Local boy builds underwater ROV business to compete with global players

Niche en terprise: Subsea Explore Services (M) Sdn Bhd co-founder Hazali Mansor (right) with its executive director Azri Abas standing next to the Launch and Recovery System (LARS) used for the deployment and retrieval o f remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) that are widely used in the oil and gas industry.

Canadian sustainable forestry specialist, Chris Godsall, invented the world’s first logging submarine to salvage logs that were felled to make way for the construction of hydroelectric dams.

Godsall had estimated that at least 200 million trees worth some US$50bil await harvest with the potential construction of more than 45,000 large dams worldwide.