Van Oord places second order with Demcon unmanned systems

Van Oord carries out hydrographic inspections to accurately survey the bed profile for dredging and other maritime works. Due to space or environmental constraints, manned boats (sounding boats) cannot be deployed everywhere, for example in cofferdams, drinking water basins and nature conservation areas. Demcon unmanned systems – part of technology developer and producer Demcon – develops robust, unmanned and autonomously sailing inspection platforms for this purpose. These fully electrically driven vessels help make operations more sustainable and promote the digitalization of processes. Van Oord recently placed an order for a second platform with Demcon unmanned systems. “Our technology has proven itself in their first system and we are now in discussion about applications on a broader front.” Read more...