DeepOcean Deploys Its First Autonomous Drone for Inspection of Offshore Structures
AS, the joint venture between DeepOcean, Solstad Offshore and Østensjø Group, is enabling offshore operations to be performed from onshore though digitalised control systems. Deepocean is running the AID from the Remota control center.The AID is based on a Rover MK2 ROV from Argus Remote Systems, with upgraded hardware and software packages. Argus is responsible for AID platform and navigation algorithm. DeepOcean is responsible for the digital twin platform, mission planner software and live view of the AID in operation, while Vaarst is responsible for machine vision camera &ldquo
Strategizing Connectivity for Fleet Optimization, Remote Ops
;At Seaspan, we believe in pursuing a strategy where the vessel is no different from a remote office, where you don’t need to tell people how much they should or shouldn’t be using the internet. As a side-effect of that, you end up with the material readiness for the IoT, big data, OT remote systems and all the bells and whistles required for emissions reduction by default.”In Inmarsat’s view, a connectivity strategy should provide organizations with a detailed plan that considers internal factors, such as business goals and organizational readiness, and external factors, such
VIDEO: Ocean Infinity's Armada 7801 Robotic Vessel Reaches Norway
Infinity's Armada 7801 has reached Norway after a long journey from Vietnam, where its hull was built last year at the Vard Vung Tau shipyard."Our first new ship has arrived in Norway, having set sail on its maiden voyage from Vietnam in November. Installation of the payload equipment and remote systems will now commence ahead of the ship entering service on offshore data acquisition tasks in the coming months," Ocean Infinity, a seabed survey and ocean research company based in the United States, said Thursday.The 78-meter robotic vessel will be outfitted by Vard Søviknes.Vard Electro
Offshore Power Bank: Reach Subsea Orders 'Reach Remote' USVs
percent reduction in emissions compared to today’s large, manned control vessels,” said CEO of Reach Subsea, Jostein Alendal.The Reach Remote project is developed by Reach Subsea jointly with Kongsberg Maritime and Massterly. Reach Subsea expects delivery of the two first Reach Remote systems in mid-2023. The total investment for the first two Reach Remote units, which includes the Kongsberg contract as well as upfront development and infrastructure investments to the benefit of future units is NOK 380-400 million (around $43 - $45,2 million).The investment will be financed through
Fugro Conducts 'First Fully Remote Inspection' of Offshore Platform in UK
the campaign. However, the company said, when only one offshore inspection engineer was able to mobilize to the platform due to Covid-19, inspection engineers based at Fugro’s ROC in Aberdeen delivered the whole project remotely to stay on schedule. The ROV was mobilized with dedicated remote systems for visual inspection, cathodic protection (CP), and flooded member detection (FMD), and all systems were base-checked to confirm communications links with the ROC. Fugro also transacted a COABIS database across the onshore and offshore locations; this allowed the client and ROC personnel to
Cambridge Pixel Announces Dual Redundant Radar Tracking
to support high reliability radar tracking. The enhancement will protect against system failure by providing two processing paths for the radar data and allowing automatic switching from one to the other.Support for dual redundant radar tracking is designed for developers of high reliability or remote systems such as in maritime and coastal surveillance applications where multiple radars are located along a coastline and may be unmanned and highly inaccessible.Cambridge Pixel's SPx radar tracker is a software-based COTS primary radar data extractor and target tracker that provides target track
Rose Joins IMCA as Technical Adviser
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed Andre Rose as Technical Adviser - Competence & Training, Remote Systems and ROV.Rose has spent most of the last 18 years working in the ROV industry, including time as a pilot/technician, superintendent, ROV manager and client representative.He has a background with the Royal Navy, where he spent 19 years in its Fleet Air Arm working with rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Initially, he completed an apprenticeship in aircraft mechanical engineering, before being trained as an avionics engineer.When he left the Navy, after a short
IMCA Plans ROV Seminar in Stavanger
in the growing renewables sector is another. The need to recruit and retain properly trained, competent people remains vital. These challenges and opportunities have led the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) to organize an ROV Seminar, with the theme ‘The future for remote systems and ROVs in the offshore construction industry’. Chaired by Graham Duncan of TechnipFMC, the IMCA ROV Committee Chairman, it will be held Tuesday 30 - Wednesday 31 May at Oceaneering International’s facility in Stavanger, Norway. The free-to-attend seminar is open to IMCA members
IMCA Names New Technical Director
, “Richard’s track record speaks for itself. He has been committed to marine contracting from the moment he joined the industry, and has seen IMCA at work ‘from the other side’ having held many committee positions, the most recent of which was as Vice Chairman of IMCA’s Remote Systems and ROV Division Management Committee. He will certainly be able to ‘hit the ground running’. I wish him well, and know IMCA’s technical program is in safe hands. I am firmly of the view that Richard will greatly enjoy his new role. “My role over the past 18 years
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