ROV Planet Articles

Helix Robotics and UTEC Install Tidal Turbine in Japan

07.04.2021
Offshore energy services provider Helix Robotics Solutions partnered with UTEC Survey, an Acteon Group company, to support the recent installation of Simec Atlantis’ demonstration tidal turbine in Japan.

ROV Specialist Grows International Footprint

07.04.2021
Scottish ROV specialist HPR ROV has signed a two-year agreement with Saudi-based Intelligent Energy Services (i-Energy) to act as its exclusive agent in the region.

VARD Wins North Star Renewables Contract for three SOVs to Operate on Dogger Bank Wind Farm

06.04.2021
VARD, one of the world’s major designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that it has secured contracts for the design and construction of three Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for North Star Renewables in Scotland. The state-of-the-art hybrid trio will operate on the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the North Sea.

Archer Knight Expands Global Footprint with Move into Asia Pacific

06.04.2021
New Singapore-based operation strengthens ties to the region Energy market intelligence specialist Archer Knight has hailed launching its new Asia Pacific venture as a “major statement of intent”.

New renewables lead created at Ashtead Technology

06.04.2021
Ashtead Technology has created a new role to head up its increasing activities in renewable energy.

The Future is Green and Blue for Subsea

02.04.2021
Subsea UK unveils new TV debate style event to highlight opportunities in the energy transition and the blue economy

Dodge Pick-Up Truck Located Using Underwater Sonar

02.04.2021
The James River is a tributary of the Missouri River. It is roughly 710 miles long and spans over 20,000 square miles of North and South Dakota with more than 70% of the river’s drainage occurring in South Dakota. River conditions during normal years include both still-water and flooding on both the James River and its tributaries. Water easily breaches the low banks, and these floods tend to cover a significant portion of the floodplain. When the river is still, water quality drops and it becomes quite difficult to see more than a few feet underwater.

Fully-Integrated Imaging Payload for Small AUVs Released by Arctic Rays

02.04.2021
Arctic Rays, LLC has released Swordfish, a fully-integrated, geo-referenced, still and video imaging system payload for small AUVs.

BIRNS Introduces New 1V and 1B Coax Connectivity Solutions

02.04.2021
75Ω Performance in a 50Ω Footprint/SHF Band Ku Capabilities BIRNS, Inc. a world leader in the design and manufacturing of high performance connectors, cable assemblies and lighting systems, has introduced new RF subsea connector contacts that offer groundbreaking performance attributes. Coax subsea connectors had in the past been challenged in a range of design requirements, in many cases resulting in poor impedance, high losses, and inability to provide open face pressure resistance. However, BIRNS launched proprietary RF technology with contacts capable of open face pressure ratings to 1433m, UHF insertion loss of ≤0.7 dB at signal frequencies to 3GHz and maximum UHF voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of 1.7:1.

Transmark Subsea becomes the European distributor of Boxfish Research ROVs

31.03.2021
Transmark Subsea becomes the European distributor of ROV systems from Boxfish Research, New Zealand, expanding their offering of high-tech subsea solutions to help their customers operations stay relevant and effective.

Grant funding enables Seaeye Falcon purchase for Blueprint Lab robotic arm deployments

31.03.2021
Blueprint Lab has been awarded a Defence Global Competitiveness Grant to grow our in-house verification and testing capabilities. The grant will go towards the purchase of an inspection class ROV deployable test vehicle and associated equipment as well as fund certification activities to meet international EMC safety standards.

Countdown to launch of Plymouth’s autonomous fleet

31.03.2021
Scientists, industry leaders and local government are counting down to the launch of a first-of-its-kind multi-million-pound fleet of innovative and interconnected marine technologies off the coast of Plymouth.

Oceaneering Uses CRWOCS for Tree Installation in North Sea

31.03.2021
In early 2020, Oceaneering was contracted to supply and operate its Compact ROV Workover Control System (CRWOCS) to support the installation of vertical Xmas trees (XT) for a major E&P company.

Phoenix and U.S. Navy Recover MH-60S Helicopter From Record Depth

31.03.2021
Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. (Phoenix), under the direction of the U.S. Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), located and recovered the fuselage of a downed MH-60S Seahawk helicopter in the Pacific, near Okinawa, Japan, from a record breaking depth of 19,075 feet. This equates to just over 3.6 miles beneath the sea and is 266 feet deeper than the previous salvage record, also set by Phoenix and SUPSALV during an operation in 2019. The helicopter was located in March of 2020 using the U.S. Navy’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicle “Trondheim” and then, a year later, Phoenix and SUPSALV returned to the site and recovered the helicopter on March 21st, 2021 using the U.S. Navy’s Remotely Operated Vehicle “CURV 21” and Fly Away Deep Ocean Salvage System. Both Trondheim and CURV 21 are rated to operate down to 20,000 feet.

OI Connect is Back

30.03.2021
Oi Connect is an online platform for ocean tech businesses to showcase their products and solutions to interested buyers. Open from May 11-14, 2021, Oi Connect is free for visitors to attend.

Subsea 7 Joins Forces with Simply Blue in Salamander Floating Windfarm Project

29.03.2021
Subsea 7, a global leader in the delivery of offshore projects and services for the evolving energy industry and Irish blue economy developer Simply Blue Energy have joined forces to develop the Salamander floating wind project, off the North East Coast of Scotland (UK).

Suez Canal Unblocked: “We Pulled it off!”

29.03.2021
Boskalis announces the successful salvage operation of the grounded 20,000 TEU container vessel Ever Given in the Suez Canal. With a length of 400 meters and a width of nearly 60 meters this giant ship had been wedged in this vital shipping route since 23 March 2021 blocking all shipping traffic ever since.

SMD Delivers £multi-million SeaRex Upgrade for Leading Subsea Cabling Company Prysmian

29.03.2021
World-leading subsea robotics design and manufacturing specialists, Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has delivered a multi-million upgrade to the SeaRex trenching vehicle for long-standing customer, Prysmian, a world leader in cable manufacture, energy solutions and systems.

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