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Two Kongsberg Maritime US255 L PM FP azimuth thrusters will provide unrivalled manoeuvrability

KONGSBERG technology is integral as Damen signs up to build the world’s first fully-electric ship-handling tug

Kongsberg Maritime are to supply propulsion systems for the world’s first fully-electric, emission-free ship-handling tug, to be built by Damen for Ports of Auckland Ltd. Two US255 L PM FP azimuth thrusters will provide unrivalled manoeuvrability, proven reliability and a bollard pull of 70 tonnes, matching performance with minimal running costs and impeccable environmental credentials

The affordable ROVs increase productivity while saving time and reducing expenditure.

Nido Robotics develop game-changing Sibiu drones

As with all good business ideas, Nido Robotics has grown out of expediency. CEO and co-founder Roy Torgersen, a keen and expert wreck diver in his spare time with more than a decade of varied maritime experience at a supervisory level behind him, was engaged on a dive in 2012 in Papua New Guinea to locate the wreckage of a downed USS Dakota plane.

Top: A 600kHz, 100-degree scan from the EM2040. Bottom: A 300kHz scan using the same hardware

Higher performance and extra functionality for surveyors as KONGSBERG release new features on the EM 2040 MKII multibeam echosounder

Kongsberg Maritime has released two new state-of-the-art features on its market-leading EM 2040 MKII multibeam echosounder. The first enables the use of dual high frequencies to survey wide swaths of the seabed at much higher resolutions than before, while the second facilitates simultaneous collection of backscatter data using multiple frequencies

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