NextGeo Signs Eight-Year Deal with 50Hertz for Seabed Survey Services

Italian offshore services provider Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has signed an eight-year framework agreement with German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz to deliver geotechnical seabed survey services for offshore substations (OSS) projects.Part of the Elia Group, 50Hertz is responsible for the development and operation of the high-voltage power grid across Northern and Eastern Germany.As a result of this agreement…

Flocean Aim to Transform Desalination with Subsea Technology

Flocean has raised 100M NOK ($9m) in Series A funding to develop sustainable desalination technology and provide freshwater access worldwide.The round was led by Burnt Island Ventures, Nysnø Climate Investments and Freebird Partners, with participation from Katapult Ocean, MP Pensjon, and former Bridgewater Associates executives investing through a Donor Advised Fund structure.With global freshwater demand projected to exceed supply by 40% in 2030…

Whale Song

Who is listening to whale song? Quite a lot of people it turns out, and those who are filtering it out of their data are missing an opportunity for greater understanding of humans, whales and oceans.Earlier this year, a group of linguists, developmental scientists, marine biologists and behavioral ecologists from Griffith University in Australia considered how human babies discover words in speech…

Thales, HII Partner to Develop Autonomous Undersea Mine Countermeasure Capabilities

HII and Thales announced the successful integration and field exercise of the Thales SAMDIS 600 sonar with HII’s next generation REMUS 620 medium unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV).The integration demonstrates the compatibility of Thales’ multi-aspect synthetic aperture SAMDIS 600 sonar with HII’s modular, long-endurance REMUS 620 UUV. Together, the systems deliver advanced autonomous mine detection…

EvoLogics Debuts New Diver Navigation System

EvoLogics has launched its new acoustic navigation system for divers. The innovative system facilitates map-based navigation for divers on a mission, offering the flexibility of seamless two-way communication between divers and the dive supervision team, as well as pre-mission and real-time waypoint setup.Much like texting on a smartphone, the system allows a team of divers to exchange short messages with each other and the surface…

Fugro and PlanBlue Partner to Advance Habitat Mapping Technology

Fugro and PlanBlue are teaming up to advance habitat mapping technology as the companies work to integrate new mapping technology and digital solutions within Fugro's existing systems.The partners say their aim is to enhance and broaden Fugro's hydrographic solutions by incorporating cutting-edge technology such as advanced imaging and AI-based processing and deploying it across different platforms like remote and autonomous underwater vehicles.

TGS Extends Deepwater OBN Campaign in West Africa

Norwegian seismic company TGS has secured the extension contract for the deepwater Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) data acquisition campaign in West Africa.The additional program for a major customer, whose name was not disclosed, will extend the ongoing acquisition cooperation well into the fourth quarter 2024, TGS said.The project is expected to deliver industry leading seismic data thus providing the client…

New Industry Alliance Targets Tech Supply for Multi-MW Tidal Energy Projects

SKF, Proteus Marine Renewables, and GE Vernova’s Power Conversion business have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), setting out the framework for a potential alliance to supply tidal turbine generation systems to developers of tidal arrays for commercial tidal stream projects.An initial focus will be the supply of a minimum 59 MW to Simec Atlantis Energy’s MeyGen at its site in Scotland, the…

EDGE and Fincantieri Join Forces to Develop Advanced Subsea Defense Systems

EDGE and Fincantieri have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the design, development, and creation of advanced manned and unmanned underwater systems solution capability through their recently launched UAE-based shipbuilding joint venture MAESTRAL.The preliminary agreement will pave the way and boost for developing sophisticated solutions tailored to the unique underwater needs of navies worldwide.The collaboration marks EDGE’s first venture into underwater domain…

Teledyne Expands Maritime Tech Solutions Portfolio with Latest Acquisition

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated has completed the acquisition of the TransponderTech business from Saab.The newly acquired business Teledyne FLIR TransponderTech will join Teledyne’s Raymarine, FLIR Marine, ChartWorld and Teledyne CARIS brands, broadening the group’s maritime technology solutions.Based outside of Linköping Sweden, the company will market its products and solutions as FLIR TransponderTech.The brand will continue developing and delivering Automatic Identification System (AIS)…

How Hot Is Your Cable? Understanding Subsea Cable Thermal Performance

Sponsored WebinarHow Hot Is Your Cable? Seequent Unlocks Subsea IntelligenceCable temperature drives ampacity, reliability, and lifecycle costs. See how subsurface models and field data help predict, monitor, and manage thermal performance to keep offshore power flowing.Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2025Time: 12:00 GMT / 7:00 AM ETFormat: Live online • 45–60 minutes + Q&AWhy Attend?Subsea cable heating is more than a technical challenge — it’s a strategic opportunity.

