Fugro Vaquita receives unrestricted UK coastguard approval - 2024-01-25 - Regulatory - Fugro announced Vaquita's Category 0 approval on January 25, 2024. The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency granted its highest approval level for autonomous vessels. The approval made Vaquita the largest fully remote USV with… - source: fugro.com
Blue Essence completes first fully remote offshore-wind ROV inspection - 2023-04-25 - Demonstration - Fugro completed the fully remote inspection at the Aberdeen offshore wind farm by April 25, 2023. The Blue Volta eROV inspected turbine structures while a hull-mounted sensor mapped the seabed. Vattenfall and ORE Catapult jointly… - source: fugro.com
Fugro completes first fully remote offshore inspection for TAQA - 2023-01-30 - Deployment - The inspection covered seabed mobility, pipeline depth, visual and cathodic-protection measurements within the 500-metre zone. The project inspected two platforms and more than 40 kilometres of pipeline off the Netherlands. Teams in… - source: fugro.com
Blue Essence begins first European project from Rotterdam - 2021-11-10 - Deployment - Blue Essence began its first Netherlands project on November 10, 2021. The vessel left Rotterdam without personnel onboard and was controlled from an onshore centre over a satellite link. Fugro configured the system for… - source: fugro.com
Fugro launches Blue Essence uncrewed vessel - 2021-04-28 - Product Launch - Blue Essence supports remote and autonomous offshore survey work. The system pairs uncrewed vessels with remote operations centres. The launch expanded Fugro uncrewed maritime survey capability. - source: fugro.com