for the inspection of instrumentation monitoring of the ocean around Canada’s northwest coast and First Nation coastal waters.

During the last few years Scantrol has become a major player in a new market, delivering controls of remotely operated launch and recovery systems for unmanned surface vessels (USV). So far Scantrol has more than 20 orders for USV systems. Five of these deliveries are mTrack systems used to control Hydramec´s Umbilical Management Systems (UMS) for Fugro’s Fugro Blue Volta® ROV.

The Finnish Border Guard has been an appreciated client of Ocean Modules who bought their first Ocean Modules V8 Sii ROV systems, back in 2012. Now, ten years later, they are in the process of upgrading their ROV fleet to the latest version of the V8 M500 model as well as attending in their ROV system training courses.

The SVS-708 SuperSea Power Supply and SVS-709 SubSea VPSU bring smart power management capabilities that extend the available power and umbilical power transmission capabilities for Inspection Class ROVs such as the Saab Seaeye Falcon, Observation Class vehicles such as the Blue Robotics BlueROV2 and many others.

Fugro and Petrobras have achieved a major milestone in Brazil's offshore energy sector by successfully completing the country's first-ever remote subsea inspection survey.

Ocean Robotics Planet Magazine Issue 34: Featuring the Events Calendar and Welcome to Ocean Robotics Planet - iXblue and ECA Group Merge to become Exail - Aberdeen based Hydro Group Celebrates 40 Years - The Missing Puzzle Piece for Reliable and Renewable Subsea Power - TF59: Digital Horizon Naval Exercise - Naval Oceanography: Pathfinders of the American Military (Part 1) - Battling a Blue Arctic - Poster: Allseas Designed Pilot Nodule Collector Vehicle - NORI and Allseas Lift Over 3,000 Tonnes of Polymetallic Nodules to Surface - Blue Nodules Harvesting at a Depth of 5.5km - Oceanscan: Specialised Personnel, Services, and More - Mind the Gap: The Amphibious Autonomous Tracked Vehicle Standing its Ground in the SURF Zone - Satellite AIS: A Boon to Ocean Robotics - SubmergeDeep: A Multifunctional Heat Transfer and Hydraulic Fluid for Marine Electric Vehicles - Maintaining Operational Advantage through Increased Maritime Awareness - Great Balls of Fishy Firelight - subROV Underwater Discoveries.

Fugro’s Blue Essence®, a 12 m uncrewed surface vessel (USV), has received approval from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to operate the first USV with an electrical remotely operated vehicle (eROV) in UK waters.