Austin, Texas, based autonomous vessel start up Saronic has acquired Franklin, La.-based shipbuilder Gulf Craft. It says that, with the acquisition, it gains a strategically located shipyard on the Gulf Coast that will serve as the prototyping and production hub for its medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) fleet,
Saronic notes that Gulf Craft has a 60-year history of developing manned and unmanned ships for defense and commercial customers and that the deal gives it the infrastructure and...
Kongsberg Discovery sets new AUV milestone with successful sea trials of HUGIN Endurance, states a Kongsberg news source.
Long range AUVKongsberg Discovery has started an extensive programme of sea trials with its new and revolutionary long-range Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), the HUGIN Endurance.
HUGIN Endurance, launched in 2021, is the largest member of Kongsberg Discovery’s HUGIN family of AUVs. Measuring approximately 11 metres in length, with a diameter...
https://mfame.guru/kongsberg-discoverys-hugin-endurance-marine-trials-set-new-auv-record/
Moving ahead on its plans to develop one of the first-ever floating offshore wind farms off the U.S. West Coast, Equinor, has signed a contract that will see Austin, Texas, headquartered Ocean Infinity undertake a comprehensive site investigation survey of offshore wind lease area OCS-P 0563, won by Equinor Wind US LLC with a $150 million bid in BOEM’s December 2023 lease auction.
Ocean Infinity, best known for its ambitious build out of an “armada” of robotic undersea vessels, will undertake...
New autonomous platforms and workflows integrate seamlessly with resident ‘mothership’ operations at the Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Farm.
Pilot Project ConcludedTeams from wind farm owner Northland Power and marine technology company Subsea Europe Services have successfully concluded a pilot project to apply state-of-the-art Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USV) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) to marine survey and underwater inspection operations at the Deutsche...
Finding a shipwreck has been the stuff of fantasy for as long as people have sought opportunities beyond the horizon, says an article published on 247wallst.
Maritime archeologistThere is no shortage of wrecked vessels to find; it’s estimated that there are more than three million undiscovered shipwrecks around the world.
While explorers such as Jacques Cousteau have long stirred imaginations with underwater probes of doomed vessels, interest in shipwrecks soared...
Houston headquartered C-Innovation LLC (C-I) has marked its 15-year anniversary of providing its customers with advanced remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems and industry-leading ROV services.
Since Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) affiliated C-I was founded in 2007, it has grown into the largest owner and operator of Schilling Robotics ROV systems in the world, with a fleet of 57 work class ROV systems.
In addition to ROV services, C-I has now expanded into providing AUV, offshore survey,...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/oil-gas/c-innovation-celebrates-15-year-anniversary/
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Sonar images released by the Argentine Armada of the missing ARA San Juan attack submarine.
After a year-long search, the wreckage of the missing Argentine submarine ARA San Juan (S-42) was found late Friday night by Texas-based underwater mapping firm Ocean Infinity.
San Juan’s last communication occurred on November 15, 2017. The sub was found resting in a ravine about 3,000 feet below the surface, about 323 nautical miles east of Comodoro Rivadavia in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a statemen...
https://news.usni.org/2018/11/17/u-s-underwater-mapping-firm-finds-wreckage-missing-argentine-sub
ARA San Juan (S-42)
A year has passed since the last communication was received from Argentinian submarine ARA San Juan (S-42), but the search for the missing boat continues with the help of a Texas-based undersea mapping firm.
Starting in early October, Houston-based Ocean Infinity deployed its research vessel Seabed Constructor and an array of five autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to comb the South Atlantic off the Argentine coast.
The firm had several clues to start with, such as San Juan’s...
https://news.usni.org/2018/11/15/after-a-year-search-for-missing-argentine-submarine-continues