who provide Ocean Infinity with its service vessel – the Seabed Constructor – a 2014 built MT-6022 MkII class MPSV – as well as survey services, SeaTrepid’s newest business unit became a key part of a world class global operation. From the single host vessel, SeaTrepid’s is in operational command of Ocean Infinity’s fleet of six Kongsberg Hugin 6,000m depth-rated Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and its partner Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV). The USVs, built by ASV Global of Portchester, UK, then relay tracking and telemetry back to the host vessel via IP-based packets, switching radios for constant communications from the ‘mother ship’ to the AUV (via the USV). Courtesy of Bob Christ
Some of the innovative concepts for fielding this spread include the efficient use of mission planning software to optimise the fleet coverage of the survey area, as well as to provide clients with end-to-end mission simulations in advance of offshore operations, and the deployment of USVs to maintain constant tracking and communications with the AUVs. During times of economic prosperity, the incentives to innovate are not quite as pressing as when times get tight. In the current depressed offshore oil and gas market, we all must find ways to deliver more value to our customers so as to stay ahead of the competition. Our very survival depends upon it. Alongside my business partner Steve Walsh and our management team, we operate a well-established world-wide niche in the market that is not being serviced by our larger competitors. Now in our fourteenth year of business, we continue striving to do things differently in order to “deliver more for less”.
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