Indonesian Search and Rescue Company Partners with SMD

13.07.2023

To enable deeper dives on underwater missions, Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency, Basarnas, has recently purchased a Hydraulic Atom ROV from UK company Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD).

SMD Aims for £100M Turnover and Two New Premises

13.04.2023

Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD), a global subsea robotics and engineering business headquartered in Wallsend, has announced plans to exceed £100m turnover within five years. To reach this goal, it is focussing on the electrification of its vehicles, has ambitious recruitment targets, and plans to expand its innovation and services arms with two new facilities on the horizon that will be based in the North East of England.

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.

Results From N-SEA and SMD Tests Prove Revolutionary New Cable Technology

21.12.2020

World-leading subsea robotics design and manufacturing specialists, Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has partnered with Dutch subsea contractor N-SEA to successfully prove ground-breaking new subsea technology that could change the future of cable construction.

Triumph Subsea Services has acquired SMD’s new Atom EV Wind

02.10.2020

Triumph Subsea Services is pleased to announce that it will be installing SMD’s new Atom EV Wind work class ROV on our Floating Windfarm Development and Wind Turbine Installation Vessels.

Triumph Subsea Services acquires SMD’s QT500 Trencher

02.10.2020

Triumph Subsea Services is pleased to announce that it will be installing SMD’s QT500 trencher on their Windfarm Development Vessels.

SMD Secures New LARS Contract With Orange Marine

30.07.2020

Subsea vehicle and launch and recovery systems (LARS) specialists Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has won contracts to supply two solutions to marine telecommunications company Orange Marine Group. The new LARS systems will be used to launch custom trenching ROVs for the burial of underwater fibre optic cables.

Team Tao Receive Special Recognition in Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE Competition

06.06.2019

A team of North East-based subsea engineering experts from Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) and Newcastle University have been recognised for their innovative engineering approach in the prestigious Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE competition.

SMD Sign Contract to Supply QTrencher 500 Cable Maintenance ROV to TE SubCom

21.08.2018

World leading subsea equipment design and manufacturer Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) are pleased to announce the signature of a contract to supply a QTrencher 500 Cable Maintenance ROV to TE SubCom.

QTrencher 1600 and 48Te A-Frame Delivered to Van Oord Commences First Job

09.08.2018

Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) are pleased to announce that the QTrencher 1600 and its associated deck equipment package delivered in April 2018 to Van Oord, has commenced its first job at Borkum-2 wind farm.

SMD's Multi-Mode Pre Lay Plough Completes First Job for Assodivers Ltd

22.06.2018

World leading subsea equipment designer and manufacturer Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) are pleased to announce that their Multi-Mode Pre Lay Plough, delivered to Greek offshore contractors Assodivers Ltd in Spring this year, has successfully completed its first offshore job in the Baltic sea.

SMD sign contract to supply Atom Mk1 ROV system to China Southern Power Grid

16.04.2018

World leading subsea equipment design and manufacturer Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) is pleased to announce the signature of a contract to supply its Atom Mk1 1000m 100hp Work Class Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) system to Chinese power specialist China Southern Power Extra High Voltage Power Transmission Company (EHV, CSG), a subsidiary of the state-owned China Southern Power Grid (CSG).

SMD Curvetech™ Thrusters To Power French Subsea Trencher

09.04.2018

Curvetech™ engineers at Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) have completed the build and test of a range of hydraulic thrusters for French subsea cable installation engineering firm Louis Dreyfus TravOcean.

UK team reach the final of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE

08.03.2018

A group of north east-based subsea engineers has become the only UK team to reach the final of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE and receive an equal share of a $1 million milestone prize for developing new approaches to map the ocean floor.

SMD Design and Build Innovative 6000m Electric Winch and LARS for Shanghai Salvage

06.09.2017

Dedicated deck equipment engineers at Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) have successfully completed work on an electric drive dual-purpose winch and Launch and Recovery System (LARS) to accompany an order from Shanghai Salvage for a Quasar Work Class ROV. The equipment will be used for salvage operations in deep waters around the world, with an assured maximum working depth up to 6000m.

SMD expands servicing operations at the Port of Tyne

01.08.2017

Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) is relocating its servicing operations to the Port of Tyne’s Tyne Dock estate in South Shields (UK). The Tyneside based manufacturing company is already a global leader in building remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), deployed underwater in the global oil and gas, telecommunications and renewables industries.

A Dynamic Underwater Mining Solution

23.03.2016

Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) and Underwater Mining Solutions (UMS) are teaming up to offer customers the full scope of mining equipment required for underwater mining projects, both offshore and inland, and in all territories. Their combined expertise, and the strength of each of their parent companies, enable SMD and UMS to provide customers with proven, de-risked solutions to deep-sea, near-shore and inland underwater exploration, mining and processing.

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