With the delivery of new rental stock to Ashtead Technology’s bases in Abu Dhabi and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Digital Edge Subsea can service more regions and continue to support existing customers.
With access to the full range of products, including 2u and 3u DVRs, as well as the existing 4u, workstation, and laptop solutions, Digital Edge looks forward to working with Ashtead Technology in what is proving to be a busy inspection season.
Through our global network of agents, Digital Edge is able to support projects at short notice, with the same levels of service and technical support our customers have come to expect.
REMOTE INSPECTION
The partnership between Digital Edge Subsea and Perth, Australia-based video-streaming experts Harvest Technology has taken another leap forward. The ability to stream live video and serial data to the cloud, facilitating remote situational awareness of offshore operations, was a game changer in the subsea inspection market in 2024, and this year, while still using Harvest Technology’s proprietary Nodestream technology, the solution has been enhanced with the addition of audio streaming.
For 2025, Digital Edge Subsea is seeing increased demand for full remote inspection. Utilizing Harvest Technology’s all-new Flex hardware, four HD video feeds and serial data can be streamed to shore over low bandwidth. The four HDMI outputs from the onshore Flex decoder connect directly to the Digital Edge Subsea DVR, and the frame-synchronized serial data from offshore can be input via the DVR’s serial ports.
With full two-way audio communication, the inspection engineer can be located onshore, recording four HD video channels with overlay and logging raw data from offshore as easily as if they were based on the vessel.
All of this can be achieved over very low bandwidth, negating the requirement for additional low-earth-orbit satellite communication to be added to the spread.
This development represents a significant reduction in costs to subsea service contractors, with inspection personnel and technical representatives able to work remotely from anywhere in the world. By reducing travel requirements, the carbon footprint of offshore operations can be reduced, with the added benefit of fewer personnel working in potentially hazardous environments.
OUT AND ABOUT
Digital Edge Subsea’s busy 2025 program of events, including Aberdeen, London,
Singapore, Japan, Galveston, Southampton, Farnborough, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, takes a summer break.
We’ll be back out meeting with customers at Subsea Tech in London at the end of September, followed by ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi in November, where we will be delighted to be part of the EIC pavilion once again.
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This spotlight appeared in ON&T Magazine’s 2025 July Special Edition, Uncrewed Vehicles Buyers’ Guide, to read more access the magazine here.
