Kongsberg Maritime Shuts Down KM Contros
Kongsberg Maritime (KM), a Norwegian technology enterprise within the Kongsberg Gruppen, informed that it has suspended the sale of the previously announced German KM Contros GmbH to AML Oceanographic Ltd. (AML).Following a strategic evaluation and prioritization of the KM business in 2019, the company decided to divest Contros, and a Letter of Intent was signed with a future buyer of the business.However, the companies have now agreed not to pursue the previously announced letter of intent, and the sale of Contros will therefore not proceed. Consequently, Kongsberg Maritime has decided to cease the
FlexMoT for Monitoring & Detection of Offshore leaks
current situation or enter into a deeper analysis of the logged data for environmental monitoring or research. The following companies were involved in the development of the FlexMoT project, which was funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy: Kongsberg Maritime Contros GmbH (Kiel), Oktopus GmbH (Hohenwestedt), LEONI Elocab GmbH (Georgensgmünd), as well as Fraunhofer IGD (Rostock), and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research (Kiel).
Kongsberg Maritime Investments Boost Subsea Inspection Services
Kongsberg Maritime acquires Embient GmbH and enters into a cooperation agreement with CONTROS GmbH to strengthen solutions for structural inspection and integrated leak detection. Embient was established in 2010 with focus on technology sourcing and integration of subsea technologies into complete packages and solutions. Over the last three years the company has developed a strong in-house competence within underwater inspection and monitoring, as well as on subsea leak detection. With its office close to Hamburg, Germany, the company currently has 10 employees. Kongsberg Maritime has also acquired
CONTROS GmbH Named Planet Ocean Distributor
Surrey based Planet Ocean Ltd. announced the signing of an exclusive agency agreement covering the U.K. and Ireland with CONTROS GmbH of Kiel Germany for their range of CO2 & CH4 sensors. Planet Ocean said it will also be organizing a series of user workshops for existing and potential users of CONTROS sensors at their Camberley base later in the year.
Advancing Climate Change Research and Hydrocarbon Leak Detection
oceans or lakes allows one to find regions of elevated concentrations fed by naturally occurring hydrocarbon seeps, melting methane hydrate bearing permafrost, or potential leaks from an oil and gas well, production facility, or pipeline. Teledyne Marine has recently licensed technology developed by CONTROS GmbH to produce the HydroCO2 and HydroCH4 instruments and allow its customers to better address their bio-geochemical as well as oil and gas-related applications. Combining carbon dioxide and/or methane concentration data with the physical oceanographic parameters measured with Teledyne RD
February 2026
