(L-R) Lee Carden (SMD), Mike Jones (SMD), Scott Jenney (Movie-Ocean) and John Bloomfield (Movie-Ocean) at Oceanology. Picture courtesy SMD
Movie-Ocean expands its work-class ROV fleet with the acquisition of a 3rd hydraulic ROV from SMD.Â
The corporate has additionally entered right into a help settlement for providers and spares.
Movie-Ocean will take supply of the ultra-compact Atom hydraulic automobile (HV) this summer time, the place it would begin operations on a variety of initiatives.
“Having collaborated with SMD for over 5 years, we’re happy to include a 3rd SMD ROV into our fleet,” mentioned Scott Jenney, CEO, Movie-Ocean. “We’re seeing an enormous improve in demand for ROV providers, and this newest funding allows us to proceed delivering high-class belongings to our purchasers.  We count on demand to proceed to develop within the coming years and we’re working intently with SMD to include the extra capabilities of its EV vary into our fleet of automobiles.
SMD’s Atom HV has been engineered with flexibility in thoughts. Constructed from the newest Curvetech elements, its modular design allows automobile configuration to be optimised for the job at hand, with a light-weight aluminium chassis guaranteeing tight management is maintained in excessive currents. In a position to divert as much as 100 per cent of its energy from propulsion to tooling, the Atom HV can function highly effective instruments sometimes reserved for bigger automobiles.
