About Hibbard Inshore

Key People
Hibbard Inshore's most influential personnel

Company
What our company is about, conventional projects and emergency response.

Safety
Our commitment to safety and compliance

Expanding The Envelope
VAT's and Powerful ROV's open new possibilities

Experience
Our customers benefit from the same key personnel that have managed over two decades of successful projects.

Since Dmitri Rebikoff developed the first Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) in 1953, the use of ROVs has grown dramatically in both project capability and system complexity. The reason ROV technology has caught on in commercial and scientific venture is perhaps best articulated by the Remote Operated Vehicle Committee of the Marine Technology Society: "There is no other practical, safe, and economically feasible way to perform deep underwater intervention."

At Hibbard Inshore, we started with one ROV in 1984, the RCV-225 developed by HydroProducts. Since that time, we have upgraded and added to our ROV fleet such that now we have unprecedented inspection and intervention capabilities, particularly in the areas of sonar, video and manipulators. In addition, we have developed Vehicle Assisted Tool©, a family of custom-built tools specifically designed for underwater work. The tools have proven their worth in a variety of projects, including maintenance and repair of hydro electric plants, nuclear plants, large water intake systems, oxygen diffuser systems, large sewers, treatment plants, tunnels, ocean outfalls, and near shore recovery.

With these systems in place and by using - and developing - advanced technology to address increasingly challenging projects, Hibbard Inshore continues to push the inshore envelope.