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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IDENTIFYING, MITIGATING UXO

HIDDEN HAZARD

BELOW:

Turning Subsea UXO From “Red Dots” Into Real Decisions

Offshore work is hard enough when the only variables are weather, water depth and equipment availability. But in many parts of the world — particularly in European waters—there’s another hazard that doesn’t show up on the surface: unexploded ordnance (UXO) and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) sitting on, or buried just beneath, the seabed. Matt Grove – EMEA Regional Segment Manager – Offshore and Becky Bodger – EMEA Customer Solutions Team Lead & Geophysicist, Seequent, discussed the UXO problem and solution recently with Maritime Matters: The MarineLink Podcast.

By Greg Trauthwein © Shutterstock/Courtesy Seequent 42 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM