Ocean Infinity

• Armada A78

  Armada

• Armada A8

  Armada

• NeedleFish

  NeedleFish

Operating milestones

• Operating milestone

  2026-03-08 - Ocean Infinity concluded its latest MH370 search phase after 151 days at sea, adding to more than 140,000 square kilometres mapped since 2018.

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• Operating milestone

  2025-07-14 - Ocean Infinity used a remotely operated Armada vessel to deliver real-time seabed data to PETRONAS headquarters during an offshore project.

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• Operating milestone

  2024-02-19 - Ocean Infinity announced a Hobart remote-operations centre intended to support its 36-metre Armada vessels. - Hobart centre intended for 36-metre Armada vessels

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• Operating milestone

  2022-09-29 - Ocean Infinity's first 78-metre Armada vessel began sea trials in Vietnam after construction by VARD.

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• Operating milestone

  2022-02-15 - Ocean Infinity put its Southampton remote-control centre into operation and completed beyond-line-of-sight robotic operations from shore. - Southampton shore operations

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• Operating milestone

  2020-07-16 - Ocean Infinity completed an ExxonMobil Guyana offshore survey covering about 3,100 square kilometres in water depths to 2,150 metres.

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• Operating milestone

  2020-03-04 - Ocean Infinity completed a 28-day multi-vehicle geophysical survey for Total E&P Angola in Blocks 32 and 17.

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• Operating milestone

  2019-11-18 - Ocean Infinity and Kraken Robotics developed a 6,000-metre pressure-tolerant battery system that more than doubled HUGIN AUV mission endurance.

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• Operating milestone

  2019-09-24 - Ocean Infinity completed a four-week Norwegian Petroleum Directorate survey covering 3,900 kilometres with multiple AUVs and ROVs.

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• Operating milestone

  2019-04-24 - Ocean Infinity used an AUV to locate the MV Grande America wreck and an ROV to inspect it at roughly 4,600 metres depth.

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• Operating milestone

  2019-02-17 - The South Korean government contracted Ocean Infinity to search for Stellar Daisy; four AUVs located the wreck after about 1,300 square kilometres of seabed search.

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• Operating milestone

  2019-01-31 - Ocean Infinity partnered with the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE to provide reference seabed maps for the competition final.

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• Operating milestone

  2018-11-20 - Ocean Infinity acquired five additional HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicles, increasing its fleet to 15.

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• Operating milestone

  2017-10-18 - Ocean Infinity simultaneously operated six HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicles deeper than 5,200 metres.

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• Operating use

  2020-12-31 - KONGSBERG reported that Ocean Infinity operated six ROVs on commercial survey projects in December 2020. - Ocean Infinity commercial survey fleet

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• Operating use

  2020-12-31 - KONGSBERG reported that Ocean Infinity operated three command ships to deploy its robotic fleet on commercial survey projects in December 2020. - Ocean Infinity commercial survey fleet

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Supply chain relationships

• KONGSBERG

  Inbound - Sensing Perception - Ocean Infinity specifies Kongsberg EM124 multibeam echosounders on Armada A78 vessels A7801 and A7802 only

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• Nortek

  Inbound - Sensing Perception - Ocean Infinity specifies Nortek Signature VM 100 ADCP/DVL on Armada A78 vessels A7801 and A7802 only

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• L3Harris Technologies

  Inbound - Oem Builders - In 2017, L3Harris delivered eight 8-metre ASVs to Ocean Infinity for AUV tracking from Seabed Constructor

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• Sonardyne

  Inbound - Positioning & Navigation - All vessels in Ocean Infinity's first Armada tranche were selected to receive Ranger 2 USBL augmented by the Marine Robotics Pack

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• Kraken Robotics

  Inbound - Perception - Ocean Infinity placed C$1.7 million of purchase orders for Kraken AquaPix SAS sensors and support

