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~ IEV partners with REMOTION to bring Magnetic Robotic Technology to carry out hull repair, maintenance and surface treatment services in the Asia Pacific region ~

IEV has partnered with REMOTION, a Norwegian company to supply and support its innovative Magnetic Remote Operated Vehicles (M-ROV) for the marine- and offshore industry, especially for fabric maintenance and below waterline operations of vessel’s hulls.  The M-ROV robotic systems provides a safe, cost reducing and time effective solution to the most challenging part of any marine asset maintenance in the splash zone area.

The M-ROV systems are made to interface with common ROV tooling in addition to special tooling like for example habitats and surface treatment tools. With the advantage of working in the splash zone subjected to waves up to 4.5m significant height, this special advantage allows vessel operators to carry out inspection, maintenance and small crack repairs without dry-docking.

The M-ROV has been successfully deployed for many projects in the European waters. Armed with these experience and well-developed expertise, REMOTION has partnered with IEV to bring forth the M-ROV technology to Asia Pacific waters. This easy to deploy system is packed in single container and local personnel will be trained to carry out the project in this region.

Christopher Do, CEO and CTO of IEV Group commented, “the use of Robotics Engineering is being adopted by many operators of oil and gas assets globally to improve efficiency and safety of maintenance operations in challenging environments. We are also working on a R&D program to incorporate the most advanced smart coating technologies to enable M-ROV to not only remove marine organisms and carry out surface preparation but also apply anti-corrosion and antifouling in-situ.”

Morten K. Urrang, Managing Director of Remotion commented “we look forward to expanding our M-ROV operations based on the good track record these systems has gathered over the last years. Asia Pacific waters with its large fleet of Floating Production and Storage Units and shipping industry is a very interesting and high priority area for our expansion. The local presence of IEV Group, their market knowhow and technical skills has already impressed us, and we look forward to start strengthen the collaboration.

IEV will be officially launching the REMOTION M-ROV system in the coming weeks. Look out for update at our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ievgroup/mycompany/?viewAsMember=true

A virtual technical talk on the topic of how new technologies are helping to reduce installation and operating costs of Cathodic Protection  in large structures has recently been arranged by NACE FMS Malaysia.

Over the last decade, with leading experts in the field of cathodic protection (CP), Omniflex has developed a wide range of CP products and solutions, from monitoring of galvanic anodes to large scale fully distributed ICCP systems for large structures with hundreds of zones of monitoring and control up to hundreds of amps, under the PowerView CP brand.

The Power View CP system offers remote monitoring system built in with an integrated data storage and reporting that delivers a single framework for all CP assets, regardless of their vintage and vendor. Smart-Transformer Rectifiers and automated testing in the system also allows for less power consumption and reduced site visits, which offers significant cost savings in the overall asset operations and maintenance.

Moreover, advanced technology digitalisation has allowed for the system to be integrated or programmed to provide notifications or alerts on specific data or readings exceeding the allowable parameters set as required. Users can also access specific data as desired from the facility at their own work-desk or mobile devices via cloud-based connections. Hence, pro-active maintenance is made possible via this online monitoring system. Offering increased surveillance and protection to asset conditions remotely also supports and facilitates better informed decision makings in the overall asset integrity management of the facility.

Please refer to the enclosed presentation file for more details on the above-mentioned.

NACE-New Technologies