Odyssey Marine purchases new vessel

Odyssey Marine purchases new vessel    Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration has purchased an additional ship to conduct shipwreck recovery efforts.
   Odyssey, which operates at locations around the world, said it has completed preliminary mobilization for the new vessel, which will be similar in size to the Odyssey Explorer. It is equipped with a state-of-the-art side-scan sonar system and a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to conduct search operations and site inspections.
   “This new vessel is a flexible and extremely stable platform and will provide us with worldwide heavy weather operational capability as our primary search and target inspection vessel, while still being available as needed for other operations,” said Greg Stemm, Odyssey’s co-founder. “The addition of this ship means we will have three major expeditions going on this year, which will be a first for Odyssey.”