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• Sonardyne

  Inbound - Positioning & Navigation - Ocean Infinity's first-tranche Armada vessels were selected to receive Sonardyne SPRINT-Nav hybrid navigation instruments

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• KONGSBERG

  Inbound - Oem Builders - In January 2022, Ocean Infinity announced an order for six KONGSBERG HUGIN AUVs rated to 3,000 metres

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• KONGSBERG

  Inbound - Marine Robotics Subsystem - Kongsberg Maritime signed a contract for a new ROV launch-and-recovery system for Ocean Infinity's autonomous Armada fleet

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• Sonardyne

  Inbound - Positioning & Navigation - Wideband Sub Mini 6+ tracking transponders were selected for ROVs deployed and operated by the Armada fleet

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• Sonardyne

  Inbound - Positioning & Navigation - Sonardyne SPRINT-Nav was selected for ROVs deployed and operated by Ocean Infinity Armada

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Events

• 2026-01-23 - Deployment - Ocean Infinity concludes its latest MH370 search phase

  Ocean Infinity departed the search area on 23 January 2026 without locating MH370. Across its search work since 2018, the company reported 151 days at sea and more than 140,000 square kilometres of seafloor mapped. Ocean Infinity said it would continue working with the Malaysian Government in hopes of returning when circumstances allow.

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• 2025-12-15 - Production Milestone - Ocean Infinity completes 14-vessel Armada fleet milestone

  Ocean Infinity completed delivery of the final vessel in its fourteen-vessel Armada fleet for robotic offshore operations. The company said twelve Armada vessels were already in live operation. Ocean Infinity linked the milestone to a five-year ambition to transform offshore operations through robotics and remote operations.

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• 2025-07-14 - Deployment - Ocean Infinity delivers remote seabed data to PETRONAS

  Most operations were managed remotely from an onshore control centre while a minimal crew remained aboard the vessel. The live data feed let PETRONAS review survey results at its headquarters without client personnel offshore. PETRONAS said the smaller-vessel approach could reduce fuel consumption by up to 5,000 litres per day.

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• 2025-07-02 - Deployment - Ocean Infinity launches NeedleFish USV with Kuwait Coast Guard

  The 14-metre dual-hull vessel carries patrol, surveillance, mapping and survey sensors. Operations are controlled from shore and integrated with the SRT C5iSR command system. A fleet vessel completed an open-water demonstration for Kuwaiti government and coast-guard officials.

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• 2024-04-03 - Partnership - Ocean Infinity signs five-year framework agreement with Shell

  The five-year framework covers countries where Shell operates or plans to operate and establishes a route for ordering future subsea data-capture work. Services span geophysical and geotechnical seabed geomatics using Ocean Infinity’s Armada fleet of uncrewed and lean-crewed vessels. The operating model keeps data processing and payload control in onshore operations centres while reducing the crew required offshore for field work.

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• 2023-11-08 - Deployment - Ocean Infinity completed remotely initiated geotechnical operations for the Ossian offshore wind project

  Infinity CPT 250 completed commissioning and data-quality testing before the project The Ossian work became the system’s first commercial assignment Operations were initiated remotely for the floating-wind geotechnical programme

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• 2022-09-29 - Demonstration - First 78-metre Armada vessel begins sea trials

  The ship is part of Ocean Infinity’s remotely operated Armada programme. VARD built the vessel at its Vietnamese facilities. The trial marked vessel testing, not the start of full commercial remote operation.

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• 2022-06-30 - Demonstration - Ocean Infinity completed testing of a remote survey system ahead of Armada-vessel operations

  The June 2022 trial collected hydrographic and geophysical data from a vessel in Sweden Operators controlled onboard payload sensors from the remote-control centre Testing was preparatory work for full remote survey operations

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• 2022-05-09 - Product Launch - Armada launches to sea

  Designed for today’s tasks but with tomorrow’s in mind, these exceptionally fuel – efficient, onshore – controlled vessels will initially only utilise a skeleton crew onboard. In due course they will be capable of working with no personnel offshore whilst also consuming solely renewable fuel such as ammonia. This ship is the first of 23, innovative low – emission vessels, set to transform operations at sea.

