Latest news
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Kongsberg Discovery Starts AUV Production in the US
Kongsberg Discovery has decided to start production of HUGIN, an autonomous underwater vehicle, in the U.S. This decision…
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LR Authorized to Certify Remotely Operated and Unmanned Vessels
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has become the first Certifying Authority to receive authorization from the UK Maritime and Coastguard…
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Saronic, Vigor Form Alliance to Advance Autonomous Maritime Capabilities
Saronic Technologies and Vigor Marine Group have entered into a strategic partnership focused on rapidly advancing the delivery…
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Fugro, Esri Join Forces for Climate Resilience
Fugro has entered into a strategic collaboration with Esri, a geographic information system (GIS) software specialist, to…
Offshore Energy
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TGS to Provide Tech Set to Optimize Northern Lights CCS Operations
Norwegian data and intelligence firm TGS has signed a collaboration agreement with Equinor, aimed at advancing the digitalization…
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Hanwha Ocean Floating Turbine Receives ABS Approval
ABS issued approval in principle (AIP) to Hanwha Ocean for its new design of a semisubmersible-type floating offshore wind turbine.The design…
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PXGEO Appoints Head of Strategy and Transformation
Marine geophysical services company PXGEO has named Hans-Peter Burlid to the newly created position of Chief Strategy & Transformation…
Hydrographic
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Canada Trials S-100 on St. Lawrence River
The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), under Fisheries and Oceans Canada, is taking a leading role in validating new digital hydrographic standards…
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Subsea Europe Services, FLANQ Appointed as a Distributor of Voxometer Survey System Across Mainland Europe
Subsea Europe Services, together with its defense division, FLANQ, has been appointed as a mainland Europe distributor for…
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Nigerian Firm Orders HydroSurv’s Hybrid USV for Offshore Survey Ops
Geodetic Offshore Services Limited (GOSL) has acquired REAV-47 uncrewed surface vessel (USV) from HydroSurv, which will be…
Ocean News
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Drones Reveal Extreme Coral Mortality After Bleaching
New research has revealed coral mortality rates of 92% after last year’s bleaching event at Lizard Island on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef…
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Study: Ships Trigger Ocean Methane Emissions
Ship traffic in shallow areas, such as ports, can trigger large methane emissions by just moving through the water. The researchers in a study…
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Ocean Infinity’s NeedleFish USV Enters Service for Kuwaiti Coast Guard
U.S. marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has launched its NeedleFish uncrewed surface vessel (USV), which will be used…
Subsea Defense
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General Dynamics Electric Boat Awarded $1.85 billion Contract Modification For Submarine Production
Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, announced that it was awarded a $1.85 billion contract modification…
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HII Launches Virginia-class Submarine Arkansas
HII announced that Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) was recently launched into the James River at the company’s…
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Subsea Warfare Need Not Involve Target Destruction
This week, two unmanned surface vessels (USVs) were launched as part of a trial by Denmark's defense ministry aimed at boosting…
Vehicle News
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New AUV Helps Document Critical Minerals
An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) has imaged a previously unexplored portion of the seafloor in ultra-deep waters near…
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Swiss Firm Acquires Defunct Beam
Rosenxt UK, part of Switzerland-based Rosenxt Holding, has acquired selected assets and talent from subsea robotics and engineering firm Beam…
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Blueye: Making An ROV Autonomous
Leonard Günzel, a PhD candidate at the Department of Marine Technology at NTNU, is currently leading a new project to make the Blueye ROVs autonomous.
New Products
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S-100 has Value Beyond ECDIS
The S-100 framework is a new global standard created by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), in collaboration…
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KIMM Cracks the Code for Underwater Radiated Noise Prediction
Researchers in South Korea at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) have reportedly developed a hull-attached…
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High-Resolution Mapping Reveals Carbon Sink Details
A new satellite-based product can now map the ocean carbon sink at unprecedented resolution.Although the oceanic sink for…