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IHC Takes Majority Stakes in Tompkins

Jul 05, 2016

Royal IHC and Tompkins UK Limited are strengthening their strategic cooperation with IHC’s acquisition of a majority stake in Tompkins, the parent company of Modus Seabed Intervention and a partner in the TI Geosciences joint venture (that IHC and Tompkins created in 2015)…

Underwater Center Links with Bibby for ROV Apprenticeships

Jun 30, 2016

Scottish subsea training facility, The Underwater Center, has partnered with Bibby Offshore to provide ROV apprentices with the opportunity to gain practical, unique hands-on experience. The apprentices, who are employed by Bibby Offshore but are still too young to go offshore…

GAC's HullWiper set to launch in Rotterdam Port

Jun 06, 2016

GAC EnvironHull has announced that its pioneering hull cleaning system, HullWiper, will be available to shipowners berthing in the Port of Rotterdam next month.HullWiper - which will be demonstrated at an event co-hosted by GAC EnvironHull…

Cyberhawk Innovations, Nordic Unmanned Join Forces

May 30, 2016

Cyberhawk Innovations, the world leader in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and drone inspection and survey, has bolstered its international presence by signing a partnership agreement with Nordic Unmanned, Norway’s leading UAV operator. The…

Cyberhawk CEO Shortlisted for EY Entrepreneur Award

May 10, 2016

Chief executive of Livingston-based Cyberhawk Innovations, Craig Roberts, has been shortlisted as a regional finalist in the 2016 EY (Ernst and Young) Entrepreneur of the Year Awards for Scotland. Formed in 2008, Cyberhawk has grown significantly…

Cyberhawk Sinks Claws into US O&G Market

May 02, 2016

Cyberhawk Innovations, the world leader in aerial inspection and survey using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), is set to boost its international credentials with the launch of a Houston office in the USA. The new office comes as a result…

Another Mission Needed to Recover El Faro’s VDR

Apr 27, 2016

The investigative team who located the El Faro’s voyage data recorder (VDR) has determined that another mission will be necessary in order to retrieve the device, which may contain recorded conversations and sounds from the ship’s navigation bridge…

El Faro’s Voyage Data Recorder Located

Apr 26, 2016

The voyage data recorder (VDR) belonging to sunken cargo ship El Faro was found early Tuesday morning in 15,000 feet of water, about 41 miles northeast of Acklins and Crooked Islands, Bahamas, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced…

Aker Solutions Wins Lundin Norway Deal

Apr 20, 2016

The agreement covers early-phase studies, pre-engineering (FEED) work, verifications and follow-on engineering for Lundin Norway. It encompasses engineering work from Aker Solutions' three business areas - Engineering, Subsea and Maintenance…

Cyberhawk completes first Commercial Drone Inspection in M.E

Apr 19, 2016

The world leader in aerial inspection and survey using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Cyberhawk Innovations, has completed the first ever commercial oil and gas inspection in Qatar. This now allows the significant cost benefits of Cyberhawk’s…

OMG 2016 Training Course Launched

Apr 19, 2016

Rockland Scientific Inc., Teledyne Webb Research (TWR) and Spanish partner INNOVA oceanografía litoral announced the inaugural Ocean Microstructure Glider Training Program (OMG 2016), scheduled for May 10-13, 2016 at the Marine Technological…

Collaboration on Swimming Robots for Subsea Maintenance

Apr 18, 2016

NTNU spin-off company Eelume collaborates with Kongsberg Maritime and Statoil to develop swimming robots for subsea inspection and light intervention.Kongsberg Maritime and Statoil have signed an agreement with Eelume, a NTNU spin-off company…

Saab Seaeye Honored by MTS

Mar 14, 2016

Saab Seaeye have won the Corporate Excellence Award from the Marine Technology Society.  The award is given in recognition of an organization’s contribution to the industry and to ROV technology. Chair of the Marine ROV Committee, Chuck Richards…

Subsea UK to Sponsor MATE ROV Competition

Feb 04, 2016

Subsea UK announced today, at Subsea Expo, that it will sponsor an initiative which inspires budding subsea engineers for a second year.  The body which represents the £9billion subsea industry has now committed £20,000 to the Scottish MATE ROV competition…

SeeByte Founder Awarded CBE

Jan 18, 2016

SeeByte founding member, Professor David Lane, has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to Engineering in the 2016 New Year’s Honors list. Lane is Professor of Autonomous Systems Engineering at Heriot…

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