The Korean Register (KR) held an inauguration ceremony for its new Integrated Survey Centre (ISC) on April 28 at the company’s headquarters in Busan, Korea. 

Fugro’s Blue Essence, an offshore certified uncrewed surface vessel (USV) with an electric remotely operated vehicle (eROV), will begin its first project in the Netherlands.

Bulk carrier Orion Reederei has introduced Kaiko Systems’ intelligent data recording and analysis tool on three of its fifty vessels for an initial trial phase.

ClassNK has released its “Guidelines for ROV/AUV” which summarise the performance and safety requirements for remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).

Ocean Infinity and MMT have announced an acquisition that brings together MMT’s expertise in marine surveys and data analytics and Ocean Infinity’s robotic technology and operational expertise.

KVH Industries has announced that remote vessel and voyage management platform Smart Ship Hub is now a KVH Watch Solution Partner.

A new state-of-the-art Operational Centre to support the delivery of remote services to maritime customers has been launched in Hamburg, Germany, by the classification society, DNV GL – Maritime.

Naval architecture and marine engineering company Foreship has found that draught surveys employing drones improve the accuracy of readings as well as the speed and safety of the survey process. Following successful trials, Foreship has added the method to its service offering.

Tanker company TORM has imported data from SERTICA Planned Maintenance System to DNV GL to digitalise surveys and improve performance.

ABS is now able to conduct almost all classification annual surveys remotely on eligible vessels, after moving to further expand its remote offerings.