With a growing emphasis on remote, or “diverless” operations — using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), remotely operated tools, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and the like — it might seem that the need for putting men in the water would come to an end.
Far from it. With two of the main subsea contractors each bringing new “state-of-the-art” diving support vessels into the North Sea this year and new safety-orientated technology about to come into the market, the diving industry is not about to disappear.
