Italian offshore suppliers provider Subsequent Geosolutions (NextGeo) has acquired a geophysical survey vessel from Dutch agency SeaMar Subsea for $21.5 million.
The Deep Helder vessel will doubtless be renamed NG Surveyor, and can doubtless be used for geophysical, geotechnical, environmental, and UXO (unexploded ordnance) survey actions.
Inbuilt 2014, NG Surveyor is 64.8 meters prolonged, 15.8 meters large, and encompasses a 500 m2 deck space.
Outfitted with a Dynamic Positioning Class II (DP2) system, it’d accommodate as a lot as 48 personnel.
Following the vessel’s provide, NextGeo will undertake refitting work to place in high-specification instruments, along with 3 Multibeam Echosounders (MBS), a Sub Bottom Profiler (SBP), and an acoustic positioning system (USBL).
These upgrades will enhance operational capabilities, enabling the vessel to conduct high-resolution surveys in shallow-to-mid waters and depths categorised as ‘full ocean depth’ of as a lot as 11,000 meters.
“The completion of this acquisition, launched all through our IPO, is part of our improvement and enchancment approach outlined on the time of itemizing.
“It permits us to strengthen every our fleet and our survey service decisions. With the acquisition of this new multipurpose vessel, we extra solidify our place as a primary agency throughout the sector, notably considering the rising number of initiatives and enterprise options every nationally and internationally,” talked about Giovanni Ranieri, CEO of NextGeo.