Courtesy of Ocean Infinity
OCEAN INFINITY
ARE DEVELOPING THEIR ROBOTICS FLEET THE RIGHT WAY
Ocean Infinity (OI) went through several acquisitions over the course of this year. These were all acquisitions for a strategic purpose to enable the company to transform the industry and offshore operations. Therefore, the aim was to acquire these companies to leverage their capabilities and expertise for the transformation of operations at sea in a more environmentally friendly and sustainable manner. Ocean Infinity is determined to create and develop its robotic fleet the right way, and not the easy way.
STRATEGIC ACQUISITIONS TO ACHIEVE OCEAN ROBOTICS EXCELLENCE The first such acquisition was MMT; Ola Oskarsson’s company has deep expertise and established track record as a distinguished marine survey and data analytics provider that Ocean Infinity can utilise to support their clients’ data acquisition needs. Then followed the acquisition of Abyssal. Abyssal develops and implements proprietary software solutions for the offshore industry geared towards improving the safety and efficiency of subsea operations. Abyssal’s technology ranges from a managed cloud data platform, synthetic environments, advanced 3D visualisation and operation management system tools. With artificial intelligence enabled digital
twinning core to its services. As part of Ocean Infinity, the team will play a key role in shaping the enlarged group’s software development capability. Integrating Abyssal’s software expertise with Ocean Infinity’s robotic fleet will further underpin the company’s safe and secure data acquisition operations through the development of operational simulation, fleet management and cloud data tools. Ocean Infinity also acquired Ambrey, the maritime services company. The acquisition combines Ocean Infinity’s robotic vessels, data, cyber, artificial intelligence, and low emission operations with one of the leading brands in the maritime security sector.
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