
Subsea Tech
About Us
Subsea Tech is an engineering company based in Marseille, specializing in marine and underwater technologies. Since its creation in 2005, it has been designing and deploying innovative solutions for inspection, monitoring, and intervention in aquatic environments.
With a team of 18 experts, including 10 engineers and researchers, Subsea Tech is structured around three strategic pillars:
Our Activities
Service
A team of highly skilled operators performs visual, sonar, and bathymetric inspections on critical infrastructures:
Engineering structures (bridges, dams, locks, pipelines, water reservoirs, etc.)
Port and naval infrastructures
Underwater industrial facilities
Production
Design and manufacturing of small and medium series of recurring equipment for military, civil, and scientific markets:
Mini-ROVs: Observer and Guardian
Observation and inspection Class ROVs: Mini TORTUGA (standard or XP4 version), TORTUGA (standard or XP4 version)
Remotely operated catamarans: Catarob, AirCAT, Cat-Surveyor, and SeaCAT
Underwater video systems: UVSIP and TUVSIP
Research and Development
We offer tailor-made solutions to address specific challenges in measurement, observation, and intervention in aquatic environments. Subsea Tech is accredited as a "research organization" by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research and is a member of the Mer PACA and EAU competitiveness clusters.
Awards & Recognitions
Since its creation, Subsea Tech has received multiple awards:
November 2010: National winner of the Euronaval Trophy – Best Defense SME, Growth Category
March 2013: National winner of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 competition – Hardware Category
November 2014: National winner of the Euronaval Trophy – Best Defense SME, Innovation Category
May 2016: Entrepreneur of the Year Award, CMA Bouches-du-Rhône – Technological Innovation Category
May 2023: EDF Pulse "Coup de Cœur" Award for Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur for our automated offshore wind farm inspection solution
Our values
Expertise
Subsea Tech’s team is essentially from an operational background (offshore oil and gas, subsea work, etc.). Our perfect understanding of the operational context and constraints leads us to develop products that are adapted to and ideally respond to the needs of operators in the field. We are the first users of our products.
Innovation
Subsea Tech’s project department has a strong capacity for innovation to provide our clients with the necessary flexibility in project design. We adapt to your specifications.
Availability
Our team is committed to providing our customers with the highest quality products and services, as well as the best possible response in terms of sales and technical support. Subsea Tech is certified ISO 9001 – 2008 since 2013, and ISO 9001-2015 since 2017.