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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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 2024-04-03 - Partnership - Ocean Infinity signs five-year framework agreement with Shell - The framework runs for five years across countries where Shell operates or plans future activity. Individual project volumes and vessel assignments will be determined under subsequent work orders. - source: oceaninfinity.com 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 - source: oceaninfinity.com 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. - source: oceaninfinity.com 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 - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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 - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: kongsberg.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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. - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: sonardyne.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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. - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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. - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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. - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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. - source: oceaninfinity.com 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. - source: oceaninfinity.com 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. - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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. - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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. - source: oceaninfinity.com 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… - source: oceaninfinity.com 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. - source: oceaninfinity.com 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. - source: oceaninfinity.com View Ocean Infinity overview