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• 2022-02-24 - Contract Award - Ocean Infinity Broadens Remote Fleet Plans with Order of 85m Robotic Vessels From VARD

  VARD won the contract to design and build the eight highly advanced, 78 – meter vessels in November 2020. The new series of six vessels are scheduled for delivery from Vard Vung Tau in 2025. These new 85m vessels will be optimised for inspection, maintenance and repair and light construction work to offer remote, ultra – low carbon services to the offshore energy market.

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• 2022-02-15 - Production Milestone - Ocean Infinity put its Southampton remote-control centre into operation and completed beyond-line-of-sight robotic…

  The Southampton centre is the shore-side operating hub for the Armada fleet Operators demonstrated control of vessel payload equipment beyond line of sight The milestone preceded full commercial readiness of the uncrewed fleet

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• 2022-01-31 - Commercial Order - Ocean Infinity orders six 3,000-metre HUGIN AUVs from KONGSBERG

  The order covered six HUGIN AUVs rated to 3,000 metres and equipped with geophysical sensor suites. KONGSBERG said the order would take Ocean Infinity's HUGIN fleet to more than 20 vehicles. The new AUVs were designed to integrate Ocean Infinity's remote operations, mission-planning and dive-management software.

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• 2021-11-09 - Deployment - Ocean Infinity to deliver a zero-emissions marine propulsion system

  The facility was intended to demonstrate zero-emission propulsion suitable for potential future integration into Ocean Infinity’s Armada fleet. The project team included Oxford Green Innotech, the University of Oxford and the University of Southampton’s Marine and Maritime Institute. The Department for Transport funded the competition, with Innovate UK acting as delivery partner.

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• 2021-05-04 - Acquisition - Ocean Infinity acquires Abyssal

  Abyssal develops and implements proprietary software solutions for the offshore industry geared towards improving the safety and efficiency of subsea operations. Abyssal’s technology ranges from a managed cloud data platform, synthetic environments, advanced 3D visualisation and operation management system tools. With artificial intelligence enabled digital twinning core to its services, Abyssal enables some of the world’s largest offshore operators to safely deliver complex projects.

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• 2021-03-02 - Acquisition - Ocean Infinity acquires marine-survey specialist MMT

  MMT continued operating under its existing brand after the acquisition. The combined group had more than 300 employees. The enlarged footprint included offices in the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Norway.

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• 2020-12-09 - Partnership - Ocean Infinity selects Sonardyne systems for Armada fleet

  The package covers underwater navigation, tracking, control and acoustic communications across Ocean Infinity’s multi-role robotic vessels. Surface-navigation components are designed to preserve positioning when global-navigation satellite signals are degraded or unavailable.

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• 2020-11-23 - Market Signal - Ocean Infinity Adds World’s Largest Marine Robotic Vessels to its Armada Fleet

  The first 78 – metre vessel is expected to launch in mid – 2022. The impact and the scale of this robotic fleet will spark the biggest transformation the maritime industry has seen since sail gave way to steam. Designed for today’s tasks but with tomorrow’s in mind, these exceptionally fuel – efficient, onshore – controlled vessels will initially only utilise a skeleton crew onboard.

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• 2020-07-16 - Deployment - ExxonMobil Guyana seabed mapping covers 3,100 square kilometres

  The project covered about 3,100 square kilometres. Operations reached water depths of approximately 2,150 metres. The work used Ocean Infinity’s multi-AUV survey model.

