Subsea & Survey

Advanced Navigation, the world’s most determined innovator in artificial intelligence (AI) for robotic and navigation technologies, is announcing the largest subsea robotics facility in Australia, located in Balcatta, Western Australia (WA).

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).

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has successfully mobilized its first Autonomous Inspection Drone (AID), which can unlock substantial cost savings for operators of offshore wind farms and oil and gas fields. 

The consenting process for the planned MarramWind offshore wind farm, off the Aberdeenshire coast, is underway.

The largest global event dedicated to the undersea defence industry, Undersea Defence Technology (UDT), returns in May 2023.

Kraken Robotics Inc. (TSX-V: PNG, OTCQB: KRKNF), announces that it has received a $3 million purchase order for its SeaPower® subsea batteries. Deliveries will occur in 2023.

C-Innovation, LLC (C-I), an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies, has expanded into a new facility in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, providing an additional dock facility for subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) and riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services.

Exail, a global leader in high-performance subsea inertial navigation systems (INS), launches a new all-in-one system that combines the best of inertial navigation and Doppler Velocity Log (DVL) technologies, the Rovins 9 DVL. With this new tightly integrated system, Exail provides subsea vehicles manufacturers with highly accurate and reliable subsea navigation.

Ocean services provider DeepOcean delivered another year of profitable growth in 2022. High demand for the company’s services across offshore industries means that the company entered 2023 with strong momentum and a significantly improved order backlog.

The ocean is a crucial part of solving global climate, food and security challenges. Kongsberg Gruppen (KONGSBERG) is a global leader within advanced robotics and sensor technology to map, monitor and understand ocean space. This technology will become part of a new business area, Kongsberg Discovery.

The BlueFloat Energy | Renantis Partnership has successfully deployed two floating Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) buoys at its proposed Scottish floating offshore wind projects.

Commencing April 2023, Fugro will perform a series of offshore surveys including geophysical, geotechnical and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) inspections supported by advanced engineering and geoconsulting studies to help inform the Front End Engineering Design (FEED).