Danish companies unite to provide integrated autonomous subsea survey system

Danish maritime technology companies EIVA and Tuco Marine have set up a new partnership to provide integrated autonomous systems for inspecting subsea assets.

The idea includes Tuco Marine’s ProZero 8m Naval Intelligence uncrewed surface vessel (USV) sailing to an area of interest and launching EIVA’s remotely operated towed vehicle (ROTV) ViperFish, a sensor platform for high-resolution seabed imaging, as well as mapping depth and magnetic signals to monitor subsea assets.

“By combining a USV, like our ProZero, together with EIVA’s ROTV sensor platform and survey software, it’s possible to monitor the conditions of critical subsea infrastructure much more thoroughly and frequently than with conventional setups,” said Tuco Marine’s Managing Director Jonas Pedersen.

According to the partners, the quality of data delivered with this system also benefits from positioning and imaging sensor technologies thanks to partnerships within the international Covelya Group. EIVA’s sister companies in this group include sensor providers Sonardyne and Wavefront Systems, as well as Forcys, which provides defense expertise.

“Leveraging the complementary nature of our technologies, EIVA is looking forward to working with Tuco Marine to offer the market a solution that we see a lot of demand for – a fully integrated system to autonomously survey subsea assets,” said Christian Thomsen, CEO at EIVA.

EIVA also recently inked an agreement with Omega Subsea, enabling the Norway-headquartered company to secure access to advanced software for survey data processing and enhance capabilities in providing what is described as precise and efficient survey and positioning services.