USEA Ocean Data One Step Closer to Uncrewed Ship
with the help of unmanned vessels and autonomous underwater vehicles. Right after New Year came the preliminary validation that the company needed to build and operate a the vessel on Norwegian waters."We are very few companies who have passed such preliminary assessment from the Norwegian Maritime Authority, and we are ready to move immediately to the nest project phase," said Lima. "Our technology will enable the vessel to operate uncrewed from day one, and both customers and investors can soon look forward to a whole new and safe method for subsea data acquisition."Fully
V.Ships Manages REV Ocean Expedition Ship
unmatched capacity to deliver. In addition to V.Group’s global reach, REV Ocean will benefit from the local expertise of our Norway office, which has strong ties with the Kjell Inge Røkke group of companies, and extensive knowledge of working within the guidelines set out by the Norwegian Maritime Authority.”An independent scientific committee will evaluate and recommend research projects for REV Ocean to pursue. The vessel has the capacity to take 60 scientists and 30 crew on board, and features state-of-the-art echo sounders and sonars to study fish and other marine species, an advanced
World First: Unmanned Autonomous Boat for Offshore Ops
Ltd will contract the ‘Hrönn’, which will be designed and built in Norway in cooperation with KONGSBERG. Sea trials will take place in Norway’s newly designated automated vessel test bed in the Trondheim fjord and will be conducted under the auspices of DNV GL and the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA). The Hrönn will ultimately be classed and flagged, respectively. Currently, only small unmanned boats are being used for near shore operations but there are no technical limitations to constructing large, unmanned and automated systems. The only impediments are regulatory,
February 2024