Kongsberg to Spin Off Maritime Unit, Combine Defense Businesses in Strategic Split

Kongsberg Gruppen has proposed spinning off its Kongsberg Maritime business in a separate stock market listing and consolidating its Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Kongsberg Discovery units into a single technology and defense company.The group said sustainability and security trends have driven strong growth over the past decade and are expected to continue shaping demand, making focused specialist businesses better positioned for global opportunities.The Norwegian state…

Autonomy and Route Optimization Lead AI Research Boom

The first applications of AI in ocean science and maritime engineering date back to the 2000s, and a paper recently published in Ocean Engineering tracks the subsequent growth in the number of scientific studies charting its advance.Since 2018, the number of studies using AI techniques has been doubling each year, reaching 1,329 in 2022. This growth corresponds with developments in autonomous vessel and vehicle navigation…

Underwater Vehicle Concept Inspired by Golf Balls

Underwater vehicles with dimples like golf balls could be more efficient and maneuverable, a new prototype developed at the University of Michigan has demonstrated.These nimble vehicles could access typically hard-to-reach areas in the ocean while conducting surveillance, mapping new areas or collecting data on water conditions.Golf ball dimples cut through pressure drag—the resistance force an object…

Lander Lab: Chilean Ocean Lander Data Acquisition and Control System

IntroductionThere are enormous technological challenges in accessing and sampling hadal depths, but the recent surge in the development of deep-ocean technologies ranging from ocean landers, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), and human-occupied vehicles (HOVs) has allowed the oceanography of trenches to be addressed.Ocean landers are a cost-effective class of autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle that possess a unique capacity for exceptionally quiet…

TADEK Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Leadership Restructure

TADEK Ocean Engineering, a UK offshore engineering consultancy delivering front-end advisory, through-project delivery solutions and naval architecture analysis, announced its new look leadership team and strategic new senior appointments as the company prepares for further growth.TADEK integrates advanced hydrodynamic analysis and design with practical project execution, delivering end-to-end solutions…

Icebreaker Construction: Seaspan, Bollinger, Rauma and Aker Arctic Team to Build USCG Icebreakers

In a major move to accelerate the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaking fleet expansion, Bollinger Shipyards, Rauma Shipyards, Seaspan Shipyards, and Aker Arctic announced a partnership to deliver next-generation Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs) under the Coast Guard’s multibillion-dollar icebreaker program.The collaboration combines U.S., Canadian, and Finnish shipbuilding expertise to meet the Coast Guard’s urgent Arctic mission requirements.

National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Welcomes Admiral Tim Gallaudet As New Trustee

The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation announced the appointment of the Honorable Tim Gallaudet, PhD, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret) and CEO of Ocean STL Consulting to its Board of Trustees. Adm. Gallaudet is a strategist in building connections to bring together different sectors towards common missions. His network bridges ocean science and discovery luminaries, heritage and preservation champions…

Fincantieri and EDGE to Launch JV for Naval Vessels Construction

EDGE Group, a United Arab Emirates-based advanced technology and defense group, and Fincantieri, one of the largest shipbuilders in the world, have entered into a term sheet aimed at creating a joint venture (JV) that will focus on the manufacturing of a broad range of sophisticated naval vessels.EDGE will hold a 51% stake in the venture, which has a commercial pipeline valued at approximately $32.4 billion (€30 billion)…

Norwegian Subsea Introduces Updated MRU Lineup at Ocean Business

Norwegian Subsea is bringing its Motion Reference Unit (MRU) technology to sonar-based applications with the introduction of an updated MRU lineup featuring full aiding capabilities at Ocean Business 2025 this week.Based on the same MRU platform already transforming applications such as wave radar and helideck monitoring, this newly packaged solution delivers precise roll, pitch, and heave data in addition to independent heading and velocity.