Maritime Autonomous Systems News
PDE Offshore supports Taiwanese offshore wind build out using Sonardyne technology
Underwater positioning equipment from Sonardyne Asia Pte Ltd. has been selected by PDE Offshore Corporation to support its work on wind farm construction projects offshore Taiwan. The company has ordered a Mini-Ranger 2 Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) system and Wideband Sub-Mini 6+ (WSM 6+)...
AutoNaut USV maps North Sea soundscape during lockdown
AutoNaut has played a vital role in enabling The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) to seize upon the quiet of lockdown to map the underwater soundscape of the Belgian section of the North Sea. Using its near silent AutoNaut USV research vessel, Adhemar, VLIZ has been able to record...
Fugro starts Vattenfall site investigations at two UK offshore wind farms
Fugro has begun a four-month marine site characterisation campaign for Swedish energy group Vattenfall at two major offshore wind development sites located over 40 km off the coast of Norfolk, UK. The resulting Geo-data from Fugro’s geotechnical investigations will feed into the...
SeeByte Announces Chris Haworth will succeed Bob Black as CEO
SeeByte, a global leader in developing smart software solutions for unmanned maritime systems, today announced the appointment of Dr Chris Haworth as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective August 2020. At the same time, Dr Scott Reed will become SeeByte’s Chief...
Fugro’s subsea engineering solutions key to Ireland’s Corrib gas field integrity
Fugro has used the survey vessel Edda Sun to deliver an inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) project for Corrib, Ireland’s biggest natural gas field, on behalf of Vermilion Exploration and Production Ireland Limited (Vermilion). The project included deepwater pipeline...
Fugro wins 3-year IRM ROV support contract with Seamec for ONGC project
Fugro has won a 3-year inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) contract with SEAMEC LIMITED (Seamec) to support their asset management project forONGC off the west coast of India. Fugro will provide Seamec with work class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services for 3 years from mid-June...
Aquatec Showcases its Cathodic Protection & Monitoring Capabilities in a Virtual Booth
Aquatec quickly shifted from focusing on a physical stand to a safe and functional alternative that could reach their international customers and friends in the industry. When the organisers of Corrosion, the world’s largest corrosion conference and exhibition, announced that their...
SeeByte’s latest C2 software now supporting Royal New Zealand Navy
SeeByte, a global leader in developing smart software solutions for unmanned maritime systems, announced that the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), a long-term user of SeeTrack V3, have upgraded to SeeTrack V4, the Command and Control software designed to make their missions at sea more...
Fugro advances USV plans with 12 and 24-m units
Survey specialist Fugro is set to introduce a family of unmanned surface vessels (USVs) into the offshore and offshore wind sectors in the next 12-18 months, OWJ has learned. The new units will deploy remotely operated vessels, AUVs and could one day deploy above-water survey...
Sonardyne tests navigation systems for autonomous surface vehicles for UK MOD
Marine robotics company, Sonardyne International Ltd. has demonstrated technologies that will aid autonomous vehicle operations in challenging environments under a project funded by the UK’s national Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA). Working with a 12 m-long SEA-KIT X...
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