Why us

Evidence, not guesswork.

Decision-grade underwater documentation for assets where getting it wrong isn't an option — trusted by accident investigators, defence ministries and national environmental authorities since 1995.

Most firms can buy an ROV, a sonar and cameras. Few can deliver a measurable, reproducible 3D model of a complex object at 80–180 metres depth, in dark Baltic water, that an authority will base decisions on. That is the difference between a video recording and a record.

It's why the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority, the UK Ministry of Defence and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management have hired us for work where the result has to hold. We bring the same method to quays, bridge foundations and port structures — the same problem class, the same demand that measurement error simply cannot exist.

— Why Ocean Discovery

Four reasons that actually set us apart.

Trusted where it counts

M/S Estonia for the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority. HMS Cassandra for the UK Ministry of Defence. 19 wrecks for the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management — the basis for remediations that recovered over 558,000 litres of oil. References no regional competitor can show.
Method, not hardware

Our edge is 30 years of method development — from the rediscovery of Mars Makalös to today. Reproducible results, documented QA, and a workflow that holds where visibility is zero and depth punishes mistakes.
We come to you — fast

Otto, our trailerable survey vessel, mobilises across the EU within days. We fit the same sensor rig to anything from an 18-foot open boat to a large survey vessel — and we don't wait on a charter window.
Own resources, the whole chain

Our own vessel, intervention-class ROV (Ocean Modules M500), side scan sonar and multibeam under one roof. No subcontractor chain between you and the data — that means schedule certainty and control over quality.

— What you get

A digital twin — not a pile of video clips.

The deliverable is a geo-referenced, measurable 3D model — point clouds, orthophotos and 3D model — that you navigate, measure in and base decisions on. Not raw material to interpret yourself.

On the hazardous wrecks, JD-Contractor used our digital twin live: drilling and remediation equipment was positioned against our point cloud at 60–180 metres depth. That's a digital twin in operational use — not a picture on a screen.

— Three missions

The proof carries the concept.

Different clients, different challenges — the same photogrammetric method.

— Public-sector record

A vetted, publicly procured supplier.

Our public-sector assignments are won through competitive procurement. Listed here with case numbers (diarienummer) — public and verifiable with each authority.

Authority	Assignment	Year	Ref. no.
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management	Bremsund	2018	Dnr 298-18
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management	Immen, Lindesnäs, Malmi et al.	2018–19	Dnr 2928-18
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management	Skytteren	2020	Dnr 384-20
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management	Harburg, Mundogas, Nynäs I	2021	Dnr 357-21
Swedish Accident Investigation Authority	Photogrammetry survey of M/S Estonia	2022	SHK 2022
Region Halland	Lost fishing gear — sustainable handling and salvage	2024	RREU19
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management	Karlskrona: Bruin, Magdalene, Molund, Östanhav	2024	HaV 2024-001405
As subcontractor
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management	Florida et al. — via JD-Contractor	2025	HaV 2025-001417
UK Ministry of Defence	HMS Cassandra — via Waves Group	2025	—

— Mobilisation

Our platform travels to the job.

The big players depend on dedicated DP vessels and long, expensive mobilisations. That's their cost structure — and their weakness on small, coastal and urgent jobs.

Otto is trailerable and mobilises across the EU within days. If the job needs a smaller platform we fit the rig to an 18-foot open boat; if it needs more capacity we scale up to a survey vessel. You don't wait on a charter window — you get schedule certainty.

The same intervention-class ROV (Ocean Modules M500) works just as readily from our 18-foot work boat as from Otto — or from a large chartered survey vessel like VOS Sweet, which we used on M/S Estonia. That's the flexibility: we choose the platform to suit the job, not the other way round.

Otto — our survey vessel. We mobilise in any environment, even in ice.
The same ROV as on M/S Estonia — here on our 18-foot work boat.
VOS Sweet — the large survey vessel we chartered for M/S Estonia. From 18-footer to offshore vessel.
On its low-loader trailer — shipped anywhere in the EU.