Allseas takes wraps off drillship it’s converting to nodules miner
With all major auto makers ramping up plans to switch production to electric vehicles, battery demand looks set soar — and with it demand for the base metals needed to produce them.
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Allseas to convert drillship to nodule mining vessel
Swiss-based offshore contractor Allseas Group S.A. has acquired the former Petrobras ultra-deepwater drillship Vitoria 10000 for conversion to a polymetallic nodule collection vessel. She is 228 m long, 42 m wide, and
Maersk Supply AHTS departs on deep sea mining study mission
APRIL 26, 2018 — Maersk Supply Service reports that its 2010-built AHTS Maersk Launcher has left San Diego for its first deep sea mineral offshore study. The departure marks an important milestone