A team of marine archaeologists using sonar scanners have discovered four ancient shipwrecks off the tiny Italian island of Zannone, with intact cargoes of wine and oil. The remains of the trading vessels, dating from the first century BC to the 5th-7th century AD, are up to 165 meters underwater, a depth that preserved them from being disturbed by fishermen over the centuries.

Ocean Modules has been contracted by the Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences at the University of Gothenburg to deliver a complete research platform based on the V8 Offshore remotely operated vehicle (ROV).

Teledyne Impulse announced they achieved the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 9001:2008 certification from Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc. Teledyne Impulse is one of a select number of companies to meet the stringent ISO 9001:2008 certification requirements.

Visiongain calculates that the global market for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles in the energy sector is worth $1.2bn in 2010. Oil and gas companies are rapidly expanding their use of underwater robotics technology with vehicles classified as Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV).

Electronic systems provider ATSA Defence Services has used the sinking of South Korean warship, the Cheonan, to push for boosting the mine hunting capabilities for the Australian Navy.

Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has been awarded a 104 million Euro contract by Statnett, Norway's national main grid owner and operator, to design, manufacture and install the new Oslofjord II submarine high-voltage power link thus replacing the existing cables installed over 30 years ago which have reached the end of their service-life. The new Nexans cables, which transmission capacity will reach 3,000 MVA, will ensure a high level of continuity and reliability for a power link that plays a vital role both in Norway's transmission grid and in facilitating the transmission of power between Norway and Sweden.

CTC Marine Projects (a member of Trico Marine Group) has now commenced the load out of the 25 kilometre armoured power cable and its hub as part of the Wave Hub project, which will go offshore at the beginning of August.

Mike Roberts of Divetech Ltd., a Nova Scotia Canada based underwater survey and recovery company, received a call last week to help locate a missing Lake Buccaneer amphibious aircraft and it's two occupants.

Owning to the extraordinary success of BPP-TECH's subsea power cable and umbilical services the company has decided to establish a dedicated subsidiary, BPP-Cables.

Fugro Brasil - Serviços Submarinos e Levantamentos Ltda. has been awarded a long term diving contract by Otto Candies for Petrobras in Brazil. The three party-contract has a value for Fugro of approximately USD 100 million, involving ROV and diving services. Otto Candies is providing the Diving Support Vessel (DSV) and the contract will be managed jointly. It is a 5-year contract with an additional 5-year option, with operations commencing mid 2011.

Cornell University's team topped this year's 13th International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition, securing what could become a AUV Competition dynasty with its second win in a row.

Trico Marine Services, Inc. (the "Company" or "Trico") today announced that its U.S. companies and its Cayman Islands holding company have filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code ("U.S. Bankruptcy Code") in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the "Court").

The first expedition to search for deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the Mid-Cayman Rise has turned up three distinct types of hydrothermal venting, reports an interdisciplinary team led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The work was conducted as part of a NASA-funded effort to search extreme environments for geologic, biologic, and chemical clues to the origins and evolution of life.

Marine Subsea was praised yesterday after completing a GBP 656,000 contract for operator Repsol at the Casablanca platform, offshore Spain.

German grid operator, Transpower Stromübertragungs GmbH has awarded subsea cable specialist, Offshore Marine Management (OMM) the contract to install the HVAC cables connecting the Bard Offshore 1 and BorWin alpha platforms for the BorWin1 project.