Subsea Expo 2024

We exhibited to Subsea Expo 2024 as last year.

It was an important face to face event for Kawasaki Subsea UK Limited.

We are very grateful because so many clients, guests, and friends came to our booth.

Hope Kawasaki is going to be a leading company who provides SPICE-AUV devices with the latest technologies.

Kawasaki Successfully Completes Joint Offshore Verification Test with TotalEnergies for Measurement of Electrical Potential of Subsea Pipelines Using an AUV

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced the successful completion of its joint offshore verification test with French energy supermajor TotalEnergies measuring the electrical potential of subsea pipelines during close-range inspections using an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle). The test was conducted off Awaji Island (Hyogo Prefecture, Japan)

Read more  https://global.kawasaki.com/en/corp/newsroom/news/detail/?f=20230112_2933

Subsea Expo 2022

We joined face to face event, Subsea Expo 2022 as an exhibitor

We had come back to the exhibition, Subsea Expo 2022 as an exhibitor which was a great success. 

Many thanks for all visiting Kawasaki’s booth, we were so happy because it was for the first time to meet face to face after COVID-19 occurred and explain SPICE-AUV, discuss matters with customers, suppliers and all participants in person, repeatedly much appreciated.

Hope Kawasaki is going to be a leading company who provides SPICE-AUV devices with the latest technologies.

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle “SPICE” selected as Kawasaki-brand Green Products 2021.

“Kawasaki-brand Green Products” are systems that examines in-house products that are particularly environmentally friendly in compliance with ISO14021 and announces them to the outside. It started in 2014, and this is the 8th year.

Read more:

https://global.kawasaki.com/en/corp/newsroom/news/detail/?f=20211216_6271

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has announced its receipt of an order by Modus Subsea Services Limited (MODUS) in UK for an AUV called SPICE

SPICE (Subsea Precise Inspector with Close Eyes) is the world’s first AUV equipped with a robot arm for performing subsea pipeline inspections, developed based on a fusion of submarine-related technologies and industrial robot technologies fostered at Kawasaki over many years. SPICE will be used for operations in the North Sea and other sea areas around the world after delivery to MODUS in 2021.

Read more: https://global.kawasaki.com/en/corp/newsroom/news/detail/?f=20210518_2075

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. have released a promotion movie which explains the latest Kawasaki’s AUV “SPICE” development at “Kawasaki Stories” – “DEEP OCEAN”

Kawasaki strongly believe the possibility that Kawasaki’s AUV “SPICE” will work for subsea pipeline inspection and maintenance, swimming autonomously in the deep ocean.

Kawasaki have proposed the unmanned, autonomous ability and potentiality through the continuous development of SPICE.

Changing forward –  DEEP OCEAN

Read more  https://global.kawasaki.com/en/stories/articles/vol47/#forward

Other contents of “Kawasaki Stories”

• HYDROGEN ENERGY
• MOTORCYCLE
• ROLLING STOCK
• MEDICAL EMERGENCY
• ENERGY
• MEDICINE

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. have released the article Kawasaki’s AUV on their website Autonomous Inspections and Maintenance at Oil Field Facilities Located in Subsea

As the development of subsea oil fields continues, the efficiency with which the inspection and maintenance of subsea pipelines is becoming one of the major challenging issue.

Kawasaki have been the global pioneer in the development of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) and in order to resolve the challenge, Kawasaki have a plan of the commercial launch of new AUV in 2021, which provides lower CO₂ emissions and propose reduced operation costs.

Read more https://global.kawasaki.com/en/stories/articles/vol99/

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has successfully verified the Close-range Subsea Pipeline Inspection by Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has been developing an AUV, SPICE (Subsea Precise Inspector with Close Eyes), equipped with a robot arm —the world’s first—based on a fusion of underwater vehicle technologies and industrial robot technologies and successfully completed verification tests for the close-range inspection process of a subsea of the coast of Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The picture is actual scene of the sea trial.”

More information: https://global.kawasaki.com/en/corp/newsroom/news/detail/?f=20200715_8265

Our Situation in Coronavirus, and AUV R&D status

Dear all,

I hope you are well under the difficult situation.
Kawasaki Subsea (UK) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Japan are no exception.

1. Company members situation
Today, Kawasaki Subsea (UK) Limited are in teleworking. We are utilizing some tools like Microsoft Teams, Skype Business, E mail for communication. Please feel free to contact to Minehiko Mukaida, Managing Director as below email address. If necessary, we can see by using video conference system. E Mail to: [email protected]

2. AUV R&D status
Currently Kawasaki Kobe office including Kobe factory are still “open” and continuing development of our AUV “SPICE (Subsea Precise Inspector with Close Eyes)” . Finally, as the news please just refer to CG movie on the website. And we would like also to update the scene of our sea trial in the website soon.
http://www.khisubsea.co.uk/autonomous-underwater-vehicle/

Exhibition at Subsea Expo

Kawasaki aims to provide state-of-the-art AUV for the subsea industries based on various  trials and new technologies developed mainly in Japan, partly in Scotland.

We exhibited at Subsea Expo 2020, the world’s leading Subsea Exhibition and Conference organised by Subsea UK.

Thanks to many visitors at the Kawasaki booth, this show was a great opportunity for us to meet new prospects and create good relationships with our customers and suppliers from across the globe.