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Chelsea Technologies are Recruiting!
17 August 2020

Chelsea Technologies are Recruiting!

Project Manager (Underwater products & defence projects)Chelsea Technologies is looking for a talented Project Manager to join its R&D team in the design and development of underwater products and defence projects.  The successful candidate would be responsible for delivering...

Fugro’s ROV survey and monitoring services help install world’s longest subsea interconnector
14 August 2020

Fugro’s ROV survey and monitoring services help install world’s longest subsea interconnector

Fugro has completed a contract for Nexans to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV) survey and monitoring support services to lay the North Sea Link cable through a mountain and along a lakebed in Norway. National Grid NSN Link Ltd and Statnett SF are building an electricity interconnector...

Fugro performs first fully remote platform inspection on UK continental shelf
12 August 2020

Fugro performs first fully remote platform inspection on UK continental shelf

Fugro has delivered the first fully remote inspection of an oil and gas platform in UK waters, 250 km east of Scotland, using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and Fugro’s state-of-the art remote operations centre (ROC) in Aberdeen. In a first for the UK sector, the...

PDE Offshore supports Taiwanese offshore wind build out using Sonardyne technology
3 August 2020

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
23 July 2020

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
22 July 2020

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
7 July 2020

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
6 July 2020

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
26 June 2020

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
25 June 2020

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...

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