Unexploded ordnance (UXO) isn’t just a problem at deepwater offshore sites: bombs, shells, grenades, landmines and other undetonated munitions can also be present within the surf zone, posing a major safety risk to swimmers, surfers and other beach users. Should buried UXO become disturbed or moved, the result can be severe burns, lacerations, amputations and/or […]
Subsea optical inspection tech firm Voyis Imaging has unveiled its Discovery line of vision systems for ROVs, created to “address the trade-off currently being made between piloting cameras and 3D inspection cameras”, the company says. Voyis argues that piloting cameras prioritise low latency video at the expense of the image data required for 3D model […]
Advanced Navigation has launched a subsea robotics manufacturing and R&D centre in Balcatta, Western Australia, to accelerate production of its Hydrus-branded autonomous underwater bot. Spanning just over 22,255m2, the new site will serve as a hub for product development and manufacturing, and will help to grow the group’s underwater AI business. On-site resources include “testing […]
Asso.subsea, a subsidiary of Greece-headquartered Asso Group, has unveiled a new trench- jetting ROV, boasting 1.56MW of jetting power and specially designed to operate with cohesionless soil. The AssoJet III Mk2 measures 7.1m x 5.2m, has a height of 3.9m and can descend to 1,500m. The ROV can create trenches up to 3.2m-deep from seabed […]
Italian classification society RINA believes that remote survey systems and technology are becoming an established and accepted part of the inspection and survey regimes adopted in the shipping industry The classification society RINA believes that remote survey systems and technology are becoming an established and accepted part of the inspection and survey regimes adopted in […]
Despite ongoing challenges, GDI has been able to demonstrate the reliability and effectiveness of its drone technology in the maritime sector One of the pioneers in terms of using drone technology to perform remote inspections and surveys onboard ships, Global Drone Inspection (GDI) is broadly upbeat about prospects as the use of the technology becomes […]
(image: Southern Ocean Laboratory) China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has launched what may be the world’s first remotely operated drone carrier. Zhu Hai Yun will function primarily as a research vessel, specialising in oceanography, but will also have the capacity for naval operations in the South China Sea. The vessel was ordered by the […]
Shiprepair & Maintenance: 2nd Quarter 2022
The pandemic has given GDI time to make progress in some new areas, including ROVs and thickness measurement drones.