The purpose of this crawler vehicle is to manoeuvre over the seabed, collect mineral rich nodules from the sea floor, and transport them to a surface vessel. Allseas aims to close the technology gaps by developing advanced deep-water equipment to gather nodules responsibly from the ocean floor.Ī key component of the equipment under development is a tracked subsea vehicle for the collection of polymetallic nodules. Nevertheless, subsea mining does not take place on a commercial scale yet as current technology readiness levels fall short.
The project is part of Allseas’ development program to realize advanced deep-water equipment for the gathering of polymetallic nodules from the ocean floor in a responsible way.ĭriven by the green energy transition, the interest in high-grade seafloor polymetallic nodule deposits has risen in the past few years due to the depleting terrestrial deposits for metals such as copper, nickel, manganese, and cobalt.
Allseas has awarded subsea technology company Seatools the contract for the delivery of the complete electrical, hydraulic, and control system for Allseas’ deep-sea mining nodule collector.
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