OMS Group Acquires Second Exail DriX O-16 for Subsea Cable Installation

OMS Group and Exail announced the acquisition of a second Exail DriX O-16 Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV), accelerating OMS Group’s deployment of autonomous survey capabilities to support the growing demand for subsea cable infrastructure worldwide.The first DriX O-16, purchased last year and to be named USV Elite, is scheduled to be launched in mid-2026. Together, the two vessels will support subsea cable installation campaigns globally…

ABS Signs Pact with Fleet Robotics on Maritime Robotics

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Fleet Robotics have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on autonomous robotic systems for hull cleaning and inspection.The agreement, announced at Singapore Maritime Week, aims to support the deployment of robotic systems for vessel maintenance.“It is an honor to work alongside Fleet Robotics to advance autonomous robotic systems for the industry.

Leonardo DRS Selects Sea Machines' STORMRUNNER AUSV For Maritime Counter-UAS Solution

Sea Machines Robotics announced that Leonardo DRS has selected their new eight-meter offshore class of autonomous unmanned surface vessel (AUSV) developed for the defense-market to demonstrate their maritime mission equipment package (M-MEP) for counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) missions. Purpose-built for autonomous maritime patrols and interdiction, STORMRUNNER is powered by Sea Machines’ SM300-SP Autonomous Command and Control system…

IQIP, EnBW, Vattenfall to Test Low-Noise Offshore Monopile Installation

IQIP, EnBW and Vattenfall have announced plans to carry out a full-scale offshore monopile installation using EQ-Piling technology at a wind site in German waters.The installation will take place at the Dreekant offshore wind farm, owned and developed by EnBW, with DEME contracted to execute the work using its installation vessel Orion.The demonstration marks the first offshore deployment of the EQ-Piling method following an earlier inshore test in Rotterdam…

UK Centre for Seabed Mapping Scientists Collaborate on Survey of the UK’s South-West Coastline

The UK Centre for Seabed Mapping (UK CSM), a group of over 30 public sector organizations with a shared commitment to collect and share high-quality marine data, will undertake a seabed mapping survey, CSM2026, to explore and map the seabed along the UK’s south-west coastline.Throughout the four-week survey, using technology deployed from the Research Vessel Cefas Endeavour, a team of 26 scientists from across the field of maritime research will collect vital hydrographic…

Freire Shipyard Launches Armada Diving Support Vessel

The Spanish shipyard C.N.P. FREIRE, S.A. (Freire Shipyard) held the launch ceremony of the diving support vessel, hull number 739, built for the Armada Logistics Support Command: A22 Proserpina in Vigo. Delivery is scheduled for later this year.The ceremony was presided over by the shipyard's General Managers, Marcos and Guillermo Freire, accompanied by the Chief of Staff of the Armada (AJEMA), His Excellency Antonio Piñeiro Sánchez. Also in attendance were civil and military authorities.

Project CETI Tracks Sperm Whale Conversations in Real Time

Deep beneath the ocean surface, sperm whales swim through the dark waters, clicking to each other in bursts of sound that can travel for kilometres. Now, scientists say they are beginning to follow those exchanges in real time using an autonomous underwater robot that can track whales by listening to their voices.Sperm whales use clicks to navigate and hunt, and also produce patterned sequences of clicks, known as "codas," that are thought to play a role in communication.

The Week the Arctic Slipped South

With powerful winter storms, it’s easy to focus on what’s happening at the surface: snowfall totals, wind chills, and travel impacts. But the real story often begins thousands of miles away, high in the atmosphere, long before the first flakes ever fall.In March 2026, a major winter storm swept across the Midwest United States, and it didn’t start with snow or wind at all. It started with a subtle shift far to the north…

A Breath of Fresh Air: USVs Map Hypoxia in the Gulf

The scientific method serves as a standard for research, guiding analytical and investigative projects. Though taught to generations of students, its steps are far from ancient, as technological advancements help researchers to develop and modernize each of its steps, saving time, money and even lives. Data collection, the middle step of the scientific method, is no exception. Many projects require robust datasets, often collected from extreme environments or over lengthy periods of time.

Mysterious "Golden Orb" Identified by NOAA Scientists

The now two-and-a-half-year-old mystery of the "golden orb," an unidentified object that captured significant public interest when it was collected during a 2023 NOAA expedition, has finally been solved.Scientists have determined that the mysterious golden mass, discovered at a depth of 3,250 meters (over 2 miles) in the Gulf of Alaska, is a remnant of the dead cells that formed at the base of a giant deep-sea anemone, Relicanthus daphneae.