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• 2020-05-11 - Partnership - SEARCH and Ocean Infinity located the wreck of USS Nevada using subsea search technology

  USS Nevada was located 65 nautical miles southwest of Pearl Harbor at a depth of over 15,400 feet In WWII, on 7 December 1941 in the attack on Pearl Harbor, USS Nevada was the only battleship to get underway but, having been struck by five bombs, finally sank in nearby shallow waters After WWII, USS Nevada was assigned to be a target ship in the first Bikini atomic experiments in 1946, which she survived

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• 2020-03-04 - Deployment - Twenty-eight-day Angola geophysics campaign concludes

  The campaign acquired geophysical, geotechnical and seismic data simultaneously from one surface vessel. Multiple AUVs operated alongside geotechnical and seismic equipment during a single 28-day cruise. The work covered Blocks 32 and 17 from the host vessel Normand Frontier.

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• 2020-02-04 - Product Launch - Ocean Infinity launch ‘Armada’

  Armada’s fleet requires neither people on board nor a host vessel nearby. The fleet approach produces up to 90% less CO2 than other conventional survey vessels, also making it the most environmentally sustainable company in the industry. The launch of Armada marks a major technological advance in the industry.

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• 2019-12-10 - Contract Award - Total E&P Angola awards Ocean Infinity seismic survey

  The scope covered Blocks 32 and 17. The project included seabed soil sampling. Ocean Infinity planned to use its multi-vehicle survey technology.

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• 2019-12-06 - Partnership - Ocean Infinity and NTNU begin deep-sea biology study

  The project was designed to collect biological samples and data for a baseline study of deep-sea ecosystems. Dedicated deep-sea sampling equipment was installed aboard Seabed Constructor and its ROV operators were trained by NTNU scientists. Collected samples were to be returned to NTNU and the resulting scientific data made available to researchers.

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• 2019-11-18 - Partnership - Ocean Infinity and Kraken extend HUGIN endurance with new batteries

  The battery enabled missions lasting more than 100 hours on one charge. The new system more than doubled the vehicles’ previous endurance. Longer missions reduced launch and recovery operations by 50 percent.

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• 2019-11-15 - Product Launch - Ocean Infinity mobilizes Normand Frontier as its third subsea vessel

  The vessel supports AUV and USV operations as well as deep-water search and recovery work. Its mobilization expanded Ocean Infinity’s permanently mobilized subsea fleet to three vessels. Ocean Infinity said each vessel carried five AUVs, three USVs and two ROVs.

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• 2019-09-24 - Deployment - Norwegian regulator receives 3,900-kilometre AUV survey

  The mission covered 3,900 kilometres of survey lines. AUVs and ROVs collected data in water depths reaching 3,000 metres. The resulting seabed maps had a stated resolution of one metre.

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• 2019-08-29 - Commercial Order - Kraken discloses C$1.7 million of AquaPix orders from Ocean Infinity

  Second-quarter revenue was C$1.3 million, with deferred revenue of C$6.5 million at June 30. During the quarter, Kraken moved into a 19,000 sq ft Mount Pearl facility and a 4,000 sq ft Dartmouth assembly facility.

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• 2019-05-14 - Contract Award - Shell contracts Ocean Infinity team for USV hydrographic survey

  The operating plan allowed up to three uncrewed surface vessels. Guardian’s Seabed-Cloud system supported rapid delivery of acquired data. The parties expected USVs to cut onsite acquisition time by a factor of three.

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• 2019-04-24 - Deployment - Ocean Infinity locates and inspects MV Grande America wreck

  The wreck lay at a depth of roughly 4,600 metres. The mission operated from the vessel Island Pride. The task combined autonomous search with remotely operated visual inspection.

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• 2019-03-08 - Acquisition - Ocean Infinity takes a 25% stake in Guardian Geomatics

  Guardian Geomatics served offshore energy and renewable projects across Australia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The companies already had a survey-outsourcing arrangement covering Ocean Infinity’s Island Pride vessel. Ocean Infinity linked the investment to its planned three-ship and 15-AUV operating fleet.

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• 2019-02-17 - Deployment - Ocean Infinity locates the Stellar Daisy wreck

  The search covered about 1,300 square kilometres of seabed. The mission used four autonomous underwater vehicles. The wreck was found during the contracted search rather than a standing deployment.

