USVs Eye Offshore Wind Opportunities
developers and users are looking at how these vehicles take a bigger slice of the offshore wind survey and inspection work scope, via specialist low-logistics AI-driven systems through to larger “Swiss army knives”, as well as new sensor systems.The market “is enormous”, says James Ives, CEO at XOCEAN. “When you look at offshore wind growing 8-10 times over a decade, there’s all of the up-front development work required, there’s a lot of construction support, and as more megawatts and gigawatts are added, they become requirements for maintenance. You can measure
XOCEAN Acquires Survey Specialists Geomara
robotics known as Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs). Services provided by XOCEAN include seabed mapping, inspection of subsea assets and environmental monitoring. XOCEAN has tripled its headcount to 150 over the past 12 months and plans to grow it further to 300 over the next 18 months. James Ives, CEO, XOCEAN said “We’re delighted to welcome Finn and the team at Geomara. Combining XOCEAN’s innovative technology and Geomara’s strong industry expertise we look forward to further scaling XOCEAN as we continue to deliver low impact, carbon neutral ocean data to our clients
Ireland's First: XOCEAN Deploys Uncrewed Vessel for Survey in Irish Waters
week’s survey in Irish waters and is grateful to the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton T.D. and the Marine Survey Office for their engagement and support in enabling this highly innovative project to be delivered," XOCEAN said.Commenting on the project, James Ives, CEO of XOCEAN said: “Our USV platform has demonstrated itself to be a safe, reliable and low carbon solution for the collection of ocean data. We are delighted to be working in Irish waters and in collaboration with Dundalk Institute of Technology, on this important environmental project
Need a Survey? There’s a USV for That
offshore wind, there’s plenty of work out there for them to do.With the travel restrictions posed by Covid and increasing awareness of climate change, the incentives to use them have only increased.“We are seeing a strong drive for USVs to become mainstream,” says XOCEAN’s CEO James Ives. “USVs offer three key benefits; safety – no people required to go offshore; environment – our USVs emit 1,000 times less carbon emissions than a conventional survey ship; and economics – USVs can deliver the same data, at a lower cost.”“USVs consume up to 95%
Seabed-to-Shore Data Delivery Operation Completed for Norske Shell
of age and makes complete sense when thinking about the environment, the safety of offshore personnel and minimizing cost. What’s more, thanks to the low hull and propulsion noise USVs can achieve, the data gathering is also faster, adding further to the efficiencies of this approach.”James Ives, CEO of XOCEAN said, “Our USV platform has demonstrated itself to be a safe, reliable and ultra-low carbon solution for the collection of ocean data. We are delighted to be working with A/S Norske Shell and Sonardyne International on this ground-breaking project.&rdquo
Deploying ROVs and AUVs from USVs
are probably fit for purpose for the current size ASVs. As vessels get bigger, however, we will need changes, he says.Others see the potential too. XOCEAN, an Irish company, based in County Louth, Ireland, is also working on a solution to deploy underwater robotics from an unmanned surface platform. James Ives, the firm’s CEO, says, “Multiple clients have expressed an interest in extending the solution to deeper water to cover more of their assets. This inevitably means positioning sensors lower in the water column. XOCEAN is working on this next generation of technology to achieve this.&ldquo
Deploying ROVs and AUVs from USVs
are probably fit for purpose for the current size ASVs. As vessels get bigger, however, we will need changes, he says.Others see the potential too. XOCEAN, an Irish company, based in County Louth, Ireland, is also working on a solution to deploy underwater robotics from an unmanned surface platform. James Ives, the firm’s CEO, says, “Multiple clients have expressed an interest in extending the solution to deeper water to cover more of their assets. This inevitably means positioning sensors lower in the water column. XOCEAN is working on this next generation of technology to achieve this.&ldquo
USV Completes Greater Gabbard Survey
vessel will allow us to carry out our work in a more efficient, and most importantly for SSE Renewables and our partners innogy, in the safest way possible. We’re really interested to see how this sort of work can help improve our industry and look forward to working with XOCEAN in future.”James Ives, CEO of XOCEAN said, “Our USV platform has demonstrated itself to be a safe, reliable and low carbon solution for the collection of ocean data. We are delighted to be working with SSE and innogy on this ground-breaking project.&rdquo
XOCEAN Acquires 4D Ocean
said “Both companies have been growing together at an unprecedented rate and it was obvious that there was great synergy, both in complimentary skills and in our vision. It is an exciting time to be in the industry and together we can continue to transform it.”Commenting on the acquisition, James Ives, CEO, XOCEAN said, “Combining XOCEAN’s innovative technology and 4D Ocean’s deep industry expertise we look forward to expanding our services as we continue to deliver operational excellence to our clients.&rdquo
February 2024
