Safer waters.
Proven expertise.
Executive briefing for Fugro & CAMMera
Bay of Kotor, Montenegro · 2026
The Adriatic needs an accountable subsea risk partner
MARSAFE combines local authorisation, operational leadership and practical underwater UXO capability.
Strategic opportunity
Offshore energy, ports and subsea infrastructure require credible UXO risk management.
Partnership logic
Fugro’s survey and geo-data strength complements MARSAFE’s local investigation and clearance chain.
Legacy munitions are now an infrastructure risk
Every cable route, harbour investment or seabed intervention in legacy waters needs survey, target investigation and clearance before delivery can proceed.
Energy corridors
Subsea power, cable and port interfaces.
Ports & marinas
Dredging, redevelopment and construction safety.
NATO / EU resilience
Protection of strategic maritime infrastructure.
Offshore technology
Real testing ground for future systems.
Why Montenegro and the Bay of Kotor matter
A sheltered Adriatic operating environment with real legacy UXO, permanent shore access and strong relevance to infrastructure, security and technology validation.
NATO coastline
Operational relevance for maritime resilience and critical infrastructure.
EU accession region
Clear fit with capacity building and enlargement-linked programmes.
Real test environment
Sheltered waters, operating base and known underwater-risk context.
Veselin Mijajlović defines the field
Internationally recognised underwater demining and professional-diving expert with more than three decades of operational and instructional leadership.
Commander & diving instructor, specialist diving units.
Initiated establishment of RCUD.
Director and professional diver training instructor, RCUD.
Tridente d’Oro international recognition.
Founder & Director, MARSAFE.
Operations that enabled safe development
Selected legacy assignments delivered by RCUD teams under Veselin Mijajlović’s leadership before MARSAFE.
Bay of Kotor
65 t removed
Opening safer navigation towards Kotor.
Arsenal / Tivat
750,000 m² / 17 t
Former military base clearance.
Kumbor
187,000 m² / 9.6 t
Portonovi pre-development clearance.
Italy–Montenegro
250,000 m²
Subsea interconnector route.
One chain from risk to clearance certificate
MARSAFE provides the local operational capacity that allows advanced survey data to become safe, permitted and documented subsea delivery.
UXO survey
Risk-informed planning and target investigation.
Clearance
EOD-qualified underwater removal and disposal support.
Commercial diving
Inspection, intervention and construction support.
Training
Professional underwater UXO and diver capacity building.
Government liaison
Permits, state relationships and operational coordination.
Reporting
Client-ready documentation and as-cleared evidence.
Underwater UXO survey and clearance workflow
A disciplined engineering workflow that moves from anomaly to verified sign-off.
Desk study
Archives, threat register, site risk.
Survey
Magnetometer, SSS, multibeam.
Investigation
ROV and diver verification.
Risk plan
ALARP-based clearance method.
Clearance
EOD divers and disposal permits.
Verification
Re-survey, records, certificate.
The critical hand-off is between survey and clearance. A joint Fugro–MARSAFE model creates one accountable chain from data acquisition to field verification.
Bay of Kotor Living Laboratory
A permanent Adriatic test and demonstration environment for sensors, positioning, autonomy, target recognition and safe underwater operations.
Regional training centre and demonstration platform
MARSAFE carries forward an instructor-led approach to build a certified regional workforce and give partners a venue for technology demonstration.
Underwater UXO training
Professional deminer and diver courses built on two decades of RCUD instruction.
Technology demonstration
Partners showcase survey and EOD systems to regional operators and governments.
International exercises
Potential host platform for EU, NATO and industry exercises.
A platform where global technology meets local execution
The strongest proposition is a structured Adriatic partnership anchored in MARSAFE’s operational base and Fugro’s global geo-data capability.
FUGRO
Global geo-data, marine survey and asset integrity technology.
MARSAFE
Operational hub, government trust, underwater UXO execution.
Joint value
Bankable UXO delivery in Adriatic jurisdictions.
GEOMAR
Ocean research and munitions-in-the-sea science.
CAMMera
Monitoring and imaging technology.
Government
Jurisdiction, permits and state relationships.
Bay of Kotor pilot demonstration
A low-commitment, high-value first step: demonstrate integrated survey, target verification and operational support.
Objective
Validate an integrated Fugro / CAMMera / MARSAFE operating model.
Activities
Desk review, test area selection, sensor trial and diver / ROV verification.
Deliverables
Technical memo, imagery, lessons learned and commercial pipeline note.
Value
Proof of partnership and basis for named project pursuits.
Proposed timing: Q4 2026
From demonstration to strategic platform
A practical sequence that lets the partnership begin small and scale into a standing Adriatic technology and delivery platform.
Technology demonstration.
Pilot projects in Adriatic infrastructure.
Formalised Living Laboratory.
EU / NATO resilience and capacity-building calls.
Thank you
Building safer seas through operational excellence and innovation.
Specialist Underwater UXO Survey, Clearance and Training
Company Registration No. 0439252
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Head Office
Cetinjski put 36Gornja Gorica
81000 Podgorica
Montenegro
Operational Base & Training Centre
Bijela, Bay of KotorMontenegro