GMG takes stake in Rovco for subsea partnership

Jan. 30, 2019
Global Marine Group has acquired a 13.8% interest in subsea survey/ROV specialist Rovco.

Offshore staff

BRISTOL, UKGlobal Marine Group (GMG) has acquired a 13.8% interest in subsea survey/ROV specialist Rovco.

GMG, which has three business units – Global Offshore, CWind, and Global Marine – will work with Rovco to provide wide-ranging subsea solutions to improve data acquisition.

Rovco’s latest development, SubSLAM, is said to replace visual video inspection with live 3D reconstruction technology to deliver an accurate picture of subsea assets and environments.

It is designed to improve repeatability ofsubsea inspection, producing submillimetric data and providing information that can reduce the risk of human error.

SubSLAM will be deployed from GMG’s fleet of 21 crew transfer vessels, with GMG’s eight cable installation and maintenance vessels also on hand to support IRM projects.

01/30/2019