Where Art Meets the Ocean Floor: Asia's First Living Underwater Museum Takes Shape Off Cambodia’s Coast

Off the coastline of Kep, where Cambodia meets the sea, a new kind of institution is beginning to take shape beneath the surface. Knai Bang Chatt by Kep West, together with Art for Kep and Marine Conservation Cambodia, has unveiled plans for the S.E.A. Ocean Gallery, Asia’s first large scale underwater museum where contemporary art, marine regeneration, and cultural narrative converge.Positioned approximately 8.5 kilometers offshore within a protected Marine Fisheries Management Area…

Lineup Ocean’s SURFREEF Project in Palavas-les-Flots

The Mediterranean coastline faces significant ecological and economic challenges. The Gulf of Lion, which has been studied for erosion and flooding risks for over 15 years, exemplifies these issues. The reduced sediment supply from rivers—including the Rhône—flowing into the gulf has intensified coastal erosion, a problem further exacerbated by climate change.The increasing frequency and intensity of storms have accelerated beach erosion.

Op-Ed: Why Wave Energy Must Be the UK’s Next Great Green Frontier

The following article is an op-ed piece from CorPower Ocean, UK Marine Energy Council, Ocean Energy Europe and Professor Henry Jeffrey, Head of Policy and Innovation Group, University of Edinburgh.As an island nation with more than 11,000 miles of coastline, the UK sits beside one of the most powerful, and most overlooked renewable energy resources on Earth: ocean waves. Offshore wind has dominated Britain’s clean‑energy identity for decades, but wave power is no longer a distant prospect.

Hardide Coatings: First ROV Application

Hardide Coatings completed its first application for a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) for Seatronics with exceptional test results, the company claims, resulting in improved performance. Since using the coating on a critical part of the thruster system, the Predator ROV manufactured by Seatronics reportedly has increased in performance and power, with critical wear issues also vastly improved. David Currie…

MTR100: Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd.

No. Silicon Sensing Systems is a provider of silicon MEMS-based gyroscopes, accelerometers and inertial measurement units. The latest solutions offer robust non-magnetic North Finding technology – a cost-effective alternative to FOG-based products – as well as systems suitable for a wide range of navigation and stabilization requirements. With a heritage dating back over 100 years, Silicon Sensing…

NOIA Optimism on Gulf of Mexico Oilfield Sales

Overall, compared to the last two years, we are seeing a positive trend for the offshore industry in the Gulf of Mexico, and we are looking forward to Wednesday’s lease sale with cautious optimism. “Not only is this the first Central Gulf of Mexico sale in two years and the last lease sale in the current five year OCS leasing plan, but the 2012-2017 plan is not yet out, so it is unclear when the next Central Gulf sale will occur.

MTR100: Editor’s Choice - Five Stand-Outs

MTR’s roving correspondent Kira Coley was tasked to identify and deliver five innovative companies worthy of inclusion in the 10th Annual MTR100. Deep Trekker Inc. Deep Trekker Inc. was founded in 2010 with a mission to bring a fully capable yet portable and accessible remotely operated vehicle to market. Over the last 5 years, Deep Trekkers ROVs have quickly been adopted around the world as the go to underwater observation tool.

Adapting Commercial Container Ships to Deliver Emergency Aid

Through the TEMP program, Raytheon is creating an innovative system of modular technologies – including air and sea cargo transport, cargo transfer and onboard support resources – that enable commercial container ships (cargo ships) to support humanitarian aid and other non-combat missions through the use of advanced technology such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Unlike naval ships, commercial vessels are not designed with the capabilities needed for aid missions.

IHO Director to Give CARIS Keynote Speech

Developers of geospatial software CARIS inform that Gilles Bessero, Director of International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), will deliver the closing keynote address at the CARIS 2014 conference June 2-5, 2014 in Brest, France. Gilles Bessero, is Director at the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), the intergovernmental organization whose role is to ensure that the world’s seas, oceans…

Ultra-Deepwater Pipe Order Challenge for French Firm

France-based manufacturer of tubular pipes & fittings, Vallourec, informs it has been awarded a $100 million contract for the supply of premium pipes with VAM® 21 connections for the offshore ML-South Project, operated by Total’s affiliate Total E&P Borneo in Brunei. The development wells will be producing at depth greater than 5,000m, in a highly corrosive environment and sustaining High Pressure/ High Temperature (HP/HT).