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• 2019-01-31 - Partnership - Ocean Infinity supplies reference maps for XPRIZE final

  Finalists were required to map at least 250 square kilometres within 24 hours at depths down to 4,000 metres. Ocean Infinity supplied the reference seafloor maps against which judges assessed the competitors' survey results. The partnership supported the competition's rapid, unmanned and high-resolution ocean-exploration objective without naming a specific Ocean Infinity vehicle.

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• 2018-12-14 - Deployment - Ocean Infinity provides robots for Weddell Sea expedition

  The robotic systems supported collection of physical and biological measurements. The expedition focused on the Larsen C Ice Shelf region. The event records expedition support rather than a permanent operating deployment.

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• 2018-11-20 - Contract Award - Ocean Infinity adds third vessel, five HUGIN AUVs and Guardian survey capacity

  The Solstad charter ran for three years with two 12-month options and was scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2019. Five additional HUGIN AUVs increased Ocean Infinity's fleet to 15, using Kraken Robotics long-life battery technology. Guardian Geomatics was contracted for survey management, field personnel, quality control, processing and deliverable reporting aboard Island Pride.

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• 2018-06-13 - Contract Award - Woodside awards Ocean Infinity a deepwater route survey

  Multiple AUVs were scheduled to collect data simultaneously. The survey vessel was the 115-metre Seabed Constructor. Fieldwork was scheduled to begin in June 2018.

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• 2017-10-18 - Deployment - Ocean Infinity operates six HUGIN AUVs below 5,200 metres

  The vehicles descended beyond 5,200 metres. All six HUGIN AUVs operated during the same mission window. The operation demonstrated parallel deepwater survey capacity rather than a single-vehicle dive.

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Relationships

• PETRONAS

  Qualified Robotics/autonomy Fact - Ocean Infinity used a remotely operated Armada vessel to deliver real-time seabed data to PETRONAS headquarters during an offshore project.

• Shell plc

  Qualified Robotics/autonomy Relationship - Ocean Infinity and Shell signed a five-year framework for subsea survey and data-capture services.

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• Ocean Infinity Broadens Remote Fleet Plans with Order of 85m Robotic Vessels From VARD

  2022-02-24 · Order / contract · This landmark order of six, 85 – metre, optionally crewed robotic vessels will take Ocean Infinity’s remote vessel fleet to 23 vessels – the largest in the world.

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• Ocean Infinity orders six 3,000-metre HUGIN AUVs from KONGSBERG

  2022-01-31 · Order / contract · Ocean Infinity ordered six HUGIN AUVs for its remote Armada-enabled robotic fleet, taking its HUGIN fleet above 20.

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• Total E&P Angola awards Ocean Infinity seismic survey

  2019-12-10 · Order / contract · Ocean Infinity received a contract for a 2D ultra-high-resolution seismic survey in Angolan offshore blocks.

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• Kraken discloses C$1.7 million of AquaPix orders from Ocean Infinity

  2019-08-29 · Order / contract · Ocean Infinity placed C$1.7 million of purchase orders for Kraken AquaPix synthetic-aperture-sonar sensors and support.

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• Shell contracts Ocean Infinity team for USV hydrographic survey

  2019-05-14 · Order / contract · Shell contracted Ocean Infinity and Guardian Geomatics for a hydrographic project spanning more than 800 square kilometres.

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• Ocean Infinity adds third vessel, five HUGIN AUVs and Guardian survey capacity

  2018-11-20 · Order / contract · Ocean Infinity signed a third-vessel charter, acquired five more HUGIN AUVs and awarded Guardian Geomatics survey work for Island Pride.

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• Woodside awards Ocean Infinity a deepwater route survey

  2018-06-13 · Order / contract · Woodside contracted Ocean Infinity for a 300-kilometre deepwater route-engineering survey.

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