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Seafloor Crawlers: New Robotic Tools for Challenging Missions
Back to the seaIt is widely said that life started in the ocean, and gradually moved on to land.
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Subsea Defense: Extending Unmanned Capabilities
The defense sector is looking for ways to extend its reach and capabilities, with…
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Aker Bets on Software Engineers for Its Oil Business
When the owners of Norwegian oil firm Aker BP decided to digitise its assets and operations…
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The Ocean Cleanup Kicks Off
A first-of-its-kind floating ocean cleanup system is undergoing a final round of…
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Schedule Your "MTR TV" Interview @ Oceans
At Oceans 2018 in Charleston, SC, Marine Technology Reporter will have the "MTR TV"…
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Reviewing Sapinhoá-Lula NE BSR System
The exploration and production of deepwater pre-salt plays offshore Brazil have triggered major technological challenges.
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A System of Systems Approach to Mine Countermeasures
A team of underwater, surface and aerial unmanned vehicles was recently deployed Newport, R.I. to demonstrate a “System of…
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Competitor Preps for XPRIZE Final with 24-hour Sea Trial
One of the finalists chasing the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE has confirmed the successful completion of its first 24-hour…
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Engineering Better Propulsion
“Propeller design has often been considered kind of a black art,” said Donald MacPherson, technical director at HydroComp, Inc.
Latest news
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All IOOS Regional Networks Are Now NOAA-certified
NOAA announced it has certified the last of 11 Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) regional associations as Regional…
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Hydra Preparing for Offshore Upturn
Offshore and subsea construction company Hydra said it has entered into the saturation diving market in anticipation of an…
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Morrison, iSIMS Introduce iJacket
Chet Morrison Contractors, an energy service company for the oil, gas and renewables industries, has formed a strategic partnership…
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Sonardyne Aids US Navy Underwater Vehicle Testing
Underwater target tracking technology from Houston-based Sonardyne Inc., has been chosen by the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC)…
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Digitization of the Norwegian Continental Shelf
A new web-based tool is being used for the first time offshore for collecting, systematizing and presenting safety critical…
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CGG Deploys Two Vessels for Survey NW of Shetland
CGG commenced acquisition of a high-density, rich-azimuth, towed-streamer multi-client survey in the UK West Shetland Basin.
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UTEC Names Rahmatullah Middle East Director
UTEC, a global survey company in subsea services group Acteon, has appointed Nadir Rahmatullah as the commercial and strategy…
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Canada to Study Shipping's Environmental Impact
The Government of Canada is acting to preserve and restore marine ecosystems that are vulnerable to increased marine shipping…
Offshore Energy
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Huisman Building Drilling System for CMHI
This week, China Merchants Heavy Industries (CMHI) awarded Huisman a contract for the engineering and fabrication of a drilling…
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Petrofac Secures Well Engineering Contracts
Petrofac has strengthened its global Well Engineering contracts portfolio following a series of award wins worth a combined…
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California Offshore Wind Project Progresing
Northern California energy authority RCEA and a consortium of private companies, including Aker Solutions and Principle Power…
Hydrographic
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CCOM at UNH Partners with FarSounder
The Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM) at the Joint Hydrographic Center at the University of New Hampshire has added 3D forward…
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SES Orders Teledyne Odom Singlebeam Echosounders
Teledyne Marine said it has scored a significant order from Texas-based Survey Equipment Services (SES) for a number of its…
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2H Offshore Expands STREAM JIP
2H Offshore, a riser and conductor specialist in subsea services group Acteon, has completed the first phase of the STREAM…
Ocean News
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Bibby Hydromap's DriX Completes Trials
UK-based survey specialist Bibby HydroMap have announced the successful completion of testing of ‘DriX’, the 8-metre Autonomous…
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MultiBeam EchoSounder Enables First-of-its-kind Research
Increasingly, methane emissions from the seafloor are of greater interest as concern over global warming increases.Large…
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AI Guides Rapid Data-Driven Exploration of Changing Underwater Habitats
A recent expedition led by Dr. Blair Thornton, holding Associate Professorships at both the University of Southampton and…
Subsea Defense
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Aquaculture: Huon Expands ROV Fleet
As the offshore aquaculture business continues to grow, so too do the number of in-water and subsea tools to do the business more efficiently.
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Kraken Bags AquaPix Sonar Contract
Kraken Robotics Inc. wholly-owned subsidiary, Kraken Robotic Systems Inc. has been awarded a contract valued at over C$450…
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US Navy Tests Kraken’s KATFISH SAS
The U.S. Navy is testing a high-speed actively controlled towed Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) system for multi-mission applications…
Vehicle News
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CGG Plans to Delist from the NYSE
CGG S.A., an geoscience company providing geological, geophysical and reservoir capabilities, said that the Board of Directors…
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New ROV Tools for Deep Sea Mining Monitoring
Global environmental monitoring and sediment sampling experts Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) have augmented its…
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New ASV Delivered for Post-hurricane Surveying
A new autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) has been delivered to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers for rapid post-hurricane hydrographic…
New Products
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Rutter Releases Sigma S6 V9.2.0
Rutter Inc. has released the latest update to the Rutter sigma S6 product line, version 9.2.0. This new version is being…
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New Remote Robotics Manipulator Control System Launched
Olis (formerly BluHaptics) says its new manipulator control system delivers an evolutionary leap over legacy robotic master…
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Schlumberger Introduces MEMS Gyro Surveying Service
Schlumberger has introduced the GyroSphere MEMS gyro-while-drilling service at Offshore Northern Seas (ONS). The GyroSphere…
